Experience

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  U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

  • Chief Biomedical Engineer

    • Mar 2017 - Present

    Team of 16. Technical support, calibration, repair and maintenance of >$60 million in healthcare technology, >6,400 devices of >500 types, with 28 networked biomedical systems.

  • Chief Biomedical Engineer

    • Jan 2008 - Feb 2017

    Team of 13. Technical support, calibraiton, repair and maintenance of >$56 million in healthcare technology, >8,000 devices of >515 types, with 63 networked biomedical systems, including 5 wireless.

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  • 1111 Meadow Lane Bozeman, MT 59715

  • Book Author - The 2nd Elijah

    • 2013 - 2014
    • 1111 Meadow Lane Bozeman, MT 59715

    Historical Fiction. A Novel about John the Baptist

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  Medicine Bow Technologies

  • Leramie, WY, USA

  • PACS Systems Administrator

    • May 2006 - Sep 2007
    • Leramie, WY, USA

    Created and installed DR Systems (San Diego, CA) enterprise PACS with teleradiology to outlying clinics. Opened a new, small data center (~60 servers, 2GB fiber network, HP SAN digital archive with redundant and scalable storage RAID V >2TB active online spinning disks). Configured and brought up interface between DR PACS and MEDITECH HIS.

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  Peace Health Catholic Health System

  • St John Medical Center, Longview, WA, USA

  • PACS Systems Analyst

    • Mar 2004 - May 2006
    • St John Medical Center, Longview, WA, USA

    Installed and maintained Stentor Radiology PACS and IDX RIS, and a Philips Xcelera Cardiology PACS for 6 medical centers of the Peace Health health system, headquartered out of Eugene, OR.

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  Duvoisin and Associates / Inland Imaging

  • Spokane, WA, USA

  • PACS Network Consultant

    • Dec 2002 - Nov 2003
    • Spokane, WA, USA

    System Administration, technical support, consulting, advertisement and expansion of rural WAN to 16 affiliated hospitals for Teleradiology services with Inland Imaging (45 Radiologist group practice) with enterprise Stentor PACS digital diagnostic imaging and IDX RIS workflow.

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  Adventist Health System

  • Roseville, CA, USA

  • Clinical Engineer Consultant

    • Dec 2001 - Sep 2002
    • Roseville, CA, USA

    Technology Management Consulting, audits, staffing recommendations, projected cost avoidance/savings, and sensitivity analyses, with 5 major southern California medical centers (San Fernando Valley, Glendale, East Los Angeles, Laguna Beach, San Diego) for Adventist Health health system, headquartered in Roseville, CA.

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  US Public Health Service / Indian Health Service / Alaska Area Native Health Service

  • Anchorage, Alaska, USA

  • Chief Biomedical Engineer

    • Oct 1989 - Aug 2001
    • Anchorage, Alaska, USA

    Design/Build 2 medical centers (concurrent 7-year projects). Planning, procurement, delivery, installation, testing, training of equipment operators, management of healthcare technology, telehealth, telemedicine, teleradiology, and PACS system administration for US Public Health Service, Indian Health Service and Alaska's Native health system with 7 hospitals and 250 clinics, headquartered out of Anchorage, AK.