Resume Of:
Shelly Watson
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Professional summary
A CONSULTING PROFESSIONAL WITH OVER TWENTY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THE
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY INCLUDING OVER FIVE YEARS WORKING WITH
HEALTHCARE AND MEDICAL DATA WITH KNOWLEDGE FOCUSED IN INTERFACES, DATA
CONVERSIONS, AND EPIC APPLICATIONS.
Professional Highlights
. EPIC BRIDGES CERTIFIED ('06, '07, '08, '09, '10 & '12)
. Egate Monk, Java, and JCAPS
. Epic Implementations - developed specifications for all types of
facility interfaces, updating existing hospital interfaces to Epic as
well as designing newly required interfaces
. Epic, eGate & Corepoint development of interfaces for Quest,
Sunquest, Powerscribe, PACS, McKesson, MedSeries, Cerner, Meditech,
IDX, Powerscribe, Cbord, Pyxis, 3M, PMM, Heartland, RODS, PHS, Lynx,
Camtronics, PCSI, etc., along with updates for new discrete lab
results interfaces, new nutrition services interfaces
. Development, maintenance and support of interfaces thru Epic Bridges,
eGate, Corepoint and Tibco
. Excellent analytical, organizational and problem solving skills
. Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills
. Strong end-user and client liaison skills
. Demonstrated ability to complete tasks independently
. Exceptional customer service skills
Information Technology / Systems
. VISUAL BASIC, VB.NET, C++, JAVA, COBOL, BASIC, HTML ASP, XML, XSL,
SQL SERVER, ACCESS, FOXPRO, UNIDATA, VBSCRIPT, JAVASCRIPT, EGATE (MONK
& JAVA), EPIC BRIDGES, COREPOINT, MEDITECH, MISYS, QUEST, PACS, IDX,
HBOC, STAR, MEDSERIES, CERNER, POWERSCRIBE, HL7, AS400, UNIX, WINDOWS
95/98, 2000, NT, XP, NOVELL, NT, CITRIX, AND TIBCO.
Education
. BACHELORS DEGREE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE, CAPITAL UNIVERSITY
. MBA, Technology & Healthcare Management, University of Phoenix
Professional Experience
BROOKSOURCE IT SEPTEMBER 2009 - PRESENT
St. Elizabeth - Northern Kentucky
OSU Medical Center - Columbus, OH
Community Health Network - Indianapolis, IN
. Responsibilities include design, project management, development,
maintenance and support of Epic interfaces for various hospital Epic
go-lives.
. Specifically assigned to Lab (Cerner Millennium, Atlas, Meditech,
SunQuest, Quest), Radiology (PACS, Prosolve, Powerscribe), and
transcription. Use specs, workflow documentation, business
requirements documents, and various interactions with users to develop
new interfaces for Epic applications and downstream systems.
. Create, process, maintain, and improve interface error workqueues.
Focused on enhancing interfaces or processes to reduce error
occurrences and find quickest ways to be sure all results post to
patient charts immediately.
. The programming tools used: Corepoint, Egate, Epic Bridges, SQL
Server, HL7, and various other tools
Ambassador Solutions September 2010 - March 2011
Alverno - Sisters of St. Francis - Indianapolis
. Responsibilities include design, project management, development,
maintenance and support of Epic interfaces for the St. Francis
Hospital go-live.
. Specifically assigned to Lab (Softlab & Quest) and Radiology (PACS &
Powerscribe). Use specs, workflow documentation, mapping documents,
and various interactions with users to develop interfaces for Epic go-
live.
. Process, maintain, and improve assigned error queues post go-live.
Focused on enhancing interfaces or processes to reduce error
occurrences in current live ambulatory environments, preparing them
for upcoming go-live volumes and variations.
. The programming tools used: Egate, Epic Bridges, SQL Server, HL7, and
various other tools
ACS - Consultant (Interface & Integration Analyst) March 2009 - July 2009
University of Washington Medical Center - Seattle, WA
. Responsibilities include design, development, maintenance and support
of Epic interfaces for various hospital systems for Epic go-live.
Specifically assigned to Lynx, Camtronics, PCSI, SSIC, and Lumedix for
development of specifications, documentation, development, maintenance
options, and implementation of enhancements to improve interface
. The programming tools used: Epic Bridges, SQL Server, HL7, Citrix,
Cloverleaf, and various other tools
CTG - Consultant (Interface & Integration Analyst) April 2008 - February
2009
Sisters of Mercy - St. Louis, MO
. Responsibilities include design, development, maintenance and support
of Epic interfaces for Epic go-live at various hospitals.
Specifically assigned to Quest 2-Way interface for development of
maintenance options, error queue monitoring, and implementation of
enhancements to improve interface
. Process, maintain, and improve assigned error queues.
. The programming tools used: Tibco, Java, Epic Bridges, SQL Server,
HL7, and various other tools
Sr. Programmer/Interface Developer June 2007 - April 2008
Miami Valley Hospital
. Development, maintenance and support of interfaces for various
hospital systems
. Project management for various interface implementations and support
for Epic go-live including: Epic implementation, 2-Way Quest
interface, upgrade to lab discrete results, etc.
. Design and develop documentation, test plans, and reports
. The programming tools used: eGate Monk, Java, Epic Bridges, SQL
Server, HL7, Perl, Oracle, and various other packages
Sr. Programmer/Interface Developer March 2006 - June 2007
Dayton Children's Medical Center
. Development, maintenance and support of interfaces for various
hospital systems
. Project management for various interface implementations including:
new Quest interface, addition of 22 new interfaces for Epic, new
discrete results interfaces, new nutrition services interfaces, etc.
. Design and develop documentation, test plans, and reports
. The programming tools used: eGate Monk, Java, Epic Bridges, SQL
Server, HL7, Oracle and various other packages
Software Engineer Aug 2005 - March 2006
Contracting (NCR & Siemens)
. Software development, maintenance and support for ATM and banking
software, mixing in depth technical skills with outstanding customer
service
. Write online help files, readme instructions, and implementation
instructions for both financial and medical data warehousing
. Provided maintenance, support, and custom updates to Siemens interface
clients
. Provide database and data warehouse support to financial and medical
institutions
. The programming tools used: Visual Basic, C++, XML, HTML, Javascript,
SQL Server and various other packages
Application Developer May 2004 - Aug 2005
Reynolds & Reynolds
. Software development & maintenance of automotive dealer management
software and contact management software
. Design, develop and implement custom reports or data gathering tools
. Setup and maintenance of client data gathering, conversion, and data
manipulation
. The programming tools used are: Visual Basic, SQL Server, PowerHelp,
Crystal Reports, ASP, Visual InterDev, Frontpage, XML, JavaScript,
etc.
Software Developer Feb 2003 - May 2004
Aero Fulfillment
. Software maintenance and support for fulfillment software and
setup/configuration of new fulfillment client websites for banking,
medical, insurance, and other corporate clients.
. Software development & maintenance of custom applications
. Setup and maintenance of all client data gathering, conversion,
manipulation and reporting
. The programming tools used are: Visual Basic, VBScript, FoxPro,
Visual SourceSafe, XSL, XML, SQL, ASP, Visual InterDev, Crystal
Reports, etc.
Sr. Software Engineer Sept 2000 - Dec 2002
LexisNexis
. Development & maintenance of interfaces for the conversion platform
for data from vendors to LexisNexis online information systems for
news, media streams, medical documents and data, legal briefs, public
records, court dockets, scientific data feeds, etc.
. Wrote technical designs, created data collection and conversion
systems, participated in technical code reviews and wrote supporting
documentation
. Set up ftp ins and/or go gets, wrote code to webscrape data from
vendor websites or to manipulate websites for data, and wrote a
tracking system to monitor the flow of data for correcting data issues
. The programming tools used were: Visual Basic, VB.Net, Visual
SourceSafe, Omnimark, Sublime, Visual C++, Java, XSL, XML, SQL, HL7,
Access, HTML, RoboHelp, and various other tools
Software Support Engineer March 1998 - Sept 2000
Concentrex, Inc.
. Software development of new features or modules for external devices
such as journal printers, passbook printers, cash dispensers, MICR
readers, check printing, etc., as well as functionality for host
processing, fraud detection, data maintenance & reporting, etc.
. Software maintenance and support for banking software, mixing indepth
technical skills with outstanding customer service
. Wrote online help files, readme instructions, and training classes for
customized banking software, as well as traveling to customer sites
for installation and training of bank personnel
. The programming tools used: Visual Basic, C++, Visual SourceSafe,
Access, SQL, Oracle, Sybase, FoxPro, Crystal Reports, JetForms,
RoboHelp, HTML, and various other packages
System Analyst June 1995 - March 1998
University of Dayton
. Design, maintained, and supported the alumni tracking system for the
advancement staff to track alumni personal and financial information.
This included consolidation and cleanup of existing data, creating GUI
interfaces for data entry, training personnel, and continued
enhancements
. Created many interactive query programs and adhoc reports into the GUI
interface so users could utilize the data themselves
. The programming tools used: Visual Basic, Basic, C++, CASE Tools,
Unidata, UNIX, SQL, Uniquery, etc.
Database/Systems Analyst Sept 1988 - June 1995
Monarch Marking Systems, Inc.
. Analyzed, tracked, and maintained data for reports for sales quotas,
commissions, territory tracking, and produced a sales newsletter
. Maintained and supported the Telemarketing Call System on an AS400.
This included troubleshooting system problems, working with outside
consultants for system enhancements, providing support & training for
the department, setting up call campaigns and providing end results,
merging data with corporate sales information, etc.
. The programming tools used: SQL, R&R ReportWriter, Crystal Reports,
Cobol, Basic, Visual Basic, Access, DB2, PAM, AS400 Query, PageMaker,
Freehand, etc.