Carsar Addo — Senior Technical Program Manager

01 — The operator

A program is just a system of dependencies waiting to slip. My job is to see them before they do — and to convert chaos into a date the business can count on.

I run technical programs the way a conductor runs an orchestra: many specialists, parallel timelines, one outcome. Over twelve years I've governed a $30M+ enterprise portfolio, stood up cloud and AI/ML delivery at Oracle, and aligned engineering, product, vendors, and executives around a single source of truth.

My background is regulated and unforgiving — healthcare IT, claims, e-prescribing, insurance, fintech — where "ship fast" and "get it exactly right" aren't allowed to trade off against each other.

I'm fluent enough in the technical detail to earn the trust of the engineering teams I work with — and disciplined enough in PMP and Scrum practice to keep executives confident in the date.

And I don't just run programs — I build them. Outside of delivery I've shipped my own products end to end, from a patent-pending marketplace to AI tools live in production. That builder's instinct keeps me close to the real work: the architecture trade-offs, the release pressure, and what "done" actually costs a team.

02 — How I run a program

The same five moves,
every time.

01

Map the system

Before a single sprint, I map the real critical path — every dependency, owner, and risk that could move the date.

02

One source of truth

One plan, one status, one place. If leadership and engineers read different numbers, the program is already in trouble.

03

Align the stakeholders

Most programs don't fail on the tech. I get executives, engineering, product, and vendors committed to one definition of done.

04

Burn risk down early

I front-load the highest-risk, highest-uncertainty work, so risks shrink every week — instead of surfacing the week before launch.

05

Protect the date

I defend scope, escalate fast, and keep the team focused on the commitment the business is counting on.

03 — The track record

Twelve years, one through-line:
complex programs, delivered.

Sep 2024 — Apr 2026

Oracle HealthCloud · AI/ML delivery

Senior Technical Program / Project Manager

Driving cloud infrastructure and AI/ML delivery programs across cross-functional engineering teams — translating ambiguous platform goals into sequenced, dependency-mapped delivery plans on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

★ Oracle Spot Award · 2026

OCIAI / ML deliveryCloud infrastructureCross-functional

May 2023 — Jul 2024

MentorMateFintech · RBC Premium Savings

Senior Project Manager

Led delivery of fintech platform work including the RBC Premium Savings engagement — coordinating distributed engineering teams and client stakeholders against fixed release commitments.

ConsultantFintechAgile deliveryDistributed teams

Oct 2017 — May 2023

Anthem / Elevance HealthEnterprise healthcare IT

Project Manager / Senior Business Systems Analyst

Governed a $30M+ technology portfolio over 5+ years — owning intake, prioritization, risk, and cross-team dependency management across regulated healthcare initiatives, and reporting outcomes to executive stakeholders.

★ Outstanding Management & Leadership Award · 2020

$30M+ portfolioGovernanceRisk & dependenciesExec reporting

Nov 2016 — Sep 2017

SurescriptsHealthcare data platforms

Program Manager / Senior Business Analyst

Delivered on the nation's healthcare data and e-prescribing infrastructure — managing work where data integrity, interoperability, and uptime were non-negotiable.

e-PrescribingInteroperabilityData platforms

Mar 2016 — Nov 2016

Allianz LifeInsurance technology

Business Analyst

Bridged business and engineering on insurance technology initiatives — building the delivery discipline that carried through the rest of the portfolio career.

★ Analyst of the Year · 2016

Insurance techBusiness analysisRequirements

Mar 2014 — Mar 2016

Towers WatsonConsulting · systems

Business Analyst

Where the career began — client-facing systems and analysis work that set the standard for stakeholder rigor and structured delivery.

ConsultingSystemsStakeholders

04 — Capabilities

What I bring
into the room.

AProgram & Portfolio Leadership

// the core craft

Cross-functional program delivery Portfolio governance & intake Risk & dependency management Executive stakeholder alignment

BDelivery Methods

// how the work moves

Agile / Scrum (CSM) SAFe (Scaled Agile) PMP delivery discipline Scaled / hybrid delivery Vendor & partner management

CCloud & Technical

// fluent with engineering

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure AI / ML delivery programs SaaS product build (0→1) Systems integration

DDomains

// where the work has lived

Healthcare IT (EHR, claims, e-Rx) Financial services Insurance technology Fintech Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning Global / public health systems

05 — Technical depth

Still hands-on with
the technology I lead.

Three products I've designed and shipped end-to-end — so I lead engineering teams as a peer, not a passenger.

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Certifications

◆ Project Management Professional PMP
◆ Certified ScrumMaster CSM
◆ Oracle Cloud Infrastructure OCI

Recognition

Oracle Spot Award 2026
Outstanding Management & Leadership 2020
Analyst of the Year, Allianz 2016

Education

M.S. Information Technology U. St. Thomas
Bachelor's Degree Metropolitan State Univ.
12 years enterprise delivery Since 2014
Healthcare · Cloud · AI · Fintech Domains

06 — Let's build something that ships

Ready when you are.

If you need someone to take a complex, cross-functional program and turn it into a date you can defend in a board meeting — let's talk.

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The same five moves,every time.