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Cincinnati, Ohio Area

Design and code custom interfaces in and out of the Epic EMR platform

Selected by a major IT outsourcing consulting company to join the team as an IS Manager working specifically at Highland District Hospital reporting to the CFO of the organization. Also provide Project management and leadership as part of Caretech's Shared Solutions Department. Manage Network Administrators, PC technicians and Systems Analysts in day to day operations.Preparing the organization in the selection, procurement and implementation of a new fully integrated Health Information system including financial, clinical, EMR and billing applications.Developed and implemented several new policies governing IS operations.Created and submitted Operating and Capital Budgets for 2008 and 2009 in excess of 2 million dollars annually.Completed a 6000 node phone system conversion at a major facility in Cincinnati Ohio.

Selected by one of the top clinical software companies in the United States to develop foreign systems interfaces in and out of Cerner software. Design, develop and implement foreign system interfaces for clinical, financial, HIS and other applications in and out of Cerner software using HL7 primarily.Provides implementation process leadership from start to end of project.

Selected by one of the top clinical software companies in the United States to develop foreign systems interfaces in and out of Cerner software. • Design, develop and implement foreign system interfaces for clinical, financial, HIS and other applications in and out of Cerner software using HL7 primarily.• Provides implementation process leadership from start to end of project.

MANAGER OF INTERFACE ARCHITECTURE 2000 - 2006Chosen by the top-ranked company in the medical transcription market with sales of over $500 million dollars annually to create, develop and oversee the daily operation of Interface architecture and development. Directly managed 14 first-line design and development personnel. Provided technical application support and customer training for over 500 client accounts. Manage system administration for Windows NT and Novell. Serve as project manager for new and upgrading clients, HL7 interfaces, MTS and Medrite software.Build strong relationships, provide leadership and open lines of communication between operations and technical staff to ensure prompt and effective response to customer issues. Built Interface Architecture group from conception.Developed processes and methodology for Interface architects.Designed, managed and developed over 50 custom interfaces with customers including Mayo Clinics Rochester and Scottsdale and many others.Performed SQL, Clipper and other database administration.Built strong relationships between major HIS Vendors and Medquist, including HBOC, Meditech, Cerner and many others.

Chosen by the top-ranked company in the medical transcription market with sales of over $500 million dollars annually to create, develop and oversee the daily operation of Interface architecture and development. Directly managed 14 first-line design and development personnel. Provided technical application support and customer training for over 500 client accounts. Manage system administration for Windows NT and Novell. Serve as project manager for new and upgrading clients, HL7 interfaces, MTS and Medrite software.• Build strong relationships, provide leadership and open lines of communication between operations and technical staff to ensure prompt and effective response to customer issues. • Built Interface Architecture group from conception.• Developed processes and methodology for Interface architects.• Designed, managed and developed over 50 custom interfaces with customers including Mayo Clinics Rochester and Scottsdale and many others.• Performed SQL, Clipper and other database administration.

Responsible for all Computer Systems, Network and Networking Hardware, Telephone systems, Paging systems, and Help Desk/Call Center for a 4 hospital, 1 HMO, 13 remote clinics, and a Hospice group. I was directly responsible for over 70 employees.Responsible for building teams to select, implement and support a major HIS conversion from a proprietary Unisys system to HBOC and Lawson Financials.Provided guidance and leadership to all project management teams during all phases of conversions.Developed the Technology Department infrastructure.Responsible for an annual operating budget of over 6 million dollars.Responsible for all Computer Systems, Network and Networking Hardware, Telephone systems, Paging systems, and Help Desk/Call Center for 4 hospitals, 1 HMO, 13 remote clinics, and a Hospice. Responsible for selecting vendors and purchasing Personal Computers, Servers, Telephone systems, Paging and Encoding equipment and wide area Network. Rebuilt the Network and Telephone Infrastructure.

Responsible for all Computer Systems, Network and Networking Hardware, Telephone systems, Paging systems, and Help Desk/Call Center for a 4 hospital, 1 HMO, 13 remote clinics, and a Hospice group. I was directly responsible for over 70 employees.• Responsible for building teams to select, implement and support a major HIS conversion from a proprietary Unisys system to HBOC and Lawson Financials.• Provided guidance and leadership to all project management teams during all phases of conversions.• Developed the Technology Department infrastructure.• Responsible for an annual operating budget of over 6 million dollars.• Responsible for all Computer Systems, Network and Networking Hardware, Telephone systems, Paging systems, and Help Desk/Call Center for 4 hospitals, 1 HMO, 13 remote clinics, and a Hospice. • Responsible for selecting vendors and purchasing Personal Computers, Servers, Telephone systems, Paging and Encoding equipment and wide area Network. • Rebuilt the Network and Telephone Infrastructure.

MANAGER OF INSTALLATIONS AND SUPPORTBrought on by provider of medical transcription software to review sales, install applications and provide end-user support. Provided support to over 150 hospitals and clinics for Stat Report Maxima medical transcription software and general office productivity applications. Worked extensively with the Stat Report product, performing tasks including installing the software at client sites, supporting interfaces to client systems, analyzing HL7 data feeds and configuring TCP/IP socket communication.Managed and trained eight employees.Designed, implemented and managed Novell based LAN/WAN and UNIX systems including Transcription, Electronic Signature, Mainframe Connection, and Interface Systems for Medical Records Departments in over 180 hospitals around the United States.Integrated Windows, Windows NT, SQL Server, Windows 95, AS-400 OS using PC Support, and UNIX into all of our products.Developed new software and integrated new products to hospital sites.Evaluated and recommended hardware and software needs for each installation.Assisted sales department in new sales and customer upgrade needs.Performed hardware and software maintenance in the field for all PC products and associated peripherals.Completed Novell's Certified Network Engineer certification program in February 1990.Managed projects for new and upgrading customers, responsible for providing sales support and evaluating and recommending software that would best meet customer needs.

Brought on by provider of medical transcription software to review sales, install applications and provide end-user support. Provided support to over 150 hospitals and clinics for Stat Report Maxima medical transcription software and general office productivity applications. Worked extensively with the Stat Report product, performing tasks including installing the software at client sites, supporting interfaces to client systems, analyzing HL7 data feeds and configuring TCP/IP socket communication.• Managed and trained eight employees.• Designed, implemented and managed Novell based LAN/WAN and UNIX systems including Transcription, Electronic Signature, Mainframe Connection, and Interface Systems for Medical Records Departments in over 180 hospitals around the United States.• Integrated Windows, Windows NT, SQL Server, Windows 95, AS-400 OS using PC Support, and UNIX into all of our products.• Developed new software and integrated new products to hospital sites.• Evaluated and recommended hardware and software needs for each installation.• Assisted sales department in new sales and customer upgrade needs.• Performed hardware and software maintenance in the field for all PC products and associated peripherals.• Completed Novell’s Certified Network Engineer certification program in February 1990.• Managed projects for new and upgrading customers, responsible for providing sales support and evaluating and recommending software that would best meet customer needs.

Bs Equivelent, Organizational Management

Education record

Computer Science And Accounting