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Professional SummaryI worked on the first EHR back in the late 1990's between Kaiser and IBM and have since stayed within the clinical IT landscape with the privilege of fulfilling many roles and working with top notch corporations. I have an unquenchable curiosity for all angles of healthcare and ultimately empathize with the patient's journey and aim to make that journey as smooth as possible. Roles and skills:IT Product Manager on Physician Experience Mobile appField engagement at Clinics, Hospitals and Dialysis CentersHuman Factors Analyst Conduct Usability StudiesADO Backlog ManagementBusiness Analysis /Product Owner Experience Deployment via Continuous Integration Night Shift Rotation on Production Installations Member of Defect Change Control BoardTrained and Mentored over 50+ offshore/onshore employees.Observational Researcher working with clients side-by-side Focal Point Member on creation of Tools: • Product Tools: Mixpanel, Product Board, Pendo, Trello, PI planning Board, Teams, Confluence• Research Tools: Mentimeter, • Design Tools: Invision• QA Tools: Alteryx, Octopus, Visual Studio, MS Test Foundation Server, Table Driven Script Generator (TDSG), Jira, StarTeam, TestDirector, HPQualityCenter, Caliber, QTP, MySQL, CloudCMS, TOAD, SQLDeveloper, Rally, Rational Test Manager• Platforms: Web, JavaScript, C++ Client, C#, AIX HP_UX, Linux, HTML, DHTML, XML, DB, • Languages: HTML, HL7• Other Tools: Volusion, Notepad++, Snagit, Beyond Compare, Citrix, Diffuse, Syntrillium, Sharepoint, Clarity, Mozilla, TeamsMethods: Functional, Regression, Black/White Box, Clinical Workflow, Continuous Integration, Rapid Development, Functional Workflow, Integration, Stage, Compatibility, Installation, Localization, KanBan, Requirements Ambiguity, Gap Analysis, Risk Based Analysis, Defect Slippage Rates, Waterfall, Iterative, Agile, Human Factors Analysis of Industry Standards and Internal HF Standards, Storyboarding and Observational Research* Processes/ExperienceObjectives and Key Results, Value Based Feature Prioritization, Backlog refinement, Creation of Legal, Compliance and Regulatory specs; creation of stories, story mapping, north star presentations, etc. Experience in PI planning/SAFE methodologies; continuous discovery; gathering metrics to show success of feature rollouts; Alpha/Beta releases, Product A/B comparisons; collaborator with marketing, senior product leaders, education, architects, Business Development Admins, Physician and care team members, researchers, etc. Resume and references available upon request