Brandon Beemer, Phd, PMP

Brandon Beemer, PhD, PMP

1214 Griswold St 720-951-5324

Detroit, MI 48226

Dr. Brandon Beemer is a results oriented,software services, executive advisor,with extensive strategic process improvement experience in domains which include project management, payer and provider healthcare systems, enterprise architecture deployment, database management, and software development. Dr. Beemer is also an established Information Systems researcher with multiple IS publications including IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics; Decision Support Systems;and Future Internet Journal. Additionally, he is a passionate motivational leader, successful team builder, certified Project Management Professional, distinguished executive advisor, and experienced academic educator.

Research Interests

Quantification of Dynamic Interaction in the IS Nomological Net, Decision Theory, Phase Theorem.
Converging System Architectures: DSS, KBS, and Advisory Systems.
Database Autonomics: Self-tuning Database Management Systems.
Web 2.0 Technologies, Decision Mashups, and eCommerce Implications.
Government Healthcare Reform and Regulations, Implications on Healthcare Provider IT Economics:
The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act.
Primary Care and Behavioral Health Integration.
Data Segmentation for Privacy Initiative.
Clinical Decision Support.
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Health Information Exchange Governance.

Teaching Interests

Database Management Systems, Database Administration, PL/SQL, and SQL.
Computer Programming:
Visual Studios.
C++.
Java.
Basic.
COBOL.
System Administration.
Web Design.
Systems Analysis and Design.
Project Management.
Statistics.
Special IT topics including:
Web Design.
eCommerce.
Service Oriented Architectures.
Services Product Management.

Journal Articles

B. Beemer and D. Gregg, "Dynamic Interaction in Decision Support: Effects on Perceived Diagnosticity and Confidence in Unstructured Domains" IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics: Systems, January 2013, 43:1, 74-84.

B. Beemer and D. Gregg, "Dynamic Interaction in Knowledge Based Systems: An Exploratory Investigation and Empirical Evaluation" Decision Support Systems, 49(4), November 2010, 386-395.

B. Beemer and D. Gregg "Mashups: A Literature Review and Classification Framework" Future Internet, 1(1), December 2009, 59-87.

Refereed Book Chapters

B. Beemer and D. Gregg "Advisory Systems to Support Decision Making" Handbook on Decision Support Systems, Vol. 1, Frada Burstein and Clyde W. Holsapple eds., Berlin / Heidelberg: Springer, 2008 (Chapter 24) 511-528.

Articles Under Review / Works in Progress

B.Beemer “Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Healthcare Reform, Medicare and Medicaid Reimbursement Constraints”. Targeted for Communications of the ACM 2014.

B.Beemer “Phase Theorem Revisited, a Laboratory Based Quantification of Information System Dynamic Interaction in Unstructured Decision Domains”. Targeted for Information Systems Research 2015.

B.Beemer “A Domain Stratified, Qualitative Investigation, of End User Perceptions of Dynamic System Attributes”. Work in progress.

Academic Experience

2014-Current: Oakland University, Rochester, MI, Visiting Assistant Professor.

MIS 516 Software Program and Project Management (Online)

This course presents an overview of general project management techniques and their application to software project management. The course also addresses specific software planning issues such as effort estimation, contingency planning, risk management and the application of user acceptance software process maturity models.

MIS 350 Software Program and Project Management

Examines issues involved in managing information projects including project scheduling, measurement, assessment, budgeting, and human resource management issues.

MIS 100 Business Problem Solving with Information Technology

Introduction to the use of information technology in business problem solving and business modeling. Includes hands-on exercises using Windows, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access), Web browsers, and HTML (Replaces MIS 200).

2012-2014: University of Colorado, Denver, CO, Adjunct Professor.

ISMG 6450IT Project Management.

Project Based Course founded on PMI’s Project Body of Knowledge

Passing students are test prepped and eligible to sit for PMI’s PMP® (Project Management Professional Certification - with documented Project Management experience) or CAPM® (Certified Associate Project Management Certification – without documented Project Management experience).

MGMT 4900Project Management Systems.

Project Based Course founded on PMI’s Project Body of Knowledge

ISMG 4900 IT Project Management.

Project Based Course founded on PMI’s Project Body of Knowledge

2010-2012: America Pathways University, Denver, CO, Adjunct Professor.

CAP 101: Basic Computing.

Basic computing concepts, processes, terminology, computer systems & hardware, software applications, and personal computing platforms for home, finance, business administration, and entrepreneurial careers.

BUS 491: Advanced Project Management.

Advanced analysis of scope, risk, cost, HR, communication, time, quality, procurement, integration management, and professional responsibility in preparation for Project Management Professional certification. Certification at the highest level of a Profession’s Standards shows the Global Marketplace you are ready to perform using the International Standards set by the Industry. While there is no guarantee, this capstone course prepares a student for certification by the Project Management Institute. PMI offers the Project Management Professional (PMP®) or Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM®). The course reviews past learning in preparation to sit for PMI Globally recognized Certifications by teaching and testing learning using practice testing software.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy: Computer Science and Information Systems. University of Colorado Denver 2010.

Master of Science: Information Systems. University of ColoradoDenver 2005.

Bachelor of Science: Computer Information Systems. DeVry University 2002.

Professional Certifications

Project Management Professional (PMP).

Pragmatic MarketingCertified (PMC).

Professional Results

Developed a stage gate service realization process that evaluated alternative business opportunities in the payer healthcare market by producing business cases which were evaluated by executive leadership to justify investment funding.

Developed and deployed a new project management training SOA product, increasing sales by 100% in the first month.

Served on a team that reengineered the software development processes which resulted in a successful Capability Maturity Model (CMM) audit, proper justification for keeping development in house, and secured $5M in revenue for the organization.

Developed new configuration management processes that were adopted within the Department of Defense.

Used anticipatory loading metrics to predict software service performance bottlenecks, which reduced system downtime by 50%.

Proactively implemented process improvements which avoided degraded software performance and increased customer satisfaction as recognized by a Special Act Award.

Reengineered and automated 3 major system processes which previously required manual DBA and analyst intervention. The result was the elimination of scheduled overtime for IT support staff, saving the organization $150K annually.

Professional Experience

McKesson Provider Technology Services Westminster, CO

Executive Consultant (Horizon Hospital EnterpriseApplication Suite) December 2011 – July 2014

Lead technical consultant responsible for all clinical information system program activities for our clients.

Worked directly with client hospital’s C-Suite, clinical faculty, and technical staff.

Responsible for all healthcare reform compliance program activities for clients(hospitals) to insure compliance with rollout of government healthcare IT reform regulations and insure continued Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement for the hospital:

Responsible for implementations, upgrades, and patches.
Managed contracted custom work packages.
Managed scope creep, schedule and budget variances.
Performed human resource management.
Responsible for managing all technical issues to resolution.
Provided technical, interface, and integration guidance to corresponding teams.
Served as a liaison between all client facing organizations within McKesson (product development, architecture, software support, business process outsourcing, sales, services) and was responsible for owning any issues that spanned across multiple organizations.
Advised client on device support and management.
Designed hardware/staging/environment perquisites for upgrade and implementation projects.
Identified data conversion dependencies and developed the conversion plan within services projects.
Monitored technical and nontechnical metrics relevant to each services project.
Managed all technical project team members including (database administrators, technical implementation engineers, interface analysts, system administrators, and clinical workflow advisors.
Reviewed and approved forecast submissions for all technical project team members.
Consulted client on maintenance routines, backup strategy, stress testing, and custom report development.

McKesson Consulting Engagements

St. Vincent Hospital

111 North Orlando Avenue

Winter Park, FL 32789-3675

Ardent Health Systems

7100 Commerce Way Suite 15

Brentwood, TN 37027

Antelope Valley Medical Center

1600 West Avenue J

Lancaster, CA 93534

Beebe Medical Center

424 Savannah Road

Lewes, DE 19958

4000 Meridian Blvd

Nashville, TN 37067

Halifax Regional Hospital

2204 Wilborn Avenue

South Boston, VA 24592

Leesburg Regional Medical Center

600 East Dixie Avenue

Leesburg,FL 34748

Mercy Health Partners

217 E. Chestnut Street

Louisville, KY 40202-1886

University of Toledo Medical Center

3800 Arlington Avenue

Toledo, OH 43699

Self Regional Hospital

1325 Spring Street

Greenwood, SC 29646

Covenant Health

1410 Center Point Blvd

Knoxville, TN 37932

Eisenhower Medical Center

39000 Bob Hope Dr.

Rancho Mirage, CA 92270

The TriZetto Group, Inc. Greenwood Village, CO

Executive Advisor, Services Product Management December 2010 - December 2011

Developed a stage gate service realization process that evaluates alternative business opportunities through market readiness and business requirement templates to produce business cases that are presented to Executive Leadership to justify investment funding.

Program Managed 15 Services Product Managers who collectively generated $76M in bookings in 2011.

Managed the Actualization and Commercialization process for Services Product Management. The process evaluates the launch readiness of a service offering from consulting, Dev/QA, customer support, marketing, finance, legal, and alliances perspective.

Program Managed the Innovation Pipeline process which captures and grows grass root ideas for internal process improvement.

Developed and deployed various metrics to produce an executive dashboard that communicates the status of existing projects and the performance of launched service offerings.

EPIC Project Management Broomfield, CO

Director of Curriculum Development, Instructor April 2010 - December 2010

Developed new curriculum for PMP exam certification course.

Piloted newly developed certification curriculum, teaching 5 classroom PMP certification courses.

Taught 40 total students – 32passed certification (80% pass rate compared to 55% industry average).

U.S. DoD- Defense Finance and Accounting Services Denver, CO

Project Manager July 2003 - March 2010

Established new requirements for all software engineering for Department of Defense Financial System Development. Functioned as team leader that defined the new policies and procedures within a 3 month period. Recognized with a Special Act award for project excellence.

Drove software development process changes required to improve scores in the CMM (Capability Maturity Model) Key Process Areas.Result was a successful CMM Level 2 appraisal in June of 2004 (from Level 0). Received Civilian of the Quarter for contribution.

Led the development of a new Version Management infrastructurethat was used by all development teams within my division. Received Special Act award for a successful, on-time implementation.

Project Initiation -Using customer input, gathered facts about the nature of the work involved in the user’s application areas, workflow, processing actions, and work products. Performed feasibility studies and analyzed information requirements in order to develop new and improved automated information systems to meet user requirements.

Project Planning -Prepared business cases and schedule projections for proposed software development projects. Analyzed data and prepared a project synopsis which compares alternatives in terms of cost, time, and necessary equipment and resource requirements.

Project Execution -Reviewed proposals for system changes, which consist of objectives, scope, and user’s expectations. Performed risk management by anticipating and investigating potentially unforeseen impacts of potential solutions. Designed technically feasible approaches for customer solutions.Managed system developers throughout the project lifecycles, with special attention to critical path activities. Performed integration management through a rigorous system development process where each configuration item is sequentially promoted through unit, integration and acceptance testing.

Project Monitoring and Control -Managed scope creep through proactive communication management. Documented minutes and action items from all meetings. Managed and retained email correspondence with customer to create project artifacts for proper tracking and record retention. Reviewed Weekly Activity Reports from all system developers, to monitor project progress and pro-actively perform time and cost management.

Project Closeout-Prepared final project implementation plan and coordinated activities with system and database administrators. Met with customer after completion of project implementation and conducted post implementation reviewsfor each completed project. Met with Quality Assurance staff to review and audit project artifacts to ensure each project was compliant with CMM (Capability Maturity Model) standards.

U.S. DoD- Defense Finance and Accounting Services Denver, CO

System Analyst, COBOL Programmer July 2002 - July 2003

Using advanced programming techniques, interpreted designs and wrote programs, which contained a variety of complex features such as numerous input and output files, complex data manipulation, table handling, on-line processing, and frequent modifications.

Designed modifications to internal program structures in files and records and determined detailed sequence of steps in program logic.

Developed flowcharts, tables, and narrative descriptions to implement required changes.

Conducted research on feasibility of implementing Object Oriented Cobol with Micro Focus Net Express.

Organization Memberships and Affiliations

Association for Information Systems.
Project Management Institute.

United States Department of Defense: Secret Security Clearance.

Pragmatic Marketing Alumni Group.

Oracle Technical Network.

Awards

4th Quarter 2005, Defense Finance and Accounting Services, Civilian of the Quarter Award.

2nd Quarter 2005, Defense Finance and Accounting Services, Civilian of the Quarter Award.

Defense Finance and Accounting Services Special Act Award, March 2005.

2nd Quarter 2004, Defense Finance and Accounting Services, Civilian of the Quarter Award.

Defense Finance and Accounting Services Special Act Award, December 2003.

Defense Finance and Accounting Services Special Act Award, August 2003.

President’s Award: Best overall project – DeVry Business Plan Competition, March 1999.

Volunteering

Reviewer: IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics: Systems (2013 - current).

Volunteer Project Management Institute Educator: EchoStar Corporation. Conducted a project management workshop for 60 non-PMP certified project managers. “A Grass Roots Approach to Improving Organizational Project Management Process Reliability” (2010).

Guest lecturer: Regis University. “Creating an Effective, PMI Project Management Body of Knowledge Project Management Compliant, Executive Dashboard with Microsoft Excel” (2010).

Volunteer mentor and tutor: Young Life Nonprofit (1999 - 2003).

LinkedIn® References

Program Manager of Service Realization at The TriZetto Group

Scott Hampel, VP Chief of Staff at The TriZetto Group

December 15, 2011, Scott managed Brandon at The TriZetto Group

“Brandon is an aspiring young man with strong work ethic and positive attitude. At TriZetto, he was given a difficult assignment to build and manage the new product development process in a matrixed environment. Despite not having a product development background, Brandon worked very hard to build a process that helped organize and represent his teams efforts, while not miring them in bureaucracy. He did a good job; he integrated himself into the teams, tracked deadlines and kept sight of his primary mission to support the Product Managers. I would recommend Brandon for future positions."

Director of Software Services at EPIC Project Management Consulting

Bob Kois PMP MBAVP of Professional Development of Project Management Institute

October 16, 2010, Bob managed Brandon at EPIC Project Management

“Brandon Beemer is a tireless worker who creates unique, outstanding solutions to everyday projects, programs and portfolios. Brandon combines his extensive experience with his outstanding education to LEAD the project teams to results outside the ordinary. (EPIC results)

Brandon is very dependable, has a good word for everyone and leads by example. He expects results and is an example to everyone who works for him and around him. Using the International Standards from PMI, Brandon creates efficiency and effectiveness in everything he does."

Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science and Information Systems University of Colorado at Denver

Dawn Gregg, Associate Dean of Programs | Business School | University of Colorado Denver

October 14, 2010, Dawn managed Brandon at University of Colorado at Denver

“I am writing to recommend Dr. Brandon Beemer. I have known Brandon since he was a Master’s of Science in Information Systems student and served as his dissertation adviser for his PhD. Throughout my interactions with Brandon I have been consistently impressed with the quality of his work, his work ethic and his enthusiasm for every project he undertakes.

Brandon's dissertation was in the area of dynamic interaction in decision support and his work really introduced this topic to the information systems field. His dissertation research resulted in 4 different papers, 3 of which have already been published and one which is under review at a high quality journal.

I highly recommend Brandon. I feel he has the motivation and skill to succeed at any position he chooses to undertake."

Project Manager - Departmental Cash Management System,U.S. Department of Defense

Stan Pennington, IT Specialist at Department of Defense

October 18, 2010, Stan worked with Brandon at U.S. Department of Defense