Project Management Network Security

Andre Paree-Huff

Greater Indianapolis, IN 317-***-**** *****@*****-****.*** linkedin.com/in/apareehuff

Summary

Technology executive leader with 25+ years of IT leadership and 10 years in healthcare IT. I specialize in developing strategic plans, budgeting, data analysis, and IT management. My areas of expertise include project management, technical support, and network security. My goal is to drive operational excellence and continuous improvement with cutting-edge technologies. I'm an effective leader who can foster collaboration and build strong teams. I'm looking to join a new organization to further my skills in IT.

Experience Highlights

Extensive experience in Cloud Migrations, Network Security

Excel in translating objectives into actional plans to meet changing business needs

Skilled in leading technical teams and identifying opportunities to drive efficiencies essential to business growth.

Merger & Acquisition: Have led multiple successful M&As resulting in quick merger of IT networks providing support for new IT and end-users.

HIPAA and ITIL4 certified

Areas of Expertise

Budgets

HIPAA Security

Project Management

Policy Writing

Vendor Management

Staff Development

Customer Service

Strategic Planning

Data Security

Healthcare IT

Governance

Network Engineering & Design

Executive leadership

Risk

Professional Experience

Milhaus

Infrastructure Manager, Indianapolis, IN June 2024 to Present

Responsible for designing and implementing network and Internet services at our properties. In collaboration with our design and development teams, lay out the low-voltage paths for Internet, Camera, and Sound systems through the properties.

Meet weekly with the design team to ensure that all needs are being met from design through the opening of the property and its turnover to property management.

Responsible for the security of the network at three headquarters and properties

Design and layout conduit paths

Work with vendors to acquire services such as bulk or managed Wi-Fi for residents

OrthoIndy (Indiana Orthopedic Hospital)

IT Manager, Indianapolis, IN Nov 2022 to June 2023

Responsible for day-to-day IT engineering operations. I oversee Tier I-III staff, vendors and contractor work. Responsible for telco, network, and all equipment at 12+ locations in central Indiana. Project Manager for engineering projects. Mentoring my staff to provide the best support to our end-users as possible while working to grow the team and retain staff through promotion and training.

Consult weekly on strategy, analysis, reporting and briefing matters to Senior Executives

Develop policy for computer use, HIPAA security, and remote users

Operate as PM for all IT projects including moving a hospital, and M&A

Mentor motivate a broad range of IT staff, promoted 2 membersthin first 60 days

Replaced phone system to provide state-of-the-art cloud solution

Planned Parenthood of Great Northwest, Hawaii Island, Alaska, Indiana, and Kentucky

Vice President of Information Technology, Seattle, WA Jan 2019 to June 2022

Oversaw IT for 50+ sites in six states. As VP was responsible for all day to day decisions for everything from PC

to server, cloud service providers to vendor management. Prepared and maintained budget of over $5M yearly. Work daily with C-suite staff. Oversaw Service desk, network, server, architecture staff. Merged 2 affiliates network into one as part of our merger. Functioned as HIPAA Security Officer.

HIPAA Security Officer for combined company

Increased ease of work enterprise-wide by spearheading M&A of two affiliates

Drove solutions facilitating remote work during COVID

Initiated replacement of failing phone system to minimize outages, reducing telco cost by $63K yearly

Enabled clinicians to see patients remotely in IN & KY utilizing Telehealth increasing patient satisfaction

Reduced potential for security breach by deploying multi-factor authentication to minimize access by non-employees

Consolidate and integrated multiple systems including email, security, service-desk, WAN connections

Planned Parenthood of Indiana, and Kentucky

Director of Information Technology, Indianapolis, IN May 2017 to Jan 2019

Responsible for 17 sites in two states. All aspects of IT from PC to EHR/EMR. Upgraded all remote network equipment and moved data center to cloud solution. Functioned at HIPAA Security Officer

HIPAA Security Officer

Achieved $250K reduction in yearly budget first quarter of position

Transitioned network from MPLS to SD-WAN solution to reduce budget

Evaluated / selected new external data enter. Guided seamless transition of systems and network infrastructure

Upgraded wireless to Meraki solution providing centralized wireless and providing better coverage in each center

Advised Senior Leadership on policy for data management and utilization

Versiti Blood (Indiana Blood Center)

Interim Director of Information Technology, Indianapolis, IN Dec 2013 to May 2017

Director of IT duties included management of service desk, server/network, as well as DBA, Report writers, Data Entry, web designers and programmers. Provided support to not only blood centers but also multiple mobile blood collection busses and mobile solution carts that required full time network access no matter the location. Merged networks of Indiana Blood and the affiliation to form Versiti Blood. First affiliate to migration email and entire network to new organization.

HIPAA Security Officer for Indiana affiliate

Preserved network security while cutting cost: migrated from MPLS to SDWAN and secured 2 years of service and equipment with an ROI of 3 months compared to our MPLS contract

Improved security and minimized cost to replace company-owned mobile devices. Purchased, configured, and installed an MDM solution on devices allowing IT the ability to remove data or wipe phone if lost or stolen

Designed and implemented a site to site backup allowing more secured recovery solution

Versiti Blood (Indiana Blood Center)

Sr Network Engineer for Indiana Affiliate / Sr Security Engineer all Affiliates Dec 2013 to May 2017

Provided Network and Security support to both Indiana and 3 other affiliates as needed. Primarily a cisco shop. Brought in and configured Zix encryption solution for email.

HIPAA Security Officer for company

Worked directly with CISO to develop strategic direction for all affiliates

Brought all affiliates under the Veristi.org O365 as tenants

Reduced security cost and overhead by merging services under single contracts

Education & Certifications

Master of Science in Management of Information Technology

Western Governors University

Bachelor in Information Technology

University of Phoenix

HIPAA certification

PrivaPlan

Ubiquiti Full stack professional

ITIL4 Certified

People Soft

Cisco Certified Network Professional

Cisco Certified Wireless Professional

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