Health IT Leader who is passionate about using technology to improve patient outcomes
Greater Chicago Area
Health IT Leader who is passionate about using technology to improve patient outcomes
Greater Chicago Area
Information Technology Director with experience in fast paced healthcare and consumer industries and expertise in all facets of Information Technology Management – application development, business intelligience and infrastructure operations. Established a successful track record of high quality and timely project delivery and smooth ongoing operational management. I provide national thought leadership in electronic medical records and health information technology by serving on a CCHIT workgroup. Key areas of strength include: Strategy and Planning, Business Process and Project Management and Technical Leadership.
Microsoft Centric Platforms - .Net, VB, MS SQL Server, MS Analysis Server, Sharepoint, Performance Point, MS CRM, MS Project, MS Content Management Server, PeopleSoft Financials & PeopleSoft HRMS/Payroll
Other: Ilog Rules & Optimization Engines, Star Team, Business Objects, Crystal, HP, IBM, Successfactors Human Capital Management Suite
Meaningful use, interoperability, Government 2.0, evidence-based quality measures, technology transfer, electronic health records
(Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)
December 2008 — Present (1 year )
(Non-Profit; 501-1000 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)
November 1999 — October 2008 (9 years )
Reporting to Vice President, Information Technology and responsible for staff of 25-30 professionals, $2MM consulting and $15MM expense budget. Accountabilities included managing organization’s application portfolio of over 20 major applications that supported technology needs for staff of 1,000 in Finance, HRMS, Business Development, Marketing, Communications and Business Operations. Included CRM (customer relationship management) and Business Intelligence/Data Warehousing applications to support 15,000 external clients.
(Non-Profit; 501-1000 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)
March 1997 — November 1999 (2 years 9 months)
Reporting to Vice President Information Technology and responsible for staff of 30 professionals. Managed $2MM capital infrastructure budget and $5MM operating expense budget. Supported 1,000 end users across the country. Accountable for Network Infrastructure, Security, Telecommunications, Database Management, Help Desk, End User Training and Computer Operations.
(Non-Profit; 501-1000 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)
March 1994 — March 1997 (3 years 1 month)
Reporting to Director Technical Services and responsible for six Database Analysts and supporting IT staff of 100. Accountable for enterprise wide data modeling, database design, performance optimization, security controls, software and hardware installation and upgrades, and coaching development team in query design.
(Non-Profit; 501-1000 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)
March 1993 — March 1994 (1 year 1 month)
Reporting to Director Technical Services and responsible for the start up of the database management function. Accountable for supporting and mentoring staff of 30.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SHLD; Retail industry)
July 1992 — March 1993 (9 months)
Reporting to Project Manager and responsible for working collaboratively with business and technology to create Advertising and Merchandising system.
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; VNU; Market Research industry)
October 1989 — June 1992 (2 years 9 months)
Reporting to VP Operations & Data Integration and responsible for four data architects. Accountable for data architecture startup, data model creation and database design across marketing and media ratings.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; OAT; Consumer Goods industry)
June 1982 — October 1989 (7 years 5 months)
Reporting to the Manager Decision Support Systems. Held a number of increasingly challenging positions focused on management and analysis of marketing sales data. Accountable for monthly data loads, creation of new competitive sales segment databases, ad-hoc support to brand, sales and research management.
Decision Support Analyst – (1984 - 1985)
Trade Deal Analyst – (1982 - 1983)
Intern – Marketing Information Department (1981 - 1982)
MS , Information Systems , 1985 — 1989
1978 — 1982
Certification Commission for Health IT (CCHIT) Behavorial Health Workgroup (2009 - Current)