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Maumee, Ohio, Us

Maumee, Ohio, Us

Jacksonville Beach, Florida, Us

Optimum Healthcare IT is a Best in KLAS healthcare IT staffing and consulting services firm based in Jacksonville Beach, Florida. Presently engaged as Technology Project Manager at PeaceHealth.PeaceHealth, based in Vancouver, Wash., is a nonprofit Catholic health system offering care to communities in Washington, Oregon and Alaska. PeaceHealth is launching a $1.4 billion dollar health system initiative to plan and implement facility improvements in our hospitals in conjunction with operational improvements. Included in this effort is the transition from shared patient rooms to single patient rooms to optimize the existing facilities to improve both the patient and caregiver experiences. Previous assignments and core competencies include: Interim CIO/CTO, Operations Management, Project Management and Infrastructure Planning including technical and operational consulting on: IT organizational analysis and design, business process improvements, lifecycle management and preparation of capital and operating budgets for strategic and financial planning purposes.

Toledo, Ohio, Us

Direct the development, implementation, and maintenance of technology standards, governance and desktop security. Provide IT strategic planning and council on all technology related issues that support the business and care processes. Responsible for the standardization of the infrastructure and desktop environment for 13 hospitals and 300 ambulatory practices - 23,000 PCs. This includes vendor and resource management with oversight on final EPIC environment for all ProMedica facilities as well as the coordination, evaluation, deployment, TDR and management of current and future technologies. Responsible for leading technical and application teams to ensure that the technical requirements necessary to keep the project on track and budget are understood, clearly communicated and executed on time.

Lithonia, Georgia, Us

Maintained essential IT operations, including operating systems, security tools, firewalls, cloud environments, applications, servers, patching, communication systems, laptops, desktops, software, and hardware. Restructured DeKalb IT teams, resulting in improved skill level, team cohesiveness, and individual staff accountability. Developed network architecture replacement plan that provided for high availability of computing resources and the security of the enterprise. Developed infrastructure, architecture, security and service delivery standards and procedures for the enterprise. Led IT strategic planning activities, bringing current knowledge and future vision of infrastructure technology, systems and best practices (e.g. ITIL, NIST)Established metrics, key performance indicators and service level agreements for driving the performance of IT service delivery. Analyzed and predicted trends and developed long-range plans designed to maintain cost effectiveness and competitiveness of the enterprise IT infrastructure.

Enterprise Information Technology Consulting with progressive experience in global operations and consulting. Areas of expertise include Network Architecture, Security, Design, Business Continuity and IT Operations.Assignments included strategic consulting on:- Fundamental IT organizational analysis, design and restructure- Business process improvements and detailed project management- Enterprise resource planning and design for new facilities construction- Security strategy development, design and implementation- VOIP Telecommunications and PBX Replacement- Enterprise Wireless and Cellular Technology Solutions- Wireless Clinical Mobility Strategy

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

Provided vision and leadership for development and implementation of information technology initiatives that ensured technology requirements of 12 regional and rural hospitals were met. Managed operational budget of $3.5M and a capital budget of $5M, and responsible for 18 technical/professional employees.Developed and executed a three-tiered information systems infrastructure replacement plan that committed to current systems stabilization and enhancement, while launching the implementation of Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) and Electronic Health Record (EHR) on wireless clients throughout the Mercy Health Partners facilities

The mission of Vail Meadows Therapeutic Riding Center is to enhance the quality of life of special needs individuals of all ages, regardless of their financial status, by utilizing a holistic approach to life-skill development through therapeutic horseback riding instruction and education. This is accomplished with love and compassion through qualified riding instructors, therapists, educators, allied health professionals, and community volunteers. Our collaborative approach results in enhancing the capacities, abilities and gifts of each person served in order to capture the full potential of the individual.

Responsible for the security, design, implementation, management and troubleshooting activities for the international corporate infrastructure including vulnerability assessment, redesign and physical separation of multiple networks. Managed international team of 20 members based in the United States and India.

Network Designer/Architect responsible for the security, design, and management of Cisco Gigabit Ethernet environments in North and South America. Responsible for contract negotiations, monitoring of service level agreements with international telecom providers including Equant (France Telecom) AT&T and MCI. Provided high availability business solutions for 24/7 international production network utilizing SAP. Responsible for the design and implementation of the enterprise disaster recovery strategies and Y2K readiness planning and operations. Managed international team of 24 members based in North and South America for support of 24/7 chemical production facilities. (7 sites North America, 9 sites South America)

Bachelor Of Science, Health Care Administration

Associates, Electronics Technology