Gregory R. Nichols

**** ******** *******

Frederick, Maryland

21701

Phone: 301-***-****

Announcement Number:

Area of Interest: Procurement

SSN: ***-**-**** Citizenship: USA

Veteran Preference: None

CAREER SUMMARY

Over twenty years of experience providing public service in Government facilities in a variety of customer service, support programs. Designed and implemented tracking source for scheduled patient appointments. Developed and maintained policy management for various activities under JCAHO, OSHA, CDC, ERP, SAP and JOFOC

Possess extensive knowledge of public admin; management, acquisitions and project mgmt.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Urology Consult. of Mid Maryland 5/15 -Pres.

Acquisitions Officer

40 hrs/week

Supervisor: Karen Gerting 301-***-**** (Contact: Yes)

. Perform cost analysis and negotiations for price reasonableness.

. Purchase all supplies and service for office

. Monitor space management, offfice leasing and storage control

. Assist with admin. office activities, ( phones, IT,

schedule service appoitments).

. Assist in preparing end of the year budget closeout for acquisitions

. Inventory officer for office equpment and supplies

National Institutes of Health 8/99 - 2014

NIGMS/Extramural

Admin Specialist. (GS-303) 5/06 - 04/14

40 hrs/week;

Supervisor: Ms. Crystal James 301-***-**** (Contact: Yes)

. Perform cost analysis and negotiations for price reasonableness.

. Assist in preparing end of year budget closeout for acquisitions.

. Project officer on space planning and building new offices.

. Initiate and generate budget reports for OD admin staff for

Procurement, travel and property using Data Warehouse/nVision and Excel

. Perform personnel actions with NED, ERP, FAR and JOFOC

. Property officer of IT division

NIAMS/Intramural

Purchasing Agent/Admin Tech (GS-1101)

40hrs/week; 8/99 - 05/06

Supervisor: Ms Angela Green 240-***-**** (Contact: Yes)

. Perform purchasing of goods and services under the guidelines of the FAR

. Reviewed travel to assure policies and procedures are followed

. Reviewed personnel packages for IRTA employees

. Assisted in preparing end of the year budget closeout for acquisitions

. Perform cost analysis negotiations for price reasonableness

. Assisted in setting up three new labs for institutes

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 9/97 - 6/99

Harry s. Truman V.A. Medical Center

800 Hospital Drive

Columbia, MO 65203

Program Support Assistant

40hrs/week;

Supervisor: Mr. Keith Smith (573) 814-6000x6432(Contact: Yes)

. Analyzed and edited third party accounts receivables that were delinquent.

. Made contractual adjustments to update or close out patients insurance.

. Contacted and documented all information from patient or family members

to assist hospital in procedure processing patients.

. Developed and maintained payment history file from insurance plans and

submitted programs under Medicare, Medicaid, Tricare and Black Lung.

. Processed insurance vouchers.

. Typed letters and memoranda.

. Ensured that the insurance laws were being complied by creating simplified

review process.

TENET HEALTHCARE SYSTEM 8/96 - 8/97

Columbia Regional Hospital, Home Health and Hospice

404 Keene Street

Columbia, MO 65201

Business Development Specialist,

40hrs/week; Salary $ 34,560.00 annum

Supervisor: James Poehling 402-***-**** (Contact: Yes)

. Conducted reviews and analysis of home health sites.

. Maintained and developed policies and procedures within the guidelines of

home health insurance regulations.

. Present oral and written presentations to director of Home Health Dept.

. Prepared budget spread sheets for hospice.

. Maintained a computerized log of home health site visits.

. Marketed manage care plans to organizations and providers

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 6/83 - 6/96

V.A. Administration Westside Medical center

820 S. Damen Avenue

Chicago, IL 60612

Medical Machine Tech. Manager

40hrs/week;

Supervisor: Dr. Faiq Al-Bazzaz 312-***-**** (Contact: Yes)

. Developed and maintained policies for procedures and activities under

JCAHO, CAP, OSHA and CDC

. Managed and reviewed monthly assessment of utilization, accountability,

and statistical reports . IMPAC purchase card approving official.

. Fostered development of personnel as well as interviewing, hiring, training

and evaluating.

. Prepared end of the year budget closeouts and prepared budget forecast

for next fiscal year

. Department budget officer.

. Liaison between staff physicians, social workers and patients.

. Gathered, evaluated and analyzed data and information for research

surveys.

EDUCATION

DePaul University, Chicago, IL:

University of Illinois Certificate Program, Public Administration: 05/93

V. A. Leadership Management Training Program: 93-94

TRAINING

Project Management for IT 08/08

Time Management for Managers: 08/07

NBS Acquisition system: 02/07

USDA Graduate School: Developmental Mgmt: 08/06

Web Design: 04/06

Travel Approver: 04/06

USDA Graduate School: Effective Leadership Mgmt. 08/05

Georgetown Univ.: Organizational Management: 08/05

Travel Domestic: 07/02

Travel Foreign: 02/02

Budget Formation: 11/01

USDA Graduate School: Reasoning and Effective Writing: 11/01

Budget Process: 6/01,

Time Management: 5/01

USDA Graduate School: Fundamentals of Writing: 11/00,

Level 1 Purchasing Program: 1994-1995, 1999-2000

V.A. Medical Administration Management Training Program: Chicago, IL: 94-95

V.A. Administration Property and Space Planning: 6/90

Chicago Computer Learning Center, Chicago, IL, programming: 9/86

HONORS AND AWARDS

Superior Performance Awards: 1986, 1987, 1993-1996, 2008, 2012

Quality Step Increase: 89, 91, 93, 96, 04, 09, 13

Performance Award: 1999-2014

Merit Award (Acquisitions) 2009

COMPUTER SKILLS

Word, WordPerfect, IntraMall, Excel, Access, Outlook, Internet, AMBIS, ERHP, NED, Datawarehouse, nVision, Powerpoint, Capital HR

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