Project Manager Management

Nick Thimis

Phone 609-***-**** . E-mail *******@***.***

Summary

Senior Information Systems Executive with a proven track record of assessing,

developing and supporting financial and clinical information systems.

Successfully delivered functional and cost effective technologies to several

diverse health care environments. Highly skilled at transforming IT services

to support the realization of organizational goals. Career includes

progressive IT Senior management positions including 15 years as Vice

President and Chief Information Officer. Experience includes for-profit and

not for profit organizations that include multi-hospital teaching

organizations. I have been an advisor, mentor and educator to all levels of IT

staff as well to all system users and project stakeholders.

Work experience

Vice President & Chief Information Officer

2007 - Present University Medical Center at Princeton/Princeton Healthcare

System/ ACS, Princeton, NJ

As VP & CIO my responsibilities include planning, organizing, developing,

staffing and managing Information Systems at Princeton HealthCare and its

affiliated hospitals and ambulatory care clinics. I serve as the senior

executive on the administrative team to define strategy, objectives and

priorities for Information Technology initiatives. I have executive

responsibility for the overall administration of computing and related

technologies by aligning information services with projected business plans

for Princeton HealthCare Systems. I also have responsibility for HIM, MSO and

defining technology leadership for the new 170 acre facility campus, including

the creation of a for-profit entity to implement and maintain physician based

systems within the health system to leverage costs and gain market advantages.

Responsibility for acquisition of any ARRA funding by aligning technology with

government requirements to maximize funding.

Establish trust and function as a key member of the senior management team and

as an advisor to the Board, physicians, and management on Information

Technology matters.

Work with and educate senior management team on technology based business

decisions.

Participates in the development of business strategies and work to build

consensus regarding the application of information technology strategy to

evolving business needs

Develop and implement long-range roadmap for Information Technology, including

hardware, software, office automation, telecommunications, data warehousing,

non-clinical and clinical information management, outcomes management,

protocol implementation, system integration, and security standards.

Assess the current information technology environment and resources and

develop a plan to restructure the information technology organization in

efforts of maximizing service and leveraging economies of scale where

appropriate.

Establishes information systems and technology policies, procedures and

standardization

Oversees the acquisition of hardware, software, and services with the goal of

positioning on the leading edge of technology and its effective usage in

healthcare.

Work closely with senior management to develop an appropriate governance

structure to align information technology priorities with business direction.

Identify emerging information technologies to be assimilated, integrated, and

introduced into the system.

Advise Executive Management and customers of current developments and future

trends in technology

Effectively utilize emerging technologies to creatively benefit the

organization.

Motivate, educate, develop and mentor a quality driven and service oriented

team.

Review and approve major contracts for computing and information technology

services and equipment. Acquire and direct the necessary contractor and vendor

resources.

CIO/Senior Vice President Practice Management

2004 - 2007 e-CRUE Consulting.

Responsible for directing this new healthcare business segment in consulting

for Cerner, IDX, Siemens, McKesson and Epic. Duties include assessing

healthcare initiatives to determine strategies and provide resources to

accomplish organization goals. In addition, CIO duties to provide leadership,

direction, operational standards and strategy for short-term engagements.

Various engagements include interim senior management / CIO and project

management roles within the services and healthcare markets. Engagements

include:

CIO for Midwestern Health System

Managed startup of a processing center defining business, marketing and

operational strategies and guidelines.

Various large healthcare project management engagements that include major

vendors such as Cerner and Siemens.

CIO Midwest Region / Area Operations Manager

1999 - 2004 Siemens Corporation / Outsourcing Services Division

Chief Information Officer for national healthcare information technology

outsourcing, software development and consulting firm. Responsibility

encompasses 39 hospitals with networks of ambulatory care health centers,

managed care services and medical office centers. Responsible for total

corporate operation and the organization's ability to perform.

Active participation in shaping and fulfilling the mission, philosophies,

policies and long-range objectives of the organization.

Direct responsibility for developing and executing sales initiatives, tactical

and strategic business plans, including managing a variety of client

initiatives and relationships.

Project design and oversight for various vendors that include Cerner,

McKesson, Siemens and others.

Developed strategic plan to significantly reduce I/T costs, create service

level agreements and various support initiatives coupled with technology

management methodologies and best practices.

Responsible for 40M/300M annual/contracted P&L, and consistently exceeded

corporate initiatives of margin and growth requirements.

Managed a staff of over 400 people where the CIO's of the individual hospitals

reported to my organization.

Assisted for-profits corporations in acquisitions and technology business

analysis.

Experience in transitions, re-organizations, skill assessments and change

management.

Investigated off shore opportunities to increase service expectations.

Brought credibility to sales of major contracts

Executive level relationship management.

Lead healthcare systems in centralization of resources.

Initially hired to fulfill duties of transitioning I/T organizations into an

outsourcing arrangement. This was accomplished by:

Analyzing budget, operating procedures and policies.

Adjusting staff, budget, and organizational structure and renegotiating vendor

contracts.

Implementing "Best Practices" throughout the organization.

Setting and meeting expectations for Service Level Agreements.

Promoted to AOM/Regional CIO quickly after saving Vanguard Health System a

for-profit organization over 2.5 million in less than 4 months at one

facility. Vanguard requested that I lead all their future acquisitions.

Vice President & Chief Information Officer

1998 - 1999 Suburban Hospital, Bethesda, MD

Responsible for all information systems for a 380M integrated healthcare

delivery system consisting of a 500 bed general/acute care hospital, long-term

care facilities, combined with physician practice networks, reference

laboratory and several remote ambulatory care centers in the greater

Washington area.

Lead the process to identify information systems needs, to define strategic

and tactical projects, develop budgets, staffing plans and a realistic

schedule for project initiative and completion. Presented to physician

organizations and board members for strategic acceptance.

Optimized available resources for projects by:

o Establishing a positive rapport with existing vendors and utilizing them

in a way to enhance their product for long and short term needs

o Establishing and organizing in-house development processes to assure

resulting products not only meet the needs of the company but can be released

to the facilities in an accurate and timely manner

Developing new relationships with service providers where necessary.

Initiated and lead high priority projects some of which had been "in the

queue" but not addressed for over two years. Completed other lingering

projects as necessary. A sampling of initiated projects include:

o Implementation of decentralized/regional business processes and selection

of a document imaging system, interface engine and a fixed asset system to

address the needs of the acute, long term care, home care, physician network

service venues operating in a post-acute network model;

o Definition, design and development of short term enhancements to existing

clinical and financial systems to immediately improve operations and extend

the life of the product while seeking new systems; and

o Design and development of a series of enhancements to the existing

clinical products to provide facilities with a set of clinical management

tools rather than a tool focused only on regulatory compliance.

CIO / Director Management Information Systems

1992 - 1998 Mercy Hospital, Miami, FL

A client while I was employed at Cerner. Mercy Hospital is a 512 bed general

hospital. The initiative was to enhance the technology within the organization

after years of neglect. As Director my responsibilities included:

Lead the executive team in effectively managing information resources to

support strategic business planning and management of the health service

organization.

Provided managerial oversight and coordinated functions in data

administration, information processing, and telecommunications throughout the

organization.

Implemented policies, procedures, guidelines, and standards for information

resources.

Developed the Strategic Plan for information resources, linked to business

planning and provide improved organization functions and competitive

advantage.

Initiated education of management, especially top management, on uses of

technology and environmental scanning.

Consulted on present problems and day-to-day general management issues.

Responsible for the successful acquisition and installation of HBOC 3.0

Patient Management and Medipac Billing systems on a IBM ES9000 platform,

Cerner Corporations HNA product line (Radiology, Pharmacy, Enterprise-wide

Order Entry, Laboratory and Patient Scheduling) on two DEC 7600 Alpha's, and

the Dun & Bradstreet Financial systems.

Executive Project Manager

1992 - 1998 Cerner Corporation, Kansas City, MO

Senior project manager responsible for the project management and

implementation of Cerner's HNA Laboratory, Radiology, Pharmacy, ProNet (Order

Entry), Patient Management, Medical Records and Nursing systems for clients in

the Southeast region of the United States.

Designed and managed the Project Plan, scheduling resources and coordinated

all activities of the project through implementation.

Responsibility included all executive level communication, management and

project progress.

My peers considered my abilities exceptional, due to my hardware and product

knowledge abilities. I was called upon to troubleshoot project deficiencies

and also realign project tasks to meet expected outcomes.

Largest project responsibilities included the management of 150 personnel and

a budget of 75M.

1988 - 1989 Cerner Corporation, Project Manager

Project Manager assigned to clients in the Southeast region. Position reported

to Executive Project Manager. Lead various client installs that included the

suite of Cerner products.

1987 - 1988 Cerner Corporation, Help Desk Analyst - (IRC)

Hired to support day-to-day operations of the Cerner client base. Supported

all hardware and software applications. Promoted to Project Manager in 18

months.

1985 - 1987 Sperry Corporation / Amperif Corp., Albuquerque, New Mexico -

Manager of Technical Support

1978 - 1985 Plains Electric, Albuquerque, New Mexico - Manager of Computer

Operations

1974 - 1978 United States Army - Vietnam Era Veteran - Hawk Missile Fire

Control

EDucation

BS - Computer Science - Hammersfield University, Atlanta GA. 1979

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