Benjamin P. Perkins 118 E 7th St. Bloomington, IN 47408

Email: bepeperk@indiana.edu; Phone: (847) 347-9141

Education

Indiana University, Bloomington, IN May 2016

Bachelor of Science in Informatics with a Cognate in Business

Cumulative GPA: 3.31; Major GPA: 3.53

Work Experience

Cigna Corporation, Bloomfield, CT Summer 2015

TECDP (Technology Early Career Development Program) Summer Intern: Project Manager

Managed an application development team throughout the summer that focused on the ideation and

creation of a web application to improve the satisfaction and overall health of Cigna’s customers.

Worked closely with other project managers on my team in order to analyze problems within the health

care community and develop solutions to assist caregivers in their delivery of healthcare services.

Collaborated with team members with diverse skill sets in order to achieve project milestones and

deliverables, improve process flow and resolve issues within my team (worked with: developers, business

analysts, systems analysts, designers, architects, security specialists, and database specialists).

Maintained project backlog using the JIRA organizational tool and held backlog meetings with my team

to properly track project deliverables throughout the development lifecycle.

Communicated with full-time project mentors and business sponsors throughout the summer to improve

features developed within the application.

Achieved a solid understanding of the structure and functionality of company databases by applying data

analytics to solve business issues within the Information Management Group.

Organized and analyzed customer incident and problem tickets and presented findings to management.

Completed Agile Development courses (Agile 101, User Story Writing and Release Train Engineer

Training) in order to prepare for the Information Management Group’s movement to Agile.

Gallagher Bassett, Itasca, IL Summer 2013 & 2014 Finance Summer Intern: Financial Planning & Analysis Team

Analyzed company claim data in order to help in the creation of a “Cost to Serve” model that calculated

the cost of an insurance claim over the life of the claim (the duration it takes for a claim to be handled).

Developed spreadsheets and utilized pivot tables/charts to help create the financial plan for 2014 in order

to properly analyze and plan future budgets.

Finance Summer Intern: General Clerk

Maintained Gallagher’s Flexi cash system to track the day-to-day flow of cash through the company.

Worked with the billing team to organize and help distribute bills to clients accurately and efficiently.

Conducted informational interviews with company executives and received input on business processes.

Leadership Experience

Sigma Pi Fraternity, Bloomington, IN Fall 2013 & Spring 2014

Head of Philanthropy – American Cancer Society Event

Coordinated a fundraising event that helped raise over $10,000 for the American Cancer Society. This

required managing various groups within the fraternity and actively communicating with the university,

local restaurants, American Cancer Society representatives, and other Greek organizations.

Skills & Interests

Social: Communication/Collaboration, Project Management, Team Leadership, Organization

Technical: HP Service Manager, Rally Agile Development, JIRA Issue & Project Tracking Software,

Microsoft Excel (Pivot Tables/Charts) for Data Analysis, SharePoint Team Collaboration Software Tools,

Python & SQL, Agile SDLC, and Scrum

Interests: Fishing, Lacrosse, Golf, and Game of Thrones