Philippe Thomas Email & Phone Number

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

Sub-contracted in support of various clients' clinical, financial and regulatory initiatives during the planning, design, build and implementation stages of their information technology systems projects. Served in a senior capacity as project manager or systems analyst with duties which included: •Work with leadership and business units to collect, consolidate and organize business objectives•Create project plan(s) leading to work breakdown structures•Manage project work plan(s), budget(s), resource allocations and tasks assignments •Develop Requirements Definition documentation and record key business meetings•Communicate agreed upon functional / technical requirements that accurately reflect business needs •Perform Gap Analysis and define ROI current and end-state process work flows with MS Visio diagrams•Conduct and facilitate project planning, specification, design, development and project status meetings•Assess system requirements and coordinate procurement of necessary hardware and software•Collaborate on conceptual and data modeling functions while mitigating expectations• Analyze, develop and recommend solutions based on professional experience•Interpret technical documentation to select/suggest alternative approaches•Partner with vendor on regular checkpoint and review meetings•Design change management, issue resolution and system enhancement protocols• Generate a professional development training plan incorporated into standard operating procedures•Spearhead unit, system, integrated and user acceptance testing with various sign-off stages•Perform pre/post “Go-live “quality assurance testing•Responsible as subject matter expert (SME) for 24X7 technical support •Interacted frequently and coordinated project tasks with stakeholder functions• Involved from Planning, Analysis, Build, Testing (including code fixes made), Go-Live and Closing

• Responsible Initially for the support of the Radiology department with their Information Technology needs, later accepting responsibility for Cardiology, Emergency Services, Oncology and Respiratory Services. • Served as Lead Project Analyst / C0-Project Manager for the enterprise-wide McKesson STAR 6.0 upgrade, able to generate Adhoc Hl7 reports as requested, while co-leading the Picture Archiving and Communications System (PACS) implementation and later participating in the Business Office’s PeopleSoft Financial Project. • Successfully implemented an “Acuson Knetics” Physio-Monitoring System and a Witt Cardiovascular Hemodynamic Monitoring System.

• Hired to support the hospital’s Citation/Cerner Laboratory Information Systems (LIS) project, successfully bridged the cultural gap between IT and the Laboratory, increasing the department’s productivity by 25% after three months by means of my support. • Became the hospital’s Sr. Systems Analyst within three months, responsible for the Business Office, Cardiology, Emergency Services and Radiology using McKesson Star HBOC 15.1 and v5.0 while generating Adhoc Hl7 reports as requested. • Performed as Technical Resource for all Software Revisions / Upgrades, Database Administration of Interfaces, providing daily analysis reporting and corrections of Clinical and Financial Application Interfaces.

• Hired to lead the Solomon IV Financials system, I successfully presided over a 25 man project team. • Created and managed the project plan, maintained project documentation, conducted project meetings, hardware procurements, collaborated on system design and customizations, coordinated and conducted training for the entire Accounting and Finance departments, as well as trained the trainers for the Call Center of this Outsourcing and Fulfillment company.

• Served as sole Staff Accountant in a two-person accounting department, reporting to the Controller, for the Miami Chapter of this renowned International Humanitarian Services agency. • Administered an annual budget of $3.5 Million for a staff of 49 while responsible for all accounting functions (i.e. Accounts Receivable, Deposits of Cash Receipts, Accounts Payable, Payroll, General Journal Entries, Trial Balance, Month and Year-end Postings and Reporting). • Assisted the Financial Development department in organizing fund-raisers while attending numerous off site meetings in support of these functions. • Supported the Volunteer department in the orientation, development and recognition of the volunteer population. During Hurricane Seasons, I participated as a volunteer Emergency Rescue Personnel (ERP) attached to the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) in times of impending weather disasters.

• Initially hired as the Accounts Payable Clerk for this renowned Intermodal Transportation and Shipper’s Agent, I was promoted on four occasions and rose to supervise the entire Accounting Department. • Later, the Pricing Analyst position was created, so as to allow me to monitor and resolve Accounting, Operations and Warehousing issues. • I was awarded membership to owner's Strategic Planning Committee, where discussions of the highest levels took place while partnering with the owner’s vision and dedication to customer service, • I was instrumental in the company’s growth from 35 to 1500 employees, securing transportation bids expanding the company’s profitability that allowed for the acquisition of 100 new tractors and 700 new containers carrying the company's logo. • I participated as a lead analyst during the implementation of the Pick Computer System converting from the old manual accounting method in place at the time.