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DFW HIMSS Board of Directors 2010 -2011

Cheryl Mason
President
cmason226@aol.com
(214) 563-7355

Cheryl Mason is an Associate Partner with IBM for the Healthcare Industry. She has over 25 years of experience in the development, support and operations of health services, holding executive positions ranging from Divisional President and Vice President of Client Services to Director of state agencies. Besides direct care services and software implementation, her experience includes telemedicine, software development and telecommunications, all focused on increasing access to healthcare personnel and services.



Nayan D. Patel, PMP
President-Elect
nayan.dinesh.patel@gmail.com
phone (214) 316-8666

Nayan Patel currently serves as the IT Portfolio Manager for Baylor Health Care System, Information Services. Patel is responsible for the project management and reporting tools, time reporting, and project governance. He also serves as a consultant for strategic business processes solutions for the healthcare system, which includes value model realization for the electronic health record (EHR), the executive portfolio management, and developed departmental logical-physical work flows of all system interfaces for the Baylor clinical infrastructure.



Laura Pyle
Past President
lauraapyle@verizon.net
(214) 957-7285

Laura Pyle is President of Valiant Health Services, a healthcare IT consulting company she started in 2009. She has over 16 years of healthcare technology, business operation and organizational leadership. Prior to Valiant Health Services, Laura was an Associate Partner for IBM where she was responsible for selling and delivering IBM Global Business Services in the DFW market. Her experiences include areas in healthcare from software development, data management, large scale project management, strategic planning and account management.


David Walker
VP Finance



Wedy Moreno
VP Programs
wmoreno@istonish.com
phone

Wendy Moreno is the Director of Business Development for Istonish Inc a privately held, Colorado-based professional services company that provides managed services, information technology solutions and staffing. Wendy has worked for Istonish for more than 10 years and has been involved in the delivery of managed services agreements as well as customer care operations.

Wendy is a native Texan who was raised in Fort Worth and lives in Southlake. She attended Texas Christian University and graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Advertising and Public Relations.


Don Mims
VP Membership



Tim Study, MA, CPHIMS
VP Professional Development
ktstudy@verizon.net
(817) 296-5401

Tim Study is Business Development Manager for US Public Healthcare with Hewlett-Packard’s Technology Solutions Group. Tim has over twenty five years of experience in the Healthcare Industry, he has worked with IBM as a healthcare executive, Microsoft as the US BDM for Health and Human Services, with VHA as an IT Consultant, and Digital Equipment Corporation. He has a clinical background in Diagnostic Radiology from University of New Mexico and University of Kansas Medical Centers.



Pawan Goyal, MD, MHA, PMP, CPHIMS, FHIMSS
Advocacy Liason
Pawan.Goyal@va.gov
(972) 796-6157

Dr. Goyal is currently the Director of Health Informatics at Electronic Data System (EDS) Corporation. As the director of healthcare informatics for EDS’ U.S. Veterans Affairs portfolio he is responsible for establishing the strategic direction in areas of health informatics, electronic health record global strategy, best practice sharing, industry expertise, and enterprise business transformation. As a recognized leader and subject matter expert on process re-engineering for healthcare and electronic health records interoperability, Goyal often serves as an author, panelist and public speaker in areas such as patient medical records and effective EHR institutionalization and utilization.



Peter Vale
HIE Liaison
peter.vale@gmail.com
(469) 365-7179
Peter Vale is the Relationship Manager to the International Oncology Network for AmerisourceBergen Specialty Group (ABSG) based in Frisco Texas. He also sits on the Corporate Healthcare Reform Task Force and the Tools and Technologies Steering Committee for AmerisourceBergen. Having been an Enterprise Java developer for ten years he acts as a technical conduit between the business unit and technical departments of ABSG facilitating HIT solution offerings. As a subject matter expert on HIT he is often called on for leadership and guidance to meet the unique needs and requirements of physicians and practices in the oncology market space.



Kathleen Catalano, RN, JD, FHIMSS
Board member Pro Tem
kathireliv@yahoo.com
(214) 707-7403

Kathleen Catalano is a director in Perot Systems’ Clinical Solutions Center. Ms. Catalano’s responsibilities focus on the areas of patient safety, risk management, medical staff and JCAHO and CMS preparedness where she enhances Perot Systems’ approach to managing complex clinical content and regulations. Ms. Catalano authors and assists in the writing of articles and white papers that showcase Perot Systems’ Clinical Solutions Center. She also speaks on Joint Commission, Joint Commission’s National Patient Safety Goals, Risk Management (Sentinel Events and FMEA) and the EMR/EHR.



Thomas F. Shubnell, Ph.D., FHIMSS
Board Member Pro Tem, Webmaster
tom@shubnell.com
(214) 507-0783

Dr. Shubnell is a Principal with The CCI Group, a leading information services firm that delivers senior level and strategic consulting solutions to healthcare providers. He has over thirty years of experience in information technology projects, has written numerous articles, and is a frequent speaker at industry conferences. His work experience spans roles from Programmer to Chief Information Officer and Chief Executive Officer. He has published a project management book, “The Art of Installation and The Science of Implementation” and numerous other books.


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