Jay Powers

• Technical Project Manager
• Manage Strategic Projects for the Electronic Health Record (EHR)
• Projects included:
• Treatment Care Planning- Create new forms and reports to ensure all Clinicians have the tools required to record and track patient goals and interventions, Provide reports to Regulatory Agencies.
• Medical History and Physical-Convert 10 page paper form to electronic version. Reduce workload on Clinical staff and provide the ability to view key documents from any computer.
• Interim Medication Order Form- Eliminated 8 steps from previous process by creating the electronic form and adding widgets to Homeviews for Pharmacists and Clinicians.
• Lead worker for Avatar Team comprised of 2 Business Analysts and 2 Clinical Informaticists. Manage Team workload, assignments, and progress.
• Screen and select candidates for open positions
• Manage round 1 interview process and panel, recommend candidates for round 2 interviews.
• Developed and implemented strategic project plans to meet business objectives.
• Scheduled and facilitated meetings between project stakeholders to discuss deliverables, schedules and conflicts.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to resolve project issues and mitigate risks.
• Monitored project performance to identify areas of improvement and make adjustments.
• Plan, design, and schedule phases for large projects.
• Provide detailed project status updates to stakeholders and executive management.

• Technical Project Manager
• Manage Strategic Projects for the Electronic Health Record (EHR)
• Projects included:
• Medication Management-Deploy Automated Dispensing Cabinets to 30 patient units on the Salem and Junction City Campuses
• Discharge Planning- Convert forms from paper to electronic to create smoother workflow and ability to share electronically with external partners. Capture data for regulatory reporting.
• Lead worker for Avatar Team comprised of 2 Business Analysts and 2 Clinical Informaticists. Manage Team workload, assignments, and progress.
• Screen and select candidates for open positions
• Manage round 1 interview process and panel, recommend candidates for round 2 interviews.
• Developed and implemented strategic project plans to meet business objectives.
• Scheduled and facilitated meetings between project stakeholders to discuss deliverables, schedules and conflicts.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to resolve project issues and mitigate risks.
• Monitored project performance to identify areas of improvement and make adjustments.
• Plan, design, and schedule phases for large projects.
• Provide detailed project status updates to stakeholders and executive management.

Manage projects of varying size and complexity to Deploy and Upgrade telecommunications infrastructure for Fortune 500 companies.

The last Project involved deploying 20,000 + VOIP users to approx. 400 sites in an 18-month period. I was 1 of 2 Project Managers supporting the Project Director who led the Team.

Responsibilities included:

· Vendor Management- Schedule and Monitor vendor work to survey and document existing infrastructure at sites.

· Schedule date and time for each deployment in coordination with IBM, the prime contractor for the project.

· Schedule multiple vendors required for onsite support including deployment and end user training.

· Provide onsite PM support for assigned sites.

· Forecast material requirements including Servers, Gateways , Phones. Coordinate with Supply chain for delivery.

PMO Management and support

· Program Management of a Portfolio of Projects for the Western region which included:

· Resource management (internal and external)

· Project backlog management

· Project planning, risk identification and mitigation

· Created Quarterly revenue forecasts and updated on a monthly cadence.

Lead 2x/month Work in Progress meetings with PM’s to review project status, including risk, upside and forecasted revenue date.

· Provide executive communication with forecast updates, made recommendations on plans to cover any revenue shortfall.

· Responsible for material forecasts for PMO and working with corporate supply chain to ensure availability.

• Planned, designed, and scheduled phases for large projects.
• Monitored project performance to identify areas of improvement and make adjustments.
• Coordinated with cross-functional teams to resolve project issues and mitigate risks.
• Provided detailed project status updates to stakeholders and executive management.
• Identified plans and resources required to meet project goals and objectives.
• Developed and initiated projects, managed costs, and monitored performance.
• Coordinated material procurement and required services for projects within budget requirements.
• Developed and implemented strategic project plans to meet business objectives.
• Tracked project and team member performance closely to quickly intervene in mistakes or delays.
• Reported regularly to managers on project budget, progress and technical problems.
• Facilitated workshops to collect project requirements and user feedback.

• Led team of up to 18 service technicians in field activities.
• Assessed operational needs and equipment availability to develop personnel schedules and assignments.
• Installed and provided technical support for equipment.
• Reduced time to complete service calls and retain key customers.
• Employee training, growth plans, and personnel reviews.
• Responsible for Service Delivery Revenue for the Portland and Salem service areas.