Donald Ward
Email: *********@********.***
Address: *** **** ***** **
City: Bastrop
State: TX
Zip: 78602
Country: USA
Phone: 704-***-****
Skill Level: Management
Salary Range: 130
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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Extensive senior leadership experience managing, implementing and supporting Financial systems at healthcare facilities across the country. Experienced in all stages of system development life cycle, from design through go live. Successfully managed numerous projects and led teams. Fully engaged in all aspects of project management including analysis of business requirements, vendor management, system development and implementation. Well versed in all aspects of the business and can communicate the relevant facts and details to all involved, from the user level up to senior management.
QUALIFICATIONS
* Project Manager for five McKesson STAR Clinical and Financial implementations.
* Project Manager for four Lawson Finance and Procurement implementations.
* Project Manager for Kronos conversions from TKC product to Work Force Central product.
* Implemented McKesson STAR financials software at 11 hospitals.
* Implemented Lawson Finance applications at 4 hospitals.
* Project Manager for successful McKesson STAR conversion of 5 single facility servers to 1 multiple facility server.
* Project Manager for implementation of Optio Check forms software at 15 hospitals.
* Project Manager for setting up an Accounts Receivable only STAR server with multiple databases for asset sale hospitals so MedCath could continue to process the old AR after the sale.
JOB EXPERIENCE
McKesson Corp. Managed Services 11/2010 to present
IS Manager
McKesson took over employment and management of Information Systems staff for the purposes of supporting Medcath Inc. Duties remained the same as Medcath IS Director.
MedCath Inc. 04/2000 - 10/2010
IS Team Leader, IS Manager, IS Director
* Responsible for supporting the use of various computer systems at 14 hospitals.
* Managed staff of 19 employees.
* Main area of support was financial systems including General Ledger, Materials
Management, Accounts Payable, Patient Accounting, Kronos, and AP Check System.
* Support STAR SQL Reporting including the creation of the reports and working with the users to ensure they are receiving the data they need.
* Software systems used include McKesson STAR, Lawson Financials, Lawson HRPR,
Kronos, and Optio software.
* Project Manager for four Lawson Finance and Procurement implementations.
* Performed build and set up duties as part of each implementation.
* Project Manager for Kronos conversions from TKC product to Work Force Central
product.
* Project Manager for successful McKesson STAR conversion of 5 separate servers to 1
Central server.
* Project Manager for moving database of five McKesson STAR facilities to new servers
so that MedCath could continue to process the AR after the sale.
MedCath Inc. 7/1998 - 4/2000
IS Analyst
* Monitored status reports and timesheets for 9 staff members.
* Responsibilities included implementing General Ledger, Materials Management and
Accounts Payable application of McKesson Star at 9 hospitals during this time period.
* As part of a team of computer specialists worked with the hospital employees to educate
and train, coordinate installations with outside vendors, and write STAR SQL reports for
staff and management personnel.
MedCath Inc. 7/1997 - 7/1998
Implementation Specialist
* Responsibilities included implementing General Ledger, Materials Management and
Accounts Payable application of McKesson Star at 2 hospitals during this time period.
* As part of a team of computer specialists I work with the hospital employees to educate
and train, coordinate installations with outside vendors, and write STAR SQL reports for
staff and management personnel.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration - Ohio State University; Columbus, Ohio
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Word 2007, Excel 2007, Crystal Reports 9.0, McKesson STAR 16.0, Lawson Financials 9.0, Optio forms software 7.7, Kronos Work Force Central 6.0, Dameware remote control, Remote Desk Top, Visio, Minepoint 4.0, Service Desk Software, and Sharepoint.