OBJECTIVE:

A management opportunity where I can use my strong and proven directing, communicationplanning, organizational, and interpersonal skills to create strong, efficient, and successful teams.

SUMMARY:

• 22 years of management experience in a variety of environments including healthcare, telecommunications, information technology, government, and education.
• 17 years of project/program management experience.
• 6 years experience managing departments with up to 17 direct reports.
• PMP Certified through the Project Management Institute.
• 13 years experience establishing project management methodologies.
• History of leading enterprise changing initiatives
• Establishing new PMOs, EMR solutions, Virtual ICU’s, VOIP
• Champion of project management principles to streamline communication and collaboration efforts.
• Establishes trust with others at all levels to maintain company’s values and integrity.
• Exceptional organization, prioritization and planning to produce projects within budget on time.
• Excellent data manipulation and reporting skills in MS Project, Primavera, Visio, MS Office, MS SharePoint, etc….

TECHNOLOGIES MANAGED:

• PMO Management
• PM Methodologies
• Contract Negotiations
• Vendor Management
• SDLC, Waterfall, Agile
• New Construction IT Infrastructure
• Wireless LANS & WANS
• Data Security
• Emerging Technology
• Healthcare Environments
• Physician relations
• Epic, McKesson, and Cerner EMR
• Medicare & Medicaid expansions
• HIPPA, SOX, Compliance
• TriZetto QNXT

EXPERIENCE:

Program Management

Confidential, Brentwood, CA

Responsibilities:

• Managed the expansion of Medicare and Medicaid Managed Care plans preparing related to Affordable Care Act.
• Expansion efforts doubled the size of membership and increased benefits. Engaged with C - level executives, Directors, Managers, and all levels in between.
• Exercised skills in Vendor Management, Contract Negotiations, PM Methodologies, Compliance, Data Security, Trizetto, Aver, and Payment Bundling.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Established a new PMO Office with 17 direct reports to support the move to Epic EMR as well as other strategic initiatives.
• Worked directly with Physicians, nurses, C-level Executives, Division heads,
• Managers, and all levels in between. Exercised skills in Vendor Management, Contract Negotiations, PMO Management, Government Processes, managing multi-million dollar budgets, Data Security and Compliance. Managed the following systems: Epic, Obix, Capsule, Quadramed, Salepoint, Hyland Scanning, Rightfax, Omnicell, Nuance, Televox, Acusis, Keane, Peoplesoft, ADP Kronos, API Accuity, and several complex remodel and new medical construction IT infrastructure needs working with facilities, architects, and real estate departments.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Managed the IT requirements for a variety of medical construction strategic initiatives for Inpatient and Ambulatory areas.
• Responsible for relationships with physicians, department heads, nursing directors, C-level executives, Architects, Facility Managers, Engineering, Real Estate, and all levels in between.
• Exercised skills in creating and managing multi-million dollar budgets, Vendor Management, Contract Negotiations, and PM Methodologies.

Technologies managed: Epic consulting, Network and data needs, Epic EMR, security, wireless, voice, applications, systems, Vocera, RFID, CATV, Nurse Call, overhead paging, telemetry, radio services, etc….

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Managed a SOX Compliance strategic initiative program for Confidential ’s Office of the CTO.
• Confidential risked billions of dollars of lost revenue with a very constrained timeline to complete.
• I managed 200+ application teams of 6-10 members each through the process of making them SOX compliant.
• Worked directly with C-level Executives, Directors, Managers, Engineers and all levels in between.
• Exercised skills in Discovery, Requirements, Directing, Execution, and Management to compliance including Data Security.
• Created new business processes for identifying future SOX applications and ensuring they would have a clear pathway to compliance.

Technical Project Manager

Confidential, Walnut Creek, CA

Responsibilities:

• Managed technical strategic initiatives for Confidential . I was responsible for engaging with C-level Executives, physicians, department heads, nursing directors, managers, architects, facility managers, engineering, real estate and all levels in between. Exercised skills in Creating a PMO, creating and managing multi-million dollar budgets, Vendor Management, and Contract Negotiations.

Technologies managed: McKesson EMR, Cerner EMR, Visicu (emerging technology), Network and Data Security, wireless, voice, applications, systems, RFID, CATV, Nurse Call, overhead paging, telemetry, radio services, etc….

Sr. Project Manager

Confidential, Walnut Creek, CA

Responsibilities:

• Managed the 3 year $25M+ strategic initiative preparing 2 service areas for EPIC EMR Deployment.
• The project included 8000+ end users with 280 and 350 bed hospitals as well as multiple medical office buildings.
• I was responsible for creating relationships with regional executives, C-level executives, physicians, department heads, nursing directors, managers, architects, facility managers, engineering, data security, real estate and all levels in between.
• Exercised skills in Creating PM Methodologies, new process development, Change management, creating and managing multi-million dollar budgets, Vendor Management, and Contract Negotiations.

Strategic Pricing Manager

Confidential, Pleasanton, CA

Responsibilities:

• Managed multi-million dollar vendor relationship with QRS. QRS provided price check reporting for competitors in all markets across the nation.
• I was responsible for engaging with C-level Executives, department heads, directors, managers, and all levels in between.
• Exercised skills in creating and managing multi-million dollar budgets Vendor Management, Contract Negotiations, and strategic analysis.