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Iris Johnson

New Market,MD

Summary

Collaborative leader with dedication to partnering with coworkers to promote engaged, empowering work culture. Documented strengths in building and maintaining relationships with diverse range of stakeholders in dynamic, fast-paced settings. Resourceful professional who exemplifies multidisciplinary managerial skill in process, procedure, and policy improvement initiatives. Accomplished in workflow optimization techniques implementation which increase productivity, reduce labor and maintain business integrity and quality of service.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Success Manager

Optum
03.2019 - Current
  • Establish strong relationships with key stakeholders, resulting in increased customer loyalty and new customers.
  • Assist customers with onboarding and product setup to foster successful adoption and usage.
  • Plan quarterly work from backlog; write and present end of quarter and end of year report to senior management.
  • Utilize customer feedback to inform changes and improvements to customer success plans.
  • Monitor metrics and developed actionable insights to improve efficiency and performance.

Successes

  • Increased application usage from 700 to 2600.
  • Established Center of Excellence to governance and security best practices, with audits and action items for process improvements.

Quality Assurance Manager

Optum
07.2017 - 03.2019
  • Created and maintained quality management systems to align with industry standards.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to develop and implement process and system improvements.
  • Conducted process and system audits to identify areas of improvement and enforce compliance with industry standards.
  • Monitored staff organization and suggested improvements to daily functionality.

Successes:

  • Implemented best practices and processes to increase agile maturity score and organizational MBO.
  • Developed and implemented comprehensive quality assurance plans to monitor product quality and adherence to regulatory standards
  • Conducted risk assessments to identify and mitigate potential quality issues
  • Collaborated with audit clients and action owners to apply root cause analysis guidance and establish effective corrective action plans

Lead CMMI/ISO Auditor

REI Systems
03.2016 - 02.2017
  • Worked on multiple projects in varying stages to complete and issue final deliverables.
  • Planned and executed ISO engagements under direction of management team.
  • Maintained and updated quality management system to facilitate procedure enhancements, revision changes and overall process control.
  • Coordinated internal audit processes and scheduled internal audits with project teams.
  • Reported audit findings to management within defined timelines.

Successes:

  • Facilitated internal and external audits with no findings.
  • Revised and published quality manual to facilitate transparency with best practices.

Sr. QA Manager

Fusion PPT
11.2015 - 04.2016
  • Assessed product quality by monitoring quality assurance metrics, reports and dashboards.
  • Conducted process and system audits to identify areas of improvement and enforce compliance with industry standards.
  • Developed and implemented comprehensive quality assurance plans to monitor product quality and adherence to regulatory standards.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to develop and implement process and system improvements.
  • Recorded, analyzed, and distributed statistical information
  • Determined quality department standards, practices, and procedures

Education

Ph.D - Organizational Behavior

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI

Master of Arts - Personnel / Education

University of Maryland - Baltimore County
Baltimore, MD

Bachelor of Arts - Social Work / Spanish

UMBC
Catonsville, MD

Skills

  • Analytics
  • Critical Thinker
  • Leadership Skills
  • Problem-solving/Analysis
  • Agile Methodology
  • Write Reports / Presentations
  • Team Meetings
  • Process and Performance Improvement
  • Staff Management
  • Strategic planning
  • Staff mentoring & leadership
  • Team Building
  • Strategic communications

Certification

  • CMMI for Dev & Services; level 4
  • ISO Auditor for 9001 and 2700
  • ITIL Foundations 4

Timeline

Success Manager

Optum
03.2019 - Current

Quality Assurance Manager

Optum
07.2017 - 03.2019

Lead CMMI/ISO Auditor

REI Systems
03.2016 - 02.2017

Sr. QA Manager

Fusion PPT
11.2015 - 04.2016

Ph.D - Organizational Behavior

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Master of Arts - Personnel / Education

University of Maryland - Baltimore County

Bachelor of Arts - Social Work / Spanish

UMBC
Iris Johnson