As the College transitioned into providing clinical services as well as multiple researchprojects involving patient data, I lead the effort towards HIPAA/HITECHcompliance. Beginning with a gap analysis and an initial risk assessment, I institutedpolicies and procedures for the clinical operations to protect patient data. As theCollege has matured, I have widened the scope and generated a compliance programthat encompasses the entire business unit.My role has become more comprehensive as the Compliance Officer for the College aswell as the varied clinical activities of the Florida Medical Practice Plan. Among myduties and roles:• Provide consulting and expertise to educators, researchers, and students onnumerous compliance regulations including, but not limited to, HIPAA, FERPA,FIPA, CLIA, GDPR, PCI/DSS and other legislation as requested• Generate and perform periodic audits and risk assessments for variouslegislative and governing bodies• Manage workforce training and recurring security reminder program forHIPAA/HITECH compliance• Serve as HIPAA Security Officer for College and Florida Medical Practice Plan• Serve as HIPAA Privacy Officer for College and Florida Medical Practice Plan• Serve as Information Security Manager for College when reporting toUniversity• Serve as Unit Privacy Coordinator for College when reporting to University

The College of Medicine was in a transitional phase on early 2011 and I was broughton board to facilitate moving their IT support structure to a new paradigm. Within myfirst 6 months I shifted their IT support from an authoritarian model to a more usercentricmodel. This change has strengthened the IT department's bond with our'customers' and has led to markedly higher satisfaction ratings from the faculty, staffand students. Among the projects that I led were new inventory controls, issuemanagement system and numerous hardware and software implementation projects. Facilitate FOIA requests• Technical liaison with faculty, staff, and student base• Coordinate support activities between Faculty/Staff and internal and externalIT groups• Supervisory and Budgetary responsibility for College IT funds• Manage Help Desk, computer labs, classrooms and other common IT assets• Create and maintain policy and procedure manuals• Manage multiple internal and external IT and infrastructure projects• Supervise dedicated IT staff and in academic setting

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Administer desktop PC/MAC infrastructure for College of Communication and Information. Manage and supervise a team of HelpDesk technicians supporting both the college personnel as well as the families of a public school in a digital divide outreach program.

Research election documents from various FL and OH elections Digitize, organize, and warehouse thousands of election documents. Involved extensive travel to locations across the country.

* Manage employees and production for giftware manufacturer. * Implement and maintain integrated PC network for business functions.

Charged with troubleshooting, repair and maintenance of analog and digital imaging equipment within customer's locales. Responsible for maintaining customer satisfaction.