Samantha Mason SAMANTHA MASON PO Box 50783 Amarillo, TX 79159 sm125f342@westpost.

net 806-690-8337 CAREER SUMMARY An accomplished Information Technology Professional with over 29 years experience and expertise. A reputation for providing excellent customer service. A proven record of a strong technical knowledge base with management skills for building strong teams. Excellent organizational skills for planning and implementing new projects with the big picture in mind, while focusing on the day-to-day details. PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS * Amarillo Womenas Network 2002 Career Achievement Award Recipient * Board of Directors Elect a" Girl Scouts of the Five Star Council * Service Excellence Award Recipients: While at NWTHS, fourteen of my employees have received this award. To include the coveted Star of Excellence Award for the whole department in February of 2003 and again in October 2008. * Company expert and trainer for process and procedures for Sarbanes Oxley reporting and auditing. SPECIFIC SYSTEMS * Project manager for installation of McKessonas Siemens, document imaging / archival storage systems with integration to Opus Healthcare lab system, Opus Healthcare OM and Siemens SMS, Medquist Transcription systems and PACS radiologist workstations. This included designing and implementing the roll out campaign to facilitate the adoption of Opus Healthcare by the physician community. * Experience in the design, build, testing, training, implementation, troubleshooting and support of clinical and financial systems. * Opus Healthcare Solutions. * McKesson Pharmacy System. *

HeartLab Systems for Echo and Cardiology. * Phillips and GE PACS Systems. These systems had a system administrator. My responsibilities included budgeting of systems and ensure infrastructure, servers and workstations were budgeted for, purchased and installed prior to implementation of product. * Swearigen Radiology Information System, Avreo Telerad System. * Project lead for Joint Commission readiness for all systems. * Meditech System PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE NORTHWEST TEXAS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, Amarillo, TX _Director, Information Services, Telecommunications, Patient Communications _ November 2003 a" June 2010 * Education required for my promotion to director is as follows: Minimum of Bacheloras degree in CIS, CS, or MIS preferred or will give one year college credit for each two years of experience. * Chosen from the Corporate to train all other facilities on process/procedures for Sarbanes Oxley reporting and audit trails. * 2008 a" Complete phone system upgrade of a system that was more that 20 years old. * 2006 a" Design and implementation of WLAN for 4 towers. 227 Access points. 100MB to access points, 54MB to devices. * 2006 a" With WLAN infrastructure in place, implemented ClinDoc Bedside Patient Charting system. * Continue education and focus for IT organization for a customer oriented and highly responsive team. * Designed and implemented entire IT infrastructure and user applications for 4 story 90 bed Heart Hospital. * Implemented Siemens Wireless Nursing Documentation system for Behavioral Medicine Building. * Planned and implemented Radiology PACS system. * Installed Swearingen Radiology Information System, Avreo Telerad System, Health Science Solutions OPUS Lab System, Lotus Notes Office System, Siemens Pharmacy System, Quadramed Records System, 3M Encoding System, Siemens Document Imaging System. * Annually integrate the JCAHO Information Management Needs Assessments.

* Meet performance bonus thresholds annually and achieve all corporate budget and productivity standards with staff receiving many services excellence awards. * Developed reputation at Corporate as the place to introduce new systems and as a team very proficient at planning, testing and implementing applications on time with minimal problems. Northwest is often chosen for the Corporate Beta Site. * Currently director of over 2000 LAN devices in addition to all telecommunications hardware and nurse call systems. NORTHWEST TEXAS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, Amarillo, TX _Network Manager, _April 2000 a" November 2003 * Manager of Information Services, Telecommunications and Patient Communications. * Redesigned and implemented expansion and upgrade of hospital Nortel and Cisco LAN/WAN infrastructure for Gig backbone in preparation for systems such as PACS, Document Imaging, OPUS MD, Siemens Pharmacy System. * Coordinate and plan extended infrastructure for new Heart Hospital. * Coordinate departmental systems upgrades with Directors and Administrators. * Responsible for organizing and prioritizing daily activities, projects and scheduling for a staff of 14 to include Techs, Analyst, Communication Specialists, Programmer and Help Desk personnel. * Analyze information to determine, recommend and plan implementation of computers and peripheral equipment or modifications of existing equipment and systems that will provide capability for proposed projects. * Plan, organize and draw floor plans/wiring diagrams, for computer and phone line moves or adds to accommodate new departments or the relocation of existing departments. Involves working closely with Plant Engineering staff. Proficient in CAD and Visio Applications. * Provide excellent Customer Service and train staff on the importance of this and help sharpen their skills in this arena showing strong leadership. * Chair person for the Team for Information Processing in preparation for JCAHO. MERCY HEALTH SYSTEM-OKLAHOMA, Ardmore, OK _System Specialist, _December 1996 - April 2000 * LAN/WAN Manager. Responsible for upkeep and maintenance of approximately 600 devices spread across 3 campuses.

* Responsible for the upkeep and programming of several small peer to peer networks for five clinics. Platforms used are Windows 95/98/NT 4.0. * Planned and implemented a printing solution for time and attendance thus saving over $30K. * Responsible for maintenance and upkeep of 7 Novell Servers and 4 NT 4.0 Servers. * Lead member of the Year 2000 Compliance Team. * Responsible for the conversion of Windows 3.1 to NT 4.0 Workstations house wide. * Responsible for 1 PC Tech and duties for 2 Help Desk personnel. BANCFIRST OKLAHOMA, Oklahoma City, OK _Technical Writer, Departmental System Administrator, _January 1996 - December 1996 * Technical design and layout on procedural manuals adhering to FDIC and OBA Regulations. * Assistance with Systems Administration for department utilizing Novell Netware. HM PROFESSIONAL DESIGNS, Oklahoma City, OK _Owner/Operator, _April 1995 - January 1996 * Contract work in technical design and layout for procedural and service manuals for medical equipment. * Write and/or edit original documentation, such as equipment manuals, appendices, and operating and maintenance instructions. Research technical information. May prepare illustrations, photographs, diagrams, charts and assist in graphic layouts. Projects may involve preparing individual sections of complex manuals or other technical documents, or organizing the complete production of a basic manual. SMITH & NEPHEW DYONICS, INC., VIDEO DIVISION, Oklahoma City, OK _Systems Administrator/Documentation Analyst, _November 1989 - April 1995 * Manage/program Engineering network system utilizing Novell Netware. * Wrote policies and procedures adhering to Regulatory Compliance * Create and maintain the Item Master and Product Structure files on MRP System that was Cobol based. * Review and approve engineering documentation and drawings for compliance with FDA Regulations and ANSI Standards. * Write and/or edit original documentation, such as equipment

manuals, appendices, and operating and maintenance instructions. Research technical information. May prepare illustrations, photographs, diagrams, charts and assist in graphic layouts. Projects may involve preparing individual sections of complex manuals or other technical documents, or organizing the complete production of a basic manual. * Mechanical and PCB design. MERCURY MARINE, A DIVISION OF BRUNSWICK, Stillwater, OK _Engineering Technical Assistant/Mainframe Programmer, _February 1985 - November 1989 * Management of plant wide capital budget/appropriation tracking system for all phases of Engineering, with an annual budget of approximately $10 million. * One of four programmers of plant wide mainframe system. * Management of Mechanical Engineering blueprint room with one employee. * Wrote and implemented the computer program in mainframe system for all shipments received tracking and the Shop Build Order program. EDUCATION AND RELATED TRAINING Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK GPA 4.0 DOS OS/JCL TSO (Statistical Analysis System (Programming) University of Wisconsin GPA 4.0 Configuration Management Indian Meridian Vo-Tech School, Stillwater, OK SPC (Statistical Process Control) (Made Top Gun) Legal Contracts Smith & Nephew Dyonics Inc., Oklahoma City, OK Novell Netware Intermediate and Advanced Classes Mechanical Design and Printed Circuit Board Design Design & Layout of Operations and Service Manuals, Marketing Literature

GMP & OSHA Training Mercy Marine, Stillwater, OK Custom TSO (SAS) Programming EPA, GMP & OSHA Training APICS/MRP