Experience

Independent Healthcare IT Consultant

• Program Manager

  • Oct 2009 - Present

  Strategic consulting at major healthcare institutions in the Northeast with an emphasis on initiating, integrating and redirecting complex projects to hit critical institutional targets. Frequently responding to senior management directives and dealing with functional management and their users as well as multiple vendors, in-house IT organizations and IT consultants. In depth technology background from leadership experiences in large-scale software development. Strategic consulting at major healthcare institutions in the Northeast with an emphasis on initiating, integrating and redirecting complex projects to hit critical institutional targets. Frequently responding to senior management directives and dealing with functional management and their users as well as multiple vendors, in-house IT organizations and IT consultants. In depth technology background from leadership experiences in large-scale software development.



Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers

• United States
• Medical Practices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director, Information Technology

  • 2006 - Sep 2011

  Managed IT for Home Health, Hospices and Nursing Homes at 10 locations in NYC’s five Boroughs and Long Island. Reduced IT operating risks and costs by replacing obsolete applications and platforms. • Implemented AllScripts Home Health and Hospice financial applications and deployed Point of Service tablet applications for the homecare clinicians. • Selected and successfully implemented RELIABLE Nursing Home system for the three nursing homes. • Accelerated cash flow while cutting Accounts Receivable Days Outstanding in half. • Installed Voice over IP in multiple new locations which eliminated phone wiring and support costs. Show less


Witt Kieffer
• United States
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Associate

  • 2011 - 2011


Computer Sciences Corporation

• India
• Retail
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Outsourcing Program Manager

  • 2001 - 2006

  Saint Vincent Catholic Medical CenterProgram Manager Information System projects for SVCMC’s newly merged seven hospitals’ patient management and billing, clinical and financial application support as well as application unification across multiple hospitals and regions which reduced software maintenance fees and support resources:• Implemented Common SoftLab Lab System.• Consolidated General Ledgers & Implemented Common Lawson Purchasing & Accounts Payables.• Extended Common Siemens Patient Management and Billing to the two hospitals in Staten Island.• Supported Common and Legacy applications- EPIC Clinical Info System, Radiology & Pharmacy.• Key contributor to CSC’s winning the Forbes Magazine award for Outsourcing Partnership of 2003. Show less

• Principal

  • 1998 - 2001

  Paine WebberProgram Manager for Paine Webber merger/acquisitions, a 23,000 person brokerage house.• Reduced the seven-month baseline schedule to four months and saved $15M in operating expense. • Transitioned of Southeastern U.S. brokerage house’s Human Resources, Financial, Credit, Legal, Accounting, and Regulatory operations with 85-branches, 900-brokers and 400K clients in 15 weeks.• Enhanced more than 400 applications in all business areas. • Eliminate fundamental limitations that restricted required expansion into new branch offices and had delayed the impending acquisition by UBS a 385-branch, international brokerage house. • Defined and managed project processes and communications with project team and Sr. Management.• Defined and managed parallel testing and validations. VerizonProject Manager for FCC-mandated reorganization of Bolt, Beraneck Newman, the internetworking company that pioneered the Internet and supported the world's largest ISP, AOL to enable the formation of Verizon• Restructured application development and support to eliminate ITT’s centralized roles.• Renegotiated all third party contracts separating them from ITT master agreements.ItochuY2K Program Manager for the $130B Japanese trading company project management, software inventory, business partner analysis and contingency planning reported to steering committee under 2 Japanese senior vice presidents. • Team evaluated 28 US.-Based subsidiaries under autonomous CEOs.• Accomplished within Y2K deadline additions to scope which included evaluation of New York headquarters departments and ten trading divisions throughout the United States.KeyspanHR IT Planning Manager for a merger. Led a $3M PeopleSoft Human Resources, Benefits Administration and Payroll project with 20-person team• Initiated consolidation process: gap analysis and customization, interface and conversion design. Show less



Clairmont Technology

• Project Manager

  • 1996 - 1998

  Lucent Project Manager for the microelectronics division’s $300M manufacturing and corporate financial system implementations to transition more than 100 organizationally complex interfaces. Implemented electronic commerce for the sales organization and implemented financial data warehouses and secure Internet access to proprietary order and pricing data. Sea Land Project Manager for proof of concept for a logistics application to provide container routing, dispatching and inventory management throughout North America for Europe, Asia and Latin America. Demonstrated $6M in annual savings from a $2.5M Transportation Management Software investment and managed the planning of requirements analysis, design and development. Show less



Independent Consulting

• Information Technology & Services

• Independent Consultant

  • 1994 - 1996

  Robert Wood Johnson Health System and Network Project Manager for second largest healthcare foundation in the US’s newly constructed outpatient surgery unit. Implemented patient scheduling, registration, order and results processing and medical records against fixed start of service dates. Directed a staff of 50 from 5 vendors and new hires. Montefiore Medical Center Technology Manager of 75-person computer operations, systems programming, voice and data communications and database management staff for, the 4th largest medical complex in the U.S. Relocated critical, obsolete data center operations to the new state-of-the-art facility and developed the network plan needed to support new applications at the multiple hospitals. Show less



IBAX Healthcare

• United States
• Machinery Manufacturing

• Chief Technology Officer

  • 1992 - 1994

  Healthcare software products partnership of IBM and Baxter. Chief Technology Officer for the turnaround team that stopped losses of $20M/year. Designed architecture that enabled cross-product sales and initiated Interface Engine reseller agreement which earned more than $1M/year in sales. Chaired the ANSI HL7 technical subcommittee essential to product growth. Healthcare software products partnership of IBM and Baxter. Chief Technology Officer for the turnaround team that stopped losses of $20M/year. Designed architecture that enabled cross-product sales and initiated Interface Engine reseller agreement which earned more than $1M/year in sales. Chaired the ANSI HL7 technical subcommittee essential to product growth.