Project Manager System

JAMES A. BAIERA

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Hinckley, OH ***33

*******@*****.***

440-***-**** (cell)

CAREER SUMMARY

Diversified experience in materials management & inventory planning, production control & operations planning, project management, purchasing & procurement, healthcare informatics, education, strategic planning, pro forma budget planning, legal contracting & vendor negotiations, supervision, system workflow design, analysis & implementation. Special competencies include:

MS Office Programming Literacy

Resourceful Cost Reduction Approaches

Coaching / Training Skills

Problem Solving Skills

Excellent Communication Skills

Accept New Challenges Eagerly

Exercise Good Judgment Under Stress

Rational Thinker

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland, OH 2000-Present

Nonprofit multi-specialty academic medical center that integrates clinical and hospital care with research and education

IT Program Officer

Assist hospital managers facilitate through the acquisition process for new system implementation & system upgrades. Evaluate vendor technology & recommend IT solutions. Negotiate contractual agreements . Assist IT Operations with miscellaneous responsibilities. Support Cleveland Clinic Hospitals in defining, evaluating, recommending vendor system solutions for ancillary departments.

• Administer College of IT Excellence (CITE – Healthcare Informatics).

• Maintain current knowledge amidst changing JACHO requirements, HIPAA, healthcare industry trends, competitive forces.

• Guest speaker – Cleveland State University ... MBA and BA Curriculum Program - - Reviewing Agreements.

• Assistant Editor – started internal publication and planned content for IT Division newsletter.

• Awarded Cleveland Clinic Caregiver Excellence Award.

• Submitted innovative ideas to Cleveland Clinic Great Ideas Program. 13 ideas implemented.

• Reconciled purchase orders. Recovered several thousands dollars in credit due to payment errors.

• Facilitated systems acquisitions for numerous clinical & business informational data management systems where Cleveland Clinic benefited in cost-avoidance or cost savings – accumulations over six figures.

• Facilitated 30 Cleveland Clinic Experience Sessions.

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Fairview Health System Cleveland, OH 1995-2000

General medical and surgical hospital – now associated with Cleveland Clinic.

Senior System Analyst

Defined IT solutions that benefited Hospital ancillary departments. Analyzed software applications that functionally supported future workflow that met or exceeded operational requirements. Negotiated with system vendors.

• Managed hospital resources using methods/system to ensure low risk system installation in complex, system-integrated environment.

• Managed system’s implementation processes, hospital resources that install systems and recommended IT solutions that involved hospital capital investments over $1 million.

• Y2K Project Leader – for remediation & testing of 56 primary applications. Managed 10 consultants. Co-developed Year 2000 Purchase Compliance Procedure for both Fairview/Lutheran Hospitals.

PRIOR PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT

Lear Romec, Division of Crane Company ... Elyria, OH

Master Scheduler, Senior Planner, Buyer, Project Manager, Supervisor Planning & Inventory Control Department

Allen – Bradley Company, Division of Rockwell International ... Highland Heights, OH

Master Planning Administrator, Project Leader, Production Dispatcher, Material Planner

Interior Steel Company ... Cleveland, OH

Production Control Staff

EDUCATION

MBA – Systems Management

Baldwin-Wallace College Berea, OH

BBA – Business Administration

Cleveland State University Cleveland, OH

Undergraduate Studies – Industrial Systems Engineering

The Ohio State University Columbus, OH

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