Dynamic and versatile Senior IT Executive with a long history of optimizing the financial and operational performance of organizations in Academic Healthcare and Financial Services. Noted and consistently promoted for accelerating technology improvements through business alignment, innovation, project management, meaningful collaboration with the business, and high-performance team building. Broad implementation experience with the Epic and Cerner EHR platforms. An expert in selecting and employing technology that improves healthcare delivery, enhances the patient experience, and drives healthcare consumerism.

• Developing High-Performance Teams and Tomorrow’s IT Leaders: As CIO at University of Alabama Health System, implemented a monthly IS recognition program to showcase and promote exemplary individual and team efforts. Introduced cross-functional development opportunities designed to grow and sharpen staff skills and spur development of key IT competencies.
• ▪ Providing Sound Financial Leadership: As Site Information Officer at Loma Linda University Health, negotiated a consolidated Cerner agreement that delivered $1M in savings, while adding in new strategic solutions that achieved key revenue cycle objectives. Garnered $13M in IT stimulus funding by earning full attestation for Stage 1 and 2 of Meaningful Use programs. Consolidated vendors to deliver an additional $1.2M in YOY savings.
• Optimizing Operational Performance and Productivity: As CIO at Fidelity Information Systems, raised uptime to 99.99% by leading a US-wide Intel server implementation with remote monitoring/auto alerts for pending failures while enabling a seamless site-to-site engineering transition with unified hardware.

Proven Leadership Skills at the Nexus of Business and Technology

• Strategic IT Leadership | Change Management
• Process Improvement and Optimization
• High-Performance Team Building and Leadership
• Revenue and Profit Building
• Professional Training and Development
• Cost Containment and Reduction
• Financial and Operational Management
• ITSM Lifecycle Management | Software Development
• Infrastructure, Field Services and PMO Management
• IT Services and Modernization
• Client, End-User, and Executive Relations
• Consensus Building | Business Partnering