Jennifer Ostlund

Principal

Jennifer is a PMI-certified Project Management Professional with more than 20 years of experience providing consulting services for state government agencies on program and system modernization, policy analysis and compliance, technology implementation, and organizational change readiness projects. She brings experience supporting numerous states across a broad range of programs including Medicaid, SNAP/TANF, WIC, CHIP, HIPAA, MITA, public assistance eligibility, and other state and federal systems and programs. Jennifer is an expert in providing project management, procurement assistance, strategic planning, financial management, quality assurance, Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V), data analysis, user acceptance testing (UAT), operational readiness, financial management, training, organizational development, and organizational change management services for state system takeover, modernization, and replacement projects.

Experience

20+ years’ experience with government healthcare and human services related systems and programs
10+ years’ experience managing organizational business operations for a consulting firm including budgeting, recruiting, compliance, staff development, financial management, and business development activities
Managed over 50 projects both large and small for private, public, and not-for profit clients
Experience working with education, information technology, city and county, workforce, environmental quality, parks and recreation, procurement, retirement, revenue, child support, child welfare, employment development, insurance, public health, and transportation agencies

Expertise

Project management
Quality assurance
Organizational development