Kenneth Bradberry

Kenneth Bradberry

$110/hr
BPA, RPA, Cloud, Azure, AWS, GCP architect, Cybersecurity
Reply rate:
100.0%
Availability:
Hourly ($/hour)
Location:
Howell, Michigan, United States
Experience:
28 years
-LinkedIn Kenneth Bradberry Cell: - Professional Profile As a CTO and CISO in the healthcare industry, I draw on my 27 years of healthcare IT experience to help our hospital and health system clients implement and enhance their digital transformation journey, focused on growth, increased competitive advantages, and improve customer experience. Achieving digital transformation is a journey that requires IT organizations evolve, through advisory and assessments, applying operational excellence, modernizing infrastructures, with secure, data driven strategies that develop a bridge between architecture decisions and investments and strategic planning and execution. As a transformation focused leader, my passion is driving results with a work ethic and the commitment to continuously learn and apply best practices and innovative ideas. Education o Capella University – Doctoral Candidate – Information Assurance and Network Defense Aug 2021 o Capella University – Master of Science - Security and Network Defense - July 2017 o Strayer University – Bachelor of Science - Internetworking Technologies – Aug 2008 o Villanova University – Master’s Certificate Applied Project Management – Jan 2005 Key Strengths o Cybersecurity and IAM Technologies o Healthcare IT Strategic Planning o Digital Transformation and Cloud Consolidation o 5G cellular and IoT security o Automation (RPA), A.I. and ML design o High availability architectural designs o Disaster Recovery / Business Continuity o Digital Workspace / EUC Technologies Professional Certifications, Credentials & Awards o Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) o Xerox Innovator of the Year 2010 – designed automation to streamline Epic Clarity o Foundation Certification in I.T. Service Management (ITIL) o Certified Professional in Healthcare Information and Management Systems (CPHIMS) o IBM Certified Advanced Technical Expert – IBM Power Systems (AIX, HA, Storage) o Cybersecurity Tools and Cyber Attacks certification o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o Risk Management Clinical & ERP Applications Design and Operations Executive and staff Communications Epic architecture design and support Application rationalization strategies Building inclusive, diverse IT teams Return to Work/Hospital solution design Enterprise Management Frameworks ACS/Xerox President’s Club winner – greatly improved the service delivery and team collaboration at Allscripts SCM CHIME Foundation Certified Healthcare Executive (CFCHE) COVID-19 Certified Contact Tracer – Johns Hopkins University Data Science Technologies Certification – IBM (2019) Digital Transformation Specialist – University of Virginia (2020) Certified Blockchain Architect (2022) AEHIT CHIME Board Member 2019 – 2022 Experience – Work History INTEGRIS Health Oklahoma City, OK Chief Information Security Officer and Solutions Architect Mar 2021 – Dec 2021 o Contracted via the HCI Group as the CISO to identify architectural and operational security vulnerabilities and work with the IT and security team to develop immediate risk mitigation and future strategies. o Worked with the IT architecture team to select a new backup and recovery solution that provides expanded cloud and air-gapping capabilities. Evaluated Commvault, Rubrik, and Dell/EMC solutions o Zero Trust security and architectural strategies, designing the foundation for implementation o Multi-factor authentication and Role-Based Access Controls (RBAC) strategies. o Identified critical gaps in the INTEGRIS Epic architectural design and disaster recovery, providing recommendations to improve high availability and DR leveraging hybrid cloud solutions. o Worked with the INTEGRIS Security Director to provide transformation, program oversight, direction and conduct the Cybersecurity program implementation o Provided Executive Leadership Team and Board presentations and reports on the state of INTEGRIS security and ransomware preparedness. QHR Health Alpharetta, GA Chief Architect Jun 2021 – Dec 2021 o Responsible for all cloud architectures and migration of on-prem systems to the cloud o Developed cybersecurity managed services designs and the implementation of Security Operations Centers and leveraged security services. o Designed Robotic Process Automation (RPA) solutions to streamline several QHR businesses. Developed pilots and proof of concepts that will be the basis for future automation projects. o Presented innovation and technology solutions to Executive Leadership and Board Members across the United States. o Running multiple concurrent projects and assigning the appropriate mix of resources to projects. o Architectural design and implementation of major EMR suites that include Epic, Cerner, Allscripts and other major clinical applications and middleware. o Achieving customer satisfaction, cost, expense and other critical performance metrics. Healthcare IT Leaders Alpharetta, GA Chief Technology Officer Jun 2020 – Mar 2021 As Chief Technology Officer, Ken is responsible for transforming healthcare organizations and enterprise technology landscapes through advisory and assessment services, cloud adoption, automation enablement, application rationalization, cost optimization, solution architecture, team building and organizational restructuring. As a trusted adviser to hospital IT leaders, focused on operational excellence, applied innovation, and dedicated to the success of Healthcare IT Leaders clients throughout their digital transformation journey. o Technical design and architecture, focused on clinical applications (Epic, Cerner, Allscripts, MEDITECH, etc…) o New business development, designing packaged IT services that align with healthcare IT challenges o Contact Tracing Call Center design, developed an end-to-end contact tracing solution designed to support thousands of contact tracers, leveraging Pega Systems, Salesforce, ServiceNow case management and integration with healthcare payers and providers. o Clinical and IT Service Desk design for healthcare organizations. o Designed a security practice focused on healthcare payer and provider organizations. o Provide assessment and advisory services The HCI Group Jacksonville, FL Senior VP, Chief Technology Officer Aug 2017 – Aug 2020 o Responsible for all global managed healthcare services operations and applying innovative solution designs and technology to healthcare IT infrastructures, cloud-based solutions and application services. o Formulated a vision to guide the structure and function of HCI’s healthcare managed services organization. o Responsible for the pre-sales support and delivery of all IT services to HCI/TechM healthcare customers which represents over $500M in revenue. o Work with Hospital Systems domestically and international, providing enterprise architectural management, infrastructure, application, security, and digital readiness assessments, focused on operational excellence and architectural strategies. o Cloud Architecture Design for Healthcare – designing some of the first Epic hybrid cloud solutions for healthcare providers, working with Microsoft Azure, Citrix Cloud and AWS. o Technical consulting, analysis, design, and redesign services for healthcare systems. o Maintain an innovation program focused on applied innovation and technology enablement that includes automation, AI, Machine Learning, augmented intelligence, deep learning, and knowledge management. With additional focus on Virtual Agent and bot technologies o Led a team of IT and Security architects and engineers focused on Identity and Access Management frameworks. Conduent Florham Park, NJ Leader – Automation and Analytics Practices Jan 2014 – Aug 2017 o Responsible for all analytics and automation capabilities across Conduent with a focus on: o Leadership/Supervisory: Responsible for all analytics and automation technologies across Conduent, in charge of overseeing the analytics and automation organization which includes data analytics and data science departments. o Responsible for new analytics and automation solutions and the management of on-going comprehensive data analytics. o Oversee the strategic data and automation priorities of the company and identify new opportunities using existing data with a vision for future capabilities that leverage analytics and automation technologies. Xerox / ACS Dallas, Tx Chief Technology Officer – Commercial Healthcare Feb 2003 – Jan 2014 o As the CTO/Innovation Lead for Xerox, I have the responsibility for developing the Enterprise architecture and technical strategy, architecture, design, and technical offerings to our client. I also have the responsibility for managing the innovation program with the client, leveraging the Xerox R&D/Innovation organization, internal product management teams and key Xerox partners (EMC, Cisco, VMWare, etc.). o As the CTO/Innovation Lead, it’s my vision and leadership that fosters fostering the delivery of technology and innovation to our healthcare provider, payer, insurance and pharma/Life sciences business leaders and clients. My position is responsible for the following initiatives: o o o o o o o o Epic and EMR clinical Application design, integration and delivery models, with a focus on Develop relationships outside of IT - into client operations, innovation teams and marketing Codify the Xerox/Client cloud strategy for enterprise and core business Develop technology partnerships with key client vendors – tie into our roadmap strategy, tactical innovation and resell opportunities Lead client technology planning (tie with technical roadmaps) Establish technology governance and recommend the latest technologies in support of business requirements Work with client innovation and operations organizations – define goals, market results, tie into Xerox account plan Develop innovation strategy – define client specific technical roadmaps – work with Xerox Product Managers and Client architecture team and Xerox Service Delivery Directors Superior Consultant Company Dearborn, MI Chief Technology Officer May 2002 – Nov 2003 o o o o o o Designed and built a world class healthcare outsourcing data center Responsible for the due diligence and technical planning for the transformational outsourcing for eleven major hospital systems. Planned and implemented the application migration of ten hospital data centers from the local hospital data centers to a centralized, leveraged, and consolidated data center. Designed and implemented leveraged network, SAN, system management and thin client delivery methods for over 1800 applications across nine different healthcare systems. Responsible for the proper operation of a major healthcare data center Direct the day-to-day activities of 42 System Administrators, Production Control and Operations staff CareTech Solutions Dearborn, MI Technologist / Architect Jan 1999 - May 2002 o o o o o o o Formulated a vision to guide the structure and function of CareTech Solutions integrated information systems. Technical consulting, analysis, design, and redesign services for major healthcare systems. Provide deep-troubleshooting services for CareTech and their clients. Successfully solved very complex UNIX, Networking, SNA and Interface Engine problems where other analysts have failed. Designed CareTech’s site management and Corporate Intranet using state of the art web technologies. Provide cradle to grave design services for intranet projects. Redesigned CareTech’s Internet and associate Internet sites, saving CareTech over $150,000 a year in hosting and development costs. Provided the foundation for Storage Area Networking technologies to be leveraged by CareTech and their clients. Proposed, acquired, and coordinated the installation of IBM’s Enterprise Storage System (Shark). Depended upon to provide pre-sales technical support and RFQ responses around data center architecture and enterprise management. Oakwood Health and Hospitals Dearborn, MI Technologist / Architect Jan 1989 – Jan 1999 o o o Responsible for the day to day functions of 10 Client Server analyses and two DBA’s while maintaining a technical support role. Responsible for the technical support and implementation IBM RS/6000 systems, ranging from SMP servers to SP frames with multiple nodes. Supported clinical and financial healthcare applications including but not limited to SMS Diamond BBX, GE Medical Cardionet, AirShield’s Watchchild System, MSO for Windows, MATKON, HBOC HEDIS data warehouse, DDI Time and Attendance system, Cloverleaf Interface Engine 3.31 and 3.7 and several EDI systems. References and Additional Experience Available upon request.
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