Robert Nold Email & Phone Number

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

St. Petersburg, FL

• Business Analysis in support of the enhancements and maintenance to the VETSNET Financial System for the Veterans Benefits Administration. Provide ongoing software support for this system in the production environment.
• Responsible for analyzing enhancements to the system and providing input to Software Development teams on impact and scheduling of work associated with these changes.
• Evaluate current functional data flow processes and recommend changes to consolidate or eliminate redundant data sources.
• Assisted in the requirements gathering, development, project planning and testing of newly developed software used within the VA. SDLC is primarily waterfall methodology but have some exposure to Agile/SCRUM.
• Lead Analyst in the implementation of new tools for out team. Included Rational tools and Sharepoint portal.

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

• Federal Contract to provide support to the Veteran’s Health Administration’s proprietary Hospital Information System.
• Responsible for analyzing enhancements to the system and providing input to Software Development teams on impact and scheduling of work associated with these changes.
• Evaluate current functional data flow processes and recommend changes to consolidate or eliminate redundant data sources.
• Assisted in the requirements gathering, development, project planning and testing of newly developed software used within the VA hospitals.

St. Petersburg, FL

• Managed multiple technical teams in the full life-cycle analysis, design, development and implementation of in-house written software. Technical platforms included Visual Basic, Microsoft SQL Server, Internet enabled.
• Performed project management duties by effectively resourcing projects, approving or writing all requirements/design specifications, and assuring deliverables were completed on schedule.
• Managed the Administrative Systems department. Was extremely effective in the recruitment and retention of technical staff and in building a cohesive team environment. Fairly evaluated and trained direct supervisors.
• Created and maintained annual budgets of approximately $2 million. Consistently ended the fiscal year on or under budget.
• Worked closely with our user community by assisting in the prioritization and escalation of projects and support issues. Facilitated recurring meetings with user department representatives. Routinely reported the.
• Participated on committees to evaluate multiple third party applications for use within our firm. Responsible for the implementation, ongoing support, contract negotiations, and maintaining the vendor/client.

Louisville, Kentucky Area

• Managed a team of programmers to support the entire customer base of the PHAMIS LASTWORD Hospital Information System. Accomplished a reduction of the turnaround time or resolving technical programming support calls.
• Supervised all facets of the day-to-day operations of a satellite office including office management duties, vendor relationships and internal financial functions.
• Hired all technical staff and built a cohesive, dedicated and efficient team

Louisville, Kentucky Area

• Supervised the Clinical Systems programming staff. Assigned individual programming tasks to the technical team members and was responsible for monitoring progress and accountability.
• Responsible for the design, development and coding of custom software for Hospital Information Systems for the major clinical.
• Worked directly with steering committees that included Physicians, Nurses, and Hospital Administration to help design effective solutions to improve the quality of care.
• Designed and developed software for a wide range of applications used within a hospital environment. Applications included in-house written software using COBOL, Visual Basic 3.0, MUMPS, and Tandem COBOL/SCOBOL.
• Took the initiative to design and develop a full data entry system as an alternative to other systems being considered, resulting in savings of hundreds of thousands of dollars.