Shawn Ann Wheeler BA, PMP, MHA

***** *. ******** **** ****:623-***-****

El Mirage, AZ 85335 adlqxt@r.postjobfree.com

Objective

I am seeking a long-term position that will utilize my skills (PMI and Agile tools/methodologies) and experience in building teams to drive an organization to meet their corporate strategic initiatives and drive the organization towards industry leadership.

Employment History / Experience

Banner Health - October 16, 2006 to Present (Six Promotions: Data Coordinator, Info Specialist, CCO Manager, IT Project Management Specialist, Project Manager I, Enterprise Project Manager II.)

-I have successfully implemented 100+ projects for Banner Health in Arizona, Colorado, California, Alaska and Wyoming using Integrated Project Delivery, Waterfall and Agile methodologies. These include construction (new builds, expansions, tenant improvements, remodels) with budget creation/management, new I/T software implementations/ upgrades, new processes, mergers/acquisitions/joint ventures and new product/service implementations. I typically manage three to six projects at time, ranging from four - 36 months in duration.

Banner Corporate Center PHX Plaza –Currently: Project Manager II May 2015 to present

I have had the opportunity to work on complex and ambiguous projects which include:

-Opening nine new Banner Medical Centers (Including a $500M new tower at BUMCP, and a $654M new tower at BUMCT, where I was responsible for operational readiness upon opening), six major remodels, 10 Banner Health Centers/Clinics (new builds and tenant improvements) with fully functioning labs and medical imaging centers. Developing / managing IT budgets for: telecom, network, clinical/business applications, IT devices (up to $3M budgets), IT procurement: ordering/delivery/fit-out/activation/FORT, and IT applications: builds/test/train/implement

-Information Security program management

-Implementing five new processes

-Transitioning seven provider practices (with multiple locations) and 1 hospital to Banner via acquisition

-22 new IT applications and upgrades

-Three joint venture opportunities

-Optimization, hospital accreditation, pilot programs, data sharing service agreements and leadership conference projects.

Banner Corporate Center PHX Plaza - IT Project Management Specialist April 4, 2011 to July 2013 promoted to IT Project Manager I: July 2013 to May 2015.

-Implemented the disaster recovery plan for all patient records, including building I/T infrastructure to allow for asynchronized mirroring of data from the primary data center to the secondary data center.

-Successfully opened six Banner Health Centers (within nine months) in Arizona, Wyoming and Colorado, ground up locations for six providers, two advanced practitioners, 20 support staff, a lab and medical imaging.

-Transitioned 13 practices to Banner, a total of 350 providers/support staff located in Arizona, California, Alaska and Colorado. Managed the 40+ legacy EMR systems that Banner has acquired.

-Managed system wide (23 Hospitals/ 130 of ambulatory facilities) implementations of numerous new software packages and upgrades, products include: Fuji Synapse, Premise/Allscripts, DR PACS, Centricity, Cerner, NextGen EPM/EHR/GFI/Real Time Edits, PPID (Positive Patient Identification), Service Manager and xMatters.

Banner Thunderbird Medical Center - Clinical Care Operations - Office Supervisor - Oct 2008 to April 4, 2011 –

-Premise application upgrade lead – project IT lead (SME) for configuration, testing, training tool design, education, implementation and evaluation. Banner Thunderbird was a beta site for this application. Two products originally failed and had to be redeployed after the vendor’s development team made the appropriate modifications.

-Video Remote Interpreting (VRI implementation) – project IT lead (SME) – managed I/T needs, hardware procurement, testing and training of 1000 employees.

-Managed 19 staff members in the following positions, bed placement, staffing, information specialist, administrative assistant and interpreters

-Conduct all personnel hiring, evaluations, performance reviews, development, staff meetings, on-boarding and termination

-Balanced $1M + budgets, through the use of Wales/Lawson Business Intelligence

-Successfully expanded the interpreting department by 25%

-Negotiated and completed contracts with outside vendors, evaluating SOW and resource needs.

Banner Thunderbird Medical Center - Clinical Care Operations – Information Specialist / Data Analyst / Premise Operations Coordinator Oct. 2006 to Oct 2008

-Facility IT lead (SME) for the Premise application implementation, personally trained over 300 end users.

-Extensive involvement with developing a process to improve patient throughput.

-Compiled budget variance, turnover, work short, employee detail, and incidental overtime reports for each department and associated directors

North Valley Ear, Nose & Throat Associates, PC, Phoenix, AZ

Practice Administrator Dec. 2003 to Oct. 2005

-Project manager for opening a second practice location (turnkey project).

-Successfully transitioned the 401K, insurance provider, payroll company, attorney and CPA to new companies, with new contracts.

-Responsible for day to day operations, coverage and staffing issues for a practice with 13 employees, three physicians and two practice locations. Fully responsible for human resource functions including hiring, staff benefit program enrollment, completing staff performance evaluations, terminations and payroll for 22-25 personnel.

-Accountable for all accounts payable processing using Peachtree, including maintaining general ledger and invoice files. Balanced the practice management system (billing) to Peachtree. Prepared spreadsheets for administrator and analyzed data for performance standards.

Education / Certifications / Professional Development / Competency Record

Grand Canyon University- Masters in Healthcare Administration. Completion date will be 12-11-2019

Yellow Belt Continuous Improvement Course through Banner Health: In-progress

Project Management Professional - PMP Certification from the Project Management Institute 6-13-13 PMP # 1651423

-Complete 60 PDU’s every three years for continued certification

Arizona State University West/ W.P Carey School of Business - B.A. - Business. Graduated 4-2011

Honors / Awards / Professional Organization Memberships / Community Activities

Project Management Institute – Member since July 2013. Read PMBOK – Sixth Edition

Rancho El Mirage HOA – Treasurer: July 2009 to October 2013

Christ’s Church of the Valley – Member since 2005

References

Meiko Onken

Associate Administrator: Banner University Medical Center Phoenix

Tel: 602-***-****

Email: adlqxt@r.postjobfree.com

Kelly Lindner

Service Line Admin Dir: Banner Corporation Center Phoenix

Tel: 480-***-****

Email: adlqxt@r.postjobfree.com

Rebecca Schwarting

RN Director; Banner Behavioral Health Hospital

Tel: 480-***-****

Email: adlqxt@r.postjobfree.com

1625 N. Campbell Avenue

Tucson, AZ 85719

July 1, 2019

To Whom it May Concern,

I wanted to share my experience with Shawn Wheeler in regard to operations at Banner University Medical Center Tucson. Shawn joined our team several months ago as a project manager for our new tower activation. Shawn completely revamped and organized the operations of this IT piece. When she came, the team was not coordinating, and it was unclear which team would have responsibility to do necessary tasks for activation. Shawn had multiple meetings, kept detailed minutes and truly brought all players to the table. We successfully had commitments to timelines and move day support. Shawn has scheduled all the go/no go calls, organized them and kept us on track. She has opened and run the command center daily for each move.

I have been impressed by Shawn’s ability to organize a project and establish well defined tracking metrics. She has held multiple teams accountable that do not report to her. She has successfully negotiated multiple team cooperation with very tight deadlines. She led an effort to renumber our entire hospital. This was accomplished over a four-day period and we did not have glitches in our billing or registration.

Shawn has run the command center for every move, followed up on any potential barriers to remove and tracked all issues for resolution during each move. She has been invaluable to our Tucson team and the success we have experienced in moving our entire tower in. Shawn has demonstrated excellent operation skills during this project.

Sincerely,

Joni Raneri

Associate Administrator

Luis L. Gonzalez, Jr., MD, FACP, FAAHPM, CMD

Physician of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics

Board Certified Internal Medicine and Hospice and Palliative Medicine Certified Medical Director of Long-Term Care

July 3, 2019

Letter of recommendation:

Shawn Ann Wheeler

It is my pleasure to provide a letter of recommendation for Shawn. I have worked with her since 2015 on many occasions within Banner, initially creating and then opening hospice programs at no fewer than eight hospitals. The program was initially a de novo program that frankly could not have occurred or proceeded without Shawn’s expertise, guidance and leadership.

Each time we presented and initiated the program in a new hospital Shawn was immediately engaged and organized. She kept the process moving along in areas deep within Banner which was critical to the success of the program.

I can wholeheartedly recommend Shawn. As she moves forward with her career my only regret is, I may not have future opportunities to work with her as we expand the Banner Hospice Inpatient program in additional hospitals.

Respectfully,

Luis L Gonzalez, Jr, MD

Phoenix Geriatrics & Internal Medicine, PLLC 8300 E Dixileta Drive #278, Scottsdale, AZ 85266

Telephone 602-***-**** FAX 480-***-****

Kelly Lindner

Banner University Medical Center - Phoenix

1111 E McDowell Rd

Phoenix, AZ 85006

Shawn Wheeler

Project Manager II, Enterprise Project Management Office

2901 N Central Ave, Ste 160

Phoenix, AZ 85012

To Whom It May Concern,

I have had the pleasure of working with Shawn Wheeler, both as a peer and as a customer, for eight years. She has proven herself to be accountable, responsible and a “hand-raiser”, taking on a variety of large, complex and challenging projects. Shawn has led the IT and Operational readiness components for nearly 15 BMG clinics across multiple states, as well as leading the IT components for acute-care facilities such as Fort Collins, BUMCP and BUMCT Tower projects and Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center – Phoenix.

While Shawn is goal-oriented, she also builds and maintains great working relationships with her teams. This is due in part to her tremendous communication skills and her willingness to lead in often ambiguous, tight-timeline situations. Her teams know that they can count on her and her leadership to guide them through successful completion of the projects.

Shawn’s willingness to take on new, challenging projects as well as her desire to continue her education is an inspiration. I admire her commitment and dedication for continuous improvement, personally and professionally.

Respectfully,

Kelly Lindner

Facility Operations Program Director

Banner University Medical Center - Phoenix

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