Kathleen Connolly
Kathleen is a 30-year veteran in the U.S. health insurance, health services, and health information technology sectors. As a certified project management professional (PMP), Kathleen has local, national, and international project management experience.
Kathleen has led a start-up for MMP and DSNP duals as well as ACA. Her experience also includes successful operational turnaround initiatives such as:
- A post-merger stoppage of a $64M loss bleed
- Process and metric improvements in Medicaid and Medicare driving EBIT
- Improvement of production and quality to create the top US division
Experience
- Founder and President, Connolly and Associates, Inc.
- Business process improvement and Program/Project Management
- Health Plans
- Vice President and Executive Director of Duals – DSNP, and MMP
- Vice President - Sales, Marketing and Product for Public Plans
- Vice President – IDN Information Services and Vendor Relations
- Vice President - Health Plan Administration
- Vendor Leadership
- Senior Vice President North America Marketing and Product
- President of a privately held application service provider
- Vice President of Professional Services and Support
- US leader of Customer Service
- Europe leader of Systems Integration Operations
Qualifications
- PMP certification
- Health and Life Insurance license – National Insurance Producer
- Director on Board for Managed Care Executive Group
- Chairperson for Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) – eHealth Group; and Member of ITAA for Internet
Education
- Master of Business Administration, with honors, Suffolk University
- Bachelor of Business Administration, cum laude, Suffolk University
Honors
- Project Manager of the Year – NH Project Management Institute (PMI) Chapter
- Consultant of the Year – National Association of Professional Women