Kaprii M. Grady
Tinley Park
Summary
Professional manager with significant expertise in overseeing complex projects and ensuring timely delivery. Skilled in strategic planning, budget management, and risk assessment. Strong focus on team collaboration, fostering results-driven environment, and adapting to changing needs. Known for reliability, leadership, and effective communication.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Project Manager Senior – IT
University of Chicago Medicine
02.2017 - Current
- Manage assigned projects, budgets, resource allocations, staffing plans and team meetings in an academic health setting.
- Utilize standard and agile project management methodologies in compliance with PMLC guidelines during the entire project lifecycle.
- Leverage Oracle and Tableau to maintain accuracy in planning, procurement, and budgeting for projects and programs up to $1M.
- Participate in discovery process of project identification to include, requirements analysis, solution definition, resource identification and implementation plan for large high risk projects.
- Present project progress and strategies at MDI boards and executive steering committees, facilitating informed decision-making.
- Manage vendor selection process by participating in request for information (RFI) and request for proposal (RFP) activities.
Application Analyst Senior– Ambulatory
Northwestern Memorial Healthcare
07.2016 - 02.2017
- Conducted 1:1 meetings with physician leaders to develop comprehensive workflows for specialty areas.
- Established a project management framework within business practices for various hospital specialties such as plastic surgery, otolaryngology, infectious disease, and ambulatory practices.
- Implemented agile project planning and management principles to optimize electronic health records.
- Assessed business requirements and suggested system adjustments in accordance with technical specifications.
- Cultivated relationships with providers, end users, and IS team members to improve IT project timeliness and effectiveness.
IT Systems Consult – Team Lead
Banner University Medicine
02.2012 - 07.2016
- Supervised a team of 4 analysts to support provider setup and security permissions in Epic.
- Created comprehensive project plans for mid to large scale initiatives, leading to consistent and efficient product delivery.
- Designed enhancement and optimization solutions for live cardiology, neurology, and radiology applications.
- Evaluated new application and functionality scope requests to recommend the best integration solutions for cost-benefit analysis.
Test Engineer - Program Management
TASC Inc.
08.2008 - 01.2012
- Oversaw Department of Defense software implementation projects, including timeline construction, issue tracking, and status reporting for data quality assessment tasks.
- Monitored data quality management by utilizing balanced scorecards.
- Oversaw, coordinated, and controlled project communication, requests, issues, and documentation with vendors and internal staff throughout all phases of project implementation.
- Led SCRUM ceremonies to enhance team collaboration and project efficiency.
- Executed beta testing at the beginning of software development to uncover and fix preliminary defects.
Education
Master of Business Administration -
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO05.2011
Bachelor of Art - Business Administration specializing in Accounting
Saint Leo University
Norfolk, VA12.2007
Skills
- Project and software lifecycle management
- Traditional PMLC project management
- Agile project management
- Epic Healthcare Systems
- Quality assurance
- Program management
- MS suite tools
- Project planning and development
Timeline
Project Manager Senior – IT
University of Chicago Medicine
02.2017 - Current
Application Analyst Senior– Ambulatory
Northwestern Memorial Healthcare
07.2016 - 02.2017
IT Systems Consult – Team Lead
Banner University Medicine
02.2012 - 07.2016
Test Engineer - Program Management
TASC Inc.
08.2008 - 01.2012
Bachelor of Art - Business Administration specializing in Accounting
Saint Leo University
Master of Business Administration -
Colorado State University
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