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Anthem Insurance : May 2019 to July 2019

by | Aug 30, 2025

Enterprise Business Agility Consulting

  • Fine tuning of existing LACE / CoE presiding over 2 existing Line of Business (Commercial and Government) Lean portfolios and integrating them into a new (1st instance) Enterprise Portfolio.   
  • Began to Adapt the LPMs to properly overlap the Flow of co defined and committed-to Intent across the layers of the organization.  Initiated a calibration estimation practices in each layer and Correlating estimates across layers to improve long-term forecasting and stabilize the quarterly rebalancing (ear marked vs committed, return of funds and zero-based budgeting tied to Epic-driven Investments) process.
  • Began an integration the LPMs with a new (1st instance) Large Solution ART.
  • Mentored senior Lean-Agile Coaches and Senior Management (SVP level) to effectively leverage the new Leadership platform.   Initiated a Continuous Learning culture and Lean-Startup Experimentation mindset.   How to measure the success of Strategic experiments and embed courageous yet objective tiered decision making authority to pivot Investments and the focus of talent, when clearly warranted.
  • Advised Sr. Leadership on Annual Operations Planning (AOP) transformation.  Milestones (degrees of) for change, timings and on-ramp required to stabilize the system-wide estimation practices and validate their reliability, and when to incorporate new practices and cease existing practices (i.e. within the Finance function and Budget Submissions process).
  • Voluntarily exited early due to organizational design/restructuring concerns which are blocking ability of business stakeholders to engage at a pace appropriate to realize the virtual structure required to establish Flow and Reliability in forecasting, justifying broader attempts to adopt LPM and AOP integration.   Advised them on the leading indicators of near-future readiness, typical on-ramp timings, sequence of change activities (Transformation Roadmap developed), within each specific layer and across layers, and the type of External consult recommended at each inflection point.