Experience

University of Utah

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director Of Operations, CTSI Biomedical Informatics Core

  • Feb 2020 - Present

  Manage day to day staff operations, budget, and informatics product implementations for Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute Biomedical Informatics Core. Product management (ideation to operations) of core operational and research driven software products in conjunction with collaborating investigators.Key duties:• Define staffing responsibility, needs and organization• Manage Biomedical Informatics Core technical resources and staff for completion of CTSI project deliverables• Provide guidance on best methods for architecture design and product management for investigator research projects and core operational software.• Ensure functional specifications meeting technical needs for development• Monitor issues, feature requests, project status, manage communication to leadership and stakeholders• Implementation of project management systems• Ensure regulatory and compliance requirements are met for operational platforms and engineering implementationsCore Projects:• REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture)• OpenSpecimen (Biospecimen repository management)• Implementation and development of health exposure research integration platform• Investigator initiated research software product development (new research software)• Data integration, transformation, translation• Enterprise software implementation and acquisition• Clinical data model harmonization for research data warehousing• Implementation of BMIC Support CenterTechnologies used: Linux ,Java, Maven, Spring, Javascript, Python, Django, PHP, Git, Oracle, MySQL, Couchbase, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, InfluxDB, MQTT, XML. Day to day management of issues and documentation with Atlassian suite of products.



MadCannon Productions, LLC

• Owner

  • Jan 2017 - Present

  Production company operating the Night Star Jazz Orchestra and supporting events. Production company operating the Night Star Jazz Orchestra and supporting events.



University of Utah School of Medicine

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Technical Lead

  • Jan 2014 - Feb 2020

  I'm responsible for technical integration and engineering architecture of the core operational systems of the Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences and BMIC research projects. This includes integration with the Health Sciences Center Enterprise Data Warehouse, local data resources and integration with broader informatics initiatives and investigator funded research projects. I actively work on software engineering, organizational communication and planning of the projects on a daily basis with leadership and all members of the team.-Manage Biomedical Informatics Core technical resources for operational and research engineering-Provides guidance on best methods for architecture design-Ensures functional specifications meeting technical needs for development-Monitors issues and feature requests-Keeps leadership and technical stakeholders aware of project statusTechnologies used: Java, Maven, OSGI, Spring, Apache Servicemix, Python, Django, Ruby on Rails, PHP, Git, Oracle, MySQL. Day to day management of issues and documentation with Atlassian suite of products.



University of Utah - Employment

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Software Engineer - Biomedical Informatics, School of Medicine

  • Sep 2011 - Dec 2013

  Implementation of biospecimen management system (caTissue) for the Center for Clinical and Translational SciencesUser interface engineer, FURTHeR, Utah Biohealth InitiativeLean project facilitator for the BMIC Lean project as part of the Health Sciences Center Lean Physician’s program to improve application quality metrics and query operation of the FURTHeR platform.

• Department IT Manager - Biomedical Informatics, School of Medicine

  • Jan 2007 - Sep 2011

  -IT management for daily operations of the department.-Web application development, php, perl-Lead and developed graduate student career tracking and reporting system -Enterprise software architecture and data management-Business intelligence reporting-Database architecture and management, MySQL, MSSQL-Graphic design for print, video and digital media, Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop and InDesign), Final Cut Pro-Management of virtualized and native servers, RHEL 5, vmware, MacOS X, Windows 2008 Server-Implementation of distance education technology for academic curriculum and meeting conferencing

• Multi-media Specialist & Software Engineer, College of Humanities

  • Jan 2003 - Jul 2007

  -Integrated new media technology across College marketing efforts-Produced internal multimedia events and public presentations -Managed digital media content for marketing/communications. -Print, web, audio, video, photography production-Web application development, php, perl, mysql-Lead and developed content management system used by multiple sites across campus-Project manager

• Computer Instruction Lab Manager & Multimedia Specialist

  • Jan 2000 - Jun 2003

  Maintained College of Humanities student computing labs consisting multiple mixed use Macintosh and Windows systems. Senior Apple Macintosh support specialist. Provided multi-media and programming support for research and academic projects throughout the College. Lead project to install and build out a next generation AccessGrid virtual classroom.

• College of Fine Arts, IT Manager

  • Oct 1998 - Jan 2000

  IT manager for College network, desktop computer systems, and web, file and database servers. Provided technical support for all faculty, staff and student labs. Network management for 4 buildings and their integration with overall campus network infrastructure. Tracked and maintained IT inventory. Provided development support for College and Department web sites and authoring.Purchasing manager of IT equipment for all departments in the College. Assisted in the planning and development of technology infrastructure of the College and Departments. Managed College IT support staff.