Patrick A. Wall
Duluth
Summary
Dynamic and results-driven leader with over a decade of experience directing national programs and multidisciplinary teams in environmental health, data modernization, and informatics. Proven expertise in strategic planning, cross-sector collaboration, and the development of scalable, innovative data systems, including the CDC’s Environmental Public Health Tracking Network. Skilled in managing project budgets, streamlining project execution, and integrating emerging technologies to improve outcomes. Recognized for fostering high-performing teams, mentoring future leaders, and driving initiatives that enhance data quality, interoperability, and nationwide impact.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Informatics Team Leader
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
01.2007 - Current
- Led the development initiatives and strategic direction to design, launch, and enhance the National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network, a national public system to standardize and integrate a wide variety of disparate data
- Program created a system of reusable IT software components that reduce the cost of creating custom public health data dissemination dashboards by 50%
- Conceived, developed, and managed organization’s first ever nationwide prize challenge: “The Enviro Health App Challenge”
- Grew system usage/adoption by 9000% since release
- Led integration of a wide variety of data types; increasing number by 370% since system release
- Provided mentorship public health informatics fellows
- This effort involved converging scientific, public health business and functional requirements, programmatic goals, and the application of information technology
- Collaborated with and provided technical expertise to programs throughout the nation as they developed systems in their own jurisdictions
- Actively plan, develop, and conduct evaluations of Informatics Team activities to ensure project goals and public health goals are met
- Manage a team of 4 FTEs and 10 contractors as well as collaborate closely with subject matter experts in the areas of data science, communications, and program services
- Managed project IT deliverables, schedule, and costs with an average annual IT budget of 2.8 million dollars per year
- Empowered team members by delegating responsibilities according to individual strengths and areas of expertise.
- Set performance expectations for the team, monitoring progress towards goals and providing constructive feedback as needed.
Acting Program Chief
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
04.2022 - 03.2024
- Served as Program Chief with annual budget of $28 million
- Provided leadership and strategic direction for a national program with the goal of creating a nation-wide Environmental Public Health Tracking Network (Tracking Network) of integrated standardized environmental and health data to ensure safer, healthier communities
- Fostered and maintain partnerships with state and local health departments, other federal agencies, non-government organizations, and other groups at CDC
- Directed a team of 35 staff informatics, scientific, communications, and public health professionals
- Worked closely with 33 funded state and local partners to build local capacity for environmental health tracking and to disseminate actionable environmental health data and integrated insights to researchers, the public, policy makers, and public health professionals
- Served as an expert advisor for the development of organization's Data Modernization Strategic Plan
- Established program as a leader in executing CDC Data Modernization Initiative strategies
- Lead the effort to adopt enterprise data catalog and resulting in having the highest % data cataloged across organization
- Spearheaded the efforts to create innovative real-time environmental data pipelines, allowing the system to serve as a pro-active, response ready data platform
- Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
- Created and nurtured a cross-discipline highly collaborative environment
Event Manager and Co-Founder
Player One, LLC
10.2013 - Current
- Grew event attendance from 1,500 to 9,500 annually
- Managed budget and negotiated contracts with vendors, ensuring cost-effective event execution.
- Streamlined event planning processes by implementing efficient project management strategies.
- Implemented innovative event themes and designs to create memorable experiences for attendees.
- Managed administrative logistics of events planning, event booking, and event promotions.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
University of Georgia
12.1992
Skills
- Airtable
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Smartsheets
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Strategic Planning
- Interoperability standards
- Project planning & management
- Software development lifecycle
- Project tracking
- Staff management
- Coaching and mentoring
Publications
Multiple Measures on the Environmental Public Health Tracking Network, Wall, Patrick, Kassinger, Craig, Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 21:S36-S43, March/April 2015.
Together at Last: Exploring Health and Environmental Information on the National Environmental Health Tracking Network, Wall, Patrick A, Journal of Environmental Health, vol. 78, no. 3, pp. 34–37, 2015.
Environmental Public Health Tracking: Success Stories from a Collaborative Surveillance System, Eggers, Carrie, Wall, Patrick, Journal of Public Health Informatics, 6(1), April 2014
Implementing the Environmental Public Health Tracking Network: Accomplishments, Challenges, and Directions, Charleston, Alex E., Wall, Patrick, Kassinger, Craig, et al., Journal of Public health Management and Practice, 14(6):507-514, November-December 2008
Interactive Analysis of the Spatial Distribution of Disease Using a Geographic Information System, Wall, Patrick A, Devine Owen J, Journal of Geographic Systems vol. 2, no. 3, pp.243-256, September 2000
Accomplishments
Honor Award: Excellence in Information Technology for Environmental Health Tracking Network (2013)
Honor Award: Excellence in Quantitative Sciences for Information by Location Project (2015)
Honor Award: Excellence in Information Technology for Support of Open Data Initiative (2015)
Honor Award (Finalist): Excellence in Information Technology for Surveillance Data Platform Workgroup (2016)
Honor Award (Finalist): Excellence in Communication for Enviro Health App Challenge
Timeline
Acting Program Chief
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
04.2022 - 03.2024
Event Manager and Co-Founder
Player One, LLC
10.2013 - Current
Informatics Team Leader
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
01.2007 - Current
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
University of Georgia
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