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subject matter expert
Lauren Barton
EXPERTISE: IV&V Services, IT Process Assessments EXPERIENCE
Ms. Barton, a senior consultant at PCG Technology Consulting Prior to joining PCG TC, Ms. Barton worked for the California
(PCG TC), has more than 40 years of IT-related experience ranging Office of Systems Integration as the Project Director for the Child
from application development to data center and IT department Welfare Services/ Case management System (CWS/CMS). In this
management both in the private and public sectors. Since joining role, she led replacement system development and legacy system
the firm in 2010, she has provided Independent Validation and maintenance and operations for the California Department of Social
Verification (IV&V) services for California and Hawaii state projects. Services (CDSS) statewide system for administration of County
Her IT expertise includes technical, process, project and administrative Child Protective Services. Prior to that, Ms. Barton was Assistant
management end-to-end, from operations support to customer Director of the Stephen P. Teale Data Center (now California
relationship management, service management and business Technology Services) responsible for management and business
development. Ms. Barton is ITIL Expert certified and has delivered development of all customer facing services (Mainframe and non-
ITIL certification training as well as ITIL maturity assessments. mainframe platforms, database services, eGovernment platforms,
shared collaboration services etc.). Her background also includes
As many of Ms. Barton’s projects have been in the health and
several IT management and product management positions at
human services field, she brings expertise in the area of publically
Intel Corporation, pre-sales support and consulting for Digital
subsidized health and human services programs such as Medicaid
Equipment Corporation and teaching management and leadership,
and Child Welfare Services (CWS). With the recent release of MITA
communications and IT-related university courses.
V3.0, Ms. Barton has delivered IV&V services on MMIS projects in
California and Hawaii to implement systems compliant with the EDUCATION
new architecture guidelines. Ms. Barton is currently delivering IV&V
services on projects for the California Department of Health Care Ms. Barton holds an MBA and a BA in Communications Studies from
Services and the Hawaii Department of Human Services. California State University, Sacramento, with extensive coursework in
Organizational Development and Communications
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