Experience

Manager - Informatics

Nova Scotia Health Renal Program

Leveraging technology and data to improve patient care, streamline operations, and enhance overall efficiency.

Harnessing the power of data and technology to enhance patient outcomes, improve operational efficiency, and ensure that the Nova Scotia Health Renal Program function effectively in the digital age.

Instructor IT Project Management

Master of Digital Innovation program, Dalhousie University

Researching project management best practices, creating course material from scratch, helping young professionals acquire new project management and behavioral skills, and working with students to manage their projects and solve problems. Strong emphasis on Agile PM, Risk Management with Application Cyber Security and Privacy.

Senior System Analyst

Nova Scotia Health

  • IT strategy, IT project management, stakeholder engagement, IT - clinical relationship liaison for the Provincial Blood Program, facilitating cooperation, leading sprint cycles, delegating work, first point of contact for internal problem solving, mentoring of junior staff.
  • Architecture, design, utilizing best practices in requirements specification, user acceptance, full cycle software development and deployment.
  • Scheduled tasks/cron jobs for automated database imports and exports, processing DB data and files. .NET standalone applications or Linux command line scripting.
  • Full database design, advanced stored procedures, automated complex reports, processed database imports. MS SQL Server, MySQL. Advanced data analytics reports which are an essential part of the Blood Program mission in reducing discards and ensuring appropriate use in NS, but also a sustenance of the Atlantic Blood Utilization Strategy.

Database Coordinator

Capital District Health Authority (now Nova Scotia Health)

Database design, development, stored procedures (MS SQL Server), and Web development in .NET for the Provincial Blood Coordinating Program.

Software Designer and Developer

Korlex Software Inc.

Custom software development: web applications, natural language processing, text analytics and data mining custom tools using Perl, C/C++, Java, PHP, MySQL, Linux shell scripting.

Software Designer and Developer

Mitra Imaging Inc.
(acquired by AGFA Healthcare)
Waterloo, Ontario

Mitra created a revolutionary breakthrough in digital imaging - IMPAX PACS now used in all NS hospitals. Contributions including various software pieces using C/C++, Java, VB, and Oracle database scripting

Language Instructor

The Canadian Armed Forces

In Winnipeg, MA, worked on site in the Fort Osborne barracks helping officers prepare for their upcoming UN Peacekeeper mission to Croatia, and Bosnia & Herzegovina. Prepared course material from scratch, worked with soldiers to address their questions.

Education

Master of Health Informatics

Dalhousie University

4.0 GPA Program jointly offered by the Faculties of Computer Science and Medicine.

  • IT Project Management
  • Issues in Public Administration
  • Data Mining
  • Health Care Policy Analysis
  • Health Information Systems and Issues
  • Health Information Use and Standards
  • CS Usable Security and Privacy
  • Knowledge Management
  • Research Methods
  • Clinical Care Fundamentals
  • Health Information Flow and Use
  • Statistics for Health Informatics

Cyber Security CompTIA+ Security prep course

Digital Health Canada
Best up-to-date practices in system, network, and security administration.

Certificate, Computer Programming C/C++

CDI College, Winnipeg, MA
98% GPA Hands on intensive programming course, designed to last a year which I finished in 4 months.

BSc (Hons) Computer Science and Mathematics

Certified by University of Toronto

Skills

 
  • Project Management
  • Problem Solving
  • Innovation
  • Cyber Security
  • Strategic Thinking
  • Effective Requirements Analysis
  • User Focused
    Stakeholder Engagement
  • Effective Prioritization
  • Clarity
  • Effective Communication
  • Strategic Thinking
  • Consensus Decision Making
  • Building Coalitions/Partnerships
25+ years of full cycle software development
25+ years of advanced data analytics
MS SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle
PHP, Python, .NET/C#, C/C++, Java, JavaScript, jQuery, CSS, Bootstrap
Linux shell scripting, GitLab …

Awards

The Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee Medal
(Nova Scotia)

Gold Award in Academic Achievement
Best GPA Master of Health Informatics
Faculties of Computer Science and Medicine, Dalhousie University

Professional Engagement

Member of Integrated Access and Flow Network Council
Nova Scotia Health

Publications

Usability lens: Notes from the 2022 Atlantic Region Conference
Digital Health Canada

Technology Adoption in Care Transitions
Digital Health Canada

Volunteer Work

Director

211 Nova Scotia volunteer Board of Directors

Organizing Math competitions

Halifax Regional Centre for Education

Organizaing basketball tournaments and fundraisers

Logistics, venues booking, volunteers scheduling, managing finances.
Bedford Eagles Basketball

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