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Paul Visco
24 Linwood
Buffalo, NY
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Goal

To be the CIO of a healthcare organization.

About Me

I am a dedicated, accomplished executive healthcare technology leader with a background in systems architecture and technology development. I thrive in an environment where I have the creative freedom in solving complex problems and where saving money is a priority.

Professional Experience

VP/Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

Roswell Park Cancer Institute - February 2019 – Present

Working alongside senior leadership to define and implement customer facing and internal technology stack.

Responsibilities include previous responsibilities from AVP of Technology Development role in addition to:

AVP Technology Development and Acquisitions

Roswell Park Cancer Institute - March 2018 – Present

Overseeing Technology Development and Acquisitions Dept team of 28 employees with additional contractor support staff.

Responsibilities include previous responsibilities from Executive Director role in addition to:

Executive Leadership

Executive Director Of Technology Development and Acquisitions

Roswell Park Cancer Institute - March 2017 – Present

Overseeing New Technology Development and Acquisitions Dept.

Responsibilities include:

Leading System Architecture and Advanced Software Engineering Team managed by Senior Systems Architect

Improve Patient Engagement/Experience Via Online Communication and Media Technologies and Platforms

Data Warehousing, Intersystem Communication/Interfaces and API Development

Architect Software Solutions To Promote and Support New Business Opportunities and Clinical Growth - Provider Portal, Payer Portal, Partner Integrations

Optimizing Operations - Reduce Costs by Identifying Opportunities For Consolidation, Open Source Alternatives Technology or Increasing Automation

Determining, Avoiding, and Remediating Risk Associated With New and Existing Technology

Senior Systems Architect

Roswell Park Cancer Institute - Marketing Dept - June 2013 – March 2017

Heading up development in new Online Development Department.

Responsibilities include:

Programming Standards Architect

Roswell Park Cancer Institute - IT Dept - Programmer Analyst - December 2009 – June 2013

Developing code and maintaining standards within Information Technology Department

Responsibilities include:

Systems Analyst

Roswell Park Cancer Institute IT Dept - Systems Analyst - December 2007 – 2009

Replacing existing ASP based applications with

Responsibilities include:

Programmer Analyst

Roswell Park Cancer Institute IT Dept - Programmer Analyst - December 2005 – 2007

Developed rich Intranet applications to support hospotal function and staff

Oversaw conversion from Windows ASP based programming to Linux/PHP

Multimedia Specialist

Canisius College - August 2001 – 2005

Worked as Multimedia Specialist in the Web and Imaging Lab in the Digital Media Arts Program at Canisius College.

Responsibilities included:

During my time as Multimedia Specialist I have also helped develop departmental forms, assisted other professors with technical consultations, made technology purchase recommendations, and maintained computer software builds with specialized DMA software.

Language Learning Center

Flagstaff, Arizona 1999 - 2000

Responsibilities included:

Personal Projects

estrip.org - 2003 - 2013

Social Networking before Facebook. Conceptualized, designed and coded estrip.org, a free Buffalo, NY community web site with over 1000 registered users and over 30,000 journal entries written. This digital public space brings local residents together by allowing them to share their local experience within the data structures of the site. Users can embed text, sound, animation, and video without having any web programming experience and without using commercial software.

Docugen - 43 North Contest Finalist - June 2014

Headed up technical development for the document processing company and made it to top 100 semi-finalists out of 5000 submissions in the 43 North competition.

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Skills

Education

M.F.A. in Media Studies 2002 - 2005

State University of New York at Buffalo - Buffalo, NY

Focus: Web programming for database driven online communities in addition to Virtual Reality/3D Modeling

Thesis: estrip.org is a community dataspace based in the elmwood strip community of Buffalo, NY. This digital public space brings local residents together by allowing them to digitally share and embed their local experience within the data structures of the site - see abtract here.

B.A. in German Language 1995 - 2000

Friedrich Schiller Universitaet — Jena, Germany 1999–2000
Focus: Studied Foreign Language Acquisition Software Development

Northern Arizona University — Flagstaff, Arizona 1997–1998
Honors: Delta Phi Alpha - German honor society member
Certification: Zertificat Deutsch als Fremsprache - Goethe Institut
Scholarship: Partial Tuition Scholarship Recipient
GPA: 3.82

Bildungswissenschaftliche Hochschule Universitaet — Flensburg, Germany 1995–1996
Scholarship: Full-tuition scholarship recipient

Winthrop University — Rock Hill, South Carolina
Scholarship: Full-tuition scholarship recipient
GPA: 3.6

Pedagogical Experience

Canisius College - Adjunct Professor 2002 - 2005

temp:real at UB January – May 2004

Instructor for temp:real, a course at the University of Buffalo about the temporary reality surrounding online 3D virtual environments. Developed a PHP/mysql based student content system which later became epeers.net. Students used this content management system in order to maintain an archive of their experiences in Linden Lab's Second Life environment.

References

References available upon request