Experience

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  National park service

  Jan 1979 - Jan 1980

  Maintenance technician
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  Usda forest service

  Jan 1980 - Jan 1981

  Forestry technician
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  Galveston ems

  Jan 1989 - Jan 1994

  Paramedic team captain
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  Hermann hospital life flight

  Jan 1991 - Jan 1993

  Flight paramedic
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  Marble falls police dept

  Jan 1994 - Jan 1995

  Emergency dispatcher
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  City of league city

  Jan 1996 - Jan 1997

  Emergency dispatcher
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  Great plains regional medical center

  May 2000 - May 2001

  Ed staff rn
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  St. david's north austin medical center

  Jan 2001 - Jan 2007

  Ed staff rn/house supervisor
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  Memorial hermann health system

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2003

  Ed staff rn
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  Umc brackenridge hospital

  Feb 2007 - Sept 2009

  Trauma pi coordinator
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  Methodist healthcare system

  Sept 2009 - Feb 2011

  Division trauma program manager

  Managerial oversight of trauma program and state designation for five acute care hospitals.• Selected as the 2010 Methodist Health System Rising Star Nursing Award• Successful trauma redesignation of 4 Level IV and 1 Level III hospitals• 4 direct reports• Member of the Texas Emergency Medical Task Force Development and Steering Committee

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  St. david's north austin medical center

  Feb 2011 - Sept 2013

  Manager of trauma & emergency preparedness

  Oversight of trauma and emergency management operations for this 300+ bed hospital• Interim director for emergency department during leadership transition• Successful development and implementation of Texas state level IV trauma designation• Successful Joint Commission survey of Emergency Management capabilities• Clinical Lead for Urban Shield full scale exercise for hospital active shooter event with SWAT integration

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  Hca central/west texas

  Sept 2013 - now

  Catalyst for building relationships with EMS services/first responders. Division EMS liaison for National, state, tribal, and local EMS, fire, law enforcement, and emergency management agencies. Report and analyze metrics and grow EMS business for division facilities. Provide education and follow-up on patient outcomes.• EMS volume growth in one market of 5% YoY and 15% YoY in my second market for 2023• Collaborate with division and facility executives, ED leaders, and other clinical leaders on strategic planning and regional stakeholder engagement• Foster market relationships with the external referral network of free-standing emergency departments• Facilitate monthly facility service line collaboration meetings with EMS regional EMS partners• Emergency operations center deployments to 3 unplanned incidents and 10 planned events• Hospital System Liaison Officer for Austin HSEM EOC and RMOC with experience with Web EOC and GATRRS radio system• EOC Medical Branch Director for Event Medical Team for University of Texas, Q2 Stadium/MLS, and Moody Event Center with experience in ISS 24/7 platform• Member of HCA Enterprise Preparedness & Emergency Operations Incident Response Team• Project lead for successful division wide Pulsara implementation, with CWT leading the region in the El Paso market Show less Division administrative leader of the patient logistics center. Oversight of all patient logistics for 9 hospitals with 2 direct reports and 35 indirect reports.• Selected as the 2018 HCA National Transfer Center Growth Champion• Completed HCA 2016-2017 Leadership Training Program: Management Development Group• Non-system growth of >14% YoY• Oversaw $1.3 million state of the art transfer center remodel project• Excellent knowledge of EMTALA, Stark Law, and Texas Administrative Code• Successful implementation of centralized bed management system across division facilities• Promoted from manager to director to AVP during the term• Developed Active Shooter, Severe Weather, and Cyber Attack exercises for HCA National transfer centers Show less

  • Director of EMS Relations

    Sept 2022 - now

  • Division AVP, ONE Call Transfer Center

    Sept 2013 - Sept 2022