
State Enterprise Architect
Greater Nashville Area

State Enterprise Architect
Greater Nashville Area
Chief Architect for State of Tennessee
•Harvard mutual gains negotiation, government, enterprise architecture, technical architecture, business planning, project management, software engineering, electronic medical record system implementations.
(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Government Administration industry)
April 2006 — Present (3 years 8 months)
As the Enterprise Architect/Director of Enterprise Architecture for the State, I provide executive level direction to the State of Tennessee’s Information System Council and Enterprise Architecture Committee.
• Champions and promotes enterprise architecture principles to executives, program managers, and technical groups.
• Directs advisory groups in developing and implementing enterprise architecture standards.
• Evaluates agency information technology project proposals for alignment with enterprise technical architecture.
• Represents the Enterprise Architecture program on interagency committees and national organizations.
• Provides analysis and reporting on the coordination of agency enterprise architecture activities.
• Chair for Architectural Review Committee responsible for all architecture compliance throughout State
(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 2006 — December 2006 (1 year )
As Executive Technical Staff Assistant to the Chief Technology Officer for the Office for information Resources (OIR), I communicated with individuals, agencies, and vendors to help identify and target potential problems directly affecting OIR projects and staff while reporting directly to the Chief Technology Officer. I performed several duties including:
• Performed Information Technology (IT) Research and provided executive summaries to Chief Technology Officer.
• Prepared and delivered Technical Presentations and Reports to executive management.
• Leveraged Problem Solving and Trouble Shooting skills to support OIR Initiatives.
• Acted as Proxy for Chief Technology Officer in meetings, correspondence, etc.
• Coordinated Statewide initiatives with Senior Management and Staff.
• Monitored and reviewed Statewide information technology projects and management.
(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
April 2005 — June 2006 (1 year 3 months)
As Project Director for the Office for information Resources (OIR), I successfully implemented several large initiatives in project throughout the State of Tennessee. I managed and implemented the following projects:
• Implemented Prescription Monitoring Program designed to collect dispensed controlled substances throughout State.
• Directed Medical Record and Pharmacy system implementation for the Department of Mental Health and Dev. Disabilities.
• Managed and implemented standard operation support procedures for TennCare eligibility system.
•Participated in Strategic Management process for the Office for Information Resources (OIR).
• Coordinated statewide initiatives with Senior Management and Staff.
(Privately Held; Hospital & Health Care industry)
2002 — 2005 (3 years )
(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)
2000 — 2002 (2 years )
Program Management Office team member for a $500 Million clinical Hospital Information System deployment. Responsible for all Knowledge Management across the project, issues tracking and management, change control, as well as custom software development to fit business needs. I was promoted from a Project Management Specialist to a Systems Analyst II within 1 year.
• Developed Issues Management system to track project issues across an 18 facility Hospital Info System deployment project
• Designed Knowledge Management initiative to improve efficiencies across project and Information System department
• Created Change Control system to track scope changes across Hospital Information System deployment project.
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
1997 — 2000 (3 years )
As a senior consultant for the center for academic computing, I was the evening and weekend supervisor for all software consultants across the over 30 Pennsylvania State University campus computer labs. I was promoted from software consultant to Senior Consultant within 18 months.
• Supervised over 40 employees at approximately 30 computer labs across campus
• Completed employee evaluations and counseled staff on performance
Masters , Masters of Business Administration , 2003 — 2006
Concentration in Operations and Finance.
B.S , Management Science and Information Systems
Smeal College of Business
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