Experience

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  Gsi transcomm

  Jan 1991 - Jun 1991

  Analyst/programmer

  • TOLAS Analyst/Programmer

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  Pc solutions

  Jun 1991 - Jul 1993

  Client/server specialist

  • Integrator and contractor consulting on client products from a Microsoft's SQL Server database running on a Novell 3.11 and BANYAN Vines LAN networks, a Forest and Trees Programmer, Microsoft ACCESS Programmer, and dBase IV Programmer.• Other duties included producing user and technical documentation using Word Perfect, CLEAR+ for dBase, and Hijaak graphics conversion and screen capture.

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  Omega systems

  Aug 1993 - Apr 1995

  Systems consultant

  • Acted as lead contracted analyst and VB3 programmer for the University of Pittsburgh• Acted as PowerBuilder and SYBASE System 10 developer for a local gas company’s Customer Information System• Acted as lead analyst on SYBASE database system/implementation for several quotes, order entry, & sales application projects

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  University of pittsburgh

  May 1995 - now

  • Senior-level management and oversite of applications used in the clinical environment• Strategize and create implementation roadmaps for technology in the clinical environment in working closely with other University IT departments and the clinical affairs office• Provide support and guidance as it relates to HIPAA• Act as a liaison at the school for clinical application vendors and other dental schools• Streamline, improve, and create workflows and processes at the school in improving efficiency and accuracy as it relates to clinical data collection and reporting• Oversee and advise at the school level in data collection, management, reporting, application development for research, accreditation, and other data-driven endeavors Show less • Lead developer and architect on financial and clinical productivity dashboards utilizing Power BI and Tableau• BI mentor for the School as well as other dental schools in North America• Oversee the architecture of the Electronic Health Record system which encompasses the design, development, implementation and maintenance.• Heavily involved in all areas of leadership, architecture and development of reporting dashboards developed in Power BI and Tableau• Utilize expertise and experience with database development, application development, systems analysis and design to provide a strategically unique and effective role as the liaison between the IT group and the Clinical Affairs Council. • Concentrate on workflows, reporting needs, data extraction, and quality assurance• Work with research grants as the official Honest Broker at the School of Dental Medicine• Mentors database developers, application developers, and systems analysts • Oracle Database Developer – maintains the School’s enterprise dental software database schema used throughout the School’s clinics, modules and simulation labs • Applications Mentor/Analyst/Developer – maintained and developed reports used within the School’s enterprise dental software, developed new front end applications for the SQL Servers database as well as maintained and upgraded legacy applications.• Extensive work on implementing the HITECH Meaningful Use incentive program at the dental school which includes workflow change suggestion and implementation as well as heading up the electronic prescription requisite.• Working as the liaison between the clinical faculty, administration and information technology group in assessing needs, providing workflow suggestions, as well as directing development of needed reports, software modifications, or hardware needs. Show less • Chaired a consortium team working with two other dental schools investigating the next generation of cloud based EHR dental software in the educational setting, serviced as the user interface team representative for the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Dental Medicine.• Worked as the liaison between the clinical faculty, administration and information technology group in assessing needs, providing workflow suggestions, as well as directing development of needed reports, software modifications, or hardware needs.• SQL Server Analyst/Developer - developed relational databases used in course tracking, transcript tracking, course review scheduling and maintained legacy databases.• Oracle Database Developer – maintained the School’s enterprise dental software database schema used throughout the School’s clinics, modules and simulation labs. Installed databases as well as performed disaster recovery, installation of 10g RAC, upgraded 10g RAC to 11g RAC • Lead Applications Analyst/Developer – maintained and developed reports used within the School’s enterprise dental software, developed new front end applications for the SQL Servers database as well as maintained and upgraded legacy applications.• Infrastructure Consultant – worked with the University’s main computer department in migrating the School’s non-HIPAA compliant servers to an offsite location. Worked with maintaining Active Directory user and computer profiles and policies.• HIPAA Policy Consultant – Wrote and maintained the School’s many policies needed to retain the School’s HIPAA compliance, met with HIPAA auditors to confirm our compliance Show less • Staff Management – Charged with staff hiring, performance Appraisals, salary recommendations, performance improvement plans, resource management, time management• Purchasing – Charged with database, server, desktop, & software recommendations and purchases• Analyst – Acted as lead business analyst/process engineer in re-engineering CIDDE’s Classroom Support, Engineering, & Photography department processes• Windows NT/2000/2003/2008 Server Manager – Maintained server shares, upgrades, and backups• Active Directory Manager – Maintained departments accounts and desktop objects as well as the policies to ensure a secured environment. • Lead Systems Analyst and Programmer – Developed and maintained several enterprise applications developed in Visual Basic 6 & .NET used by CIDDE’s departments, mainly Classroom Support and Photography. Web applications developed in ASP and ASP.NET also served the University community in facilitating a secured environment for test result pickup, multimedia storage and sharing, blogs as well as order tracking in our other enterprise applications.• Lead Microsoft SQL Server Database Administrator (6.5, 2000, 2005, 2008) – Installed database software as well as developed backup plans. Database development including relational design, table trigger development, stored procedure and security.• Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server Administrator • Microsoft IIS (5.0, 6.0) Web Server Administrator, Streaming Media Server• Manage and Support over 200 PCs Show less

  • Manager, Clinical Informatics with the School Of Dental Medicine

    Jan 2023 - now

  • Manager, Electronic Health Records with the School Of Dental Medicine

    Jul 2014 - now

  • Manager, Database and Software Applications with the School Of Dental Medicine

    Jul 2011 - Jul 2014

  • Manager, Instructional Computing

    May 1997 - Jul 2011

  • Systems Programmer with Computer Information Services, CSSD

    May 1995 - May 1997
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  Focusedu -leadership for higher education

  Jan 2021 - Jan 2024

  Consulting director