Results-driven leader with expertise in strategic planning and budget management, overseeing IT budgets exceeding $100M. Proven ability to implement large-scale digital transformations that enhance operational efficiency across departments. Skilled in team building and risk management, fostering organizational change and productivity improvements. Collaborated with C-suite executives to develop and execute strategic business plans aligned with key objectives.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Vice President of Application Development
Northwell Health
Melville, NY
08.2024 - Current
Accountable for critical applications supporting Northwell's 90,000 employees, 23 hospitals, and 850+ physician practices.
Collaborate with executive team on strategic decisions for enterprise application planning and delivery in areas such as ERP, EHR, Revenue Cycle, Learning Management, Credentialing, ServiceNow Enterprise Architecture (APM), etc.
Oversee $100M+ operating and capital budgets, and a leadership and support staff of over 400 IT professionals.
Developed and utilized performance dashboards to provide clear visibility into application and team performance.
Established and oversee Northwell's strategic application portfolio management and rationalization framework, measuring application health, technical debt, and cost-saving opportunities.
AVP, Application Development
Northwell Health
Melville, NY
10.2020 - 08.2024
Developed strategic plans to increase efficiency across all departments while reducing overall costs.
Conducted regular meetings with stakeholders to review performance against goals and objectives.
Coordinated cross-functional teams in order to deliver large scale projects within agreed upon timelines.
Formed and sustained strategic relationships with clients.
Senior Director, Business Solutions (Northwell Health)
Allscripts, Inc.
Melville, NY
01.2012 - 10.2020
History of excelling in introducing organizational change, accelerating customer service levels and leveraging existing technologies and knowledge base with internal resources to facilitate business excellence and competitive advantage.
Expert in aligning technology strategies with corporate goals and driving major initiatives through a dispersed and complex enterprise.
Responsible for directing, implementing and driving Business Solutions centered around providing the Revenue Cycle Service Line with a best practice toolset to manage a $3B+ Accounts Receivable representing 15+ acute care hospitals and 500+ ambulatory practices.
Oversee and manage a $25M IT budget and a team of 125+ professionals responsible for product selection and delivery and supporting existing and new applications deployed across Long Island, NYC and Westchester County – total application portfolio is approximately 25 applications representing a mix of on-prem and hosted solutions.
Actively lead identifying organizational value stream opportunities to transform solution and process delivery models to a Scale Agile Framework (SAFe) – iForms, Patient Throughput Management (PTM) and Financial Health.
Responsible for ongoing onboarding and transition of new organizations, resources and applications acquired via acquisition into the Business Solutions operating model.
Maintain productive and collaborative working relationships with key Northwell business stakeholders and vendor partners.
Co-Chair an enterprise Change Management Governance Board responsible for reviewing, prioritizing and approving system and operational changes designed to improve and transform workflow.
Director, Financial Systems
Catholic Health Services of Long Island
01.2007 - 12.2011
Actively engage with senior management teams of Patient Financial Services, Finance, Human Resources, and Health Information Management to plan and fulfill the strategic information technology needs of key business verticals across the health system.
Initiate and oversee large-scale IT projects related to the selection and standardization of systems across the enterprise: Epic, Lawson Human Resources and Payroll (13,500+ employees), Enterprise-wide Document Management Solution, and Enterprise Master Patient Index (EMPI), Budget and Planning.
Responsible for directing and overseeing all financial applications for the health system: Lawson ERP, staff scheduling, patient scheduling, patient access, Medicare compliance, billing, coding and reimbursement, transcription, chart deficiency tracking, electronic billing, insurance eligibility, and document management.
Manager, Patient Financial Systems
Catholic Health Services of Long Island
01.2004 - 12.2006
Project Manager, IT Transformation
Catholic Health Services of Long Island
01.2000 - 12.2004
Education
MS - Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University/Baruch College
New York, NY
01.1997
BBA - Management
Baruch College
New York, NY
01.1992
Skills
Certified Project Manager (PMP)
Strategic Planning/Visioning
Tactical Execution
Team Building
Software and Application Lifecycle Management
Budget oversight
Risk management
Metrics tracking
Timeline
Vice President of Application Development
Northwell Health
08.2024 - Current
AVP, Application Development
Northwell Health
10.2020 - 08.2024
Senior Director, Business Solutions (Northwell Health)