Danielle Byron

Health IT Leader who is passionate about using technology to improve patient outcomes

Greater Chicago Area

Current
  • Job Seeker at In Career Transition
Past
Education
  • DePaul University
  • Northwestern University
Connections
500+ connections
Industry
Information Technology and Services

Danielle Byron’s Summary

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.

Danielle Byron’s Specialties:

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


Danielle Byron’s Experience

  • Job Seeker

    In Career Transition

    (Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)

    December 2008Present (1 year )

  • Director Application Development

    The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

    (Non-Profit; 501-1000 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)

    November 1999October 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.

  • Director Technical Services

    The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

    (Non-Profit; 501-1000 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)

    March 1997November 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.

  • Manager Information Resources

    The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

    (Non-Profit; 501-1000 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)

    March 1994March 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.

  • Database Administrator

    The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

    (Non-Profit; 501-1000 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)

    March 1993March 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.

  • Lead Information Architect / Consultant

    Sears Holdings Corporation

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SHLD; Retail industry)

    July 1992March 1993 (9 months)

    Reporting to Project Manager and responsible for working collaboratively with business and technology to create Advertising and Merchandising system.

  • Manager Data Administration

    Nielsen Media Research

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; VNU; Market Research industry)

    October 1989June 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.

  • Senior Decision Support Analyst – Marketing Information Department

    Quaker Oats

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; OAT; Consumer Goods industry)

    June 1982October 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)


Danielle Byron’s Education

  • DePaul University

    MS , Information Systems , 19851989

  • Northwestern University

    19781982


Additional Information

Danielle Byron’s Groups:

Certification Commission for Health IT (CCHIT) Behavorial Health Workgroup (2009 - Current)

  •    Northwestern University Alumni
  •    TopLinked.com (Open Networkers)
  •    The Nielsen Company Alumni and Associates
  •    DePaul University Alumni Association
  •    Certified Project, Program & Portfolio Managers
  •    DePaul University CTI Alumni
  •    Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society
  •    Executive Network Group of Greater Chicago, Inc.
  •    PMI Healthcare SIG
  •    The Joint Commission On Accreditation Of Healthcare Organizations
  •    BNC Social Media Group

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