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Well-rounded healthcare IM/IT executive with experience in program management, medical…
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Opioid Epidemic at HIMSS Annual Conference
Opioid Epidemic at HIMSS Annual Conference
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Russian Activity Against Critical Infrastructure
Russian Activity Against Critical Infrastructure
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Last week I was informed of wonderful news that I have been waiting for over 12 years—that I have been among the 97 Army Medical Department officers…
Last week I was informed of wonderful news that I have been waiting for over 12 years—that I have been among the 97 Army Medical Department officers…
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This morning I attended the 70D Past and Present breakfast. I am so happy LTC Chani Cordero FACHE, FCHIME, FHIMSS restarted this tradition. I also…
This morning I attended the 70D Past and Present breakfast. I am so happy LTC Chani Cordero FACHE, FCHIME, FHIMSS restarted this tradition. I also…
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Licenses & Certifications
Volunteer Experience
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President
HIMSS San Antonio Chapter
- 7 years 4 months
Science and Technology
Served as President of the San Antonio Chapter of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (SA HIMSS). Was a founding board member and served as the first President of SA HIMSS from 2009-2012. Served a second term as President from 2014-2015. Currently serving as Immediate Past President and Board Advisor.
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Member, Board of Directors, Society for Health Systems
Institute of Industrial Engineers
- 2 years 1 month
Science and Technology
Served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Society for Health Systems, Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers from 2012-2014. Has volunteered with the society since 2000. The society's mission is to contribute to the improvement of healthcare processes through systems engineering, analysis, and process improvement methods. Among the society's goals are to enhance the career development and continuing education of professionals who use industrial and management engineering…
Served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Society for Health Systems, Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers from 2012-2014. Has volunteered with the society since 2000. The society's mission is to contribute to the improvement of healthcare processes through systems engineering, analysis, and process improvement methods. Among the society's goals are to enhance the career development and continuing education of professionals who use industrial and management engineering expertise for productivity and quality improvement in the healthcare industry. SHS encourages the exchange of ideas and innovative techniques among healthcare professionals through a variety of mediums.
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Member, CPHIMS Technical Committee
HIMSS
- 2 years
Science and Technology
Served as a member of the Certified Professional in Healthcare Information and Management Systems (CPHIMS) Technical Committee, which is responsible for developing exam content for the CPHIMS certification exam. This committee is part of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS).
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Member
The San Antonio Chamber of Commerce
- 6 years
Health
Member of The Chamber of Commerce. Serves on the Health Care and Bioscience Committee and on it's Advocacy and Education subcommittees. Also serves on the IT Committee.
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Member
The University of Texas at San Antonio
- Present 16 years 1 month
Science and Technology
Serves as a mentor and participant at the Center for Applied Manufacturing and Lean Systems (CAMLS) at UTSA.
Courses
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DoD Acquisition
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Projects
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Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative (FDCCI)
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Effort by US CIO to save costs in operating Federal data centers by consolidating and virtualizing servers into fewer data centers and virtualized servers. MedPro Technologies' role was to provide a baseline datacenter server and applications inventory for the Military Health System and to develop an Analysis of Alternatives metholdology for future consolidation decisions of applications and medical devices. MCiS contract.
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Honors & Awards
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Top 5% most viewed LinkedIn Profiles for 2012
LinkedIn
Recognized by LinkedIn for being one of the top 5% most viewed LinkedIn Profiles for 2012 from their 200 M members.
Languages
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Spanish
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We had a small 70D Past gaggle at the San Antonio HIMSS luncheon today. Ralph Franco FHIMSS, FACHE, DSHS, Eric Berard, MIS, CPHIMS, David Gilbertson
We had a small 70D Past gaggle at the San Antonio HIMSS luncheon today. Ralph Franco FHIMSS, FACHE, DSHS, Eric Berard, MIS, CPHIMS, David Gilbertson
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Congrats to Col (Retired) Mark True on his retirement and award of the Legion of Merit. Well deserved Mark. It was a moving ceremony and in true form…
Congrats to Col (Retired) Mark True on his retirement and award of the Legion of Merit. Well deserved Mark. It was a moving ceremony and in true form…
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