Details- and Results-Focused Leader Committed to Driving Success of Medical, Pharmaceutical & Environmental Initiatives

System Engineering ￨ System Integration / Testing ￨ Nursing / Healthcare Operations

Software Engineering ￨ New Product Launch ￨ Multi-Project Management ￨ Best Practices

Policy / Procedure Development ￨ Budget Development / Control ￨ Strategic Analysis / Planning

Electrical / Computer Engineering ￨ Team Building ￨ Training / Development ￨ Process Optimization

Highly Accomplished Engineering Leader who contributes dynamic System / Software Engineering expertise, as well as proven complementary talents in Nursing, Care Coordination, and Utilization Review / Management, to align with a company s strategic vision and exceed goals. Top Performer who offers solutions-centric critical thinking for insightful, change-oriented results. Ambitious Self-Starter who rises above complex engineering challenges to improve the bottom line and achieve winning outcomes, including quickly adapting to evolving project scenarios. Out-of-the-Box Thinker who maintains cutting-edge technical skills and up-to-date industry trends awareness. Excellent Communicator who develops synergistic relationships with key decision-makers, and who leads peers by example and with ethics and integrity.

RML Specialty Hospital, Hinsdale, IL

(2016 Present)

Care Coordinator

Capitalize on the opportunity to lead forward-thinking care coordination and management of a ventilator, wound, and medically complex patient population within a fast-paced Long-Term Acute Care Hospital. Ensure seamless healthcare operations by adhering to a superior continuum of care and ensure optimal utilization of resources, service delivery, and compliance with external review agencies. Deliver ongoing support and expertise through comprehensive assessment, care planning, plan implementation, and detailed evaluation of individual patient needs.

Key Accomplishments

  Enhanced quality of patient management and satisfaction to actively promote continuation of care.

  Cost-effectively integrated functions of case management, utilization review, and discharge planning.

Sedgwick (f/k/a The Hartford), Aurora, IL

(2007 2016)

Specialty Risk Services

Utilization Management Nurse ￨ Pharmacy UR Nurse

Strategically steered utilization management services for workers compensation claims related to orthopedic, neurologic, rehabilitation, medical / surgical, cardiac, and occupational health cases to continually promote optimum functional improvement and recovery. Contributed proven skill with Hartford s SOURCE and RSII documentation, Sedgwick s One Team platform, and ICD-9 diagnostic and CPT procedural coding.

Key Accomplishments

  Proactively participated in successful 2008 URAC certification.

  Achieved medical savings by reviewing cases for medical necessity.

  Complied with customer account, jurisdictional, and URAC requirements.

  Expertly precepted and trained new nurses and account clerks in utilization review processes.

Edward Hospital, Naperville, IL

(2006 2007)

Cardiac Telemetry Unit

Registered Nurse

Utilized broad scope of industry knowledge toward expertly assessing, developing, and implementing plans of care for a cardiac and neurologic adult patient population, including consistently educating patients and families on procedures, disease processes, and healthy lifestyle maintenance. Achieved essential certifications in ACLS and BLS.

Key Accomplishments

  Participated in departmental initiatives for 2007 s JCAHO recertification.

  Demonstrated expertise with Meditech documentation and Pyxis MedStation.

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Motorola, Arlington Heights, IL

(1992 2001)

System Integration & Test Internet and Network Group

System Engineering Section Manager (1998 2001)

Led targeted planning and implementation of results-generating integration, testing, and field support of system releases for telephony over cable and voice over IP technologies. Trained, mentored, and managed a staff of 15 test engineers in meeting or exceeding multiple, simultaneous project objectives, along with providing career development, performance evaluations, and salary recommendations. Consistently supported external departments seeking alternative resource deployment to attain financial and business goals. Contributed sharp analytical abilities toward developing annual budgets and action plans reflective of department-specific objectives. Interfaced among teams to assist with product management, requirements, software, and hardware, and among manufacturing managers to develop targeted plans and goals.

Key Accomplishments

  Developed and led a new training program for engineers.

  Developed the Test Department s Internal Operating Procedures.

  Planned and led acceptance testing for Philippine Long-Distance Telephone (PLDT).

  Significantly reduced number of field programs and issues at the customer site for the global market.

System Integration & Test Multimedia Group

Lead Engineer (1995 1998)

Drove engineering success by actively integrating, testing, and launching telephony over cable for the international market; developing system test plans, test cases, customer release notes, and customer acceptance test plans; and developing, executing, and automating feature, regression, and capacity test cases. Conducted comprehensive data analysis and developed final test reports, as well as post-mortem reviews using collected software test metrics to improve on processes.

Key Accomplishments

  Facilitated process change initiatives and reduced test cycle time via management-level support.

  Continually developed and implemented new processes and supported external groups productivity.

  Spearheaded website development to centralize departmental documentation and customer deliverables.

  Led field trials for telephony over cable system releases in Sydney, Australia for Optus, interoperability testing in Maidenhead, England with Nortel, and 3^rd party vendor integration in Orlando, FL with ISR.

Applied System Requirement & Architecture Cellular Infrastructure Group

System Engineer (1994 1995)

Expertly developed system-level requirements for cellular infrastructure major software releases, including regularly liaising among top-notch marketing teams on requirements and new features implementation to raise product market potential.

Key Accomplishments

  Led team of requirements, software, hardware, and test engineers for proper features implementation.

Base Site Controller Cellular Infrastructure Group

Software Engineer (1992 1994)

Played a vital role in designing and developing high- and low-level functional and design specifications and software for cellular infrastructure, including actively participating in requirements, design, code, and test plan reviews using Fagan Inspections. Led unit-level testing and supported subsystem and system-level testing for new features, enhancements, and problem fixes to decrease defects escaping prior to field release. Developed engineering community User Guides to assist in field site troubleshooting, and additionally assisted technical writers in the development of detailed user documentation.

Key Accomplishments

  Promptly responded to and resolved production system challenges.

  Participated in field trials in Sapporo, Japan and Denver, CO to launch new software releases.

  Collaborated with peers in process development to reduce overall software development cycle times.

  Successfully trained test and field engineers and customers on new feature functionalities and operations.

Master of Business Administration (Finance Emphasis) DePaul University

Bachelor of Science in Electrical & Computer Engineering Wayne State University

Associate s Degree in Nursing College of DuPage