Walter C. Odom, III
Antioch, Tennessee 37013
Home: 615-***-****
Email: acp5iu@r.postjobfree.com
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER 11/2007 to present
Nashville, TN
Senior IT Project Manager / Information Services Consultant III
•Leading projects within the Order Management and Charge Capture program.
•Preparing reports to demonstrate the value and performance of systems and processes.
•Consulting with Operational Departments on tools offered by the Health IT Division.
•Managed the program to fulfill the technical requirements for Meaningful Use.
•Managed the program to exchange patient information between the Electronic Health Record (StarPanel), Prescription Writing applications (RxStar, Horizon Medications Manager), CPOE (Horizon Expert Orders), Patient Portal (My Health at Vanderbilt) and ancillary clinical applications (EPIC, Medipac, etc.).
•Served as Product Owner for the Patient Summary Suite (Allergies, Medications, Problem/Diagnosis, Other).
•Gathered requirements from system owners, end users, and training staff to facilitate the design and development of interoperable clinical systems.
HEALTHWAYS 09/2006 to 11/2007
Franklin, TN
Business Systems Analyst
Served as the Product Owner of the Heart Failure and Gaps in Care products.
FOCUS HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT 03/2004 to 09/2006
Franklin, TN
Senior Business Analyst / Project Manager
Managed the implementation of a new Physician Credentialing system and the integration of OCR technology into the claims processing workflow.
Translated complex Workers Compensation requirements into software specifications.
STATE OF TENNESSEE 09/2002 to 03/2004
Nashville, TN
Consulting Business Analyst
Documented the processes, roles, equipment, and technology employed by criminal justice agencies and developed an end-to-end “As Is” model detailing the exchange of information in Tennessee’s criminal justice enterprise.
Identified gaps and proposed opportunities for improvement within Tennessee’s exchange of criminal justice information.
CENDANT TRAVEL SERVICES 11/2000 to 06/2002
Nashville, TN
Senior Business Analyst
Led the Quality Control and Customer Service departments’ migration from the SABRE reservations system to the APOLLO reservations system.
Established procedures for the verification, validation, and accreditation of the batch processing of travel reservation records.
Managed the Technical Help Desk and coordinated the troubleshooting of issues.
Implemented a company-wide Business Continuity Plan.
ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS 02/1994 to 11/2000
Spring Hill, TN
Industrial Engineer / Information Analyst
Performed Time and Motion studies in support of the Saturn Corporation’s line balancing and ergonomics efforts.
Researched the root causes of manufacturing assembly downtime and implemented strategies to minimize future occurrences.
Prepared contract proposals specifying the competence of Electronic Data Systems in meeting the software development and engineering needs of General Motors.
Designed, developed, and implemented several software applications to support the efforts of Saturn’s Direct Materials department.
Trained EDS, General Motors, and Saturn colleagues on the use of Direct Materials applications and software.
EDUCATION
BS, Industrial Engineering, North Carolina A & T State University, Greensboro, NC, 1993
Diploma, Oxon Hill Science and Technical High School, Oxon Hill, MD, 1988