Allison Rizzo Email & Phone Number

United States

Madison, Wisconsin

In the Quality Assurance role: Worked closely with the Inpatient Medication Administration Record (MAR) and Rover Mobile. Application development team testing new features, escalating issues, and suggestingenhancements for the software’s functionality. Successfully lead and managed several projects, including a large cross-application project that created and migrated a new code-based barcode manager to a web-based platform. Advised new hires on project management skills and how to successfully complete a development project.In Implementation Services role: Responsible for the success and management of a team of eleven client-side analysts for a largemulti-state hospital system. Collaborate and advise clinical staff and subject matter experts to design future state workflows and assist in operational readiness to support long-term success. Lead and advise a cross-application group of analysts on Surgical and Procedural Orders Management,including analyzing current workflows to complete system design, build and testing. Act as a liaison between vendors and the implementation team to establish integration of Epic’s enterprise system with other software to provide streamline workflows for end-users. Conducted multiple rounds of quality assessment, including auditing, application and integrated testing throughout the implementation process to ensure that a stable production environment is achieved.Tailor and create new training materials and initiatives, such as end-user engagement activates, for physician end users.

Amherst, Massachusetts

Responsible for characterization and study of two genes encoding for fungal effectors in the pathogenic fungus, Fusarium oxysporum. Investigate the pathogenic nature of these two hypothetical effectors by transforming them into Agrobacterium and co-transforming them into F. oxysporum and explore the DNA and protein levels.

Leominster, Ma

Prepared staff for the transition to Epic electronic medical record system for the executive nursing team. Increased patients experience metrics by attending weekly meeting, creating education for staff and interacting with patients to gauge the quality of their experience. Gained clinical experience by working on patient units and interacting directly with patients and medical staff.

Leominster, Ma

Prepared staff and the hospital, alongside the executive nursing team, for the Joint Commission Audit. Gained clinical experience via shadowing medical staff and working on patient units. Attended Executive staff meetings as an assistant to the Chief Nursing Officer.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Biochemistry And Molecular Biology

Activities and Societies: Member of the Pre-Medical Society, Biochemistry Club and Association for Women in the Sciences Commonwealth.

Education record

Activities and Societies: Graduated with honors from National Honors Society and La Société Honoraire Français.