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Chicago, Us

Providence, Rhode Island, Us

New York, Ny, Us

Recruited to manage projects for hospital system with 46K+ employees in 300 locations. IT project advisor to hospital leadership. Managed project teams and, mentored new project managers.• Implemented check-in kiosk and mobile-compatible MyChart check-in system across systems main hospitals, slashing surgical patient check-in times.• Deployed pioneering, model technologies for new Manhattan hospital to improve patient experience and clinical efficiency.• Planning, design, and launch of new networked clinics and inpatient locations throughout Manhattan, giving patients more choice in treatment location, delivering project on time and within budget.

Newark, Nj, Us

Brought in to create single project management office and formalize project structure for major university and teaching hospital. Managed 5 large vendors and directed matrixed project teams up to 35 in delivering multiple key IT projects.• Developed new project management framework for combined university and hospital system, including needs assessment, planning, and creation of standards and processes, improving project delivery and resource use.• Directed planning, execution, and vendor management for major system upgrades, including new, up-to-date blood bank management processes, and automation of liver transplant management system.

Montvale, Nj, Us

Hired to co-lead creation of new project management office for $500M paint manufacturer. Led teams of up to 30 in execution of IT upgrades and systems rollouts.• Developed processes and standards for all IT infrastructure projects, and trained other project managers in new processes to significantly improve efficiency of project delivery.• Directed enterprise-wide system rollouts, including project planning and management for Windows 2010 upgrade, and negotiation and oversight of HP printer deployment across 6,000+ locations nationwide.

Madison, New Jersey, Us

Designed and created ~$5.6B company's first project management office, imposing project management best practices and procedures to replace inefficient ad-hoc methods.• Consolidated IT operations at over 150 branch offices into single, networked datacenter serving 3 corporate offices, managing remote teams in transitioning operations to new datacenter.

Hired by Fortune 100s and leading Northeastern educational and healthcare organizations to apply project management expertise to improve PM structure and processes, and ensure delivery of key IT infrastructure projects. Projects included:• Senior Telecom Project Coordinator and Analyst, Quest Diagnostics. Co-managed "Invigorate" program to consolidate and upgrade all US telecommunication systems and operations, saving company $2M in telecom costs.• Senior IT Project Manager, Atlantic Health Systems. Managed major data storage capacity upgrade while reducing data center footprint by 74%, operating costs by $2.3M over 4 years, and energy consumption by >45%.• Project Coordinator, Montclair State University. Recruited to oversee planning and testing for SunGard to Oracle PeopleSoft migration, and managed multiple other IT projects.• Project Coordinator, Verizon Wireless. Streamlined project gate process to improve delivery speed and efficiency.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Multiple promotions to senior IT project management role overseeing critical IT rollouts, upgrades, and transitions.• Led creation and implementation of UPS distributed system service requests (DSSR) for all of US, building proprietary project management tool that improved project intake, approval, and tracking for large project portfolio.• Directed company conversion from Unix to Linux OS, built new Linux pilot servers, and coordinated Linux deployment with customer applications.• Managed the build of transition plans including infrastructure/application support models, change management.