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West Hartford, CT, US

Springfield, MA, US

- Lead I&T Team supporting Registration, Scheduling and Patient Accounting systems- Program Lead for $140MM conversion initiative to Cerner Millenium and Soarian Financials systems- Vendor Management of Revenue Cycle partners that support Baystate Health System

- Develop and present strategic technology plans for healthcare clients. - Develop and manage Service Level Agreements (SLAs) with key healthcare clientele- Provide HIPAA Security consultation and guidance- Coordinate and manage project initiatives including infrastructure, interface enhancements and core system upgrades

• Co-chaired Electronic Health Record/Practice Management Selection Committee developing and executing RFI/RFP process with vendors, vendor demonstrations and ultimately the selection of a new partner.
• Project Director for the implementation of Epic Ambulatory for all service lines. Successfully delivered the initiative on time and within budget.
• Work with senior leadership to develop service line plans for technology in primary care, behavioral health, dental and women’s health. This includes enhancements of EMR and innovations leveraging various technology.
• Responsible for developing and managing IT strategic plan for the organization.
• Responsible for daily IT operations and routine maintenance of all technology components including EMR, VOIP, infrastructure, back office applications, physical and EPHI security programs, and other areas as needed.
• Design and implement new WAN for our 18 site network. This greatly increased throughput and re-siliency while saving significant costs.

Sunrise, FL, US

Responsible for IT strategic planning, budgeting and operations for the organization. Led key initiatives in revenue cycle, RFI/RFP for core EMR, mobile computing, cloud services and communications.- Program Lead for ICD-10 compliance. Responsible for organizational compliance for this key initiative working with senior clinical and financial leadership..

Hartford, Connecticut, US

• Developed and established IT Vendor RFP and contracting processes working with business, legal and supply chain stakeholders which enabled much more successful engagements and substantial cost savings. Initiatives.
• Responsible for developing and managing $150MM/year capital and operating budget for IT. Worked with CEOs and CFOs across the healthcare system to develop long term capital plans and implement IT cost sharing models.
• Led team of financial analysts and administrators to provide monthly financial performance reports to senior leadership in IT and across the system
• Effectively renegotiated major IT vendor agreements saving $2MM annually

Hartford, Connecticut, US

• Built and led team of twenty five (25) project managers, technology managers, business and programmer analysts to develop and manage application suites that support the revenue cycle and expense applications for this.
• Developed portfolio management and prioritization systems working with senior leadership across the enterprise
• Successfully managed $20MM/year annual capital and operating budget to support revenue cycle and integrated financial application suites
• Developed and maintained effective relationships with senior leaderships across business and clinical towers
• Implemented numerous technologies to facilitate business processes, reduce system outages and improve throughput and reliability.

Hartford, Connecticut, US

• Built and led team to convert system companies to single Integrated Financial System – General Ledger, Purchasing/Supply Chain, HR/Payroll, AP, Fixed Assets and Projects. Designed and developed a streamlined conversion.
• Led team that designed and developed initial Intranet site and web-based tools to support information distribution requirements from the Integrated Financial system saving well over $5MM to date. These highly regarded.

• Lead custom development team working in Visual Basic, Lotus Notes and other toolsets
• Leading local and wide-area network designer that optimized throughput while keeping costs low
• Designed high capacity/high performance file servers and database engines
• Designed and managed implementation of local network cabling infrastructures
• Designed and developed technology service line offerings