Passionate about elegant software
Washington D.C. Metro Area
- Current
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- Product Manager at ViPS, a General Dynamics Information Technology company
- Co-Supreme Leader at PotatoFish, LLC
- Past
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- Software Engineer / Systems Engineer at Johns Hopkins
- Programmer at Glenridge HealthCare Solutions
- Contractor at CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield
- Mac Specialist at Apple, Inc.
- Web Designer, Data Processing Analyst at ABIS
- Education
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- St. Paul's School for Boys
- Towson University
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Alex Gorstan’s Summary
Experience with many sides of the healthcare world: payer, billing and clinical. Passionate about technology and elegant software that customers love.
Alex Gorstan’s Specialties:
Scrum, 508 Compliant Web Applications, User Interface Design, Usability, BI Tools / Analytics, Product Management
Alex Gorstan’s Experience
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Product Manager
ViPS, a General Dynamics Information Technology company
(Public Company; GD; Information Technology and Services industry)
December 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)
Work closely with the healthcare market to understand business needs and empathize with potential users in order to discover the opportunity and conceptualize a product.
Aligned a web application development team in the direction that was needed for a successful product: one that focuses on usability, accessibility, quality aesthetics.
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Co-Supreme Leader
PotatoFish, LLC
(Information Technology and Services industry)
May 2008 — Present (1 year 9 months)
Manage a team of off-shore developers in creating iPhone, Web-Service and Web Applications.
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Software Engineer / Systems Engineer
Johns Hopkins
(Non-Profit; Hospital & Health Care industry)
October 2007 — December 2008 (1 year 3 months)
Conceptualized, developed and maintained financial and patient management applications for the hospital. Work directly with users (doctors, nurses and hospital staff) to improve software and ultimately patient care.
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Programmer
Glenridge HealthCare Solutions
(Hospital & Health Care industry)
October 2005 — November 2007 (2 years 2 months)
Responsible for maintaining, growing, and improving custom network development database / software. Assisted in developing Access database application generating leads for an overpayment recovery effort.
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Contractor
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield
(Non-Profit; Insurance industry)
February 2007 — October 2007 (9 months)
Maintained, updated and performed audits on "Provider Specific Pricing" CPT-based fee schedules. Streamlined data entry process to legacy database to improve speed and reduce errors.
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Mac Specialist
Apple, Inc.
(Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)
2004 — 2004 (less than a year)
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Web Designer, Data Processing Analyst
ABIS
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
December 2002 — August 2004 (1 year 9 months)
Alex Gorstan’s Education
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St. Paul's School for Boys
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Towson University
Computer Science
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Alex Gorstan’s Interests:
user experience, data visualization, scrum, new technology, photography, astronomy
Alex Gorstan’s Groups:
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St. Paul's School for Boys Alumni
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