Bill Wencel Associates Clients Articles/News About Us
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Gregory J. Fouquet, |
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| GREG FOUQUET, PMP, CCP, CISA is
an independent trainer and consultant specializing in Project Management. For over nine
years, he has been helping organizations improve the success, productivity, speed, and
satisfaction of their Business and Technology Projects. His Clients include: Microsoft,
Health Net, Nestle USA, Exxon Chemical, The Federal Reserve Banks of St. Louis and
Richmond, Monsanto, Honeywell, Kaiser Permanente, Vision Service Plan, Eli Lilly, Hughes
Aircraft, and Ernst & Young. Before founding his firm, Greg spent four years at the National Office of Ernst & Young as a Senior Manager and Project Director in their Advanced Systems Technology Group. He is one of the original architects and authors of their NAVIGATOR Systems Engineering Methodology. In addition, he is a specialist in Navigator’s advanced Project Management techniques to include: Structuring, Planning, and Controlling Projects, conducting risk assessments, managing client relationships, and leading Project Teams. As a Lead Trainer for E&Y, Greg conducted Project Management seminars for Clients throughout the United States, Canada, Asia, and Europe. He also helped pioneer the design and development of E&Y's Project Management Masters Program, and then served as a Primary Instructor in that Program for over two years. Besides his "Big 6" consulting experience, Greg has over 15 years of management experience in the Banking Industry. He has served as Vice President and Manager of a 160-person MIS Department, Senior Corporate Project Manager, Senior Systems Analyst, and Lead EDP Auditor. Mr. Fouquet holds a M.B.A. degree from Loyola University in Los Angeles, and a B.A. degree from the University of Washington, with majors in Operations Research. He is also a graduate of the Harvard Business School's Executive Education Program in Managing Information Technology. Greg is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), a Certified Computing Professional (CCP) specializing in Management and Systems Development, and a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA). He is listed in the International Who’s Who of Information Technology, and is a member of the Information Systems Audit and Control Association and the Project Management Institute. |
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QUALIFICATIONS
SUMMARY
MBA/CPA. Senior consultant and project manager with more than 10 years
of healthcare related accounting, finance, operations and information
systems experience. CONSULTING
EXPERIENCE
Winston
Consulting Services
1998 - Present Barbara
L. Winston, CPA 1993
- 1997 Independent and sub-contracting
engagements at various locations within the United States involving
accounting, project management and information systems consulting services
in the healthcare industry. Clients
range from small, local providers to national healthplans and software
systems. CareFirst,
Blue Cross Blue Shield. Project
Management Liaison, facilitating corporate projects’ use of Program
Management Office (PMO) resources/training/procedures to ensure project
success. Developed guidelines
and tools to support implementation of PMO standards.
Managed start-up of e-Commerce Subsequent Enrollment and Renewals
project. Oxford
Healthplans, Inc. Provided
strategic and operational advice to HMO department responsible for
implementation of risk delegation contracts.
Forecast HMO’s resource requirements, particularly staffing
requirements for departments involved in implementation and monitoring of
risk products (departments included IT, Government, Claims, Medical
Management, Quality, Marketing, Finance, Delegation Oversight, Account
Management). Consulted with finance department, advising on appropriate
factors for allocating expenses related to delegated risk contracts.
Prepared Best Practices documentation identifying 1) process for
negotiating contracts to assure that Oxford’s policy and operational
requirements were addressed in deal points; 2) process for evaluating the
vendor’s ability to service the contract; 3) implementation processes;
4) oversight activities for the delegated business. Computer
Sciences Corporation (CSC)/ Mayo Management Services, Inc.
Consulted
with POWERMHS (medical claims transaction system) client
regarding programming logic required for accurate customized reports where
data was drawn from several relational databases. Healthsource,
Inc. Senior
Project Manager for
cleanup of troubled medical claims system conversion.
Conversion and system set up issues significantly impacted health
plan’s ability to conduct business.
Problem areas included: claims, provider contracts, fee schedules,
accounts payable, general ledger, capitalization, and errors in converted
data. Healthsource
Tennessee, Inc. Interim
Accounting Manager.
Supervised transitional staff during finance department relocation;
supervised monthly and year-end financial closes for publicly traded HMO;
supervised internal review and numerous corrections to general ledger
postings during last two months of fiscal year which resulted in audit
with no adjustments by external auditors. Project
Manager
for TennCare. Liaison to TN
Plan Management, Regulators, and internal departments for resolution of
multiple long-term issues following implementation of new product (TN
State Medicaid replacement). Supervised
cross-functional efforts to correct financial, claims and data reporting
issues. Accomplished the release of approximately $1million withheld
for reporting deficiencies. Overlook
Mental Health Center. Interim
Accounts Receivable Manager for Community Mental Health Center.
Prepared cost report for State grants; created electronic file
format, supervised successful EDI transfer of claims to resolve a
six-month backlog of TennCare claims; supervised staff of three in billing
and collections. EDUCATION
1993 CPA, Tennessee License # 00012973 1987
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, Knoxville, Tennessee
MBA,
Accounting Concentration, GPA - 3.5
1974
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, Knoxville, Tennessee BA,
Psychology - with Honors |
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Over 20 years experience in the information services and technology industries in the United States and Latin America. Areas of specialty include libraries and information centers, information research, financial systems, manufacturing systems, retail systems. Professional experience includes new product development, marketing support, project management, information research, system development, implementation. PMP certification in June 2002. International
Projects Brazil,
Chile, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Mexico Responsible
for two retail software implementation projects in Brazil on the AS/400.
All tasks conducted in Portuguese. Project
Director for grocery store chain implementation in Chile of client/server
retail system. Responsible
for the overall quality and success of the project, working with the
Project Manager and two specialists.
All training and coordination done in Spanish. Responsible for total project management and
implementation of a client/server retail system for Chile’s largest
department store chain. Project
length was 20 months. All
training and coordination done in Spanish. Complete
project management of an MRP II software implementation in a manufacturing
company under FDA requirements. All
training and reporting was done in Spanish, with a project team of
approximately 15 people. Length
of the project was 21 months, in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. Complete
project management of an MRP II software implementation in a manufacturing
company. All training and
reporting was done in Spanish, with a project team of approximately 12
people. Length of the project
was 18 months, in Cuernavaca and Mexico City. Design and implementation of specialized information
centers in 12 Mexican cities. All
training and coordination was done in Spanish.
Project length was 2 ½ years under contract to CONACyT.
These centers provided small- and medium-sized businesses with
previously unavailable resources. Designed, coordinated, and participated in a seminar
in Mexico City on “Warehouse Management Technology” that presented
educational information on warehouse/distribution software selection and
evaluation, bar coding functionality, radio frequency technology, and
hardware. Wrote and edited newsletter, in Spanish, for 12
specialized information centers in Mexico. Revised and edited user procedures, in Spanish, for
MRP II software in several manufacturing companies. United
States Project leader for a financial system implementation
with a project team of three employees and three consultants at a food
processing company. Managed MRP II manufacturing software implementation
project for a winery. Coordinated programming efforts on a multi-million
dollar MRP II software implementation project for a multinational
manufacturing company. Implementation Manager at retail software company
responsible for customer relations management on several large projects. Technical Writing United
States Wrote documentation and trained users on a materials
allocation system and an equipment and budgeting system. Wrote user procedures for purchasing, inventory,
shipping and receiving, order entry, and billing departments of a
manufacturing company. Revised IBM’s DMAS II Release 2 for Latin America,
translating screen formats and reports into Spanish. Coordinated and edited technical manuals in English and
Spanish. Information Systems Conducted system requirements for national accounts
department of a large, multinational company.
Produced document for RFP to be sent to software companies.
Conducted search and evaluated software packages to select primary
candidates. Developed materials allocation system for
manufacturing facility. Designed
and implemented company-wide equipment and budgeting system. Fluent in Spanish and Portuguese, excellent knowledge of French
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QUALIFICATIONS
SUMMARY
Peter has 11 years of
progressive program management experience on multi-million dollar
multi-year commercial and government contracts. He has managed the full
SDLC, Software Development Life Cycle, for multiple, and concurrent
projects. Mr. Lignos is
currently leading the implementation of the procedures necessary to manage
the total corporate projects portfolio in the post M&A of Blue Cross
Blue Shield Maryland, Washington, DC and Delaware. Previous Clients have included the United States Air Force, IBM Microelectronics, Humana, Blue Cross / Blue Shield, New York Stock Exchange, Goldman Sachs, Siebe plc, and TRW supporting the following infrastructure: IT (SEI CMM Level 2), Manufacturing, Industrial Controls and Construction Management. Core competencies include Project Planning, Practical SDLC Software Metrics, Requirements Management, Risk Management and Mitigation Strategy, Subcontractor Management, Project Tracking and Oversight, Configuration Management and Quality Assurance. Strong business acumen demonstrated in the development, enhancement and maintenance of pragmatic, repeatable and measurable Best Practices.
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