TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Xbase++
• HL7
• Access
• Excel
• C; C++
• Oracle
• Lawson
• Meditech
• IDX
• Folio
• Crystal Reports
• C#
• ASP.NET
• .NET
• MS SharePoint
• MS CRM
• MS VSS
• GE Centricity
• Powerscribe
• Kronos
• Allscripts. Rhapsody
• Varian
• Office 365 OneDrive and Sharepoint
• VMWare. DosBox
• Landesk
• SolarWinds. TrackIt
• C - Cure
• ESRI ArcMap
• Kofax
• Citrix
• McAfee
• Kaspersky

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

IT Integration Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible as the Project Manager for coordination of the Integration with all EHR physician offices utilizing LAB and RAD services of the Confidential LAB and Radiology departments
• Manage the project timeline, resources, budget and technical effort to connect the hospital’s EMR to the physician office EHR via HL7, SOAP and VPN TCPIP connectivity
• There are approximately 48 physician offices to be connected with over 14 EHR vendors
• Designed and proposed solutions to overcome problem areas, improve efficiencies and reduce labor requirements
• Utilizing the Orion Rhapsody Interface Engine and Iatrics POI to place Orders into the Meditech system
• Created policies and procedures to support any future additions or changes
• Managed the testing for both Orders and Results
• Reported weekly on status of all ongoing projects, budgets, staffing needs and issues
• Coordinated with the PMO office to best utilize resources and projects
• Worked with the EHR vendor Project staff to complete the integration in a timely manner
• Assisted multiple IS Managers and the CIO in budget preparation for both Operating and Capital budgets
• Developed and provided Disaster Recovery Plans to the CIO to improve stability in the IT infrastructure
• Working with the Mass Health Data Consortium to populate the dbMotion system for Community HIE via CCDA, HL7, ITI - XDS
• Assisted with the implementation of Intellispace in the Cardiology Department.
• Internal lead on migrating to SharePoint and OneDrive.

Confidential

IT Integration Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for all technology related process’s at Biztech.
• Manage day to day work load for all developers and technical staff.
• Guided the creation of policies and procedures for improved change control, team development and software support
• Championed Biztech in all pre sales work, including demos, staff, and customer requirements.
• Featured speaker for MUSE, HIMA conferences on revenue Cycle management in Healthcare.
• Cooperated with all sales leads and marketing materials related to all verticals for Biztech.
• Facilitated the Design, development and deployment of software applications in the vertical markets of Banking, Healthcare, Government, Insurance and Commercial industries.
• Recruited and hired all IS staff for development, implementation and ongoing support
• Managed all projects for Biztech and coordinated with the customers PMO.
• Contributed with other Senior Management staff to build and improve the companies’ revenue stream.

Confidential

IT Integration Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Recruited by Meditech to join the Senior Management team in building the first new private hospital in Ireland in 26 years
• Implemented all IS infrastructure including wireless, voice, data center and security systems
• Coordinated efforts for most all of the Bio Medical equipment in the OR’s, ICU and CCU areas
• Implemented GE’s Centricity system in Radiology, Cardiology, ICU, CCU and OR’s
• Accomplished the installation of Meditech as the main Clinical System, Lawson for General Financials
• Recruited and hired IS staff for implementation and ongoing support
• Organized the IS departments $10,000,000 capital and operating budgets
• Assisted in the overall Project Management of the new hospital.

Confidential

Director of Information Systems

Responsibilities:

• Successfully selected and deployed nSuite, the “Single Sign-On” solution
• Controlled all day to day functions of the IS department
• Prepare and oversaw the IS departments capital and operating budgets
• Designed a new $4,000,000 Data Center and revitalized the existing data center for Disaster Recovery
• Overall accountability for all IS Projects. These were managed through the PMO office that I created.
• Setup and conducted weekly meetings with Non-IS Senior Management on IS projects, issues and IS planning
• Key person in the selection, purchase and implementation of the GE PACS system in use at Confidential .
• Met monthly with the Physician, Nursing and Clinical community in areas concerning the IT systems, such as CPOE, POM, EMR, Wireless, transcription systems, E-Sign and RIS/PACS.
• Contributing member in the selection, and implementation of the Stryker OR suites in use at BMC.
• Trained Sponsor of GE’s Change Acceleration Process (CAP)
• Recruited and hired the Network, Data Center, and PC Tech Manager for positions in the IS Department
• Applied standards and requirements of JCAHO to all IS systems and policies as appropriate and possible.
• Broadened the knowledge and training of IS staff to support the needs of Confidential .
• Coordinated the creation and use of IS Policies and Procedures throughout Confidential .

Confidential

IT Integration Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Initiated and implemented an electronic storage system for four newspapers which reduced the need for 3-4 employees in the library department, provided real-time feeds to the newspapers' web server and served as a focal point for the reporters and photographers daily assignments.
• Designed, created and implemented an HL7 Interface Engine, Mercury to support the needs of multiple clients to interconnect with Rad, Lab, Ortho, Powerscribe, Billing and other systems. This has been in full time 24x7 use for over 17 years, still.
• Created, developed and installed a Radiology Information System for Acute care facilities and imaging centers. This system was deployed at over 5 sites.
• Programmed the first 911 Call Center software system for use by Berkshire County 911 Services.
• Authored and devised the Emergency Response System for Berkshire County Ambulance. This system handles all facets of the Ambulance Company from vehicle calls, maintenance and scheduling to billing for services.
• Developed in conjunction with Martin Marietta for the United States Navy a networked-based PC system that provided easy access to all stored reference data including images which reduced the weight of documents required to support naval vessels while at sea.
• Transformed output for a real time automated system to convert Stenography machine data into every word indexed searchable system for use by lawyers and judges at the Federal Court System.
• Understood the needs and incorporated the technology for one of the first “In Squad Car” computerized perpetrator lookup systems for use by the New York City Police Department.
• Conceived one of the first Wide Area Networks for use by the New York City Police Department Jails.
• Key Speaker at Folio Corporations World Wide Conference on the use of Folio Views. This talk was specific to the HealthCare field.