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Chief Information Officer - Physician Practice, Multi Spec Grp

Virginia Beach

Director of software development and support for 9 years.Provide day to day operational support and in-house software development and support for various business functions - Claims Processing, Member Enrollment, Provider Capitation and Ancillary Vendors. HIPAA IT lead for implementation of various x.12 transactions types for inbound/outbound files. Extensive SDLC understanding, experience and implementation at all levels.Hands on software development experience, project management and analytical skills, for both Oracle 10g and SQL Server 2008. Supported and assisted with design and implementation of companies Quality Control guidelines.Key contributor in development of IT architecture strategies. Influences and recommends technical direction and standards based on exploitation of innovation of evolving technologies and how the business operational processes will benefit from those technologies. Proactively identify and recommend strategies to mitigate associated risks. Effectively communicates evolving technical and architectural strategies, standards, and direction to audiences with varying technical knowledge.Project lead, works with users to define business requirements, develop functional and technical specifications, system test plans, perform functional and regression testing, documentation and support of UAT. Works across business and IT while facilitating the SDLC according to project plans. Strong written and verbal communication skillsCreates and maintains annual budget - departmental budget and project budgets (up to $2 million). Consistently achieves yearly average 2-3% positive varianceSupports customers throughout the Country

Project Manager/Lead for System ConversionsSoftware Development Manager responsible for production support and custom software development. Supported production systems on 24x7 basis.Served as liaison between system users and technical support group.Trained, supervised and evaluated staff, coached improvement employee skills.Planning, coordinating, and consulting with other supervisory staff on the priorities, task assignments, and work schedules.Directed recruitment and retention of staff.

Bachelor Of Science, Computer Science

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Mathematics And Computer Science