Marcin A. Czaba?ski ** Fieldway Court Rochester, MI
483306
Tel: 313-***-****
******@*********.***
Summary:
Creating competitive business advantages through cutting-edge
technologies, innovative software engineering, compliance, security and
effective strategy, management and implementation. I am a graduate of top
ranked a MBA from program in the world. I have been nominated for
Computerworld's Premier 100 IT Leaders 2011. My key core qualifications
include:
. Strategic & Operational Technology Planning
. Startup experience
. IT Infrastructure Design & Implementation
. Technology & Business Linkage Planning
. Sensitive Voice/Data Telecommunications
. IT Delivery & Data Center Operations
. Emerging Technologies & Enterprise Architectures
. Capital Planning & Investment Control
. Technology Architecture & Integration
. Sourcing Solutions
. IT Skills Gap Analysis & Performance Optimization
. Full development and QA cycle management
WORK EXPERIENCE:
04.2008 - Present
LifeSecure Insurance Company (Blue Cross Blue Shield of MI subsidiary) -
Brighton, Michigan IT Director/ Security Officer
I deliver vision, strategy, leadership, planning and management for the
development, acquisition, implementation, support of information
technology and ensure security and compliance. Direct report to the CEO
of company.
. Excellent experience in management of IT infrastructure with
corporate operations, billing, and critical data security focus
which creates competitive advantage for the company
. Implementing security policies, procedures, telecommute solutions;
leveraging buying power and resources of the parent company
. Put into action new disaster recovery plan and business continuity
plan based on full risk assessment
. Cost saving by renegotiating contracts, rates and improving vendor
relations, up to 50% cost saving
. Work concentrated in reference P&L, ROI and lowering TCO
. New solutions significantly contributed to improving EBIT
. Delivered CRM solution and developing new Business Intelligence
. Life cycles have been significantly improved with adoption of agile
methodology
. Strategic system architecture optimization allowed for 99.99%
system availability
. Revamping operations and quality of customer service
. Leading system improvement/development to allowing horizontal and
vertical scalability utilizing web services and object oriented
architecture
. Responsible for approximately multimillion dollar budget
. Implemented new full development cycle with appropriate code review
and security
. Lowered cost by virtualization and cloud computing
. Implemented succession planning, personal growth and mentoring for
staff
12.1999 - 04.2008
Medical Network One- Rochester, Michigan IT Director/Chief Information
Security Officer
My responsibilities include overall management of Information Technology
operations and security for the company and two other organizations in
conjunction working with health plans (e.g. Blue Care Network, Blue Cross
Blue Shield, MCARE), physicians and patients allowing 24/7 operations. I
have assured compliance with Y2K, HIPAA and completely overhauled all IT
operations, networking, collaboration systems, disaster recovery and
achieving significant cost reductions in operations which led into 200%
growth of the company. Optimized telecommunications (Internet, VPN,
voice) reducing cost by 30%. Direct report to CEO.
. Improvements achieved by utilizing Balanced Scorecard system for
excelling quality and PDSA (plan, do, study and act)
. Designed of service-oriented architecture (SOA), statement of work
(SOW), Scope of Operating Guidelines (SOG), Service Level Agreement
(SLA);
. IT forecasting, identifying new trends and acting upon them
. Aligned IT with business and delivered solutions to complement
business
. Implemented physical security via controlled access, designed
security requirements for applications
. Became and continue being member of the SecureWorld Executive
Steering Council
. Developed and implemented new procedures & policies in reference to
Security, IT and Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act
(HIPAA);
. Security solutions like antivirus, anti spyware, centralized users
management, peripheral equipment monitoring, access monitoring,
logging analysis.
. Connected satellite office via cost effective MPLS network and
Voice over IP
. I have designed, built and Relocated data center
. Designed helpdesk solution to support multiple locations
. Experience with GE Centricity healthcare solutions, VantageMed,
RelayHealth and ephysicians, plus experience in evaluating various
healthcare vendors
. Project manager for various managed healthcare systems (claims,
authorization, pharmacy), electronic medical record (EMR/HER),
practice management suites, software development, electronic
prescribing, lab interfaces/data interfaces, and other projects
. Full succession planning
03.1999 - 05.2000
Center for Creative Studies Detroit, Michigan - Academic Systems Manager
I was responsible for academic IT operations and student services and
support.
. Multi system tech support, Apple, Silicon Graphics and Windows
. Manage computer systems
. End user and academic support
. Training
09.1995 - 03.1999
Wayne State University Library Systems Detroit, Michigan Electronic Data
Processing/Research Manager II
I was responsible for IT operations at the brand new library while
supporting staff, students, community and conducting training.
. Merged 2 IT departments to lower cost by about by 50% while
centralizing support around customer needs,
. Managed 700+ computer network and 5 full time staff and 23 part
time staff
. Managing multi system network - Thin Clients, Unix, Apple and
Windows
. Lowered management time by implementing thin clients utilizing
Citrix
. Computer Operations & Help Desk Training
. Budgeting
Achievements
SecureWorld Executive Steering Council Member
Nominated for Computerworld's Premier 100 IT Leaders 2011
Eagle Scout and former regional director for Polish Boy Scouts
EDUCATION & Training:
Instituto de Empresa Business School (IE) Madrid Spain- Global MBA
York University Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Conflict Management
Certificate; postgraduate
Wayne State University (WSU) Detroit, Michigan - Management and
Information Systems (MIS), Polish Major
Project Management Professional training; Balanced Scorecard, Certified
Information Systems Security Professional
Certified HIPAA Security Specialist