Program Manager/Sr. Project Manager

Summary of Healthcare Experience

• Program Manager of Siemens Soarian Electronic Health Record EHR implementation for Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services DBHDS . Responsible for Meaningful Use MU implementation and attestation for Stages 1 2. Certified VITA Project Manager for the Level 1 project with a budget of approximately 38M. Duties include procurement and execution phases of the project for 14 hospitals and training centers.
• Program Manager for the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services VA-DBHDS that evaluated proposals and was integrally involved in the establishment of a Project Management Office PMO including policies, procedures, budgeting/financial for the PMO.
• CIO for a large health center network in Washington, DC serving the homeless underserved and incarcerated. Established a formal Information Technology IT Division and Program Management function. Responsible for project management personnel for multiple projects supporting a 28M contract for healthcare services with the DC Department of Corrections and the implementation of a 4M eClinicalworks Revenue Cycle/EMR for over 30 health center sites with 600 users. See Unity Health Care below
• CIO for a physical security company led by former U.S. Secret Service leadership. Established the IT division and provided C-Suite level communications on technology initiatives. Negotiated the purchase and implementation of a 5M financial management system. Facilitated the IT integration to an acquiring company in a 65M merger. See Vance International below

Experience

Confidential

• Program Manager - Previously, DBHDS and the Commonwealth of Virginia have not had an EHRS implementation or the personnel infrastructure needed to support a multi-hospital implementation. Duties in support of this implementation include hire and manage prime and sub-contractor staff, implementation planning and support, hire and develop full-time state employees. Program Manager of Siemens Soarian Electronic Health Record Systems EHRS implementation for Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services DBHDS . As part of job responsibilities obtained certification for state VITA Project Manager for the Level 1 project with a budget of approximately 38M. Duties include procurement and execution phases of the project for 14 hospitals and training centers including Meaningful Use MU Stages 1 2 for Behavioral Health.
• Integrally involved in the establishment of a Project Management Office PMO including vendor procurement for implementation, creation of policies, procedures, budgeting/financial for the PMO.
• Additional responsibilities include: Management and interaction with clinical staff physicians, nurses, etc. as well IT staff. Member of the executive committee IAOC interacting with senior DBHDS leadership Chief Medical Officer, Assistant Commissioner, Chief Financial Officer, etc. .

Confidential

Sr. Project Manager

• Short term 3 mos. contract for planning and implementation of Allscripts for both hospital and ambulatory networks.
• Developed detailed project kick-off plans, project charters, communications.

Confidential

Sr. Project Manager

• An experienced Sr. Project Manager with responsibility for planning and implementation of HMS Electronic Medical Record EMR radiology, lab results, PACs transcriptions, etc. for hospital and ambulatory networks.
• Developed detailed project kick-off plans, project charters, communications and project plans for a 400 bed hospital using Microsoft Project Web Access PWA .
• Organized and led key stakeholders in the formation of internal and external committees needed for the EMR and MU implementation.
• Acted as the principal liaison between hospital C-Suite and corporate partners to facilitate the implementation of and EMR and MU initiatives.

Confidential

Sr. Project Manager

• Middle Eastern countries are in the process of building a health care system at an enterprise level to include health insurance, construction of facilities and health care technology.
• Responsible for negotiations and eventual acquisition of an infrastructure internet service provider for the hosting of the enterprise EHRS software. Acquisition price of approximately 5M U.S. dollars.
• Director level consultant for a technology start-up in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The company was founded by an MIT Fellow and produces artificially intelligent enterprise software for healthcare and government agencies.

Confidential

Chief Information Officer CIO

• Confidential is the largest provider of health care services in the District of Columbia, USA. The company has over 30 health center sites with over 800 employees. Unity purchased eClinicalworks revenue cycle and electronic medical records for implementation at all health center sites in 2007.
• Directed and managed the purchase, implementation and training of a 4M eClinicalworks revenue cycle and electronic medical records system.
• Represented the C -Suite in negotiations with eClinicalworks to finalize the contract and represent Unity's interest in the implementation of the EMR system.
• Authored and submitted a proposal that successfully won a 1.4M HRSA grant for the implementation of electronic medical records.
• Directed the implementation of a state-of-the-art computerized training center for Unity Health Care in support of training for the electronic medical records implementation. Hired and developed the training staff.
• Responsible for the training of over 600 health care and support professionals utilizing classroom and distance learning technology in functional areas of clinical support, patient demographics, scheduling, finance and medical billing.
• Acted as the C-Suite management and technical liaison between Unity and eClinicalworks, dealing with eClinicalworks technical, implementation and project management teams.
• Hired staff and contractors for all phases of the project. Staff and contractors numbered 40 analysts, hardware and software specialists and trainers.
• Acted as the management and technical liaison to outside entities such as the District of Columbia Department of Corrections GE Centricity , Medstar Health D.C. Hospitals and the D.C. Regional Health Information Organization D.C. RHIO .

Confidential

Sr. Project Manager

Managed 25 prime and subcontract personnel and managed an operations center supporting over 900 users 2000 PCs and 70 servers.

Confidential

Sr. Project Manager Consultant

• Conducted various projects for a Washington, D.C./Baltimore based hospital network with 7 hospitals.
• Conducted a program for implementation for ePrescribing.
• Conducted analysis and negotiations for the implementation of a physician web portal and procurement of an electronic medical system.

Confidential

Director CIO Level

• Vance is a multinational corporation and a leader in the field of physical security with revenues of approximately 65M per year.
• Established the IT Division and program management standards for multiple projects and initiatives.
• Negotiated on behalf of the C-Suite the purchase and implementation of a 5M financial management system.
• Facilitated the IT integration to an acquiring company in a 65M merger.

Confidential

Sr. Project Manager

• The Confidential developed a patented process for the detection of ATM and credit card fraud.
• As a Senior Project Manager, provided experienced leadership in the structuring of a start-up IT department.

Confidential

Principal/Owner

• The Confidential is integrator with dealerships for hardware and software. The company has performed on over 100 software and hardware projects.
• The main area of focus for the company was a dealership for Lytec Practice Management software medical billing and electronic claims processing . The company performed on installations of Lytec medical practice management and electronic medical billing software in medical practices and hospitals.
• Directed and managed multiple data migration and conversion efforts in small, medium and large medical practices and small hospitals.
• Obtained dealerships for Lytec, Compaq, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft and Citrix.
• Hired and trained technical staff.