Steven M. Cotch BSME, CHFM, CLSSGB

Experience

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  SODEXO (former SODEXHO)

  Mar 1997 - Sept 2002

  General Manager

  General Manager in charge of facility and plant operations management, biomedical engineering, environmental services, as well as campus safety and security departments for several Sodexo accounts in the Northeast Region.

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  Orlando Regional Healthcare

  Apr 2003 - Jan 2004

  Corporate Manager of Engineering Services

  Managed engineering operations for six acute care hospitals and over 50 off campus buldings totaling 1,850 acute care beds and over 4 million square feet.

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  HTC Consulting

  Jan 2004 - now

  Principal Owner

  A life safety consulting firm assisting hospitals, healthcare facilities, colleges and universities with building safety and code compliance. Areas of expertise include Joint Commission Environment of Care compliance, life safety code assessments, smoke and fire door surveys, interim management, facility and plant operations management as well as energy conservation, sustainability and Lean Six Sigma implementation.Partial Client List:Department of Veterans Affairs Life Safety Surveyor Long Term Care Institute John's Hopkins Medicine, Columbia, MDKennedy Health System, Cherry Hill, NJKennedy Health System, Stratford, NJTSIG Consulting, New York, NYMarietta Memorial Hospital, Marietta, OHCRG Solutions, Cleveland, OHVidant Health System, Greenville, NCCourtemanche & Associates, Charlotte, NCRhode Island Hospital, Providence, RIHasbro Children's Hospital, Providence, RIRobert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJCrothall Management ServicesSodexo Education ServicesSodexo Senior Living ServicesSodexo Healthcare ServicesProfessional ServicesSt. Vincent’s Catholic Medical Centers of New York, NYBergen Regional Medical Center, Paramus, NJVenice Regional Medical Center, Venice, FLUMass Medical Center, Worcester, MASamuel Stratton V.A. Medical Center, Albany, NYCollege of St. Rose, Albany, NY Show less

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  Johns Hopkins Medicine/Howard County General Campus

  Sept 2009 - Aug 2010

  Interim Director Facility Management & Safety

  Interim director of facility and plant operations, safety management and grounds maintenance for a 507,000 square foot, 223 bed Johns Hopkins Medicine facility in Columbia Maryland.

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  Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program

  Oct 2013 - Jun 2015

  Life Safety Surveyor

  Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP) is authorized by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to survey all hospitals for compliance with the Medicare Conditions of Participation and Coverage. Originally created in 1945 to conduct an objective review of services provided by osteopathic hospitals, HFAP has maintained its deeming authority continuously since the inception of CMS in 1965 and meets or exceeds the standards required by CMS/Medicare to provide accreditation to all hospitals, ambulatory care/surgical facilities, mental health facilities, physical rehabilitation facilities, clinical laboratories and critical access hospitals. HFAP also provides certification reviews for Primary Stroke Centers. Show less

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  LONG TERM CARE INSTITUTE

  May 2017 - May 2020

  Life Safety Surveyor

  Conducted life safety code surveys nationwide for US Office of Veterans Affairs community living centers (CLC)