Wilson Ariza

Experience

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  U.S. Army NATO Brigade

  Jul 1997 - Jan 1998

  Deputy Surgeon, Operation Joint Guard, Bosnia

  NATO-led peacekeeping operation in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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  Uniformed Services University

  May 1998 - Jul 2001

  Military Advisor to the Commandant, School of Medicine

  Military Advisor to the Commandant on all matters pertaining to the professional development of the U.S. Army students and officers from the other branches of service represented at USU. Faculty member in the Department of Military and Emergency Medicine.

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  US Army Medical Department (AMEDD)

  Apr 2003 - Jun 2004

  Chief Information Officer

  Served as Chief Information Officer for a Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organization (JCAHO) facility. Directed and supervised office responsible for the management of an integrated delivery network of 36 primary and specialty clinics staffed by 1600 personnel serving a beneficiary population of more than 100,000 people with more than 365,000 annual outpatient visits. Responsible for developing and enhancing the technology infrastructure utilized to provide support for the organization’s users through internal resources and outsourced vendors. Show less

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  ASA(ALT)

  Jun 2004 - Jun 2006

  Director, Product Development and Deployment | Office of the Surgeon General, U.S. Army Medical Dpt.

  Responsible for the deployment and implementation for the first time in the history of the Department of Defense of a system used to improve battlefield healthcare and enable the delivery of a comprehensive, life-long electronic medical record for all military personnel and civilians forward deployed. Responsible for successfully managing the deployment schedule, performance and maintenance procedures established for the Medical Communications for Combat Casualty Care (MC4) program. Responsible for deploying the TMIP software suite to the field during Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). MC4 program enabled the capture of more than 12 million electronic patient encounters in combat zones, implemented and coordinated training for more than 42,000 deployable medical staff and commanders, and fielded 33,000 systems to 750 units with medical personnel, to include combat brigades, Army National Guard and Reserves, and all active divisional units throughout 14 countries. Show less

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  US Army

  Jun 2006 - Jun 2009

  Chief, Readiness Branch/ CIO's Office, U.S. Army Office of The Surgeon General, Pentagon

  Responsible for the development of policies, plans, and partnerships to ensure the readiness of the Army medical community to support missions around the world. Responsible for the selection, design, fielding and implementation for all new technology systems and products in direct support of all the medical units forward deployed outside the US (SOUTHCOM & AFRICOM) and in the combat zones (Kuwait, Iraq and Afghanistan). Responsible for all matters of acquisition, development, testing and deployment of technology and software systems to the U.S. Army, including AHLTA, the Army’s military Electronic Medical/Health Record (EMR/EHR). In this capacity, oversaw AMEDD Acquisition policy and plans for the U.S. Army’s Telehealth program in garrison settings and combat zones (18 time zones,30 countries, and over 30 clinical specialties). Acquisition Program Manager for the following products: Automated Neuropsychological Assessment Tool (ANAM), a tool directed by Congress to be used for the evaluation of soldiers following head trauma and assessing traumatic brain injury. ANAM was designed to detect the speed and accuracy of attention, memory and thinking ability of a Service member.  Medical Command AHLTA provider satisfaction (MAPS), a speech recognition technology fielded to all Army hospitals, to enhance clinicians experience with the military’s electronic health record.  Joint Theater Trauma Registry, (JTTR), a database fielded in the battlefield that captures combat injuries treated in hospitals. Joint Theater Trauma Registry became the largest combat injury database in existence and currently represents over 100,000 total patient-records. Show less

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  Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition

  Jun 2009 - Nov 2013

  Executive Director, MEDICAL SIMULATION PROGRAM U.S. ARMY

  Responsible for providing the U.S. Army integrated medical simulation capabilities to support the full Continuum of Medical Care throughout the world, (21 Medical Simulations Centers, Throughput: 150,000 Students annually). Tactical Combat Casualty Care Training (TCCC) conducted in these 21 Medical Simulation Training Centers in the U.S ARMY helped U.S combat forces to achieve the Highest casualty survival rate in US history. Planned, managed and coordinated construction and opening of state of the art medical simulation training centers in eight countries: Belgium, (NATO), Saudi Arabia, Chile, South Korea, Japan, Australia, Iraq, and Afghanistan. In a period of five years, the MEDSIM program trained and validated more than 500,000 service members (Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Airmen and foreign nationals) world- wide, providing medical units and medical personnel the skills and knowledge to accomplish their difficult mission under extraordinary circumstances. Show less

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  U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs | Veterans Affairs Central Office

  Nov 2013 - Mar 2018

  National Associate Director for Simulation-based Medical Training

  Responsible for developing the VHA’s strategy for exponential technologies, and for providing management, leadership, direction, educational expertise, and guidance related to short and long-range medical simulation-based training solutions to be delivered to 150 Medical Centers, 800 community-based outpatient clinics, 126 nursing home care units and 35 domiciliaries improving health care for our nation's Veterans. Senior Strategist for the Office of Veteran's Access to Care.

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  Leidos

  Mar 2018 - Mar 2019

  Vice President, Federal Health Services & Health Information Management | Leidos Health Services

  Responsible for providing services & solutions to the private sector and the Federal government in the areas of public health, information technology and Health care delivery. Leidos, a FORTUNE 500 science, information technology and engineering company.

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  Optum | UnitedHealthcare

  Apr 2019 - Jun 2022

  Chief Health Information Officer | Vice President, Military & Veteran Health, OPTUMServe | UHC

  Provided expertise to help federal agencies tackle some of the biggest challenges in health care. We partnered with the Department of Defense (DoD), Health and Human Services (HHS), Veterans Affairs (VA), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS), and other organizations to modernize the U.S. health system and improve the health and well-being of the people they serve. OPTUM is part of UnitedHealth Group. Together UnitedHealthcare and OPTUM serve more than 121 million individuals worldwide with a total workforce of more than 160,000 people. Show less

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  Merging Traffic, Inc

  Jun 2022 - now

  President

  Merging Traffic, a company of investors and entrepreneurs with decades of experience building, scaling and selling companies. Merging Traffic is a Private Equity Company owning an Investment Portfolio, Crowd Funding platform, Equity formation platforms, and VC Engagements.