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Wanda Edwards

Coral Springs,FL

Summary

Experienced professional with diverse skill set in strategic planning, risk assessments, needs analysis, stakeholder analysis, clinical healthcare interventions, IT project management, and software development. Proven ability to find innovative solutions to maintain business value and address organizational challenges. Skilled in evaluating policy and program effectiveness to promote health equity. Adept at process re-engineering and healthcare workflow, with strong capability to design systems that align with customer needs through system analysis, software design, data governance, and product management. Effective in training cross-functional teams and collaborating with stakeholders. Possesses solid understanding of SDLC, EPLC, and SAFe Scaled Agile Framework.

Overview

24
24
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Public Health Consultant

Heart2Heart Outreach
07.2024 - Current
  • Practicum project consisting of research, need/asset and stakeholder analysis, compile performance matrices from various measurement tools, evaluate policy/program effectiveness in promoting cultural competency, health literacy and equality, edit/design communication plan, edit social support programs serving marginalized aging populations and recommend interventions and/or process improvements from observations
  • Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to address complex public health challenges holistically.
  • Streamlined data collection processes by utilizing innovative technologies, leading to more accurate insights into population health trends.
  • Designed and conducted health education surveys to assess health needs and risk factors within communities.
  • Enhanced public health outcomes by conducting thorough research and data analysis.

Nurse

Kaiser Permanente of Georgia
01.2022 - 07.2023
  • Perform nursing interventions in outpatient clinic for internal medicine, pediatrics and dermatology practices, workflow re-engineering, laboratory specimen collection & tracking

Nurse, Nurse Supervisor

Contractor: Agencies - AMN, Maxim, ExecuSource
10.2020 - 07.2023
  • Prepare, store and administer mRNA vaccines to public; Perform nursing interventions in outpatient clinic, home health and long-term settings
  • Update GRITS w/vaccine data, VSAFE, process re-engineering using sAFE agile approach for Board of Health initiatives

IT Product Manager

Scribe Opco dba BIC Graphic USA
12.2018 - 05.2020
  • Supply Chain/Manufacturing/Warehouse Product Manager focusing on business vision
  • POC for Oracle ASCP, Full Discrete Manufacturing modules such as Cost, MSCA, Engineering, WIP, OM
  • Partner with IT Leadership and business managers to identify select business needs, compile the Roadmap for PI Planning; Translate corporate goals into EPICS, Features and/or user stories in Jira using a scrum/agile approach
  • Active Role in data analysis, business requirements gathering, gap analysis, process re-engineering, data modeling, Joint Application Design sessions
  • Lead multiple in-house projects, sprint planning, backlog grooming and communicate product strategy to ensure successful software development; Manage stakeholder communications as primary IT Point of Contact
  • Create User stories/bugs, Maintain backlog, and Approve Hot-Fixes in Jira; Configure and/or Append Oracle system setups; Certify product development by coordinating and executing System Test, User Acceptance Test and Sign-off
  • Provide feasibility studies, Track Iteration labor burn rates, prepare, maintain project plan and product documents, compile and report performance metrics

Program Manager/Project Financial Analyst

Contractor for Lockheed-Martin/Leidos, 24x7Systems
02.2015 - 12.2018
  • Manage program activities and program statement of work (SOW), maintain, track and reconcile expenditures for the Meningitis Vaccine Preventable Diseases Branch (MVPDB) Spend Plan, grants, co-op agreements, funding; Review & approval purchases; Ensure accuracy of budgetary data on spend plan by identify gaps and discrepancies in accounting class data
  • Collaborate with budget director to develop annual spending projections, de-obligations and funding source close
  • Create, manage initiatives for new contracts, awards; Develop SOP’s and complete project milestones

Project Manager/Data Analyst III

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
02.2015 - 12.2018
  • Manage in house initiatives, prepare deliverables and collect code/script changes from Solaris OS Platform to Linux/Red hat, Conduct Joint-Application Design ensuring code logic aligned with business needs
  • Project Lead-Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU) initiative appending Oracle and OBI reports
  • Project Lead-User Productivity Tool Kit (uPk), including context-sensitive help and end-user training
  • Project Lead-Oracle Enterprise Management (OEM) Cloud – ensure servers, selected programs, and use as a watch program; Developed a custom job to monitor code schema and designed a certificate expiry/renewals solution interfacing OEM, Oracle ebs and Application developer
  • Project Lead- SaaS ABC, interfaced with Oracle Cost tables; Validate, maintain cost reports, support finance team, modify configurations and/or engage system administrator to append backend
  • Business need analysis, feasibility studies, software implementation, application testing, create user manuals (SOP) while executing HHS Enterprise Performance Life Cycle (EPLC); Develop OBIEE analysis, dashboards on standard and dimensional analysis (Star) framework, IT support, root cause analysis for supply chain and finance functions - Cost/SLA, Month/Year End-Close tasks

Project Manager, Lead Systems Analyst

Genpact LLC
06.2014 - 02.2015
  • GE Transportation Fast Works R12 Upgrade project 12.2.4 - facilitating GETS, P&W and Battery plant operations
  • Project Management, business need analysis, lead daily development activities
  • Lead Battery Plant R12 Upgrade, user training on Oracle applications and HP Application Lifecycle Management (ALM); Conduct Joint-Application Design (JAD) sessions to ensure code logic and designs align with business need; Execute system test, log defects and bug repair, prepare feasibility study, development estimates, analyze impact of scope changes, configure ERP system for supply chain, logistics and accounting applications, design Interfaces and business intelligent reporting

Project Manager- Principal Consultant

GE Aviation
05.2013 - 05.2014
  • The project encapsulates an R12 Upgrade for Jacksonville, FL site and a Full R12 Implementation for Sterling, VA, migrating from Fourth-Shift legacy system
  • Lead end-to-end implementations installing Oracle Order Mgmt., Purchasing, Inventory, Depot Repair, Demand Planning/ASCP
  • Prepare feasibility study and development estimates for new system enhancements
  • Gather requirements; prepare gap analysis, business process flow, front-end setup and support Oracle OM, Demand Planning, ASCP, and Inventory Optimization/Planning
  • Design custom payment system interfaced with Purchasing/Payables and Internal Billing System (IBS), support Interfaces: Informatica/Demand Planning, web-Methods/CRM, Loft ware/Inventory/Order Management; Prepare functional code-corrections extracted from Panaya Test Management and test in HP Quality Center

Project Manager/Lead Systems Analyst

GE Energy
03.2012 - 05.2013
  • The project encapsulates system enhancements in Oracle 11i
  • Requirement elicitation, gap-analysis, use case development, Oracle setups, systems monitoring, coordinate supply chain month-end tasks, prepare a feasibility study, development estimates, impact of scope changes
  • Design solutions for enhancement requests involving Cost, Inventory, Purchasing, Project Mfg., WIP, WMS, Interfaces between WIP/KRONOS and Purchasing/web-Methods

Principal Consultant, Project Manager

GE Meters
08.2011 - 03.2012
  • Phase II project entailed rolling out 39 minor to complex system enhancements
  • Managed project activities/tasks, budget, risk mitigation, quality, scope, coordinate code moves
  • Prepare feasibility study, development estimates, monitor performance, elicit business needs, create solution designs
  • Designed custom cost solution for Product Line Accounting separating profits/loss by product line

Project/Operations Manager

Morris-Allen and Associates, Inc.
11.2006 - 08.2011
  • Projects: City of Tallahassee Public Safety, COTS, and VA Administration

Lead Application Systems Analyst

Smartronix, Inc.
04.2007 - 08.2008
  • Project: US Marine Corp
  • Logistics Base, Albany, GA

Lead Consultant and Independent Contractor

Consulting Solutions International (CSI)
03.2004 - 11.2006
  • Projects: CloPay, Lasco, Cingular (AT&T), City of St
  • Louis, Purina, Huttig

Software Development Manager

UPS Supply Chain Solutions
03.2001 - 01.2004
  • Managed software development activities of a robust scalable system encapsulating ERP and warehouse management applications, maintain project scope utilizing risk mitigation strategies, coordinate code moves, Ad-Hoc upgrades
  • Prepare feasibility study, development estimates, process re-engineering

Education

Master of Science - Public Health

Southern New Hampshire University
Manchester
11.2024

Practical Nursing -

Albany Technical College – University System of GA
06.2010

BS - Operations Management

University of Tennessee at Knoxville
06.1986

Skills

  • Monitoring and Evaluation
  • Health Policy Development
  • Healthcare management, Health Promotion
  • Project Management, Software Development
  • Qualitative Research, Research Design
  • Social determinants of health, Environmental Health
  • Strategic Planning

Verticalexperience

  • Federal/State governments
  • Healthcare
  • Non-Profits
  • Supply Chain
  • Aerospace
  • Contract Manufacturing
  • Transportation
  • Retail
  • Service and Warehouse Distribution

Certificationstraining

  • CITI Program, Social & Behavioral Science Researcher, 49602472, 07/06/22, 05/07/25
  • Federal government training courses, gMP’s, continuity planning, finance, supply chain and records management.
  • Preparing, Administering and Storing mRNA Covid-19 Vaccines, EZIZ & CDC, 04/01/21
  • SAFe Agile Product Owner/Product Manager Training, 07/01/21
  • Lean Manufacturing and Six-Sigma, Green Belt Certification, Genpact Headstrong, 07/01/13
  • Public Trust, level 5 Security Clearance, 09/01/15, 12/31/18
  • Secret Security Clearance, 05/01/07, 09/30/08

Technologytools

  • EPIC Healthcare
  • Matrix Care
  • ALMSA
  • Point-Care Click electronic health record systems
  • SAP Concur
  • GRITS
  • IRIS
  • MAAC1350
  • Atlassian Jira development framework 8.13
  • Oracle cloud/ebs R12
  • Oracle Enterprise Manager-cloud 13c (OEM)
  • Gaines Planning cloud
  • Pier-bridge Transportation cloud
  • SaaS ABC
  • Loft Ware
  • Microsoft Office Suite
  • Visio
  • Manufacturing Execution Systems
  • HP Application Lifecycle Management
  • HP Service Manager
  • Panaya Test Management for R12
  • Data-Loader
  • TOAD
  • ServiceNow

Certification

  • American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) – American Heart Association.
  • Six Sigma Certification
  • Licensed Practical Nurse

Languages

English
Native or Bilingual
Spanish
Elementary

Timeline

Public Health Consultant

Heart2Heart Outreach
07.2024 - Current

Nurse

Kaiser Permanente of Georgia
01.2022 - 07.2023

Nurse, Nurse Supervisor

Contractor: Agencies - AMN, Maxim, ExecuSource
10.2020 - 07.2023

IT Product Manager

Scribe Opco dba BIC Graphic USA
12.2018 - 05.2020

Program Manager/Project Financial Analyst

Contractor for Lockheed-Martin/Leidos, 24x7Systems
02.2015 - 12.2018

Project Manager/Data Analyst III

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
02.2015 - 12.2018

Project Manager, Lead Systems Analyst

Genpact LLC
06.2014 - 02.2015

Project Manager- Principal Consultant

GE Aviation
05.2013 - 05.2014

Project Manager/Lead Systems Analyst

GE Energy
03.2012 - 05.2013

Principal Consultant, Project Manager

GE Meters
08.2011 - 03.2012

Lead Application Systems Analyst

Smartronix, Inc.
04.2007 - 08.2008

Project/Operations Manager

Morris-Allen and Associates, Inc.
11.2006 - 08.2011

Lead Consultant and Independent Contractor

Consulting Solutions International (CSI)
03.2004 - 11.2006

Software Development Manager

UPS Supply Chain Solutions
03.2001 - 01.2004

Practical Nursing -

Albany Technical College – University System of GA

BS - Operations Management

University of Tennessee at Knoxville

Master of Science - Public Health

Southern New Hampshire University

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