H. Barika Porter

Strategically assist clients in the pursuit of organizational leadership excellence. Uncover and continuously develop project and program management plans to support organizational priorities and deliver results.

Key Contributions:

• Strategic Project Leadership: Assisted clients in achieving organizational leadership excellence by uncovering and developing project and program management plans aligned with organizational priorities, leading to measurable results.
• Resource Optimization: Assessed project goals, resources, and team capabilities, optimizing resource utilization and significantly reducing costs on new projects.
• Leadership Guidance: Provided strategic guidance to senior leaders, addressing daily operational challenges and steering them toward more efficient and effective practices.
• Stakeholder Relationship Management: Built trust and strengthened relationships with client leaders and stakeholders, ensuring alignment and successful project outcomes.
• Healthcare Project Execution: Developed strategic plans and executed projects within healthcare organizations, aligning project goals with organizational objectives to drive success.
• Comprehensive Project Planning: Defined project objectives, created detailed project plans, and effectively allocated resources to ensure on-time and within-scope project execution.
• Team Leadership and Mentorship: Provided guidance, mentorship, and support to project teams, fostering a collaborative, high-performing environment that ensured productivity and milestone achievement.
• Risk Management: Identified potential risks, conducted impact analysis, and developed mitigation strategies to minimize disruptions and ensure project continuity.
• Multi-Project Management: Successfully managed multiple (5) concurrent projects by prioritizing tasks based on urgency, resource availability, and alignment with organizational goals, ensuring on-time and within-budget completion.
• Project Planning and Scheduling: Planned, designed, and scheduled phases for large-scale projects, coordinating resources and timelines to meet project milestones and deliverables.

Deployed program and project management methodologies for client projects, which included Fortune 50/100 companies in both the commercial/private and public sectors. Empowered clients with the tools, knowledge, and skills to succeed.

Key Contributions:

• Program and Project Management: Deployed project management methodologies for client projects across Fortune 50/100 companies in both the commercial/private and public sectors, empowering clients with the tools, knowledge, and skills needed for success.
• Cost Savings through Automation: Separated existing product offerings into modular components, successfully automating the solution and achieving $1.2M in cost savings.
• Leadership in IT Projects: Led a virtual, international project team for two major IT workstreams within a large-scale data integration project for a Fortune 50 healthcare company, ensuring successful delivery.
• Requirements Gathering and Risk Management: Gathered project requirements, drafted schedules, and managed risks while serving as a liaison between business and technical teams for a consumer portal web analytics project.
• Consumer-Driven Health (CDH) Product Launch: Led the development and launch of a CDH program across 13 markets, coordinating efforts across multiple IT platforms to ensure successful deployment.
• Product Portfolio Analysis: Analyzed existing product portfolios and identified key differentiators, successfully integrating features into additional product lines to enhance market competitiveness.
• Regulatory Compliance Support: Supported a Fortune 500 client by developing processes to address State Department of Insurance Objections and CMS Deficiencies, tracking aging metrics and publishing reports to an executive dashboard.
• Team Leadership: Provided strong leadership, enhancing team productivity and morale across diverse project teams, contributing to improved project performance.
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership: Led cross-functional teams to achieve project milestones, delivering high-quality results on time and within scope.

Served as a technical manager and member of the cross-functional operational leadership team specializing in business processes.

Key Contributions:

• Payment Processing Solution Implementation: Implemented and integrated a payment processing solution by executing project management tasks, gathering key information, drafting communications, and driving deliverables to completion.
• Lean Six Sigma Process Improvement: Applied Lean Six Sigma methodology to define, implement, and control business process re-engineering changes for the Small Business Administration (SBA), enhancing operational efficiency.
• Project Management Expertise: Served as a project management expert for the NNSA OCIO Program Management Office, tracking risks and updating project schedules to ensure realistic timelines and successful outcomes.
• IT Governance Strategy: Reviewed o CIO project alignment with joint IT strategic goals for USAID, launching a strategy that matured and optimized existing IT governance processes.

• Led the development and execution of detailed project plans, aligning integration efforts with organizational goals and acquisition strategies.

• Developed hiring and training project plan for additional staff.

• Successfully led the finance workstream for the implementation of delegated services for two large risk bearing provider organizations concurrently.

• Improved employee satisfaction scores by 25% by delivering targeted leadership development programs.
• Developed strategic plans, setting clear objectives and achievable milestones for the team.
• Facilitated workshops and conducted one-on-one training to educate team members.
• Conducted comprehensive program evaluations, identifying areas for improvement and recommending actionable solutions.
• Coached team members on professional development opportunities, contributing to improved overall performance.

• Worked with pure agile teams and hybrid waterfall teams to enable the implementation of breaking the current product offerings into modular components.
• Managed cross-functional teams for successful project completion within deadlines and budgets.
• Established strong relationships with key stakeholders, ensuring support for program initiatives.
• Managed multiple strategic projects with numerous sub-projects or workstreams.

• Strategic DEI Planning: Developed and executed strategies to enhance Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) efforts and improve organizational metrics.
• Enhanced client satisfaction by implementing customized consulting strategies tailored to their unique business challenges.
• Mentored junior consultants, fostering professional growth and contributing to a collaborative work environment.
• Led diverse teams in executing complex projects, resulting in improved operational efficiencies for clients.
• Influenced key decision-makers by presenting persuasive arguments backed by data-driven insights, ultimately leading to the adoption of best practices for business growth.
• Coached executive leadership on effective team-building practices that fostered an inclusive corporate culture focused on collaboration and continuous learning.
• Collaborated with senior executives on formulating long-term business strategies aligned with company objectives and goals.
• Delivered impactful presentations to communicate data-driven insights and recommendations effectively across all levels of the organization.
• Developed effective project management processes for timely delivery of high-quality solutions, ensuring client success.
• Produced detailed and relevant reports for use in making business decisions.