Charles Bradbury

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Charles E. Bradbury

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Biography

California Lutheran University - Computer Science


Resume

  • 1986

    BlueCross BlueShield of Georgia

    International Business Seminars

    Health Net

    Directed all aspects of Information Technology which included Planning

    Budgeting

    Staffing

    Data Center Operations

    Wide and Local area Networks

    Applications Development

    and Information Management. Annual operating budget of $40M. Responsible for 300 full-time I.T. employees

    and an additional 150 contractors & consultants.\n\t\nSelected Accomplishments:\n\t\n• Developed and Implemented a $100M+ IT Strategic Plan.\n• Established Internet presence and developed E-Commerce Strategy\n• Turned around critical staffing and morale issues (Worst to First in company-wide Associate Survey)\n• Won PC-Week “Fast-Track 500” Award for I.T. innovation and trend setting\n• Merged two BlueCross and BlueShield plans and performed Due-Diligence on a third\n• Successfully solved the Y2K problem\n• Built an Information Management / Data warehouse department from the ground up\n\nFOR ENDORSEMENTS CUT AND PASTE THIS LINK INTO YOUR BROWSER:\nhttp://www.charles-bradbury.com/references/

    CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield

    Vice President Information Systems

    Promoted to Vice President

    Information Systems (1982-1985)\nDirected all aspects of Information Technology including Planning

    Budgeting

    Staffing

    Applications Development

    and Day-to-Day Operations.\n\t\nSelected Accomplishments:\n\t\n• Developed nationwide claims clearinghouse for VSPs

    improving payment time

    accuracy and service \n• Developed new Claims processing systems supporting high-growth environment\n\t\n\t\nAs Director

    Information Systems (1980-1985)\n* Directed all aspects of Information Technology including Planning

    Budgeting

    Staffing

    Applications Development

    and Day-to-Day Operations.\n\t\nSelected Accomplishments:\n\t\n• Turned around a troubled IT Division by improving service and quality (70% to 99%)

    California Vision Service Plan

    Enjoying Life

    I am now retired. I teach part-time at California Lutheran University (CLU) and I will consider occasional consulting work (technical or management oriented) as my teaching and travel schedule allow.

    Home and Traveling

    Tour Leader

    I lead college students (Juniors and Seniors and some MBA's) around western Europe while visiting international businesses such as Lloyd's of London

    Bank of England

    Paris Stock Exchange

    Paris Fashion Shows

    BMW

    PWC

    Heineken

    DuPont

    a Tuscany Winery

    US Consulates

    and many others. The students write a 30-50 page paper on what they learn during the 1 month tour and earn 3 credit hours in the Business curriculum.\nWe travel to Rome

    Florence

    Innsbruck

    Munich

    Lausanne

    Paris

    and London in the summer

    and London

    Paris

    Geneva

    Heidelberg

    and Amsterdam in the winter.\nMore Info: http://ibstours.com

    International Business Seminars

    VP Information Technology

    * Responsible for all of Health Net Western Region Claims

    Provider

    and Benefit systems as well as Medicaid (Medi-Cal) and the consolidation of multiple Capitation Payment systems

    Sales support (CRM)

    Underwriting

    Pharmacy Authorizations

    Provider Credentialing

    IVR

    and Print Services Systems into single enterprise-wide systems. \n\t\n* Directed 176 enterprise-wide HIPAA readiness projects for this $10 Billion Managed Health Care Company. Responsibility involved 220+ IT and Business associates with a budget of $45M. Successfully met all compliance dates early

    and under budget.

    Health Net

    Developed mission-critical applications

    researched and deployed software engineering Methods and measurement

    researched and developed new technology

    and developed and deployed a corporate Data Warehouse. \n\t\nSelected Accomplishments:\n\t\n• Merged two BlueCross and BlueShield plans\n• Developed an I.T. Strategic Plan which was selected as a model by the BCBS national association\n• Researched new Managed Care Systems and converted all HMO business in 18 months.\n• Implemented a paperless environment using imaging in claims processing area\n• Developed a client/server GUI customer service workstation reducing training time by 4 months\n• Built an Information Management / Data warehouse department from the ground up

    BlueCross BlueShield of Georgia

    Adjunct Professor

    Enjoying teaching a Web Development Class at CLU in my spare time.

    California Lutheran University

  • 1974

    Marriott

    Designed

    developed

    and operated the simultaneous startup of two Great America Theme Parks (Santa Clara

    California and Gurnee

    Illinois) including ground-up construction of facilities and all data processing systems (hardware and software) staffing and training.\n\t\nSelected Accomplishments:\n\t\n• Designed and directed the complete development and installation of an innovative

    fully integrated technical infrastructure and application suite of Theme park business systems.

    Marriott

    University of Maine

    BA

    Member of the Naval Reserve while attending school and attended Naval OCS in summers (Graduated from Naval OCS summer of 1966)

    Mathematics

    MS

    Obtained Masters Degree at night while working full time days

    Information Technology

    American University

  • Project Planning

    Vendor Management

    Leadership

    Program Management

    Start-ups

    Software Development

    IT Strategy

    Change Management

    Business Intelligence

    Project Management

    Requirements Analysis

    Systems Analysis

    Project Portfolio Management

    Training

    Process Improvement

    SDLC

    Integration

    Business Analysis

    IT Management

    Management

    Bradbury

    Charles

    Bradbury

    CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield

    California Vision Service Plan

    California Lutheran University

    Home and Traveling

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