Doug Olson Email & Phone Number

Grapevine, Texas, US

Versant Diagnostics is a premier physician services company focused on anatomic pathology, precision medicine, and the digital transformation of the industry.

Dallas, Texas, US

Responsible for IT at all Arbor laboratories.

Cleveland Clinic Hospital - Nichols Management Group, Senior ConsultantIT audit of lab operations and LIS systems including Copath and Sunquest. Partners Healthcare, Boston MA - Nichols Management Group, Senior ConsultantDigital Pathology IT due diligence & LIS strategic planning of Epic Beaker and Sunquest.MedLabs Diagnostics, Cedar Knolls, NJIT and.

Irving, TX, US

• Leader of IT organization including application development and network infrastructure. Responsible for HIPAA, security, patient results delivery, and EMR connectivity. Reported to CEO and SVP of Sales.
• Generated $2M in annual revenue by creating XML / HL7 interface methodology for orders and results transmission with EMR vendors such as Greenway, ECW, AllScripts, Athena Health, Practice Fusion and UroCharts utilizing.
• 25% increased efficiency of IT organization by transforming IT department including staffing, vendors, and consultants. Transformed lab operations by converting to the Orchard LIS (Copia and Harvest) which required.
• Improved efficiency of datacenter operations at Rackspace including virtualization and SAN requirements.

Lewisville, TX, US

• Built and managed IT organization from startup to full production including vendor management, customer management, software selection and application support.
• Responsible for applications including ATLAS web-based orders & results, Sunquest LIS, CoPath conversion from AS400 (Pathology), Ensemble interface engine, and Clinical Trials.
• Managed architecture and development team for US Oncology integrated reporting capability.

Irving, Texas, US

• Grew IT staff from 5 to 30 while company grew from 250 to 800 employees. Increased client base by 150% and acquired 3 laboratories. Reported to CEO.
• Decreased IT expenses by 20% by successfully converting anatomic pathology laboratory in Boston to a new laboratory information system (WinSURGE) under budget, and ahead of schedule.
• Increased revenue by 15% building EMR interface capability delivering patient orders and results to client EMR systems. Utilized the cloverleaf interface engine.
• Built and delivered a corporate data warehouse providing decision making tools adopting best practices utilizing agile scrum methodology for software development.

Burlington, North Carolina, US

• Developed strategic direction for corporate Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) division on all staffing, budget, methodology, and vendor relations. Accountable for the delivery of 300,000 patient reports daily to clients.
• Increased the EDI business from 4% to 18% of total patient reports delivered to clients utilizing the cloverleaf interface engine. This enormous growth required migration from IBM S80 to IBM p670 LPAR technology, and.
• Responsible for team of 50 project managers, developers, helpdesk and support staff solving complex connectivity and application issues across all departments of the organization.

US

• Fifth employee for company startup to design and direct IT organization. Responsible for IT budget of $5M reporting to the COO. Led all facets of technology and telecom, including IT staff at corporate office and 12.
• Directed IT strategy for successful integration of two corporate mergers (APR and PathSOURCE), two laboratory acquisitions (APMG and DVD) and the build-out of 2 new pathology laboratories from the ground up. This.
• Evaluated, researched and implemented strategy of numerous laboratory information systems (including CoPath, WinSURGE, Cerner, Cortex, and PLAB), phone & billing systems to improve workflow.
• Decreased expenses approximately 30% by building a corporate data warehouse providing each laboratory reporting capabilities never seen before. Integrated MS SQL-Server 7.0/DTS, Cognos, IIS, and Crystal Reports.

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* EDS Project Manager for the Credit Union Industry Group - Developed and managed client-server financial systems utilizing PowerBuilder and MS SQL-Server 6.5.* EDS University Technical Development Instructor - Managed and taught 14-week and 10-week technical training classes for 400 participants. Completed 14-week Technical Consulting Program as a student.

Management Of Information Systems, Information Technology, Business

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