SUMMARY:

• 15+ years of healthcare experience in system integration, system administration, quality assurance, auditing, and project management.
• 15+ years of project management experience with Electronic Medical Records, Electronic Practice Management, Cardiology, Radiology Information Systems and Imaging / Pharmaceutical Research Studies.
• 10+ years IT vendor management experience.
• Experience managing virtual and remote project teams.
• Experience with requests for proposals (RFPs), the bid process and contract negotiations.
• Proactive engineering outlook, always seeking improvement and efficiencies in processes, procedures, and fiscal management.

SPECIALIZED AND SKILLS:

Linux, FDA/GMP Installation Qualification, Computer Systems Validation, ISO 9000, Six Sigma, HIPAA, ICH, GCP, 21 CFR Part 11, Networking, HL7 and DICOM standards.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

IT Infrastructure Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for managing the implementation of IT Infrastructure projects.
• Management and monitoring of project progress, tracking and reporting progress, coordinating with internal and external customers and dependencies.
• Leads project team in the resolution of customer project issues and escalation.

Confidential

Implementation Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for managing the implementation and conversion of a large enterprise RIS / PACS solution to a new vendor
• Management and monitoring of project progress, tracking and reporting progress, coordinating with internal and external customers and dependencies.
• Leads project team in the resolution of customer project issues and escalation.
• Modality interface testing and re - mapping of RIS, ADT, HL7 and DICOM messages.

Confidential

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for managing the implementation of Medical Devices and Enterprise Clinical Software Solutions
• Management and monitoring of project progress, tracking and reporting progress, coordinating with internal and external customers and dependencies.
• Manage service engagements including interactions with client project team and client executives.
• Resolves all project issues including budget, timeline, accounts receivable, scope changes, software and technology.
• Developed detailed implementation work plans, schedules, timelines and deliverables. Facilitating weekly status meeting with cross functional teams and senior level communication.

Confidential

Project Manager, St. Louis, MO

Responsibilities:

• Lead project manager for EPM and EHR implementations with hospital Scheduling, Claims, Billing, Radiology and Pharmacy information systems.
• Management of ADT and HL7 message interfacing and testing to ensure correct claims and billing processes.
• Management and monitoring of project progress, tracking and reporting progress, coordinating with internal and external customers and dependencies.
• Manages services engagements including interactions with client project team and client executives
• Resolves all project issues including budget, timeline, accounts receivable, scope changes, software functionality and technology
• Management of multiple projects of varying complexities with a duration ranging from 30 days to 1 year utilizing Microsoft Project.
• Developed detailed implementation work plans, schedules, timelines and deliverables. Facilitating weekly status meeting with cross functional teams and senior level communication. Functional teams included Business Analysts, Engineers, Doctors, Nurses, IT & Technical Services, Billing & Claims, Interface and Conversions Teams.
• Managing clients learning & experience; registration and completion of elearning courses. Registration for on-site or regional classroom .
• Implementation of remote mobile WAN access.

Confidential, St Louis, MO

Lead Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Liaison between IT, CMC, Network, Clinical, Claims and Client Representatives.
• Develops and documents complex workflow, systems requirements definitions, systems input analysis, systems design and process analysis.
• Manages services engagements including interactions with client project team and client executives
• Resolves all project issues including budget, timeline, accounts receivable, scope changes, software functionality and technology
• Technical or project lead in the analyzing of systems for ability to meet user need, creates estimates for completion, produces solutions for a variety of problems.
• Management and monitoring of project progress, tracking and reporting progress, coordinating with internal and external customers and dependencies.

Confidential, San Antonio, TX

Manager Digital Imaging Technology

Responsibilities:

• Project management - responsible for planning, execution and closing of Medical Devices and software implementation projects.
• Management and implementation of Powerscribe web-based voice recognition (Dictation) system upgrades.
• Management and implementation of Electronic Medical Records system upgrades.
• Web-based system enabling access to patient data, clinical information and reports
• Management and Implementation of PACS system upgrades.
• Management of remote WAN access.
• System administrator for Powerscribe voice recognition, PACS and Electronic Medical Records system

Confidential, Hazelwood, MO

Assistant Director

Responsibilities:

• Management of 21 CFR Part 11 compliancy for clinical and medical imaging data applications including software testing and validation.
• Project management - responsible for planning, execution, monitoring, controlling, cost, scheduling and closing of Medical Devices and Clinical projects.
• Successful project management of a large international imaging project for a new imaging agent in Europe. Managing global onsite and offshore resources.
• Experience with requests for proposals (RFPs), the bid process and contract negotiations.
• Project management of the successful implementation of a PACS information system, which improve the image quality control, image processing, image viewing and image archival processes.
• Imaging Core Lab Management in accordance with Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and 21 CFR, Part 11.
• Day to day management of clinical research studies.
• Data management including image data integrity, data recovery, data security, data encryption and data transmission of protected health information for Confidential ’s Imaging Lab.
• System Administrator for imaging data management system, which includes web based image viewing system.
• Management of LAN/WAN access.

Confidential, ST. Louis, MO

PACS Coordinator

Responsibilities:

• Project management - responsible for planning, execution, monitoring, controlling and closing of Medical Devices and software implementation projects.
• Project management of successful Medical Transcription system change-over. Lanier to Powerscribe web-based voice recognition system.
• Project management of successful implementation of a PACS information system, which improved the image quality control, image processing, image viewing and image archival processes.
• Data management including image data integrity, data recovery, data security, data encryption and data transmission of protected health information.
• Managed the successful implementation of remote WAN access - Teleradiology web - based image review system, which improved physician retention and satisfaction.
• Managed the successful implementation of a Dictaphone Voice Recognition System, which decreased the time need to generate patient diagnosis reports.