Nikita Brown
@nikitabrown1
Experienced project manager specializing in healthcare IT implementations.
What I'm looking for
As a Project Management Professional (PMP) and Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP), I have dedicated my career to leading successful IT implementations in the healthcare sector. With over 15 years of experience, I have honed my skills in project management, SDLC management, and client engagement, ensuring that projects meet or exceed organizational goals.
Throughout my career, I have held various leadership roles, including Principal Consultant at Divurgent and Program Director at The HCI Group. My expertise in readiness planning and activation planning has allowed me to manage multi-million dollar budgets effectively while achieving significant cost savings for my clients. I thrive in fast-paced environments, facilitating discovery sessions and mentoring junior team members to foster a collaborative and productive work culture.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Consulting Lead
UrbanLox Consulting LLC
Jan 2023 - Present (2 years 6 months)
Currently serving as Consulting Lead, facilitating client-facing and internal discovery sessions to solidify program/project plans. I also maintain updates to Standard Operating Procedures and mentor junior Delivery Managers and Directors.
Program Director
The HCI Group
Jan 2018 - Present (7 years 6 months)
As Program Director, I provided advisory services during client contract negotiations as a software development and implementation subject matter expert. I developed and implemented software development programs for large pharmaceutical and healthcare organizations, ensuring programs met or exceeded organizational needs.
Principal Consultant
Divurgent
Jan 2016 - Present (9 years 6 months)
Served as Principal Consultant for multiple health systems, managing client compliant consultant onboardings for over 600 resources. I hosted daily executive leadership meetings to review and prioritize system issues, and provided daily end-user analytics to leadership.
IT Project Director
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Jan 2015 - Present (10 years 6 months)
As IT Project Director, I created pre- and post-live training project plans for each user type. I managed command center activities at satellite sites during go-live and collaborated with client Subject Matter Experts to ensure workflows and processes were accurately captured in training materials.
Epic ASAP Analyst
Prime Healthcare
Jan 2013 - Present (12 years 6 months)
As Epic ASAP Analyst, I selected candidates to participate in the credentialing process and sat on a panel to determine if candidates successfully passed credentialing. I completed typical build updates including Workflow Engine Rule, Procedure and Component creation, and MPI mapping.
Software Development Project Manager
Various Organizations
Jan 2007 - Present (18 years 6 months)
As a Software Development Project Manager, I created project plans by gathering, analyzing, and interpreting project and client information. I worked with new acquisitions to transition users through training programs and existing processes, and developed custom ad-hoc reporting using Crystal Reports and SQL queries.
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