Biomedical Maintenance Officer
Us Army Medical Command
•Developed budget for the Army’s Picture Archival and Communication System (PACS) program; $270 million over 9 years, supporting more than 100 medical treatment facilities•Developed business case analysis for PACS requirements within the Army Medical Department (AMEDD); conducted value-analysis to ensure ‘best possible’ solution •Executed the Army’s PACS program to ensure successful and coherent planning, deployment, integration, sustainment and life-cycle management•Championed organizational change through Integrated Process Teams (IPTs); established Clinical Business Practice and Maintenance/Sustainment IPTs to balance change and continuity – continually strive to improve patient care and organizational performance within the basic Government framework•Created a work environment that encouraged creative thinking while maintaining focus, intensity and persistence, even under adversity•Served as Supervisory Biomedical Engineer, Technology Support Division, responsible for Technology Assessment/Requirements Analysis (TARA), technology information dissemination and capital equipment procurement assistance•Advocated change within the AMEDD by championing a Business Process Reengineering initiative; disseminated information to shape the future of radiology for the US Army•Served as team leader for TARA; conducting in- and out-briefings to Hospital executive staff; results of analysis used to support world-wide medical technology implementation initiatives•Performed research and market surveillance of diagnostic imaging systems, methods included technical literature search and review, corporate interviews, and industry symposia to achieve desired clinical performance requirements within AMEDD capital equipment cost constraints