Goals
A creative and progressive work environment providing positive challenges for growth, teamwork, and problem solving, in an area involving technical or scientific research and development, writing, programming or systems analysis.
Education
1980-1981: Honors Physics program at Purdue, West Lafayette, Indiana
1981-1982: Physics at Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin
1982-1986: BA in Math and Philosophy from Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
Skills
Programming: Transact-SQL (MS SQL 2000), SQL Reporting Services (VS.NET add-on), Javascript, VB.NET, VBA (Office), VBScript, WSH, DHTML, Coldfusion MX, Dreamweaver MX, CSS, ASP, VB.NET, MS Access Development, HL7, FORTRAN.
Leadership Experience: Spearheading new software implementations; Managing New Applications through the Software Development Lifecycle; Head systems integration initiatives (HL7 and other interfacing); Contribute organizational support through best practices sharing.
Other Technical Skills/Experience: MS SQL Administration; Server and Workstation Support and Maintenance (Windows); Web and PC Security; Web Server (IIS) Support and Maintenance; Windows OS Installation; Web Site and Domain Support and Maintenance, both in-house and third party hosting; Managing Verisign Certificates (SSL 128 bit).
Experience
While attending school, I was a programmer with Lincoln National Information Science (LNIS) Research & Development group (FORTRAN, PRIMOS, Voice Synthesis, Graphics, Data Analysis).
For the past several years (October, 1999 forward) I have been a Programmer Analyst and Systems Analyst at Marshall Medical Center in Placerville, California, were I develop in-house applications for intelligent use of organization data and work-flow enhancement tools. I program in Cold Fusion MX, DHTML, VB, VBA and Javascript, Ajax, Transact-SQL, ASP and some .NET. I also am a programmer for Marshall's external web site (www.marshallmedical.org).
Prior to my work at Marshall, and subsequent to my years in college, I worked on contract as a programmer and data analyst at such firms as Nintendo, CH2MHILL, Sverdrup, USWest NewVector Group, and I spent some years working at the Redmond, Washington campus of Microsoft. At Microsoft I worked on developing methods to use MS Excel and other Office products to analyze and publish marketing data. I also worked with the Microsoft Solutions Framework group, where I helped design technical documentation and product packaging and contributed to product marketing brainstorming meetings.
REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST
Specific Accomplishments & Milestones
1980-1982 Highlights:
1) Developed FORTRAN Bar-, Line-, and Pie Charting Utility for LNIS.
2) Developed Voice Synthesis Problems Notification Application to notify of system problems on a network of PRIME computers.
3) Extended the HASH algorithm of an english-like end-user data query tool called INFO, to include custom commands.
1982-1984 Highlights:
1) Wrote a planet modeling application for an Astrophysics class.
2) Wrote a number of physical systems simulations for experimental purposes.
1984-1986:
Wrote MS Excel macros to analyze and edit marketing data.
1986-1998:
Contract work (see paragraph 3 under "Experience" above)
1998 Highlights:
Developed MS Excel and Office Macros to process, analyze and report Lab Results for El Dorado Irrigation District's Water Quality Lab. I had started work on a Significant Digits processing module prior to departure for the Marshall Medical position.
1999-Present Highlights:
1) I provide leadership and on-going support for HL7 interface implementations at Marshall Medical. I also develop peripheral applications to monitor or supplement interfacing needs, including charge auditing and non-standard systems interfaces (e.g. text-based ADT or other information transfers). Additionally, I work to provide new directions and planning to improve and simplify interfacing at the hospital.
2) I developed an ASP application utilizing MS's new (at that time) RDS ActiveX technology to provide a user interface to Hospital Lab Admitting staff for the maintenance and processing of Standing Lab Tests for patients. I also provided all the employee training and managed the implementation of this Web-based application.
3) Analyzed existing McKesson Pathways Materials Management (PMM) DOS-like parring application to develop an in-house MS Access VBA app to replace the limited PMM app, which did not provide bar code capability or a friendly GUI. The new application allowed Materials Technicians to scan product bar codes around the hospital, enter quantities, and generate orders real-time in the Materials warehouse to replenish stocks of hospital supplies. The application functioned like an add-on to the existing PMM app. PMM is an MS SQL-based application. I'm presently developing a web-based ASP version of this for a PDA with Win2003 Portable.
4) I developed numerous stand-alone MS Access VBA applications for hospital use; used ASP, ColdFusion MX, and MS SQL Reporting Services to create web-based interfaces, tools and reports for Marshall Medical; wrote numerous server-side ASP and ColdFusion tools to manage web site electronic forms for registration and monetary transactions; developed SQL DTS applications and stored procedures to facilitate access to hospital data for process management and reporting; developed web-based applications to monitor and provide alerts for systems issues.
5) I sit on the Project Management team at Marshall Medical and help provide analysis and direction for hospital wide applications, new and existing.