Project Manager

José A. Gonzalez Cell: 1-248-***-****

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Senior IT Project Manager

Senior level IT Project & Portfolio Manager with extensive P&L and hands on technical and management

experience. Seasoned in systems implementations, systems development, systems migrations and

integrations, IT operational management and strategic planning.

Core Competencies

Project Management: PMBOK / SDLC / Entrepreneurial thinker and motivator

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ITIL / XP

Healthcare IT Strong team player

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Strategic Planning Proactive communicator

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Professional Experience

Ajilon Consulting 2002 – 2009

Delivery Executive: Nationally recognized award winner in project methodologies, project delivery, and

project quality and user satisfaction.

Key Successes

• Award winning performance in project delivery methodologies and customer satisfaction.

• Effectual risk assessment strategies for mitigation and resolution of project issues.

• Mentor to internal teams and clients in improvements maximizing cost controls.

• Internally recognized Healthcare IT consultant leading multi-client, multi-site projects in

infrastructure, financial, clinical and legacy systems implementation and development projects.

• Consulting to health care clients regarding strategic data use for decision support, systems

development and analysis (SQL and Oracle based applications).

• Query and data analysis consulting for problem and change management vendor applications

(i.e. Remedy).

Medcharge Inc. 2001 – 2002

Vice President: Operationally responsible for development, integration, implementation and customer

support for Healthcare IT .com startup.

Key Successes

• Authored fully integrated implementation strategy and plan for the MedCharge application and

integrated business support strategic plan.

• Effectual contract management of vendors, suppliers and new client business.

• Raised user satisfaction levels and end user support resolution times.

• Improved development life cycle and feature / function delivery with XP project management.

• Implemented new systems hardware and software builds in Unix, Linux and MS Windows

environment, Oracle engine with WebSphere.

Superior Consultant Company Inc. 1997 – 2000

Executive Director: Executive leadership as CIO for a private health care corporation

Key Successes:

• Championed corporate IT five-year strategic plan and budget completing mission critical systems

integration and implementations of provider, clinical and ambulatory projects.

• Helped organization embrace IT technologies, enabling data use and integration of provider and

ambulatory systems

• Led organization in successful preparedness of Y2K and HIPAA compliance.

• Expanded utilization of mainframe systems integration with client server environments.

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Schumpert Medical Center 1994 – 1997

Chief Information Officer: Led IT department for a 650 bed, acute care facility and Northern Louisiana

IT oversight for Sisters of Charity affiliates and associated institutions.

Key Successes:

• Integrated data networks and desktops to mainframe systems with Louisiana Sisters of Charity

hospitals, home health systems and clinics.

• Championed state wide changes for integration and standardization in IT, pharmacy, radiology

and surgical systems.

• Implemented strategic decision support system utilizing TSI’s Model 204 based upon qualitative

care improvement results from my MS Access based pilot.

Superior Consultant Company 1989 – 1994

Senior Management Consultant: Award winning leader in IT management consultant.

Key Successes:

• Provided technical systems programming and management support in networks, mainframes,

computer operations and contingency preparedness.

• Project management in system implementations: Materials Management, HIM and Decision

support.

• Consulting management and support of health care data use for decision support, development

and analysis (SQL & TSI).

• SQL DBA in VM & VSE operating systems environments and DB2 DBA support. Provided

technical DBA support, systems programming support, data use, analysis and development.

Taught internal users SQL query optimization and QBE techniques.

• DBA support for clients with TSI’s Model 204 decision support needs.

• Project lead and managed customization development projects in mainframe based

environments.

• Provided systems engineering support in various systems programming roles in support of

mainframe systems architectures, networks and subsystems (VSE, VM, MVS)

EDUCATION

Associates Degree, Computer Science, Greenville Technical College

Bachelor's Degree, Religion, Bob Jones University

CHIME – Health Care Executive IT Strategic Planning

Certifications & Specialized Technical Training:

• IBM: Disaster Recovery Planning (Data center recovery, sub-system recovery, DASD failure

recovery, Telecommunications and network recovery.

• IBM: Mainframe operating systems (VSE, VM, MVS).

• IBM: Networking on multiple platforms (VSE, VM, and MVS).

• IBM: Relational databases & file structures (SQL/DS, DB2) & VSAM.

• IBM: Vendor specific systems and applications (CICS, ISPF, ISPF/PDF, TSO, GDDM, QMF, AS,

ICCF, NCP, VTAM, SMS).

• Computer Corporation of America – Model 204

• IBM Executive College Series (various courses from Strategic Planning to IS Technical

Overviews and Business Impact Implementation Studies).

Ajilon Virtual University Certifications: Advanced Project Management

Landmark Education: The Landmark Forum, The Landmark Seminar Series, The Advanced Course

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

Member – Project Management Institute (PMI) Organization

Member – PMI Michigan Huron Valley Chapter

Member – PMI Healthcare Project Management SIG

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RECOGNITIONS & AWARDS

Hit The Ground Running Award, Superior Consulting Company, Inc., 1990

Superior Spirit Award, Superior Consulting Company, Inc., 1991, 1993, 1998

Excellence in Service Award, Superior Consulting Company, Inc., 1994

Project Director Project Quality Excellence Award – 2005 Project Director of the Year, Ajilon

Consulting

2006 President’s Club Nomination – Ajilon Consulting

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Employee of the Quarter – 1 Quarter 2007, Ajilon Consulting

Project Director Project Quality Excellence Award – 2007 Project Director of the Year, Ajilon

Consulting

2007 President’s Award – Ajilon Consulting

TECHNICAL SUMMARY

Languages/Tools: MS-Project (Standard & Professional), MS-Office, Assembler-IBM, CICS

Command, Cobol, JCL, RPG, REXX, SQL, Token Ring, VTAM, CA7, Dunn &

Bradstreet, Lotus 123, Lotus Notes, Word Perfect, MS-Exchange, MS-Excel, MS-

Office, MS-Power Point, MS-Word, Easytrieve, Librarian, Panvalet, SPF

Methodologies: CMM, ITIL, PMBOK, XP, SDLC

Databases: DB2, IBM SQL/DS, TOTAL, VSAM, Model 204, Oracle, MS-Access

Environments: IBM Mainframe, AIX, UNIX, MS Server, IBM/PC Compatible, Windows, CISCO,

DOS/VSE, MVS/XA/ESA, VM, Windows NT/95/98/XP/Vista, Ethernet, NCP,

TCP/IP, T1, T3, WAN, ISPF, Internet, Intranet, Extranet, QNXT, Facets, ADS.

Bilingual: English / Spanish

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