Kassie M. Hargis

• Extensive experience of both waterfall and Agile project management methodologies
• Responsible for creating and managing PMO best practices, standard documentation and improving performance of Agile teams
• Lead a team of IT managers in defining new centralized practices for IT financials and contract management
• Manage, coach and mentor team of 11 direct and indirect team members including project management staff, Analysis Services Supervisor, IT Financial Management Specialist
• Conduct annual business alignment meetings with departmental leadership teams to determine needs of various business units, outcome of which contributes to Strategic and Portfolio planning each year
• Prepare and deliver presentations and status reports for leadership and governance bodies
• Manage strategic project plans, financials, IT SOW, invoicing, ongoing milestone/delivery tracking, communication, and key performance metrics
• Introduced Organizational change management practices to the company
• Develop training and certification plans for PMO and Analysis Services team.

• Filling FTE role, as consultant, at Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT)
• Leading multiple cross-division efforts as Senior Project Manager within the MoDOT Project Management Office, including the rollout of Office 2016/O365 migration to the cloud and the move of the MoDOT data center to the Office of Administration data center
• Assisting with process improvement within MoDOT Project Management Office

• Lead PM for $30 million core system implementation and digital transformation program including implementation of new Policy, Billing and Claims systems, Agent, Claimant and Policyholder Portals, upgrade of ImageRight, data conversion and reporting efforts
• Lead the program teams through failed implementation with one vendor, who went out of business eighteen months into the project, to a new successful implementation with a second vendor
• Despite vendor challenges, core system implementation came in within +/-30% of the original budget and schedule
• We were 6 months away from expected go live when the first vendor failed
• Collaborated with Senior Management and Executive teams to create and monitor key success criteria and business case for the program, as well as organizational change management plan
• Managed over 20 vendors for integrations during the core system implementation
• Managed 5 scrum teams, using SAFe methodology placed over scrum practices
• Mentored new project managers and project team members, including associate project manager
• Led Product Owners through inception to define minimal viable product for the system implementation
• Brought Agile training to MEM for core system replacement project, which was extended to all of IT and MEM leadership, to promote use of Agile methodologies at MEM.

• Managed multiple projects across Network Administrator and Small Systems teams for Information Services
• Drafted communications to end users and business partners to explain and detail important IS projects, using language and terminology that is understood by the audience of each communication
• Utilized project management tools such as Project Charters, stakeholder analysis, Microsoft Project (project plan), work breakdown structure, communication plans, and change control to successfully guide projects to working solution for all stakeholders.

• Responsible for reviewing, coordinating, and securing approval for all changes requested for production systems, while working in an Agile environment
• Created project and deployment plans for all significant changes at the CARFAX Data Center.
• Led team tasked with driving process and service improvement, while working with development and infrastructure teams at CARFAX, as well as CARFAX partners and dealerships.

Solution Architect-PathNet

· Managed 8-10 PathNet client implementations at any given time.

· Worked with health care professionals in over 30 hospitals to design a database and system that would improve their everyday workflow and increase patient

safety.

· Monitored the quality, progress, and completion of PathNet General Lab clients

in the Accelerated Solutions Center through over 50 measurable deliverables.

· Took lead on Scope Review calls and design sessions, and managed project scope throughout the project timeline.

• PathNet
• Managed 8-10 PathNet client implementations at any given time
• Worked with health care professionals in over 30 hospitals to design a database and system that would improve their everyday workflow and increase patient safety
• Monitored the quality, progress, and completion of PathNet General Lab clients in the Accelerated Solutions Center through over 50 measurable deliverables
• Took the lead on Scope Review calls and design sessions, and managed project scope throughout the project timeline.