Career Summary

Solutions-oriented IT Professional and Strategist with over 30 years of

experience specializing in project management and the delivery of large

and complex integrated enterprise systems, application software development

solutions, Electronic Health Records (EHR) solutions, clinical interface

solutions, data and infrastructure security solutions, HIPAA electronic

transactions and code sets standards, Quality/Testing processes, data

warehouse & data migrations, enterprise IT architectures, and enterprise

business productivity improvement initiatives.

Key strengths include:

. Proven project management leadership experience with delivery of multi-

million dollar projects spanning multiple years and with vast numbers of

internal and vendor resources both on-shore and off-shore.

. Extensive experience working with Electronic Health Records (EHR) in

Healthcare environments.

. Keen ability to set project goals consistent with business objectives,

identify project/team and or individual trends in performance strengths

and weaknesses, work with customers, and in a team environment, analyze

and document business and system processes, and manage multiple projects

and deadlines.

. Extensive experience leading project teams through the System Development

Life Cycle (SDLC) using structured software life cycles such as water

fall, Agile and, RUP methodologies, etc.

. Experience at developing as well directing functional QA/test plans

throughout test execution (i.e. functional, E2E, and UAT) and defect

tracking and test mitigation.

. Significant knowledge & experience with major clinical, financial and

transaction processing systems (e.g. G/E, EPIC, McKesson, Cerner, SSI,

Star, etc.). Experienced with ICD-09/ICD-10, HIPAA 4010/5010, EHR

implementations, and clinical interfacing.

. Extensive working knowledge and skills with Enterprise Resource Planning

(ERP), Supply Chain Management (SCM), Enterprise Content Management

(ECM), ETL tools and process, software applications such as SAP,

PeopleSoft, Lawson, and Oracle Financials.

Technical Summary

Hardware: Data General, Datapoint, Honeywell/ Bull, IBM Mainframe, Sun,

Cisco, DecNET, Ethernet, LU 6.2, PC LAN, PC NET, SNA/SDLC, Token Ring,

Windows Sockets, X.25, X.400, X.500, HP 9000 and AS/400.

Operating Systems: AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Windows 95/NT/XP, MVS/ESA, MVS/XA,

OS/2, OS/400, POSIX, ULTRIX, UNIX, VM/CMS, VMS, VSE, Z/OS, DEC VAX,

LANtastic and Novell NetWare.

ERPs: Exacta, GreatPlains Dynamics - Microsoft, IBM OpenPro, JD Edwards -

Oracle, Lawson, MAPICS, Microsoft Dynamics, Oracle/PeopleSoft, Sage ERPs

and CRMs, SAP, Walker

Language/Technology: Assembler, Basic, C, C++, CL, COBOL II, CSP, HML, HL7,

Java, J2EE, JCL/DOS, JCL/MVS, JCL/OS, MicroFocus, PL1, PL/SQL, Progress

4GL, QuickBASIC, SAS, SQL, Visual Basic, XML, Telecom, CORBA and VTAM.

Databases: MS Access, ADABAS, DB2, Datacom DB/DC, Focus, IMS DB/DC,

Informix, Ingres, Oracle, RDB (VAX), SQL/DS, MS SQL Server, Sybase and

VSAM.

Server: Lotus Notes, IBM WebSphere SQL Server, MS SQL Server

Tools: Sharepoint, Centricity, Flowcast, McKesson, HP Quality Center,

Workstream Classic, Workstream Open, IBM Content Manager/ Content Manager

OnDemand, ADW, Agile, CASE PM, CASEW, Serena ChangeMan, CopyManager,

Captiva (FormWare, InputAccel), Collabra, Share, ERwin, IEF, IEW, Lotus 1-2-

3, Lotus/Domino, MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Visio),

ObjectView, OOAD, Designer/2000, PVCS, CrossTalk, RUP, Rational

eDevelopment Tools, Rational Suite (Rose, Rational ClearCase, ClearQuest),

Remedy Tools Set, TeamSite, Tivoli, Vantive, WinRunner, TCP/IP, Novell

(LANalyzer, Requestor), Intel (LANSight, LANSpool), LapLink, PATHWORKS and

MS LAN Manager, PR3, Crystal Reports, AMCOM SmartWeb Services.

Consultant Experience

TEKsystems for: Regence/Cambia

9/13 - 11/13

Project Manager/Quality Lead

. Short-term engagement with client's Quality Group on mandated

Affordable Care Act Project. Developed and published Project's

overall Quality Plan and engaged with each Delivery Teams to ensure

Test Plans were developed for Test execution. Engagement Contract

Completed

Hynes & Company for: Kaiser Permanente - Northwest Region, Portland, OR

6/11- 7/13

Contract Sr. Project Manager and Sr. Quality/Test Lead

. Engagement in client's Quality Testing Services Group in a PM/Test

Lead role directing (onshore & offshore) team's application

Quality/testing activities (i.e. QA Plans, Test Plans, Test scenarios,

Test scripts. defect tracking) for the implementation of Cerner's

PathNet Laboratory Information System. Project involved significant

interfacing and testing (i.e. functional, E2E, and UAT) with client's

Electronic Health Records (EHR) application. Agile Project Management

principles/methodologies supported execution of Project's delivery. PM

leadership, mentoring, technical guidance support with Dental Clinic

application upgrades. Reached Two Year Term for Contractor at Kaiser

PROdx for: Providence Health & Services, Portland, OR

4/06 - 4/11

Contract Sr. Project Manager

. Engagement in client's Strategic Management Services Office managing

projects in scope from small feature enhancements to larger enterprise-

scale applications though the complete development lifecycle.

Project's managed using Agile best practices and Project Management

Institute (PMI) and Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK).

Shepherded all Quality and testing tracks during project's

implementation lifecycle.

. Accomplishments include development and rollout of Mobile Home Care

Clinician Patient Information Program, Physician Web On-Call

Scheduling program, Clinical Electronic Medical Record (EMR) Interface

program, Diagnostic Clinical Measurements Application, Home

Health/Hospice/ Eldercare business system and data integration,

Physician Web portal integration and interface, and HIPAA National

Provider Identifier (NPI) program and related EDI compliance.

Engagement and Project assignments completed

Rapidigm, Inc for: State of Oregon, Salem, OR

3/05 - 01/06

Contract Sr. Project Manager and Planner

. Engagement role on Project Team providing leadership, mentoring,

technical guidance, and project management support on project within

the Department of Human Services (DHS).

. Accomplishments include developing and publishing QA Plans, Test

Plans, and Test scenarios, Implementation Advanced Planning Document

(IAPD), Implementation Vendor RFP and selection guidelines, Business

and technical assessments, writing functional and technical IT

specifications, Infrastructure Security guidelines, Enterprise Web

portal Architecture alternatives, and Data Migration plans. Engagement

Completed

Self Employed for: BlueCross BlueShield of Mississippi, Jackson, MS

3/01 - 1/05

Contract Sr. Project Manager

. Engagement reporting directly to the Executive VP, Information

Technology & Corporate Development providing management leadership,

technical direction and advisement on an ongoing basis. Assembled and

managed multiple enterprise project portfolios with multiple teams of

matrixed internal and external technology contractors, business

owners, and executive sponsors.

. Project accomplishments include development and rollout of enterprise

B2B/B2C programs and Healthcare Information Exchange (HIE) program,

Quality/Testing for HIPAA EDI transaction processing compliance,

Customer Web Portal, Data and Infrastructure Security program,

Financial and Customer ERP program, $3.0 million Enterprise Content

Management (ECM) and Workflow program, SAN Technology, and multiple

discipline methodology best practices including RUP (Rational Unified

Process), PMI (Projects Manager Institute), and Information Technology

Infrastructure Library (ITIL). Engagement Contract Completed

PRODX for: Credence, Portland, OR

6/00 - 3/01

Contract Sr. Project Manager

. Engagement leading full lifecycle deployment of enterprise-wide

software engineering infrastructure for using Rational Unified Process

(RUP) and the Rational SCM tool set. Role included shepherding

development of all Quality/Testing Plans and defect

tracking/mitigation processes.

. Provided leadership, architectural expertise, and spearheaded product

development and release management sessions enterprise-wide

emphasizing the value SCM tools contribute to the software engineering

environment. Engagement Contract Completed

Self Employed for: BlueCross BlueShield of Mississippi, Jackson, MS

1/98 - 6/00

Contract Sr. Project Manager

. Engagement reporting directly to the Executive VP, Information

Technology & Corporate Development providing management leadership,

technical direction and advisement on an ongoing basis. Assembled and

managed multidimensional business, technical, and consulting

contractor teams to develop strategic and tactical plans to turn

around and "modernize" the company's performing IT organization

structure, enterprise architecture, and the quality of service

delivery.

. Solutions implemented included five-year strategic plan and roadmap

aligning software and hardware requirements with corporate business

initiatives and budget, Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery plan and

processes including development and operational implementation of a

disaster recovery remote control facility.

. Assembled and managed multidimensional business, technical, and

consulting contractor team resources for Year 2000 readiness

assessment delivery and full Y2K application remediation enterprise-

wide.

. Q/A testing for HIPAA EDI transaction processing compliance.

Engagement Contract Completed

Self Employed for: Wacker Siltronic, Portland, OR

1/95 - 1/98

Contract Sr. Project Manager

. Engagement directing multiple project IT portfolios for implementation

of new "automated" wafer fabrication facility. Spearheaded business

and technical assessments, and wrote functional and technical IT

specifications for integrating Customer Order Management System

functionally with SAP. Engagement Contract Completed

Self Employed for: Oregon Steel, Portland, OR

1/94 - 12/94

Contract Sr. Project Manager

. IT Strategist role providing project management leadership, mentoring,

and technical guidance to corporate executives and business and IT

staff teams to re-structure current enterprise architecture.

Engagement Contract Completed

Self Employed for: San Diego Federal Credit Union, San Diego, CA

1/93 - 12/93

Contract Sr. Project Manager

. IT Strategist role providing project management leadership, mentoring,

and technical guidance to re-structure company's customer service and

business recovery program (.i.e. Disaster Recovery).

Engagement Contract Completed

Full Time Positions

Ness Brokerage Company, Portland, OR 1/90 -

1/93

CIO/Director, Information Technology

NERCO Coal Corporation, Portland, OR and St Louis, MO

1/81 - 1/90

CIO/Director, Information Technology

Manager, Information Systems

Education And Training

. Bachelor of Science, Business Administration, Pacific Northwestern

University

. Collective post-graduate MBA plan courses

. Advanced Training:

o Executive Leadership, American Management Association (AMA).

o Executive Management Analysis Lab, Barnam Institute.

o Management of Change Series, Drucker Institute.

o Interim and Advanced Project Management (PMBOK), PMI, PMP.

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