Michael L.

Bower14 Treetop LaneBroad Brook, CT

06016 860-558-0157

bowerm@snet.net

SummaryResults oriented IT Professional with extensive experience in the Financial Services, Health Care and Property Casualty Insurance Industries. Known for Technical Depth and Breath coupled with unique ability to Lead diverse Application Development teams that deliver quality and help achieve business objectives. Builds high performance teams and partners with customers using a collaborative inclusive style.

Areas of Expertise Print and Distribution: 15+ years of experience (1997- March 2015) directing

development work for various composition engines and delivering timely customer-based strategic solutions. Currently managing different composition engines that support over 130 diverse print applications and supporting distribution methods. Team was recognized nationally for Innovation and Collaboration on the use of HP Exstream in 2011 and 2013 respectively.

Output Viewing and Delivery Systems: Director (2011- March 2015) for Development teams covering multiple applications that retrieve and view scanned paper claims documents; determine proper constituent communication routing (paper, email, fax); build and distribute Plan Sponsor enrollment and renewal packages.

Behavioral Health Management System: Director (2014- March 2015) for the Delivery and Development of a Vendor Behavioral Health system. Manage team to deploy vendor based code and adapt to Aetna environments, standards and aggressive timeframes.

Managed Care Flexible Spending Accounts: Provided many years (2003-2011) of comprehensive management oversight for Aetna’s Healthcare Spending Account and Flexible Spending Account systems, covering a variety of applications.

Managed Care Enrollment: Manager (2000 – 2003) of staff and systems for Aetna’s Traditional enrollment systems.

Property and Casualty Insurance: 20 years (1980 – 2000) of experience in the development, maintenance, and management of output, publishing and rating systems.

Management of diverse staffing models: Extensive experience managing diverse staff arrangements consisting of as many as 10 full-time employees, 10 on-shore and 45 off-shore vendor resources.

Qualifications 20 years of Development experience 13 years of Managed Care experience 17 Years Property & Casualty experience Working knowledge of HP Exstream and other Composition delivery software Completed Project Management Book of Knowledge (PMBOK) prerequisite training Knowledge of and experience following a Capability Maturity Model Integration

(CMMI) based Software Development Lifecycle

Michael Bower Ability to manage and deliver multiple Application suites Successful management of a portfolio in excess of 5 million dollars Completion of Aetna’s Leadership training coursework Successful collaboration skills with varied roles and areas (Architecture,

Development, Business, Program Delivery, Production Support and Quality Assurance)

Effectively Mentor, Manage and Develop an IT Development staff ranging in ability from Application Developer Trainee to Sr. Application Technical Specialist

Manage sizeable Vendor presence. Insure a staff of 50+ Onshore and Offshore vendors work collaboratively with Full-time Employees while meeting cost and delivery expectations

Aggressively deliver a diverse group of Applications following Aetna’s release guidelines and standards

Professional Experience Business Systems Manager, Application Development Manager I, Application

Development Manager II, Director2000 - 2015, Aetna, Hartford, CT

Manage a series of Development teams in a wide variety of Domains Information Engineer/Manager

1997 – 2000, Travelers Property and Casualty, Hartford, CT Work as a Technical Lead/Programmer in Personal Lines Automobile

Analyst Programmer, Sr. Analyst Programmer, Systems Specialist 1980 – 1997, Aetna, Hartford, CT

Programmer in Personal Lines Automobile specializing in rating and output related development

Technical Knowledge Cobol, DB2, CICS, J2EE, Windows, Microsoft Office Suite Mainframe, Batch, and Online support Java, .Net, FileNet and C# Applications Forms Composition tools: HP Exstream, Compuset, Elixir, Stream Weaver SharePoint Clear Quest