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Director Information Technology

Location:
Elk Grove Village, IL
Posted:
April 09, 2015

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Daniel J. O’Mahoney

*** ******** ****, *** ***** Village, IL 60007 Mobile: 630-***-**** aco3xb@r.postjobfree.com

Career Summary

Talented, Business Technology Executive (retired United States Army Major) with proven track record to utilize a unique mix of

strategic and tactical skillsets, having built innovative technical solutions that drive and support major enterprise objectives.

Technology agnostic professional who “bridges the gap” between multiple teams, business users, and technical platforms. Expert

problem solver who rapidly diagnoses and resolves critical enterprise issues. Forward thinking professional who accurately

forecasts future capacity, resources, and cost requirements.

Professional Experience

NorthShore University HealthSystem, Skokie, Illinois 2008 – Present

NorthShore University HealthSystem is an integrated healthcare system located in the Northern suburbs of Chicago. The

system includes four hospitals and over 100 medical group offices with 1.8 billion in annual revenue. Successfully defined and

implemented a review and modernization of all internal corporate applications to gain efficiencies, reduce redundancies and

cost

Director Information Technology 2010 - Present

Directed initiative to integrate external organizations to allow for financial, human resource, and clinical data to be securely

shared to implement a shared business venture between all organizations

Led development and execution of strategy to enhance electronic medical record system to allow organization to qualify for

over $2.5 million in federal awards

Identified strategy to consolidate ERP systems to single platform resulting in a 60% savings in maintenance fees

Achieved $2 million savings by evaluating and implementing business process outsourcing arrangements for Human Resource

Systems

Initiated and executed accounts payable process creating over $1 million of initial revenue and $275,000 per year going

forward for the organization

Developed and managed $12 million Capital Information Systems Department Budget

Participated as part of senior leadership in the development and execution of the NorthShore Information Systems strategic

business strategy development

Senior Manager Information Technology 2008 –

2010

Collaborated with senior operation leadership to design and initiate a three year roadmap for enterprise human resource and

financial systems

Developed NorthShore cloud usage strategy and implementation guidelines

Increased human resource capabilities by driving upgrade of PeopleSoft Human Resource System to 9.2 implementing

Manager and Employee self-service functionality

Initiated and managed the procurement process of new enterprise learning management system; reducing system maintenance

costs by 12%

Facilitated merger of corporate human resources and financial information systems during acquisition of new hospital

Hewitt Associates, Lincolnshire, Illinois 1999 –

2008

Hewitt is a provider of human capital management consulting operating in 120 countries providing consulting and

outsourcing services. Reestablished budgeting and forecasting systems integrity and value within the firm, working

with financial leadership to develop clear methods and processes to create valuable data.

Senior Manager Budgeting and Forecasting Systems 2006 - 2008

Consolidated existing budgeting and forecasting systems from 16 systems down to 4 reducing overall maintenance by 25%

Collaborated with financial leadership team to redesign internal line-of-business reporting to provide more aligned metrics with

business need and reduce creation time of reports by 15%

Implemented consistent project management methodology to properly align projects with business strategy and available

resources

Manager ERP Architecture 2002

– 2006

Managed initiative to implement and organize internal off-shore development team in India.

Led implementation of PeopleSoft Global Financial systems in India and the Asia Pacific Region

Increased efficiency of accounts payable and purchasing by integrating IBM Content Manager with PeopleSoft allowing for the

reallocation of 4 FTE’s

Designed and implemented revenue recognition workflow for contracts to meet Sarbanes-Oxley requirements

Application Developer 2000

- 2002

Application Consultant 1999

– 2000

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Military Service

Twenty-one years of service in the United States Army with a combination of Active and National Guard service. Began at the

rank of Private and promoted through the ranks to Major, serving in senior level leadership positions throughout my career.

Earned numerous citations and awards for leadership and service.

Senior officer of liaison team to advise the Polish Battle Group during their first three deployments into Afghanistan, providing

mentoring and coaching to Senior Polish Leadership on tactics, communications, and U.S. Doctrine. Advised in the combat

tactics and execution strategy of over five major operations to provide counter insurgency, security, medical and humanitarian

aid to the residents of Paktika Province Afghanistan.

Commander of 150 soldier battery responsible for one-third of New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina. Responsible for

command and control coordination between local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies providing security to some of

the most devastated areas of the city.

Instituted leadership, career planning and mentoring within battery operations to promote officer and non-commissioned officer

growth and retention. Earned recognition for having one of the highest recruiting and retention rates for any Army National

Guard unit in the state of Illinois

Education

M.B.A. University Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana

B.S. Information Systems, DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois

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