California Lutheran University - Computer Science
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
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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