Patrick Spaude, Pmp Email & Phone Number

Buffalo, Minnesota

Manage the IT Strategy, APM, PM/PMO, CRM and Enterprise Architecture activities.Built Strategic Planning Process and recommendation for county use and direct use within IT for overall strategic planning. Placing citizen centric focus as a high priority.Directed the development of strategy and direction for the PMO and Project Management processes including the templates, repository and ongoing education. Created Architectural Design Review Team (ADRT) used to align with County IT strategic direction, improve project communications and designs, and create technical alignment within IT.Actively planning and working with staff to develop the future Records Management roadmap for Wright County.Initiating activities to frame up direction for Application Portfolio Management and Partner Relationship Management.Actively evaluate and recommend actions for security and compliance enhancements relating to infrastructure and software solutions targeted to consider requirements for BCA, CJIS, PCI, HIPAA, NIST and others.Continuously work with staff to encourage creativity in solution development, forward thinking and customer centric responsiveness and service. Currently directing and executing Strategic Planning Process specific to IT execution, performance and delivery of value to Constituents.

Connecting Technology with Business StrategyServed as the CIO for 17 organizations to provide strategic guidance, planning, budgeting and implementation to clients in manufacturing, service organizations, financial institutions, analytics, construction, healthcare and food services.Developed organizational Policies and Procedures for compliance and security, including achieving the Trustmark Security Certification as a Managed Services Provider. Help direct and build the organizational BC/DR plans, in addition to providing guidance to healthcare and financial clients with building their plans. Introduced innovative solutions that reduced or eliminated extra time and steps to access information, allowing the physician to see 1-2 more patients a day.Improved business processes while greatly enhancing security and expanding accessibility. Inspired and initiated an infrastructure redesign efforts that would allow for quick BC/DR in addition to providing easy organizational and infrastructure scalability for a multisite client.Leveraged expertise of HIPAA, NIST, PCI, Sarbanes Oxley, Safety and Security knowledge to every situation required to maintain compliance and security.

Directed development of the Strategic IT Roadmap providing direction for future technology planning and execution that also provides for the reintegration of outsourced infrastructure and computing.Directed the design and implementation of Telepsychiatry facilities used in the outpatient clinic setting.Managed full organizational multisite replacement of multivendor wireless network with latest Cisco solution. Directed the evaluation and selection of a new electronic medical records system (EPIC). Bringing the organization the ability to meet government mandated Meaningful Use Requirements, provide greater reimbursement opportunities for the organization upwards of $2 million dollars a year, improve patient safety and reduce costs.Directed the planning and Implementation of a new VOIP communications system to provide a growth platform for unified communications throughout the multisite organization. Reducing costs by $8K a month, simplifying and expanding communication capabilities and building backup and failover communications.Directed the redesign and rebuild of the multisite communications infrastructure to position organization for business continuity/DR and organizational competitiveness.

Developed, and managed a profitable 10 year partnership with Highjump Software/3M, encompassing their full product line. This success included follow on business for Highjump/3M and letters of appreciation from customers regarding our performance and cost savings.Provide project management leadership for new or assigned projects for employer or client.Developed and implemented state of the art Supply Chain Management and Executionsystems for Highjump Software customers.Managed projects, Developed and Implemented state of the art Supply Chain Management, Warehouse Management and Data Acquisition systems for fortune 500 companies. Project Manager for the integration of over 100 retail locations from a Merger and Acquisition into the corporate environment. Include store conversion, systems, network, telecom and infrastructure. Project Manager systems interface and software data conversion from acquisitions operable systems to newly developed POS system without impacting daily business.Managed a team that architected and developed Disaster Recovery Plans for a Fortune 100 company (Best Buy), which included multiple locations, multiple technology platforms, and over 450 business systems. Assisted Client in developing Sarbanes-Oxley compliant DR plans. Teams worked closely with hundreds of corporate business and technical personnel to achieve accurate and reliable results.

Established objectives, methodologies and direction for the development and integration of Competitive Intelligence into strategic corporate planning and daily operations.Developed strategic scenarios for competitor positioning, future actions and present counter strategies to all levels of executive management.Directed a team of engineering professionals to develop an extensive technology roadmap that provided future long range product development directives and used as the primary driver for future development activity.Developed a network of industry and financial analysts from around the world, in to a direct network of leading industry technologists and researchers.