David Weiss

About David Weiss

Driven leader with more than 25 years of Global experience in Program/Project Management, Scheduling, Resource Management, New Product Introduction, Engineering, Finance and Quality. Strong, results oriented, leader with exceptional communication skills and a reputation for on-time deliveries, as well as, building and retaining highly talented teams. Excellent analytical and problem solving skills used to evaluate risks and develop optimized solutions.Specialties- Global Project Management- Global HW/SW development- Resource Management- Process Development and Maintenance- Strategic Planning- Problem Solving/Decision Making- Team Leadership and Coaching- Scheduling and Monte Carlo Simulation- Cost/Benefit Analysis- Improving Operational Efficiencies- Stage Gate Processes

Experience

1. Program Management Consultant (at Centene Via 10pearls)

   TalentCraft

   Sep 2025 — Present · Oakbrook Terrace, IL, US

   Program Manager responsible for development and delivery of key programs within the Digital Experience & Engagement (DXE) organization. Focus is on FAP (Find-a-Provider functionality and payment integration as part of migration to cloud based payment platform.Leads weekly review sessions with the Project Management team for critical updates on aligned programs.Prepares program readout for Executive Leadership, identifying date driven mitigations for top issues, risks, and blockers.Coordinates project estimates with functional team leads for projects within DXE organizationDeveloped Sharepoint/Teams Channel repository for storing program related artifacts such as status reports, discovery documents, resource plans, technical architecture and design, test results, and meeting notes.Established formal RAID process within project domain.Represents DXE in weekly executive stakeholder status meetings to provide detailed updates and background on any off-track milestones.Utilizes JIRA and a standard hierarchy for all Program Increment Sprint plans, and story/task/issue tracking.Maintains resource plans, cost plans, program schedules and RAID log in ServiceNowDelivered functionality on all programs on time and within budget.

Education

• University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering

• University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  BS Computer Engineering

  1982 — 1986

• Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management

  MBA, Transportation and Finance

  1990 — 1994

Skills

• Resource Management
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Software Project Management
• Management
• Sharepoint
• Operations
• Product Development
• Analysis
• Program Management
• Financial Variance Analysis
• Project Management
• Pmo
• Operational Excellence
• Software Documentation
• Sdlc
• Software Deployment
• Leadership
• Ms Project
• Reverse Logistics
• Strategic Planning
• Vendor Management
• Extreme Programming
• Process Improvement
• Cost Benefit
• Business Process Improvement
• Integration
• Team Leadership
• Project Estimation
• Microsoft Project