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Reno, Nv, Us

Irvine, California, Us

Delivering healthcare technology solutions in a market focused on growth and expansion. Reporting to CEO and leading overall IT strategy, delivery, and operations for 20 occupational health clinics (and growing) throughout California.

Cypress, Ca, Us

Volunteering my time as a technical advisor for a global mission to address preventable deaths for more than 7 million people that do not have access to basic healthcare.

Healthcare and Technology Management Consulting, a certified service-disabled veteran-owned small business via United States SBA.

Duarte, Ca, Us

Executive healthcare leader cultivating top-talent, attaining aggressive goals, and executing a results-driven strategy to transform cancer care and the healthcare industry. In my role as Vice President & CTO, I'm responsible for driving enterprise value through the practice of innovation, architecture, and engineering. Additionally, I oversee cybersecurity focused on the prevention of cyber threats through comprehensive policy, process, practices, and technologies.Focused on the execution of our strategic plan while maintaining our ability to scale and meet City of Hope’s mission to transform the future of health care by turning science into a practical benefit and hope into reality.

Duarte, Ca, Us

City of Hope is transforming the future of health. Every day we turn science into practical benefit and we turn hope into reality where cancer patients become cancer survivors. We accomplish this through exquisite care, innovative research, and vital education focused on eliminate cancer and diabetes."There is no profit in curing the body if in the process we destroy the soul."This role is responsible for Healthcare Information Technology (HIT) focused on infrastructure strategy, planning, communication and delivery. Providing leadership in developing the annual infrastructure portfolio plan and budget, creating an efficient technology delivery process and effectively communicating realized value to key ITS and business stakeholders.

Oakland, California, Us

Primary leader for Service Management strategy and practices for the KP Care Delivery Technology Services organization.

Us

Engaging the business and IT stakeholders to facilitate understanding and provide direction on process and technology issues. This is a key partnership role within Optum Technology supporting both UHG and Optum to ensure the effective use of IT services for both the business and its customers.

Cypress, Texas, Us

Served as President Los Angeles LIG for the 2016 term and now serving as past-president.Served four years as as Orange County Area VP in supporting the goals and objectives of the itSMF USA, Los Angeles LIG and working with IT Service Management professionals!

Newport Beach, Ca, Us

Led critical project activities with the Corporate Treasury Department in support of a multiyear $35-40M Oracle/PeopleSoft ERP implementation. This effort involved the planning and commissioning of SunGard hosting services and meticulous execution between integrated banking systems, treasury/cash management, and other regulatory platforms. Additionally, worked closely with the Life Insurance Division to ensure process and systems integrations were adequately planned, developed and deployed in support of overall program goals and objects.

Newport Beach, Ca, Us

Responsible for managing $10-15M corporate IT program/project portfolio in determining priority, budget and initiation of enterprise initiatives in line with strategic roadmap.Improved forecasting of future work demand to effectively deliver and maintain IT services while realizing productivity improvements of 30-40% across all functional areas.Lead corporate IT adoption and implementation of ITIL best practices in conjunction with BMC and Service-Now Service Management platform(s). These efforts resulted in the savings of over $1.1MM in reduced downtime through effective change, problem and incident management.

Newport Beach, Ca, Us

IT Service Management Director accountable for the delivery of Service Desk and Service Assurance (Enterprise Systems Monitoring) services to internal and Divisional IT. Responsibilities included communication, awareness, and delivery of capabilities to ITIL based processes and Service Delivery platforms.

Newport Beach, Ca, Us

Project Manager for multiple enterprise projects to include corporate data center design, build and migration over 24-month period. Increased long-term growth capacity by nearly 200% with 50% reduction in data center footprint. Developed and directed project scope, schedule, and cost as part of $18-20M data center program while delivering a final project budget variance of less than 5% to actual.Developed and managed company wide marketing and communication plan to senior business management, divisional IT leadership, and key business customers.

Developed CRM platform utilizing SugarCRM and LAMP open source on Sun Microsystems Solaris platform specifically tailored to mortgage lenders and brokers.Designed financial prospectus to attract opportunities relative to investment and acquisition based on 3-year target revenues of $13MM with a 12-18 month break even and 3-5x ROI.Developed marketing and sales methodology for industry trade shows and related seminars.Delivered client based hosted infrastructure through SaaS model and developed consulting managed services practice partnering with Dell on client and server platform.

Los Angeles, Us

Led due diligence process for new products, lines of business, and merger and acquisition activities that resulted in savings of over $3MM in cost avoidanceDeveloped and maintained forward planning methodology in identifying new business opportunity.Partnered with key consulting firm(s) to include BearingPoint and Deloitte Touché on acquisition and valuation review of key prospects.

Los Angeles, Us

Planned and supervised $45MM capital & operating budget in all facets of infrastructure and operational IT. Saved over $2MM through the negotiation and management of Enterprise License Agreements with key industry leaders to include Cisco, Citrix, Microsoft and Sprint.Provided strategic direction and career planning guidance for direct staff and associate teams while maintaining a 90% retention rate for department.Led organization through Sarbanes-Oxley preparation, attestation and ongoing review of policy and procedures.

Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nl

Planned and managed $2.5MM profit-center for a global information & communication technology (ICT) solutions and services company. Directed human resource activities to include associate growth & development resulting in 93% employee retention following outsourcing account transition.Managed sales and marketing campaign to introduce new service and technology solutions to client base.

Washington, Dc, Us

MCRD San Diego, PLT 2010, E Company, May '91, 11 weeks at 29 Palms for MOS training, Comm Center Operator - 2542/9982, Served 1990-95, 1stMAW, MWCS-18, FMC, Camp Foster, Okinawa. 1st Marine Division, 3rd AABN, H&S Co., HQ Battalion....spent a year on Okinawa and came back stateside to Del Mar on Pendleton with 3rd tracks, missed deployment to Mogadishu (too short)...FAP/TAD to 1stMarDiv HQBN where I worked in Marine Corp "IT" and received a secondary MOS 9982 as Small Systems Computer. Went into bootcamp less than 2 weeks after first Gulf War with Iraqi surrender in Desert Storm.....would do it all over again without hesitation....4th generation Devil Dog, GGrandfather fought in Belleau Woods....Semper Fi.