Mike Wheatley

About Mike Wheatley

OPTIMIZING IT’S CONTRIBUTION TO BUSINESS SUCCESSAs a Versatile Technology Executive and change agent, enabling organizational growth, optimizing efficiency, and delivering sustainable shareholder value is what I do best. Working together, my teams and I do this by strategizing, selecting, developing, and deploying new computer platforms that consistently optimize the user and customer experience. Those I have partnered with or led will tell you that I have been particularly effective in leveraging the latest advances in IT platforms and technologies to optimize alignment of IT with the needs of the business. Some notable contributions include:• Building high-performance teams that thrive in a culture of diversity and innovation leveraging the reach and power of today’s most sophisticated IT Systems and Networks in On Premise and Cloud Environments. • Leading an eight-year,>$200M MetaVance implementation at Humana. Driving a FIMMAS implementation at Humana to provide a complete, integrated system supporting a wide range of group and individual insurance products.• Spearheaded Y2K code remediation efforts at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mississippi, leading a team that remediated > 6 million lines of legacy system code with less than a 0.02% failure rate in 14 months. Skills: Strategic Planning | Change Management| Health Insurance Processing | Project & Program Management| SDLC Management |Contract Negotiations & Vendor Management | Systems Implementations & Integration |Business and IT Process Improvement |Business Intelligence |Data Warehousing |Business Analysis | Requirements Analysis | Business Partnering & Alliance Building | Enterprise Architecture | IT Operations & Infrastructure Management | High-Performance Team Building | Cloud Enablement

Experience

1. Master Principal Cloud Architect

   Oracle

   Jan 2026 — Present · Louisville, KY, US

   I serve as a senior advisor within Oracle’s healthcare organization, helping payer and pharmaceutical clients translate complex business challenges into clear, actionable technology strategies. My work centers on guiding executives as they modernize core platforms, elevate data quality and governance, adopt AI responsibly, and leverage Oracle’s ecosystem to drive measurable operational and financial outcomes.Drawing on decades of leadership modernizing claims, data, and enterprise platforms at national payers, I partner across Oracle Health, product teams, engineering, and industry stakeholders to shape solutions that are pragmatic, scalable, and aligned with real‑world payer needs. I work directly with CIOs, CTOs, and business leaders to develop modernization roadmaps, strengthen interoperability, optimize data environments, and apply AI in ways that are transparent, ethical, and value‑driven.My focus is helping payers reduce administrative burden, improve member and provider experiences, and build future‑ready technology ecosystems that support growth, resilience, and innovation.

Education

• University of Louisville

  BSBA, Business

  1984 — 1991

• Webster University

  MBA, Business

  2001 — 2002

Skills

• Quality Assurance
• Business Analysis
• Strategy
• Visio
• Business Intelligence
• Enterprise Architecture
• Edi
• Integration
• Project Portfolio Management
• Sdlc
• Project Management
• Sharepoint
• Program Management
• IT Operations
• Data Warehousing
• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• Business Process
• IT Management
• Business Process Improvement
• Outsourcing
• IT Strategy
• Vendor Management
• Information Technology
• Pmo
• Pmp
• Software Project Management
• Disaster Recovery
• Resource Management
• Requirements Analysis
• Process Improvement
• Health Insurance