GEORGE FOSTER

Confidential

Sr. Project/Program Manager, IT and Healthcare Professional PM, PM Accredited Information SYSTEMS Engineer

• Enterprise: Cloud/Virtualized Computing Migration and Implementation, Data Brokering/Warehousing, Process Improvement Tools Development, SDLC, Agile/Iterative/Waterfall Methodologies, PMBOK-Based Project Management
• Hardware: Dell Enterprise, HP, Sun Enterprise, Sun Disk Array, PC Workstations, Picture Archive Communications System PACS , Point of Care devices, Cerner MyStation, Cerner Backend Print I/F, CBORD, GEHC products, and myriad Peripherals
• Software: SharePoint, Exchange Server, MS Project, MS Professional Office, OPNET ITGuru Modeling, Oracle, SQL Server, Rational AnalystStudio RUP, Requisite PRO, ROSE, ClearQuest, SODA, ClearCase , Visual Source Safe, Expeditionary Framework, Ptech FrameWork Enterprise Primavera Quickbooks PaperPort Digitization, MS Access RPM, Clarity, Business Objects, Cognos, Remedy.
• Language: Java, C , .Net, Coldfusion, SQL, HTML, C/C Visual Studio, Oracle, working with Citrix XenApp
• Operating Systems: Windows 2003/2000/NT Server, Windows XP/98, MS BackOffice, UNIX, VMS, MVS.
• GE Healthcare Systems: Clinical Information Center CIC , B850/650, Solar 8k , Dash 3k,4k,5k , Mobile Carescape Gateway WebView, Telemetry, Enterprise Architecture, SiteLink Interconnectivity, Ascom Secondary Alarming, HL7, Vitals full disclosure, etc.
• SUMMARY OF CORE CAPABILIIES: Looking forward to the next Program/Project Management role and responsibilities commensurate with past experience and performance. Brings entrepreneurial experience, insight and hands-on know-how supporting sectors throughout the U.S. Federal Government and commercial arenas. Fully able to leverage technical experience and project management expertise in Healthcare infrastructure construction, networking, IT deployment, medical systems implementations and integration, DoD immunization medical records and readiness, enterprise IT sustainment and operations management, data center migration, COTS/GOTS integration, web portal deployments, SDLC Agile/Waterfall custom application development, engineering performance analysis, and research. Has hands-on staff resourcing, as well as business development and customer/owner cultivation capabilities. Am a builder of teams and mentor to young and senior professionals. In Program/Project Manager roles, have planned, scheduled, guided implementations, tracked and managed risk, and reported on status of cross functional projects, with regards to concept, scope, requirements, financials, resourcing, vendors, design, deployment, build out/integration, test, scheduled deliverables, project monitoring and closeout as guided by my PMBOK principles of management. In so doing, noted project leadership on technical and non-technical projects has resulted in awards from three of recent customer organizations: GE - Above Beyond Award, the Navy - Admiral's Performance Award for Systems and Software Development COTS/GOTS , and the FAA - Outstanding Performance Award COTS .

EXPERIENCE DETAILS:

Confidential Program/ Sr. Project Manager

Managed IT Healthcare Infrastructure Construction Implementation of the new CHE hospital: Holy Cross Germantown Hospital in Maryland. Oversaw 6 million implementation of all IT and medical systems integration to hospital network, involving 50 or more persons overall. Successfully completed the on-time and in-budget GoLive of this new 104 bed, 400 million facility on October 1, 2014, with accolades from throughout CHE for our contributions and a virtually trouble-free GoLive.

Confidential Program/Sr. Project Manager

Project Management Release role involving implementation of varied application projects 16 ranging from local to national scopes. Responsible for IT Healthcare application implementation of revenue-improving systems enhancements, metrics reporting systems, member collection processing system improvements, Medicare reporting system improvements, claims processing system upgrades and more. Managed both on-shore and off-shore resources.

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Project Manager

IT Healthcare Implementation role, responsible for multiple cross-function clinical application and operational support project deliveries throughout the hospital. Managed all aspects of implementation lifecycle for new and backfill projects.

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Project Management Professional

The IT-based Healthcare Implementation Project Manager Remote on simultaneous cross-functional GEHC product and technical service deliveries to multiple assigned hospitals within the Mid-Atlantic and South Eastern Regions, including 1 Million to 10 Million combined and simultaneous installs. Oversaw management of teams totaling approximately 20-30 people per significant project, including infrastructure, systems and software integration, network system, wireless communications, vendor management, training, GoLive support, and follow up.

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Project/Capture Manager

Responsible for Capture/Business Development to extend and develop new business at the National Naval Medical Center NNMC in Bethesda, MD and other locations requiring medical health care support servicing.

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Project Manager

Responsible for engineering and technology implementation of SharePoint design and development for NAVMED Manpower, Personnel, Training and Education MPT E knowledge sharing, content management, governance, and training and shared services.

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Program /Project Manager

The Program/Project Manager over an Infrastructure Sustainment and Software Development 25 Million Navy Medical NMO contract: Responsible for SDLC and Agile/Iterative development in the collection, analysis, and brokering of warfighter ePHI/HIPPA medical healthcare records information to and from critical and authoritative data sources into one common operational portal and data center repository view for the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery BUMED , Navy and Marine Corps Operational Units and for Chief of Naval Operations CNO . Sustained all enterprise infrastructure and application/web services. Subsequently, modernized, virtualized and migrated the legacy enterprise and applications to a remote data center.

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Project Manager /Principal Engineer

Technical Project Manager and Principal Systems Engineer leading support of FAA ATO-W Navigation Services PMO. Managed support on acquisitions standardization and traceability of engineering life-cycle requirements and performance specifications for NAVAIDS Navigation Aids on process modernization and Agile automation tools development for Radio Communications Link RCL provisioning and workflow management data visualization/process application on strategic plan captures, knowledge management, tools and documentation on telecomm performance assessments e.g. via WANDL OpNet Data Modeler tools and techniques for NADIN, X.25, ATM on web-enabled weather data exchange e.g. WARP, OASIS, ITWS, NWS optimization multi-tiered architecture prototyping on NAS Interoperability and Information Standardization NIIS registry of Meta-Data for the FAA communications directorate knowledgebase.

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Project Consultant/SW Engineer

• Consultant on systems analysis, studies, engineering, development, and integration on USDA Automation and Information Management initiatives. Conceptualized, engineered and documented a COE rapid-prototype for the Field Service Center Implementation Team FSC-IT and three other heterogeneous USDA partner architectures.
• GE Above and Beyond Performance Award, 2012 Navy Medicine Assistant Surgeon General's Office presented the Admiral's Award of Outstanding Achievement in Information Systems Development, 2007 FAA presented my teams with their Outstanding Performance Award, 2001 GCCS/JOPES Migration Appreciation Award 1995.
• Interim Secret Clearance with NACLC in 2009. Active DoD Confidential background investigation 2009 has held a Top Secret/SCI extended background investigation in 1994. More recently holding Public Trust Clearances from the FAA, US Navy, Kaiser Permanente, GE Healthcare, and Children's National Medical Center.