Thomas Ahlers

Retired

Osseo, Minnesota, United States

About

A strong leader who has managed development, operations, and support. I have managed groups of people ranging from 5-200. I am interested in managing people, a PMO or being a program manager. Specialties: Project/Program Management, Integration, Full Software Development Life Cycle, Creative Problem Solving, Financial Aptitude/Cost Benefit Analysis, Scope and Risk Management, Incident Management and Support, Knowledge of RUP, Iterative, and Waterfall Methodologies

Experience

  • Retired at Ahlers Inc
    Jul 2025 - Present · 1 yr

  • Park Nicollet Health Services (19 yrs 3 mos)
    • Director System Alignment & Integration
      Jan 2013 - Present · 13 yrs 6 mos

      Director is responsible for planning, developing, and executing a wide variety of initiatives and projects to integrate Park Nicollet and HealthPartners

    • Program Director
      Apr 2007 - Feb 2013 · 5 yrs 11 mos

      This Program Manager position is responsible for cost, quality and schedule for implementing Epic to replace PNHS's Electronic Medical Record software. This is a 27 month long project, $124M budget, and a team of 180 staff that will replace the ambulatory, In-Patient and Rev Cycle applications.

  • UnitedHealth Group (8 yrs 11 mos)
    • Director of Technology
      Oct 2004 - Feb 2007 · 2 yrs 5 mos

      ·Responsible for management of Technology development, technical operations and support for HSG’s Personal Health Services (PHS) products and services that has a revenue of $250 Million ·Manage an annual budget of $14Million ·Manage a staff of 85 people consisting of Managers, Business Analyst, System Analysts, Software Engineers, Quality Analyst, and Technical Operations personnel ·Manage offshore vendor including 25 Software Engineers and Quality analysts through our partnership in Bangalore India ·Managed development team that implemented 16 new releases and 12 maintenance releases a year for an integration solution including a CRM, Content Management, eligibility, a unique member/person identification application, content management, rules processing engine, ETL, and a triage system ·Responsible for eligibility loading and maintenance of 32 million members for PHS’s core business ·Manage support of a 24x7 application for 350 users including Incident Management

    • Program Manager
      Sep 2002 - Oct 2004 · 2 yrs 2 mos

      ·Responsible for managing the technical track for entire business transformation within Optum called NextGen. This was a $24 million project that integrated eight different applications into one technical solution for agents and users. The system includes CRM, eligibility, a unique member/person identification application, content management, rules processing engine, ETL, two reporting tools, and a triage system ·Responsible for scope, cost and quality of the technical solution ·Lead team that created all estimates including hardware, software and labor ·Drove the evaluation effort for tools and applications selection for technical solution ·Responsible for hiring and staffing of technical team of fifty that includes analysts, developers, architects, quality assurance, data architects, and configuration management ·Responsible for project planning from mobilization and analysis and design, through development, testing and deployment

    • Manager of the Project Management Office
      Jan 2001 - Sep 2002 · 1 yr 9 mos

      ·Responsible for all projects including CRM, Nurseline, Counseling, and Customer Service applications that was used by 300 nurses, 100 counselors, and 100 customer service agents These applications were 24x7 and responsible for $140 Million dollars of revenue ·Managed all Project Managers including HR responsibilities, work assignments, and budget ·Responsible for estimating all IT costs for customer Requests for Proposals ·Team member of methodology board and responsible for project adherence to methodology ·Responsible for Project Planning including resource leveling, budgeting and planning ·Responsible for project demand management and intake of work for technology

  • Program/Account Manager at General Dynamics
    Jan 1996 - Apr 1998 · 2 yrs 4 mos

    ·Responsible for quality, schedule, and P&L for all programs totaling $18 million ·Accountable for customer strategic sales growth ·Managed multiple customers/programs at once ·Responsible for all customer startup including planning, execution, and cost vs. target ·Leader of matrix management team for all customer products

  • Proposal Engineer at Comuting Devices International
    Jul 1994 - Jul 1996 · 2 yrs 1 mo