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12/29/2014
Victoria, BC

Position Desired

Software Engineering
Anywhere in the U.S.
No

Resume

Omid L. Shabestari Medical Doctor, PhD in Health Informatics

Executive Summary
A senior health informatician with progressive track, strong organizational and interpersonal skills, very good oral and writing communication skills, strong leadership, team-oriented, proactive personality and exceptional analytical skills.

Key Skills
IT Project and service management
Health information project and service management
Management of implementation and evaluation projects for health information systems
Health system analysis, design and development
Proven experience in application of traditional, object-oriented and Agile methods for business analysis and solution design (Currently teaching the course to graduate students)
Data integration, analysis and business intelligence
Extensive experience in data integration, consolidation and warehousing
Strong skill and experience in large scale data analysis and business intelligence
Proven experience in advanced statistical methods and application of BI solutions
Professional & Personal Details

Qualifications
PhD in Health Informatics: City University London, UK; Oct 2007 - Nov 2010
Medical Doctor: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, IRAN; Feb 1992 – Nov 1999

Certifications
Bio-Informatics: Pasteur Institute, IRAN; 2003
Scientific Writing: Lancet Editorial Board; 2002

Memberships
SAPHIR Network, Board of Directors, since 2013
IBM Academic Initiative, since 2012
Canada's Health Informatics Association (COACH), since 2011
UK Council for Health Information Professions, Level 3 (Highest level), 2008 - 2011
British Computer Society, London Central Branch committee member, 2008 - 2011
IRAN Medical Council, since 1999

Immigration Permanent resident in Canada since 2011

Career Summary
Jul 2011 – Present Role: Assistant Teaching Professor
University: University of Victoria, BC, Canada
Department: School of Health Information Science
Courses (for undergraduate and graduate students):
Networks, Interoperability and Systems Security (HINF-345) covering interoperability and data security in healthcare
Health Information Systems Design (HINF-550) covering traditional, object-oriented and Agile methodologies
Trends in Health Informatics (HINF-470) covering application of business intelligence data warehousing and big data and enterprise architecture in healthcare
Clinical Methodologies (HINF-371) covering business analysis and evidence-based medicine in healthcare
Introduction to Health Information Technology (HINF-130) covering data, information and knowledge concepts in healthcare and telemedicine
Epidemiology, Population Health and Public Health (HINF-381) covering public health informatics and information-based disease surveillance models
Achievements: Extended experience in oral and written communication skills, knowledge transfer and diverse project and team management

Apr 2011 – Jun 2011 Role: BI Developer
Company: Eurostop, London, UK
Overview of position: Developing BI solutions and related reports for the retail systems
Role description:
Developing SSAS BI packages including cubes and data mining models
Developing dynamic reports with SSRS
Achievements: Application of my knowledge and experience in a different industry, high level of expertise in client-facing, requirement gathering, business analysis, solution design and development

Sep 2009 – Sep 2010 Role: Lead Research Assistant and Data Analyst
Company: City University, London, UK
Department: Centre for Health Informatics
Overview of position: Evaluation of the electronic blood tracking management system for increasing accuracy and cost saving in blood transfusion services across NHS.
Accountable for clients: Mayday Hospital.
Role description:
Management of other researchers in this study
Developing a data warehouse and consolidation of evidences collected from different resources using ETL packages
Using business intelligence techniques to extract knowledge from this captured data
Achievements: Data warehousing using hybrid design, gap analysis between the requirements and system features

Feb 2009 – Sep 2010 Role: Visiting lecturer
Company: City University, London, UK
Department: Centre for Health Informatics
Courses (for undergraduate and graduate students):
Clinical Records covering EMR and EHR systems and structuring of health information
Telemedicine covering use of ICT technology for extending access to health services
Knowledge Management covering knowledge extraction from health data
Health Policy covering procurement and control of services in healthcare
System Dynamics covering dynamic models for predicting the behavior of systems in healthcare
Achievements: Extended experience in oral and written communication skills, knowledge transfer and diverse team and project management

Sep 2008 – Aug 2009 Role: Data Analyst Consultant
Oct 2010 – Feb 2011 Company: Pfizer, UK
Department: Pfizer Health Solutions
Overview of position: Analysis of the data collected from three telecare programs
Accountable for clients: Birmingham East and North PCT, Guys and St Thomas NHS Trust.
Role description:
Developing a data warehouse for consolidating data from different telecare interventions
Using advanced statistical methods (SPSS) to extract knowledge from this data
Producing weekly work progress report and action plan to ensure data completeness
Achievements: Practice on health service evaluation, continuous service improvement and efficient communication with executive boards

Feb 2009 – Sep 2010 Role: System Manager (Part-time)
Company: DeltaTre
Overview of position: System manager for live score transaction processing system
Accountable for clients: BBC
Responsibilities: System management, monitoring data-flow from different providers, real-time data quality control and error resolution on data streams for live sport programs
Achievements: Successful live data feed for real-time IT services

Jan 2002 – Aug 2007 Role: Chief Medical Information Officer
Company: Avicenna Research Institute, IRAN
Department: Medical Info...

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