
Manager for Web Applications and Content Management at the University of Washington
Greater Seattle Area

Manager for Web Applications and Content Management at the University of Washington
Greater Seattle Area
Results driven technology executive with extensive experience managing personnel and computing resources within a complex multi-institutional setting. More than 20 years in hospital environments, including 10+ years of progressively responsible information technology experience. Adept at trouble shooting, problem solving and negotiation.
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
May 2009 — Present (3 months)
Responsible for providing direction, management, program development and administration of the UW Medicine’s Internet Web and eHealth strategy, comprising the public internet presence, intranets, extranets, and a range of non-clinical web applications. This includes the planning, design, development, implementation and quality assurance for Web portals, eHealth initiatives and all non-clinical web applications.
(Non-Profit; Hospital & Health Care industry)
May 2006 — March 2009 (2 years 11 months)
Led Software Development Services and Departmental Application Support teams for a $1 billion integrated delivery system. Reported to the Director of Applications then to the Chief Technology Officer and served as a member of the Information Services leadership team.
• Spearheaded development effort that reduced the time to receive system access from 54 days to one day.
• Oversaw the successful implementation and rollout of SharePoint 2003 Portal server.
• Implemented EPIC’s MyChart with Oracle Access Manager meeting a very aggressive schedule.
• Delivered .NET web applications using an iterative approach to applications development.
• Expanded the use of Oracle’s content management system to include an IS knowledge base, document scanning and indexing and integration with the EPIC electronic health record.
• Delivered MOSS 2007 development environment and overall design to support the collaboration, business intelligence and portal objectives of Swedish.
(Non-Profit; 1001-5000 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)
April 2003 — May 2006 (3 years 2 months)
Directed IT Services for $200 million 20 bed specialty hospital. Full responsibility over information technology, telecommunications infrastructure, and computing systems initiatives with enterprise wide decision-making authority. Reported to the CFO and served as a member of the senior leadership team.
• Always 2-4% below targeted budget goals on an annual $4.2M operating and $2M capital budget.
• Provided computing and telecommunications services for 600 FTEs and 700 providers and researchers.
• Led HIPAA security program implementation resulting in compliance and ongoing risk assessment.
• Negotiated service level agreements and budgets with partner organizations and service providers.
(Non-Profit; 10,001 or more employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)
February 2002 — May 2003 (1 year 4 months)
Charged with the successful planning, deployment, enhancement and maintenance of radiology and cardiology imaging and patient management systems for the 450 bed University of Washington Medical Center (UWMC) and the 413 bed Harborview Medical Center (HMC). Included direction of relevant project teams and oversight of the associated project budgets. Reported to the CIO as part of the IT leadership team.
• Chaired the Imaging Informatics User Advisory Committee overseeing cardiology and radiology imaging and management systems.
• Developed and managed $4M annual capital budget for the two hospitals and separate outpatient clinic.
• Deployed voice recognition dictation application meeting an aggressive implementation schedule.
• Authored a Request for Information resulting in purchase of cardiology imaging systems.
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)
2000 — February 2002 (2 years)
Deployed digital imaging systems to UWMC and HMC. Established support and maintenance for all radiology imaging, patient management and billing systems. Responsibilities included direction and oversight of 12 Senior Computing Specialists as well as vendor engineers and contractors. Created and managed project schedules and budgets.
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)
1997 — 2000 (3 years)
Managed all aspects of the deployment, support and enhancement of the enterprise wide clinical data repository. This included managing a team of software engineers, applications programmers and contractors developing clinical applications for the Academic Medical Centers. Responsible for maintaining the data quality, security and integrity of the repository.
(Non-Profit; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
1996 — 1997 (1 year)
(Non-Profit; 10,001 or more employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)
1995 — 1996 (1 year)
(Non-Profit; 1001-5000 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)
1989 — 1992 (3 years)
MHA , 1995 — 1997
MBA , 1994 — 1996
BA , Business Administration , 1990 — 1994
Associates in Applied Sciences , Radiologic Technology , 1986 — 1988