KIRK BUKER, PMP

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QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY
Successful Program and Project Manager with over 12 years of experience managing
multiple complex IT projects in the healthcare and IT industries. Strong analy
tical skills eliciting customer requirements to align with contract obligations.
Knowledgeable in creating strategies to mitigate program risk partners with per
sonnel conflict resolution leadership management expertise promoting project suc
cess and fostering cohesive teamwork environments. Mr. Buker has extensive progr
am scheduling and budgeting experience. Professional highlights and successful
competencies include:
HIPAA / PHI / PII / trained
Senior IT Management experience BI PM experience
Annual budget planning
PMP Certified #469690
Health Informatics Experience Strong organization skills
CMMI 3 trained
DISA IT Security trained
Skilled SDLC Project Manager
Financial project control methods
ERP Project Management System Design & Analysis
Cognos & Business Objects experience
DFAR Acquisition Trained
Large data warehouse migrations
PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Led complex programs/projects of multi-disciplinary cross-functional teams that
designed, programmed, and installed IT systems for over 12+ years.
Successfully designed and installed a system that decreased echocardiogram read
s from 57 days to 27 hours. This project saved the facility thousands of dollars
annually and improved access to patient care.
Wrote the first draft for Microsofts engineering guide for the Vista operating
system.
Led a team of healthcare professionals to a 97% score on our Joint Commission o
n Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations Triennial review, which was the high
est score JCAHO awarded in four years.
Managed a team of application developers that developed in the .Net Framework u
sing C# to extract data from Microsoft SQL servers. Used PDF & MS Excel for repo
rting generation.
Facilitated the migration of a team of java developers from a waterfall methodo
logy of project manager to an Agile Scrum methodology.
Led a software development team to Capability Maturity Model, level 3 rating.
Successfully led a team of application developers that transitioned 30 legacy m
ainframe applications to a RS6000 environment using Informatica for ETLs, Cognos
, Cold Fusion, and Business Objects for the presentation layer, as well as SQL s
tatement for data extraction.
Participated in multiple senior level presentations to various CEOs of large ho
spital organizations that came to Microsoft to learn how Microsoft approaches th
e health care information system market.
Chaired Change Control Board for an 11 terabyte datacenter consolidation & BI d
ata dash boards.
Successfully managed the deployment of a Public Key encryption Infrastructure p
rogram for a 1,000-employee organization.
Led the analyst of moving the first Naval hospital towards ISO 9002 certificati
on by creating an IS that allowed access to all hospital policies and procedures
electronically via Microsofts Personal Information Manager (Outlook).
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
TRICARE 2009 2010
Senior Project Manager, Information Technology
Established and led a technical team in a matrix environment to develop, implem
ent, and integrate a vendor contract management application (ERP) into TRICAREs
contract management process for computer off the shelf software (COTS).
Documented the technical specification to meet the functional requirements.
Hired the technical specialists (DBA, ETL, Data Migration, and security SMEs) t
o implement the COTS solution to meet DoD security requirements to earn an autho
rization to operate in a federal enterprise computing center at Oklahoma City, O
K. The project went into to its final phase of training the business users of th
e system so that the system can be brought into production by the start of the n
ew fiscal year this coming October 2010.
Iowa Foundation for Medical Care (IFMC) 2008 2009
Senior Project Manager, Health Informatics
Served as the Senior Project Manager for the health informatics team which cons
isted of five managers and 27 staff members
Provided project level leadership necessary to support Centers for Medicare & M
edicaid Services and Quality Improvement Initiatives projects.
Led the TRICARE proposal writing team that responded to RFIs / RFPs.
Facilitated health informatics part of the companies CMMI level III audit.
Managed the vision, strategy, and roadmap for multiple products and solutions t
o meet current and future company and customer strategic objectives and financia
l goals.
Built relationships with customers and responds to customer needs throughout th
e entire product lifecycle.
Developed strategies with internal and external stakeholders to influence and s
tay aligned with industry changes and trends in Healthcare Information Technolog
y (HIT).
Conducted performance evaluations and establishes expectations, providing timel
y feedback to employees.
Successfully ensured that the Informatica staff understood and complied with IF
MC standards and processes related to CMMI, which IFMC earned CMMI level three i
n the fall of 2009.
Worked closely with the business development team to research new business oppo
rtunities and create product-marketing strategies.
Reported contract status to our group VP bimonthly.
USDA / NRCS 2007 2008
IT Project Manager Water and Climate Information Systems Project
As the project manager for the Water & Climate Information System project respo
nsible for developing and implemented project management plans, methodologies, p
rocesses and tools, including creating business cases, gathering requirements, p
roject plans, schedules, budgets and all associated project materials.
Created the product backlog which was loaded into VersionOne for project tracki
ng purposes.
Facilitated meetings with internal teams including all levels of management.
Worked collaboratively in a team environment, across multiple teams and locatio
ns.
Planned, implemented, and coordinated technical and administrative programs.
Documented the existing system and supporting databases to the level that will
drive a new modernized design that supports full system failover, web user inter
faces, and client side GUIs.
Prepared processing system specifications, database specifications, and other t
echnical documentation to support the entire SDLC.
Coordinated work with other technical staff, such as networking to ensure conne
ctivity and compatibility between systems.
Conducted technical research on system upgrades to determine feasibility, cost,
and time to implement.
 Maintained Work Breakdown Schedule and monthly status reporting to C level lead
ership.
Retired from US Navy as an informatics officer in 2007 after 26 years of service
TRICARE 2006
2007
Deputy Director, Network Operations
Provided assistance to the Director of Network Operations on a part time basis
due an unexpected sickness / retirement.
Supported network operations and shared IT support services with a 4.5 million
annual budget.
Provided project management oversight / leadership for geographically disbursed
sites spread across the western United States for TRICARE.
Daily supervision and direction to technical personnel supporting applications
and functionality for office automation, workflow management, Multi-Media collab
oration, Video-Teleconferencing, Web Services, Internet, Electronic Data Interch
ange, and Electronic Commerce.
Schedule, manage, and coordinate the implementation of new systems capabilities
for hardware and software systems via a web enable trouble ticket system.
Provided system level oversight of the development, integration and ongoing mai
ntenance functions for the TRICARE health insurance claim System.
Review Government-provided policies, architectures, standards, and procedures a
ffecting this project and recommend appropriate actions.
Coordinate activities across all servers and subsystems for our area of respons
ibility.
Tracked and scheduled operating system administration activities.
Provided written and oral monthly milestone status reports to senior executive
staff.
Certified monthly man-hour reports documenting estimated cost to actual cost.
Maintained all project schedules using PMBOK recommended techniques.
TRICARE 2005 2006
Program Manager / EI/DS Group
Functioned as the Project Manager for the rehosting / redesign effort for the T
EDS claims processing system.
Led the project management efforts in the migration of an IDMS database running
on a Z/OS to DB2 running on 3.x AIX. The system supported a $15 Million annual
operating budget, providing management support for the entire TRICARE insurance
claim system, which included three Managed Care Support Contracts (MCSC) that se
rved 9.4 million beneficiaries worldwide.
Chaired multiple Change Control Boards meetings.
Exercised full managerial, supervisory, technical, and administrative responsib
ility for planning the development, deployment, and coordination for 30 integrat
ed web enabled applications.
Provided Project Management level oversight of the development, integration, an
d ongoing maintenance functions as well as for Informatica ETL backend developme
nt, Cognos, Cold Fusion, Business Object report generation.
Planned, scheduled, and coordinated system growth, disaster recovery, and upgra
des.
Reviewed Government-provided policies, architectures, standards, and procedures
affecting this project and recommend appropriate actions.
Coordinated the integration of the TRICARE Enrollment Data system with Contract
Resources.
Provided written and oral monthly milestone status reports to senior executive
staff.
Certified monthly man-hour reports documenting estimated cost to actual cost.
Reported weekly project status to VIP shareholders and as needed.
Microsoft 2004 2005
Microsoft Senior Executive Fellowship
Assisted the Chief healthcare strategist in analyzing the systems requirements
to create a National Electronic Health record for all US Citizens as part of a r
equest for information from Health and Human services request.
Worked closely with the Vista project manager, writing the first draft of Micro
softs Vista operating system playbook that outlined how Microsoft approached the
engineering of the Vista operating system.
Assisted the Program manager for Windows 2003 in updating their engineering pla
ybook.
Participated in multiple senior level presentations to various CEO of large hos
pital organizations that came to Microsoft to learn how Microsoft approached the
medical information system industry.
Navy Recruiting 2002 2004
Security IT Director
Managed / enforced the DoD security polices and safeguards for the Denver recru
iting district, which included 132 locations spread across Colorado, Wyoming, Ne
braska, and eastern Kansas.
Led the architectural change that required all personnel to utilize a common ac
cess card that authenticated their network access via their security token embed
ded in the card.
Assisted in the recruiting efforts of Doctors, Nurses, and Dentists utilizing m
y medical community experience.
Reviewed Government-provided policies, architectures, standards, and procedures
affecting the command and recommend appropriate actions.
Created and maintained project plans.
Analyzed, plan, coordinated all IS growth, disaster recovery, and upgrades.
Successfully led a complete refresh of 300 laptops / 214 desktops for 132 locat
ions located across four states.
Maintained weekly / monthly project status report to project shareholders and a
s needed.
Navy Hospital, Agana Heights Guam 1999 - 2002
Chief Information Officer/Senior Program Manager
Reported directly to the C, Level leadership executive staff on the strategic,
tactical, and project management decisions for the facilities 51 health care rel
ated information systems.
Led the staff of 30 IT professionals in completing the mission and vision for t
he facilities 600 staff members that accessed 1000 end-devices with an annual bu
dget $5M.
Scheduled, managed, and coordinated the implementation of new systems capabilit
ies for hardware and software systems via our remedy helpdesk system.
Provided system level oversight of the development, integration and ongoing mai
ntenance functions for all systems (UNIX and Windows based systems) located at t
he Naval Hospital in Guam and four satellite clinics.
Created and maintained Standard Operating Procedures for hospital health inform
ation systems.
Managed policies, architectures, standards, and procedures affecting the facili
ty guided appropriate actions.
Functioned EHR hub, managing and coordinating activities across all servers and
subsystems.
Planned, scheduled, and coordinated IS growth, disaster recovery, and upgrades.
Managed and coordinated ERP implementation.
Successfully led a team that salvage medical records and informatics equipment
after a fire destroy one of our outlying clinics.
Center For Total Access 1997 - 1999
Program/Projects Lead
Successfully led the project management and systems engineering of multiple hea
lthcare information systems projects for TRICARE regions 3 & 15.
 Analyzed the need for, then design, and installed all forms of ISs with specifi
c focus towards medical applications.
Wrote grant proposals for projects that were awarded three million dollars in p
roject funds. The project management approach / contracting model was very instr
umental in multiple grants awards during overall tenure at CTA.
Provided Project Management oversight of all business administration and applic
ation development using C+ and RPG calls to populate a MS SQL server database.
Awarded an innovation award from HHS for our Breast cancer awareness applicatio
n that dramatically improved Breast cancer detection in patients.
Certified monthly man-hour reports documenting estimated cost to actual cost.
Reviewed and updated as needed project plan(s), budget(s), and overall personne
l productivity reports as needed.
EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS
M.S. Information Systems
Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA
M.A. Business Management
National University, San Diego, CA
Bachelor Business Administration.
National University, San Diego, CA
Project Management Professional (Certification number: 469690)
Project Management Institute
ScrumMaster Certified
Scrum Alliance
MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS
Project Management Institute
Scrum Alliance www.scrumalliance.org
Healthcare Information Systems Society