WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.500 My name is Dominick Cirillo, I go by Dom, 2 00:00:02.500 --> 00:00:05.330 and I am a manager of software engineering 3 00:00:05.330 --> 00:00:07.230 at UnitedHealth Group, Optum. 4 00:00:07.230 --> 00:00:10.590 line:15% So the overall mission of my role 5 00:00:10.590 --> 00:00:14.670 line:15% is to lead a team through to help 6 00:00:14.670 --> 00:00:18.570 line:15% solve problems in our healthcare industry 7 00:00:18.570 --> 00:00:21.440 line:15% and we have to enable our business partners 8 00:00:21.440 --> 00:00:23.900 line:15% to solve those problems with technology. 9 00:00:23.900 --> 00:00:26.160 line:15% And you need folks to deliver that technology 10 00:00:26.160 --> 00:00:27.510 line:15% and it has to be done wisely, 11 00:00:27.510 --> 00:00:28.520 line:15% it has to be done efficiently, 12 00:00:28.520 --> 00:00:32.440 line:15% it has to be done so that we're not wasting resources 13 00:00:32.440 --> 00:00:35.080 line:15% so that we have those resources to disperse 14 00:00:35.080 --> 00:00:36.610 in other parts of the healthcare industry. 15 00:00:36.610 --> 00:00:38.710 We have a project that just came to my desk 16 00:00:38.710 --> 00:00:42.200 and we're decommissioning one of our older 17 00:00:42.200 --> 00:00:43.540 decommissioning systems, right, 18 00:00:43.540 --> 00:00:45.410 so stay with me on this, all right. 19 00:00:45.410 --> 00:00:48.260 And we're doing that because that decommissioning 20 00:00:48.260 --> 00:00:50.670 system from years ago was built on older 21 00:00:50.670 --> 00:00:52.210 technology from a vendor's system. 22 00:00:52.210 --> 00:00:54.910 line:15% We wanted to bring it in-house to UnitedHealth Group 23 00:00:54.910 --> 00:00:57.020 line:15% so that it's on newer technology, 24 00:00:57.020 --> 00:00:58.220 line:15% internal to our own systems, 25 00:00:58.220 --> 00:01:00.750 line:15% a little more efficient and cheaper. 26 00:01:00.750 --> 00:01:02.710 line:15% And so when a project first comes in, 27 00:01:02.710 --> 00:01:05.150 my job is to say what's the scope, 28 00:01:05.150 --> 00:01:08.210 what are we going after here and what's our goal? 29 00:01:08.210 --> 00:01:11.130 What are we truly trying to achieve? 30 00:01:11.130 --> 00:01:13.920 And I think that's kind of what I've been trying, 31 00:01:13.920 --> 00:01:15.970 some of the battles that I have to play in my role 32 00:01:15.970 --> 00:01:17.660 as a manager of software engineering 33 00:01:17.660 --> 00:01:19.470 is continually keeping in mind 34 00:01:19.470 --> 00:01:21.610 our goal of what we're trying to achieve. 35 00:01:21.610 --> 00:01:23.640 Because you would think okay, yeah, 36 00:01:23.640 --> 00:01:24.610 playing with technology, 37 00:01:24.610 --> 00:01:26.120 let me just take down this old system, 38 00:01:26.120 --> 00:01:29.250 build a new system and I'm going to be successful, 39 00:01:29.250 --> 00:01:32.690 line:15% but there's more behind the scenes 40 00:01:32.690 --> 00:01:34.300 line:15% that you don't realize is happening 41 00:01:34.300 --> 00:01:35.830 line:15% where the ultimate goal is, right, 42 00:01:35.830 --> 00:01:37.300 line:15% to help us save some more money 43 00:01:37.300 --> 00:01:39.150 line:15% so that we have resources to disperse 44 00:01:39.150 --> 00:01:41.073 line:15% in other parts of the healthcare industry. 45 00:01:44.213 --> 00:01:45.530 So in terms of what I'm doing, 46 00:01:45.530 --> 00:01:48.150 I'm looking at the data that's being used, 47 00:01:48.150 --> 00:01:48.990 how it's being used, 48 00:01:48.990 --> 00:01:51.060 finding the most and best efficient way 49 00:01:51.060 --> 00:01:52.703 to solve for the problem, 50 00:01:53.860 --> 00:01:56.840 and using technology where it's needed. 51 00:01:56.840 --> 00:01:58.970 I think one's probably gonna take us, 52 00:01:58.970 --> 00:02:01.190 it could be like a nine month long project, 53 00:02:01.190 --> 00:02:04.140 line:15% but I've worked on projects where we've turned around 54 00:02:04.140 --> 00:02:07.240 line:15% applications in two to three months. 55 00:02:07.240 --> 00:02:08.500 line:15% So I think all of it depends on 56 00:02:08.500 --> 00:02:09.770 line:15% the complexities of the requirements, 57 00:02:09.770 --> 00:02:11.020 line:15% the complexity of your customers 58 00:02:11.020 --> 00:02:13.373 of what they're looking for in terms of solutions.