Julie Ketner
Aurora,Colorado
Summary
Accomplished PMP-certified Principal Program Manager with a proven track record at Kaiser Permanente, leading a $40M investment program that significantly enhanced revenue streams. Expert in product, program and portfolio management, demonstrating exceptional strategic analysis and cross-functional team leadership. Skilled in fostering collaborative relationships and driving business process reengineering, ensuring outstanding stakeholder satisfaction and performance excellence.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
4
4
Certification
Work History
Principal Program Manager, Risk Adjustment Portfolio
Kaiser Permanente
Denver, CO
03.2013 - Current
- Company Overview: The nation’s leading not-for-profit health plan and hospital system that continues to be a leading-edge, innovative change agent in health care
- Lead a $40M multi-year investment program, creating a data-lake-driven vendor software, consolidating submissions, and reporting for the Risk Adjustment portfolio, covering Medicare Advantage Encounter Data, and Affordable Care Act submissions to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. This program delivers a $38 billion revenue stream for all of KP.
- Established effective communications with stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
- Oversee portfolio timelines, portfolio finances, status, milestones, and risks with KP IT and Risk Adjustment executive leadership.
- Managed vendor relationships by negotiating contracts, setting expectations and monitoring performance against agreed upon terms.
Sr. Manager Project Management Office, JTS
Jeppesen Sanderson
Denver, CO
03.2007 - 03.2013
- Company Overview: An independent division of Boeing, Jeppesen Sanderson is the world’s leading Air, Water and Land navigation information management company
- Directing full SDLC product development (new, incremental and sustaining) for $125M revenue stream
- Manage a $28M operating budget for flight planning systems, hosted applications, and dispatch applications for both global airplane manufacturers, as well as many of the major airlines in the world.
- Drive business strategic goals down through managing the overall Dispatch and Planning project portfolio.
Senior Director, Wireless Business Unit
Vercuity Inc
Greenwood Village, CO
05.2003 - 03.2007
- Company Overview: Vercuity (now known as Telwares) is a leading provider of telecom expense management services
- Responsible for $20M P&L for Wireless business unit, managing both operational and software development budget
- Turned around business in less than a year through consolidation and process improvements which resulted in savings of $600K first year and $1M second year
- Responsible for outsourcing wireless acquisitions and wireless help desk
- This included cost benefit analysis, due diligence of outsourcing companies, contract negotiation and contract signature
- Responsible for product management for multiple product lines in Wireless business unit
Education
BA -
Metropolitan State College of Denver
Denver, COSkills
- Program Management
- Product Management
- Software Development Life Cycle
- Collaborative relationships
- Strategic Analysis
- Executive management
- Client management
- Strategic Direction
- Portfolio management
- Business process reengineering
- Cross-functional team leadership
- Agile methodology
Certification
- CPMAI + E Certification, Cognilytica (in process, expected acquisition April, 2025)
- Project Management Professional Certification, Project Management Institute, Denver, CO
- Scrum Master Certification, Scrum Alliance
- Sarbanes Oxley Professional Certification, SOX Institute, Denver, CO
Timeline
Principal Program Manager, Risk Adjustment Portfolio
Kaiser Permanente
03.2013 - Current
Sr. Manager Project Management Office, JTS
Jeppesen Sanderson
03.2007 - 03.2013
Senior Director, Wireless Business Unit
Vercuity Inc
05.2003 - 03.2007
BA -
Metropolitan State College of Denver
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