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Clare Merlo  clare@rwspisak.com

Imagineering Productions, Inc.

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Project Manager, Strategic Planner, Web Developer, Product Selector, Contract Negotiator, System Designer, Developer and Implementer. Feasibility Studies, RFP Development and Assessment.

Hardware//Software

MS Project, MS Front Page, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Access, MS Power Point, Photo Shop, Dreamweaver, HTML, XML, ASP, javascript, MVS, CICS, COBOL, Assembler, Summit-D, Planview, ACF2, SMS, HBO, Visio, Quicken, Document and Records Management, e-Book generation.

EXPERIENCE

Imagineering Productions, Miami, FL: 6/2000 to Present

Technical Consultant and Marketing Representative for Multi-media and e-Book development projects using MS Front Page, Dreamweaver, Photo Shop, javascript, ASP and e-Book generators. United Nations, World Food Programme (WFP), Rome Italy:6/1999 to 5/2000 Consultant to WFP Information Management and Personnel Divisions.

Project Management of a system-wide Records Management application at WFP. Workflow analysis, requirements definition, RFP development, result analysis, software specifications and pilot implementation for a Lotus Notes, imaging and web-accessible solution. Active management of a multi-cultural development/user workgroup and international vendors.

United Nations, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Rome, Italy: 9/1997 to 6/1999 User Communications Officer to the Oracle Financials System Implementation.

Development and implementation of an Oracle User Communications and Consultation Strategy including: Intranet site design, coding and content development, briefing documents, presentations, manuals for dissemination of information to HQ, Regional Offices and Field Staff. Managed Oracle Access Request process.

Information Technology Officer for the Sustainable Development Department of FAO with responsibilities for: Strategic Planning, Internet/Intranet content development, platform standards, and 1st level Help Desk.

BJC Health System, St. Louis, MO

Manager, Information Systems: 1/1993 to 7/1997

Project Management, strategic planning, product selection, contract negotiation, acquisition, implementation and support initiatives. Budget managed: 2.5M - 7M Capital, 1M - 1.5M Expense. Staff managed: 10 - 30 for the following projects:

Manager Alternate Site initiatives

Enterprise-wide Home Health, HME/IV, Occupational Medicine, Long Term Care. Telemedicine pilot with Southwestern Bell. 15 Occupational Medicine facilities, 10 Long-Term Care points of service and 100 Home Health and Hospice locations throughout Missouri and Illinois.

        Manager Patient Management Enterprise-wide Master Patient Index and Resource Scheduling, Admitting/Registration and Medical Record. SMS Invision, HBO, CAI/TDM solutions. Enterprise consists of 42 facilities throughout Missouri and Illinois.

Manager system-wide Strategic Initiatives

· Enterprise-wide Scheduling. Joint Application Design and Reengineering strategies employed to enable enterprise-wide, one-call capability. An HBO three-tiered client server solution: MS Windows NT, Sybase, C++, Visual Basic.

· Physician Office Integration evaluation and implementation of system-wide software solution. Estimate 1.5M cost to support 300 targeted physicians.

· IBM prototype Executive Information System. Managed the transition from prototype to strategic initiative.

· Member of an internal volunteer team that developed a strategy to obtain funding for System Development Life Cycle Methodology (SDLCM) and Project Management (PM) software. Acquired 1M funding in support of staffing.

Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, MO

Manager, Information Support:1/1988 to 12/1992

Managed End User Computing, Quality Assurance, Data Security, and Change Management and Help Desk functions with an $800,000 annual operating expense, $400,000 salary expense and capital expenditures of 1.2M to 3M.

· Coordinated and Budgeted for the Corporate Disaster Recovery Plan. Conducted system-wide feasibility study to select Hospital Information Software to support horizontal and vertical expansion strategies; documented cost reduction of $300,000.

· Led a process improvement team which reduced production incidents by 10%. Through negotiation, reduced PC software expenditures by 20%.

· Served as Interim Manager, Telecommunications. Planned and executed fiber installation to define data and voice communications between current and new facilities including projected needs for video, imaging and expansion. Managed the RFP from design through vendor selection. Supervised a staff of 15, including AT&T technicians, data and voice specialists, billing personnel, and telephone operators.

Manager, Computer Security: 7/1986 to 12/1987 Developed data security policies and procedures for the Information Systems Department implementation of ACF2. Designed and implemented a security awareness and training program using on-site workshops and seminars. Defined corporate-wide access criteria, data ownership and classification guidelines. Project Leader/Senior Programmer: 1/1980 to 6/1986 LANGUAGES Conversational Italian

EDUCATIONWashington University, St. Louis, Missouri, M.B.A.Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, B.A., Psychology AFFILIATIONSMiami Tuesday NetworkInternet Coast, Digital Divide volunteerArt Center South Florida, Miami Beach volunteer

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