Gary Blumberg

Experience

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  Bock & Blu Music, Inc.

  Jan 1987 - now

  President

  President, Bock & Blu Music, Inc (Group created in 1987, incorporated in 1996) 1987-CurrentManage all aspects relating to the business of contracting a music group.• Coordinate all sales related activities, including the designing of advertisements; determining advantageous media placement; and creating an award winning web site.• Schedule events; arrange and write music; and coordinate logistics to ensure successful presentation.• Manage contracts; accounts payables and receivables.• Leader of the band, saxophonist, flutist and vocalist.CEO/Owner, Hybrid Records 1996-CurrentCreated and continue to manage a full-service recording studio, including digital recording, editing, and mixing.• Composed, arranged, performed and released “I Hide My Face Like This…” and “A Bock & Blu Christmas” by Bock & Blu.• Arranger and music copyist for Steely Dan’s live shows from 1992-2007.• Music copyist for Donald Fagen’s “Kamakiriad” and “Morph the Cat”.• Music copyist for Steely Dan’s “Two Against Nature” and “Everything Must Go”.• Highlighted on the PBS special “Two Against Nature” Steely Dan’s Plush TV Jazz-Rock Party.• 2013, 2014, 2015 Jazz Band Conductor at Laurel Music Camp, Winsted, CT Show less

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  TPC Healthcare

  May 2003 - Dec 2010

  Lead Customer Care Specialist

  Lead Customer Care Specialist, TPC Healthcare 2003-2010Lead representative on-site responsible for gathering of information, training of staff, and general coordination of Vocera deployment.• Conduct sales presentations and demonstrations.• Lead interviews with management to collect information for database build; assess work flow and call flow needs; and assist with change management.• Assist hospital staff with understanding technological aspects of deployment process.• Build Vocera databases with information gathered from client, including groups, departments, call flow, permissions, and address book entries.• Conduct training for end users, super users and help desk staff.• Provide on-going troubleshooting and assistance throughout deployment and support contracts.• Member of Midstate Medical Center Communication & Information Technology Team (a workgroup of the ED Transformation Action Group)Lead Vocera Deployment and Support Teams for: Greenwich Hospital, Rhode Island Hospital, Norwalk Hospital, Hospital of Saint Raphaels, Midstate Medical Center, Saint Francis Medical Center (Hartford), Stamford Hospital, Northern Westchester Hospital and Phelps Memorial Hospital. Additional training and support clients have included: Atlanticare (Atlantic City, NJ), Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Alabama Birmingham Hospital, Long Island Jewish Hospital, St. Mary’s-Columbia (Milwaukee, WI) and Bassett Healthcare (Cooperstown, NY). Show less

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  Hartford HealthCare

  Dec 2010 - now

  Video Services Manager

  Video Services Manager, Hartford Healthcare 2010-presentAwards: 2021 Gold Medal Manager nominee2018-2019 HHC Team of the Year Award2013-2014 MidState Medical Center Employee of the Year Award – 1st Place.2013-2015: Co-chair, Technology and Innovation Committee 2013-2015: Member, Values, Behavior and Recognition Committee2012-2013: MidState Medical Center Employee of the Year Award - nomineeProject Manager for system wide Video Conferencing and AV installations• Conference Rooms• Board Rooms• Auditoriums• Training Rooms• Simulation Laboratory• Hybrid OR• OR with DaVinci Robot• EP Lab• Care Logistics Center• Demonstration Kitchen• Video Art Wall• Wellness Centers• Creation of on-premise Virtual Meeting Rooms - both static and dynamic• Creation of standard system video conferencing GUI• Migration of two disparate video conferencing environments into one clustered video CUCM• Consolidation of a system video conferencing phone book• Implementing of system-wide video interpreting servicesCoordinator of video conferencingCreated and maintain video library on company’s intranet site.Created and managed on site video production resource for in-house videosCreated system wide training videos for both employee and patient educationRecorded and produced Medical Rounds videos from which physicians can obtain CME creditHHC Central Region Mobility Team LeadSystem Administration: Vocera deploymentCoordinator of Nurse Call/ Vocera/ Connexall Upgrade which reinvented the nursecall workflow model leading to:• Lower average response time to call bells• Higher HCAHPS scores• Higher Press Ganey scores• Automated daily nurse call reportingLead representative of TIGR patient education systemTechnical Trainer:• Vocera• Video Conferencing / AV equipment / Virtual Meeting Rooms• iPads / iPhones• Telephone systems• High Reliability Organization Show less

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  Rachini Productions

  Mar 2013 - now

  Composer/Arranger, Audio Engineer, Musician

  Film Production Company

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  Canterbury School

  Sept 2017 - now

  Saxophone Instructor

  Private saxophone instructor