Ben Mehling

Current

• Director, Advanced Technology at Medsphere Systems Corporation

Past

• Director of Engineering & Development at Medsphere Systems Corporation
• Development Manager at University of California, Irvine - Merage School of Business
• Interim CIO at University of California, Irvine - Merage School of Business

• Master Electrician at Pacific Conservatory for the Performing Arts

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Education

• University of California, Irvine
• Pacific Conservatory for the Performing Arts

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Industry

Hospital & Health Care

Ben Mehling’s Summary

Email: ben (at) mehling (dot) org

Ben Mehling’s Experience

• Director, Advanced Technology

  Medsphere Systems Corporation

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)

  April 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)

  Charged with creating the future technology roadmap and platform for Medsphere's products and open source community.

• Director of Engineering & Development

  Medsphere Systems Corporation

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)

  March 2005 — April 2008 (3 years 2 months)

  Directly reporting to CTO. Manage internal product development and external software engineering and deployment projects. Assist c-level executives in shaping the company's product roadmap and future direction. Assist teams of developers and subject matter experts with day-to-day operational issues and process improvement.

• Development Manager

  University of California, Irvine - Merage School of Business

  (Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)

  August 1995 — February 2005 (9 years 7 months)

  Managed and architected internal intranet system (https://catalyst.gsm.uci.edu/login/about.htm) used by entire institution. The system manages day-to-day student/instructor interactions, courseware, online quizzes, surveys, etc. Packaged, sold and supported the product at two other top 25 b-schools (Krannert @ Purdue & Haas @ Berkeley). Won CIO Magazine's "Top 50 Intranet" award in 2000.

• Interim CIO

  University of California, Irvine - Merage School of Business

  (Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)

  2000 — 2000 (less than a year)

  Recommended and selected as the interim CIO while a national search for a permanent CIO was conducted. Tasked with overseeing the department's on-going projects, infrastructure and operations while serving on the CIO search committee and acting as member of the Dean's administrative council.

• Master Electrician

  Pacific Conservatory for the Performing Arts

  (Government Agency; 201-500 employees; Entertainment industry)

  1994 — 1995 (1 year)

  Responsible for maintaining all aspects of the theaters' electrical and lighting equipment. Managed team of eight, maintaining 2 main and 1 minor stage (approx 1500 seats total) located in two different cities. Additional responsibilities: overseeing inventory, transportation, rigging, setup, run crews, breakdown and maintenance of all lighting and electrics equipment during a production cycle while maintaining the budget parameters and strict time lines.

Ben Mehling’s Education

• University of California, Irvine

  Business, Software Development & Information Systems

  During my tenure at UC Irvine's Merage School of Business, I attended dozens of courses and lectures on Management, Business, Software Development, Technology, Information Systems, Process Engineering, and Project Management.

• Pacific Conservatory for the Performing Arts

  Design and Technical Theatre

  - Focused on lighting and set design and implementation.
  - Experienced in DA, ME, ATD and ASM roles.

Additional Information

Ben Mehling’s Interests:

Computers and technology in general, travel, soccer, cars (racing)

Ben Mehling’s Honors:

- Stage6 EMR Adoption, HIMSS Analytics -- Engineering project manager for Midland Memorial EMR implementation, one of only 12 HIMSS Analytics EMRAM Stage6 hospitals in the US.

- RH100 Award, Red Herring Magazine -- Member of Medsphere management team.

- Panelist, UC Irvine -- Panelist at UCI OCTANe, Open Source.

- Top 50 Intranet, CIO Magazine -- Primary architect and product manager for the Catalyst Intranet system at the Merage School of Business, UCI.