OBJECTIVE

I am an IT Professional that is very passionate about technology looking for an organization that will allow me to excel by providing me with challenges and learning opportunities.

 

SUMMARY

Experience in a large Healthcare Corporation installing, building, supporting and upgrading large enterprise-wide

hardware and software systems.

 

EXPERIENCE

Alverno Information Services/Sisters of St. Francis Health Services            8/2000 – Present

Clinical Systems Analyst (Radiology)

·         Technical Lead on enterprise-wide Siemens Novius Radiology project.  Project team has performed full implementation at 8 hospitals to date.

·         Duties include full SDLC with gathering data, verifying data, project planning, building system, testing system, implementing, post-implementation support and upgrades for multiple Radiology related products.

·         Build and customize hospital systems using vendor-developed products.

·         Completed build of 10 hospital radiology systems including:  Patient Tracking, Film management, Mammography, Result reporting and management reporting and Transcription.

·         Assisted in the implementation, configuration and support of Dictaphone Powerscribe voice-dictation system at two hospitals.  This is fully interfaced with Radiology systems.

·         Work with interface programmers to develop specifications, build and support HL7 interfaces.

·         Use ODBC tools to query Access and to expedite building and perform troubleshooting.

·         Performed data manipulation to allow multiple hospitals to run on a single database.

·         UNIX/Sybase troubleshooting using log files, system commands and monitoring utilities.

·         Performed and managed data conversions from legacy systems.

·         Report and document creation using SQL.

·         Project manager and Technical SME for JPACS implementation.

·         Educate and train non-technical staff on use and support of system.

 

Alverno Information Services                                                                          9/1999 - 8/2000

PC/LAN Support Specialist

·         Install, configure, support and troubleshoot PC hardware, software, and LAN/WAN devices for 1500+ administrative and medical users in a healthcare environment

·         Performed network OS maintenance.

·         Project manager/lead for large Y2K hardware/software upgrade after resignation of team leader.

·         Analyzed and advised various department heads on selection of computer services to increase business efficiency.

·         Vendor liaison regarding support, pricing and implementation specifications.

 

Chester Technologies                                                                                      1/1999 - 9/1999

Associate System Engineer

·         Provided on-site installation, configuration, administration, and support of LAN servers, applications, and clients.

·         Lead technician on Y2K project

·         Provided required periodic reporting on project status to project leader.

·         Functioned as the vendor support contact for several clients.

 

Purdue University-Calumet                                                                             1/1999 - 5/1999

Teaching Assistant

·         Assisted in training students on Windows 95.

·         Assisted in training students on Microsoft Office products.

·         Served as network and desktop support at the remote learning facility/lab.

 

United States Army                                                                                         7/1994 - 8/1997

US Soldier

·         Airborne Infantry soldier

·         Trained to perform well under extreme stress

·         Emphasis on teamwork; Managed company arms room

·         Awarded high level security clearance

·         Tactical operations center communications specialist for a peacekeeping deployment to the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt.

 

Misc Skills:

Other experience includes troubleshooting hardware, network equipment, and software. Network experience includes Novell and Microsoft based networks, network management software products, and network hardware in a LAN/WAN environment. Experience with ODBC setup and various uses. Web development using various authoring tools. OS experience with Windows 95, 98, 2000, NT, XP, and UNIX. Strong knowledge of all MS Office products. Business functions include Project Management on several IT projects. Very strong problem solving ability, excellent communication and teamwork, very quick learner, "out of the box" thinking.

 

EDUCATION:

Associate of Science - Purdue University

Associate degree in Computer Information Systems; Course of study includes networking essentials, programming languages(MS VisualBasic, JAVA, C/C++), system analysis and design, as well as various other technology related topics; 3.5 GPA while working full time; Dean’s list two consecutive semesters; Continuing to attend college to obtain a four year degree.