Stephen Pokoj [LION]

Current

• Principal Search Consultant/Owner at Critical Path Recruiting Solutions, Inc.

Past

• Senior Partner at SSi-SEARCH
• Director Professional Services, Eastern US at Med-Vantage
• Partner, Cerner Services at ACS Healthcare Solutions

• Executive Director at Superior Consultant Holdings Corp
• executive director at Superior Consultant Company
• Asst Administrative Director, Clinical Laboratory at Buffalo Womens and Childrens Hospital

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Education

• State University of New York at Buffalo
• State University of New York at Buffalo

Recommended

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Staffing and Recruiting

Websites

• My Company

Stephen Pokoj [LION]’s Summary

Healthcare Executive with 28 years of combined industry experience as a Principal Search Consultant at Critical Path Recruiting Solutions, Inc.(CPRS); a Senior Partner in an Executive Search and Placement firm; Partner with big 6 Healthcare IT Consulting firm; IT Project Direction and Management; Healthcare IT Consulting; and Clinical Laboratory Administration; Experience and passion is driven by all facets of executive search; building/managing large consulting practices; and clinical systems implementations.

Currently, Steve is the Principal Search Consultant of Critical Path Recruiting Solutions, Inc.. CPRS delivers successful results to clients by coupling a first hand understanding of the healthcare and IT consulting industries with a custom methodology designed to match the ideal candidate(s) with the needs of the client. The hands-on experience of both arenas provides Steve with the ability to completely understand and satisfy the needs of both the client and candidate. Steve has assembled a team at CPRS that has extensive healthcare IT industry consulting and recruiting roots.

Steve developed these necessary relationships and skills while spending over 10 years as a partner at ACSHCS, formerly Superior Consultant Company. There he was responsible for the Cerner Services vertical, the largest national group of independent Cerner consultants where he staffed 800 projects across 200 clients over a 6 year period. Prior to that Mr. Pokoj served as an IT Project Director and Laboratory Administrator at the Children’s Hospital of Buffalo (part of the Kaleida Health network). Mr. Pokoj also served as a clinical instructor at the State University of New York at Buffalo, where he earned MS and BS degrees in Medical Technology.

Stephen Pokoj [LION]’s Specialties:

Executive IT Search and Placement; HCIT Consulting; Client management; System implementations; IT and Clinical Operational Assessments; Healthcare IT- EPIC, Cerner, McKesson, Siemens, HBOC, Project Manager, Project Management;Recruiting; Outplacement services; Recruitment Outsourcing

Stephen Pokoj [LION]’s Experience

• Principal Search Consultant/Owner

  Critical Path Recruiting Solutions, Inc.

  (Staffing and Recruiting industry)

  August 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)

  A healthcare executive IT search and placement consulting firm which leverages extensive long-standing industry relationships to provide highly skilled resources and strategic solutions that aim to exceed your corporate or personal goals. The candidates in our resource pool are selected to satisfy your key healthcare executive and IT roles on a permanent hire or sub-contracting basis. Our network of industry relationships and 30+ years of healthcare and consulting experience are incorporated into a custom-designed search methodology which consistently produces thoroughly qualified resource solutions accurately matched to your requirements. Placement specialties include CIOs; software implementation experts for Cerner, EPIC, Meditech, SAP and others; plus technology resources.

• Senior Partner

  SSi-SEARCH

  (Staffing and Recruiting industry)

  November 2007 — August 2008 (10 months)

  Executive search firm delivering roles to healthcare IT.
  Stephen Pokoj was the Senior Partner at SSi-Search. Mr. Pokoj's responsibilities included HCIT client acquisition and management, sales, searches and development of company operations. Mr. Pokoj successfully leveraged his 27 plus years of healthcare relationships and experience to attract both candidates and clients. Steve left to start his own firm that is fully concentrated on helping healthcare executives and IT consultants expand their careers in this highly specialized industry.

• Director Professional Services, Eastern US

  Med-Vantage

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

  2007 — 2007 (less than a year)

• Partner, Cerner Services

  ACS Healthcare Solutions

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 1997 — October 2007 (10 years 10 months)

  Built and led one of the largest independent Cerner IT consulting practices in the country. Consulting teams implemented clinical software developed by Cerner Corporation at health systems across the United States. Personally responsible for client management, recruiting and resource utilization, project oversight and assessments, sales/business development, marketing, budget/profit and loss/accounts receivable.

• Executive Director

  Superior Consultant Holdings Corp

  (Staffing and Recruiting industry)

  1997 — 2001 (4 years )

• executive director

  Superior Consultant Company

  (Staffing and Recruiting industry)

  1997 — 2001 (4 years )

• Asst Administrative Director, Clinical Laboratory

  Buffalo Womens and Childrens Hospital

  (Staffing and Recruiting industry)

  1980 — 1996 (16 years )

Stephen Pokoj [LION]’s Education

• State University of New York at Buffalo

  MS , Medical Technology/Clinical Chemistry , 1986 — 1988

  Graduated Summa Cum Laude, 1988

  Activities and Societies:

  Clinical Faculty Instructor for the Medical Technology Department at UB

• State University of New York at Buffalo

  BS , Medical Technology , 1976 — 1980

  Graduated magna cum laude

Additional Information

Stephen Pokoj [LION]’s Websites:

• My Company