CEO, COO, CIO, CTO

SENIOR EXECUTIVE

Visionary and customer-focused executive with more than 15 years of broad-based senior leadership experience spanning all aspects of management and operations. Distinguished career in providing direction and motivation to individuals to achieve organizational objectives and corporate milestones. Strong track record in driving business profitability by enhancing business functions and implementing cost-effective measures. Big picture thinker who confidently champions corporate objectives with focused business acumen and responsible budgetary disciplines. Highly successful in building relationships, seizing control of critical problem areas and delivering on commitments.

KEY STRENGTHS

- Increasing Corporate Profitability

- Business Development & Improvement

- Technology Architecture & Integration

- Enterprise Planning

- Budgeting & Cost Control

- Performance Measurement

- Organization & Time Management

- Staff Team Building & Leadership

CAREER OVERVIEW

- Assimilated acquired companies to form and maximize synergistic opportunities while reducing total operating costs (PracticeOne Corporation)

- Devised and executed business protocols to establish a debt free, positive cash flow enterprise (Nightingale Informatix Corp.)

- Enforced cost-effective measures and functions throughout the organization to drive operational efficiency and customer service excellence (Nightingale Informatix Corp.)

- Strategically positioned the company to execute a sound business plan and created maximum value for shareholders (Nightingale Informatix Corp.)

- Devised and implemented strategic business plans, including new product development and introduced a financial component to existing products (Beech Street Corporation)

- Transitioned the Information Systems Department from previously outsourced relationship into the company, which dramatically minimized disorders while continuously maximizing production efficiency (Beech Street Corporation)

- Aligned the systems direction with company’s core business strategy (Beech Street Corporation)

- Instrumental in the development of the Healtheon/WebMD’s Web portal business, www.webmd.com (Healtheon/WebMD)

- Successfully established core values and performance-driven culture of customer service, shareholder value and employee satisfaction (Healtheon /WebMD)

- Cultivated a more transparent, dynamic and customer-focused organization to strengthen business competency in the marketplace (Healtheon /WebMD)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

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PracticeOne Corporation, Somerset, NJ

CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Nov 2008-Present

PracticeOne is a company that provides healthcare infrastructure such as Practice Management Systems (PMS) and Electronic Medical Records systems (EMR) to the medical community.

Report directly to the CEO and oversee all aspects of business operation to ensure efficient and smooth workflow. Play an integral role in raising capital to acquire complimentary companies to sustain the accelerated growth of business. Communicate with senior management and board of directors in defining and implementing strategic architectures.

Nightingale Informatix Corp. (former VantageMed Corporation), Sacramento, CA

CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER/CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Feb 2005-Oct 2008

Nightingale is a Healthcare IT company that develops and sells Practice Management and Electronic Medical Records systems to sizeable medical practices. After driving VantageMed to its full profitability the company was sold to Nightingale.

Coordinated and managed all facets of business operations in the information technology and product organization while reporting directly to the CEO. Worked collaboratively with Board of Directors in developing strategies to effectively manage business risks and opportunities. Facilitated the development cycle of software products to ensure quality standards and marketability.

Beech Street Corporation, Lake Forest, CA

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, STRATEGIC PLANNING AND CIO Jan 2001-Feb 2005

Beech Street is the nation’s largest independent Preferred Provider Organization (PPO). The company established networks of physicians and hospitals and leased them to payer organizations.

Worked as a part of the senior management team in formulating strategic, tactical and operational direction for the company. Directed the efforts of the Information Systems team in delivering project systems that increased profit margins and reduced financial overheads. Administered enterprise architectures to maintain the company’s technical leadership in the PPO arena.

Healtheon /WebMD, San Jose, CA

VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS May 1998-Dec 2000

Healtheon/WebMD is an Internet start-up enterprise derived from business model of linking patients, providers and payers.

Lead the development and implementation of the WebMD portal. Supervised and managed business infrastructures to ensure service availability and exceed customer expectations. Provided leadership and support to engineering staff in manufacturing products for the PPO industry.

EARLIER EXPERIENCE

VICE PRESIDENT OF TECHNICAL SERVICES - CIGNA, Philadelphia, PA 1994-1998

SENIOR PRINCIPAL - American Lines, Dallas, TX 1980-1993

EDUCATION

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MASTERS OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION - University of Dallas, Irving, TX

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE - University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENTS

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Orange County Child Abuse Prevention Center

Board of Directors for the American Association of Preferred Provider Organizations

Association of Health Plans, Business and Technical Committee

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