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Oakland, California, Us

Oakland, California, Us

Oakland, California, Us

Great Falls, Mt, Us

Serving on the Senior Leadership team for a multibillion dollar hospital healthcare system, directs IT, Health Information Management (HIM), Telehealth, Outsourced IT, Food and Dietary and Printing services. Governs and develops eight direct reports and 225 staff.Spearheads strategic planning, capital/operating budget planning and management for a multimillion dollar budget with P&L responsibility, revenue generation and capture, regulatory compliance and vendor management. Garnered board approval for the IT enterprise strategic plan and roadmap. Delivered a digital transformation strategic roadmap to align the enterprise for innovation. Furnishes Outsourced IT, Telehealth and Continuing Education services to 13 consortium hospitals across Montana.Authored the data strategy and assembled the enterprise data warehouse platform and analytics program. Drives system wide service line growth, selection and optimization for Cerner, Meditech and NextGen including facility upgrades, contract negotiations and implementation. Chairs the IT Steering, System Selection Steering and Governance committees; and actively serves on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Operations, Capital Approval, Corporate Compliance and Revenue Cycle committees.Contributed to sustaining CMS certification and accreditation. Key ResultsReorganized the Telehealth service line and increased service offerings 300%, providing services to more than 40% of Montana hospitals. Awarded multiple USDA RUS grants to advance telehealth. By realigning IT services: boosted system availability and cybersecurity, minimizing enterprise risk; enhanced optimization; and raised customer satisfaction 45%. Elevated HIM revenue capture and cash on hand to $3M.Leveraged LEAN management to simplify and decrease IT costs across the enterprise.Changed the department culture and lowered turnover from 33% to 3% over two years, securing recognition as a premier system department.

Running a national healthcare management consulting company, sold and delivered exceptional business and operational service line leadership, capital and operating budget management, strategic planning, IT system selection and implementation and facility upgrade services. Hired and directed contract staff to achieve client goals. Negotiated contracts and managed vendors.Retained as the Acting CIO for a regional healthcare system with oversight over Cerner, Meditech and NextGen; and Interim CTO for a regional healthcare system utilizing Epic and Cerner. Provided leadership and staff development and leadership transition for both health systems.

Renton, Wa, Us

Charged with driving M&A integration of Swedish Information Services into Providence Information Services as a member of the Swedish Senior Leadership and Stewardship teams for a multibillion dollar five-hospital and 144-clinic system.Held three executive roles as the Washington regional IT leader, CIO, CMIO and CTO. Chaired the Swedish IT Governance committee and served on the Regional IT Governance committee. Led seven direct reports and 307 staff; and developed and monitored a multimillion dollar capital/operating budgets.Optimized Epic across the enterprise and rolled out Epic Community Connect at the Olympic Medical Center and Jefferson Healthcare Medical Centers.Championed Telehealth services, the successful PeopleSoft to Lawson conversion and IS integration into the ICD 10 program as the executive sponsor.

Renton, Wa, Us

Governing enterprise IT and Clinical Engineering services, designed and successfully launched Epic, Telehealth and Outsourced IT services for the multimillion dollar four-hospital and 15-clinic system as a Senior Leadership and Stewardship team member. Managed and mentored five direct reports and 125 staff; and oversaw multimillion dollar capital and operating budgets.Deployed Epic across the Western Montana Region as a Meditech replacement by crafting and implementing the regional Epic readiness plan as the IT Governance team chair. Drove M&A integration of Western Montana Region IT services into Providence IT Services. Delivered Outsourced IT services to regional hospitals, clinics and medical practices, producing $1M in revenue.Appointed to the Montana HIE statewide board.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Provided enterprise-wide leadership for IT, HIM and Clinical Engineering services as a Senior Leadership team member for a multimillion dollar nine campus multi-specialty ambulatory practice. Participated in maintaining JCAHO certification and accreditation. Led and developed four direct reports and a staff of 85; and prepared and administered multimillion dollar capital and operating budgets.Chairing the IT Steering, Governance and EMR Selection committees, helped choose Epic as the enterprise EMR. Created and executed strategic plans, workflows and processes to support roll out.Pacific Medical Centers was acquired by Providence Swedish Health Services

Founded and operated a successful national healthcare management consulting firm that sold and offered: strategic and operations leadership, strategic planning, market and competitive analysis, financing, M&A, leadership and staff development, and operational improvement services. Served as a Board Member, Advisory Board Member, CEO and/or COO for consulting firm assignments and CIO and CTO on behalf of for-profit and not-for-profit healthcare organizations, hospitals and health insurance companies.Planned and launched new companies, services and products, implementing GTM strategies. Forged critical partner and vendor relationships, completed due diligence, conducted contract negotiations and oversaw the P&L for project budgets ranging from $2M to $60M.

Helped launch one of the first Managed Service Firewall companies, garnering national and international customers culminating in a successful liquidity event.Created and executed a global strategic product and service model and customer support operations.Developed a consulting service line, SaaS offering and Network Security Operations Center (NSOC).Managed service lines, achieved revenue growth objectives and global customer support goals.Sold Breakwater Security Associates to PerimeterUSA.

Led significant growth of SPRYNET by building reliable, scalable product and service offerings as the senior technology leader on the senior management team. Created and implemented long-range strategies to support growth goals across IT, telecommunications, software application development, security and network operations center.Managed subscriber registration, ERP, CRM, financial, marketing and sales applications, subscriber and reporting databases, operations and telecommunications services.Sold America Online/Sprynet to MindSpring, performing due diligence, sale closure and divestiture of assets.

Fellowship

Master'S Degree, Leadership And Management

Bachelor'S Degree, Management And Telecommunication Systems Managment

Leadership And Managment