Stephen Weaver

Experience

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  US Army

  Feb 2010 - Dec 2012

  Primary duties as ICU Combat Medic-LPN (MOS 68WM6). NCOIC duties included:■ Served as enlisted leader and advisor for direct reports■ Rated and evaluated direct reports and conducted training for FST team members (i.e., Combat Medic's (MOS 68W) & LPN's (MOS 68WM6)■ In response to noted delays in ICU to DUSTOFF transitions, coordinated Flight Medic (MOS 68WF3)-LPN cross-training to better facilitate FST readiness and Flight Medic■ Handled patient transitions from to OR to ICU to MEDEVAC, CCAT or discharge ultimately authoring the OR to ICU to Discharge portion of the Phases of Movement SOP for FST's in Paktika Province, Afghanistan■ Served as Unit Information Management Officer, Information Security Officer, Unit Armorer, Unit Network Administrator, Unit HIS Administrator, Trainer and Super User Show less

  • SGT/E-5, ICU NCOIC, 934th FST

    Jun 2006 - Dec 2012

  • ICU NCOIC 934th Forward Surgical Team (Deployed)

    Feb 2010 - Mar 2011
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  Plum Healthcare Group

  Mar 2011 - May 2014

  Wound and Treatment Nurse, Regional Staff Trainer

  Developed and implemented facility-wide wound care program Consulted in adoption and implementation of wound care program by regional facilitiesCoordinated with Wound Care Physician on non-healing wounds and facility protocol, Managed nutritional interventions via labs, RD consultation, and Wound Care MDManaged wound care vendor servicesTasked facility leadership to create AHA training program after deficiencies were discovered. Established program, achieved BLS staff compliance within 2 months. Scaled previous success to region & served as regional AHA program manager trainer for other Salt Lake Valley Plum Healthcare facilities per corporate leadership’s request Interim as Assistant MDS Nurse during a transition of full-time MDS Nurses Show less

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  U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

  Jun 2014 - Jan 2019

  Worked in a health-system wide (multistate) QA/QI Advisory, Implementation & Education role. Assessed needs, gathered and provided subject matter expert input, coordinated process improvement, and refinement for all programs and units within the critical care services. Served as acting Designated Learning Officer and Associate Chief Nurse of Education as needed Program Director for all AHA and Simulation programs in facilityProject Manager for AHA RQI, IO Access, Crash Cart Redesign, and AACN training siteChair CPR, Rapid Response and Opioid Response CommitteesConduct clinical data analysis and present results for identifying trends and blindspots, specifically focusing on emergency resuscitation casesServe as a member on Moderate Sedation, Trach Care, Task Force, & Alarms CommitteesRoot Cause Analysis Leader and investigator for RCA’s in critical care units as neededPeer Review Investigator for Peer Reviews in critical care units as neededConducted strategic business planning utilizing 4Cast SystemsCoordinated process improvement and project implementation utilizing Lean Six Sigma principlesConducted needs assessments and project generation based on both clinically and staff derived findings for programs and units such as- PROGRAMS: Code Blue, Moderate Sedation, EKG, Zoll Data Analytics, Resident Physician Code Training, AACN ECCO, and CCRN review- UNITS: ICU, Telemetry, OR, Recovery Room/PACU, ECU/ER/EDTraining completion includes: Crucial Accountability (08/2018), LEAN Six Sigma (11/2018), and Zoll RescueNet Data Analytics (12/2018). Accepted to the Leadership Development Institute FY19. Show less Charge Nurse for Medical Intensive Care UnitsLead patient care for life-threatening illnesses and proceduresManaged staff, patient care assignments, and resourcesInterdisciplinary team coordinationAHA BLS and ACLS Instructor and ProviderAccredited and designated preceptor for multiple nurse residencies and undergraduate programs Served on VA Code Team, Infusion Committee, and Skin/Wound CommitteeImplemented evidence-based practice for subject matter expertise (i.e., Transfusion Practices, Chest Tube insertion SOP’s)Ultrasound Access on provider on dutyProvided unit education for staff, patients, and familiesOther technical duties: ventilator management, CCO management, central line management, enteral feedings, CRRT/Continuous Dialysis, blood product administration, cardiac assist device management (IABP and Impella), vasoactive drip administration and management. Show less

  • Critical Care Development Coordinator

    Feb 2018 - Jan 2019

  • Critical Care Nurse

    May 2015 - Feb 2018

  • VALOR SNT

    Jun 2014 - May 2015
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  Salt Lake Community College

  Aug 2015 - Oct 2018

  Initiated and directed lab overhaul within a condensed timeframe, finishing before the start of Fall classesServed as a member of the Diversity Committee, Lab Committee Chair, and the sole clinical faculty representative on the multidisciplinary Health Sciences Skills Lab Renovation TeamEnsured lifelike clinical integrity and educational functionality were maintained during the planning, design and build phase of the Jordan Health Sciences Healing Arts Lab

  • Assistant Clinical Professor

    Aug 2017 - Oct 2018

  • Adjunct Faculty

    Aug 2015 - Jul 2017
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  3M

  Jan 2019 - Jun 2020

  Clinical Data Analyst, Informatics Nurse Specialist

  Client customization of 3M Healthcare Data Dictionary (HDD)Developed, implemented, coordinated and executed internal software development projects using Agile methodology, resulting in roadmap completion 6+ months ahead of scheduleInterpret client requests & regulatory guidelines to design informatics systemsConduct start to finish clinical content & data modeling for standard terminology, clinical ontologies, and natural language processing applicationsAnalyze and redesign existing & implement new terminology & clinical information systemsAnalyze, design, and input healthcare vocabulary from standard universal sources and customer sourcesUtilize and manipulate traditional relational (tables) and graph DBMS, specifically SQL and Cypher/Neo4JSuccessfully developed new cross ontology processes, methods, and software resulting in reduction in human hours and achieved semantic equivalenceSignificantly improved Precision and Recall while aiding Clinical Members and Engineering Team communicationsCoordinated Internal Tooling deployment ahead of original projections and served as agent for positive change by implementing industry best practices for system analysis and developmentBridged development team communication gap, resulting in concise and resolved customer feedback requests and error/bug reports Show less

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  Utah Department of Health

  Dec 2019 - May 2022

  Principal Data Science & Informatics Consultant

  Led ETL processes on All Payers Claims Database data and integrated partner EHR/EMR datasets establishing a statewide, multi-dimension data model with annual additions to the dataset.Facilitated interdisciplinary collaboration by presenting research findings, leading to multiple grant submissions, journal submissions and further studies.Provided critical feedback on publications related to subject matter expertise to increase specificity as well as generalization to other datasets & claims systems.Architected & implemented interoperable standards based knowledge graph of Real World Data utilizing Cypher DBMS suite from Neo4J; enabling the generation of Real World Evidence in an explainable and reproducible fashion.Scaled patient level healthcare entity relationships at across the entire state of Utah via the all payers database within DBMS leveraging the efficiencies of Neo4J & Cypher, enabling data accessibility & retrievability for multiple use cases and fields of interest.Profile queries to determine node path predictions and probability functions (example: clinical procedure likelihood via graph stochastic chain model)Applied statistical software packages including NEuler Graph Data Science Playground, Python (Pandas), and Orange to analyze data, discover patterns and create findings for both research and policy initiatives.Utilized profile generation & clustering machine learning methods to categorize clinical data effectively, resulting in a repeatable approach for pattern detection & analysis of potential phenomena. Show less

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  U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

  Jun 2020 - Apr 2021

  Clinical Research Nurse, Informatics Nurse Specialist

  Informatics Consultant for MDCLone Synthetic Data innovation pilotInitiate POC work to transition from flat file and table based RDMS to architecture of greater flexibility such as Knowledge Graphs and Node Entity relationship models.Conduct needs assessments and contrast to current workflows and data sourcesUtilize needs assessment to design, prototype, build and deploy health information tools and systems for research operations purposes while maintaining compliance with privacy and data standards.Coordinate Salt Lake extension of BRAVE CSP 2014 Study comparing Sublingual Buprenorphine/Naloxone to subcutaneous injected Buprenorphine.Serve as Clinical Informatics Liaison with VA informatics & Data Science Teams (VINCI)Create population and clinical analytics interface and tools (dashboards, analytics visualizations, etc.) for research staff across multiple studiesConsult within research teams and clinical trials staff on a range of healthcare system & clinical informatics subjects including but not limited to regulatory concerns, patient throughput, process management, clinical risk mitigation, DBMS schema, data availability and retrieval, ontology, clinical terminology and standards.Serve as subject matter expert for ontology and terminology standards such as CPT, HCPCS, SNOMED, ICD-10CM and PCSServe as Internal DBA for local databases including MS Access, SQL Databases and Neo4JProvide department education as applicable on range of topics within subject matter expertiseSalt Lake City Faculty for MIT-VA Catalyst FellowshipData and Equity Solutions Advisor for the AI for Good Global Pandemic Response InitiativeTrain operational staff in informatics and business skills as they apply to research to include but not limited to: Systems theory, DIKW Pyramid concepts, SDLC, process mapping/workflows, needs assessments, outcome oriented strategic planning, Lean and Agile concepts such as MVP, Unique Value Proposition, SWOT analysis. Show less

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  Ronin

  Apr 2021 - Mar 2024

  Built and developed the Informatics organization, leading a team of 15 cross-functional Allied Health Professionals and Technologists, positioning it as one of the largest and most diverse within the company.Accountable for ensuring healthcare data integrity and guiding Ronin's data model and interoperability efforts with measurable results.Directed the management of EHR Data and Real World Data conversions, leading to improved FHIR, Transformed and Simplified Tabular Views for Analytics, Machine Learning, and AI frameworks.Champion & lead domains during company wide transition to Service-Oriented Architecture, normalizing healthcare data to standards for enhanced utilization in machine learning, AI, analytics, and business intelligence.Directed technical initiatives in modeling and forecasting, leveraging advanced statistical and machine learning methods to analyze and predict clinical and operational outcomes.Navigated and led the organizational adaptation to regulatory changes and market trends, incorporating the adoption of FHIR, 21st Century Cures Act, ONC final rules, and other relevant standards. Show less Create & implement a strategic vision to standardize AI & ML outputs within the company architecture while reconciling the data alongside EHR data in an explainable and observable manner.Mentor and coach data scientists, data engineers and ML engineers to develop and adopt strategies & data warehousing architecture for data extraction, cohort creation, feature extraction, and machine learning on FHIR-derived representations of EHR data. This approach is not only ethically needed in healthcare but also crucial in user clinician trust and explainability of predictions and recommendations.Developed leadership skills in individual contributors, fostering a successful transition to a multi-team organization structure.Lead the Informatics Organization to assume company wide accountability and responsibility in establishing backend services (SQL & NoSQL, Python, Flask) as well as accompanying UIs (mix of low code & JavaScript) to enable Data Integrations, Normalization and Utilization.Lead cross functionally across direct reports, indirect reports & peers to establish a common, internal FHIR Model including Profiling, Terminology Bindings, Package Publication & Release Process, Integration of Supporting FHIR artifacts across data platform & product engineering teams including the supporting infrastructure.Develop a cross-team data normalization & data utilization across Ronin. The strategy was comprehensive; encompassing both semantic normalization to designated standards and syntactic normalization, utilizing an internal FHIR model derived from US Core, R4, and R5 standards serving as the data contract for applications and downstream services. Show less Established EHR data analysis capabilities through individual contributions and coaching, improving data visualization and management using technologies like Cypher (Neo4J), SQL languages, PySpark, Python, Pandas, Seaborn, and Scikit-Learn.Initiated and enforced company-wide data utilization and normalization standards, starting with terminology servers and expanding to include intensional and extensional value sets through to complete terminology bindings of data profiles enabling data scalability and interoperability.Created & utilized search clusters (Elasticsearch) directly against data and integrated a wide range of USCDI standards like SNOMED, ICD-10-CM/PCS, RxNorm, NDC, and LOINC, along with MEDDRA and CTCAE, to optimize EHR and RWD dataset utilization.Led the cross team integration of third-party and commercial healthcare content, such as Elsevier’s databases and NCCN Treatment Plans, into our event-driven architecture, enabling comprehensive healthcare insights at both patient and population levels.Directed extensive healthcare data activities, including exploratory analysis, data mining, and value set creation, leading to improved data accuracy and alignment with organizational needs. Show less

  • Vice President Clinical Data Science & Informatics

    Dec 2023 - Mar 2024

  • Director, Clinical Data Science & Informatics

    Oct 2021 - Nov 2023

  • Manager, Clinical Data Science & Informatics

    Apr 2021 - Oct 2021
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  Oracle

  Apr 2024 - now

  Director, Software Development