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An Inside Look into the Lives of Huntzinger Consultants

Role
I’m a Senior Management Consultant.

Time at Huntzinger
I started with Huntzinger as a contractor in 2015. I became a Huntzinger employee in October 2016.

Time in Healthcare IT
I’ve been in healthcare for 30-plus years. I have an accounting background, so I started as a controller at a hospital that was part of the State of Arkansas Health and Human Services (HHS). At the time, it took us two to three weeks to close our monthly books using the financial system that they had. I wrote specs for the IT people and programmers to modify the financial system so that we could close the books in a fraction of that time. Once we put it into production, it fixed some issues with the accounting system for Arkansas HHS throughout the state. The person who was the head of Arkansas HHS at the time then placed me into the position to head IT — back in the day when there were green screens, green bar paper and mainframes.

An Inside Look into the Lives of Huntzinger Consultants

Role
Managing Director and Client Executive. My goal is to build long-lasting relationships with our clients by working with them to achieve their business objectives and providing them with solutions that exceed their expectations. I work with my clients and colleagues to provide advisory, implementation, management and staffing services, and have recently launched Huntzinger’s Merger, Acquisition and Affiliation (MA&A) Information Technology Methodology.

An Inside Look into the Lives of Huntzinger Consultants

Role
I am a Management Consultant and a Delivery Manager for Huntzinger. My background is in IT servicing. I have built and managed IT support and project management organizations (PMOs) in my past and have a particular expertise in support, help desks, and contact centers. I also happen to be a medical technologist with a laboratory background, so I often do lab IT work for our clients. I tend to flip flop between support services and laboratory roles with Huntzinger, depending upon the client’s needs. As a Delivery Manager, I have consultants who report to me, and I manage this team from a Huntzinger perspective on behalf of our clients.

An Inside Look Into the Lives of Huntzinger Consultants

Role
“I am a Senior Management Consultant. For many of our clients I work as an acting project or applications manager.”

Time at Huntzinger
“I worked at Huntzinger as a contractor for a couple months in 2014, then I took a local position with an HIE in New York, which was a good opportunity to expand my knowledgebase. I then returned to Huntzinger as an employee in August 2016.”

An Inside Look into the Lives of Huntzinger Consultants

Role
“I am a Delivery Manager and Management Consultant. As a consultant I provide project management services to clients and fulfill other needs. As a Delivery Manager, I onboard, support and oversee a team of experienced consultants.”

Time at Huntzinger
“I started working at Huntzinger as an independent contractor in January 2014 and became a full-time employee in March of 2015.”

An Inside Look into the Lives of Huntzinger Consultants

Role
“I am a subcontractor with Huntzinger specializing as a Cerner consultant. I help Huntzinger’s clients develop their physician documentation, assist them with HIM workflow, system design, and optimization.”

Time at Huntzinger
Almost two years

Time in Healthcare IT
“I’ve been in health IT since 2005. All that time has been focused on Cerner solutions, including working at Cerner for a stint. I have also worked for a large hospital organization and I've been an independent consultant. This has given me a 360-degree perspective of the Cerner platform. I have implemented and supported Cerner Core, HIM, Clinical Reporting, RRD, Dynamic Documentation, Meaningful Use and the CCL programming language.”

An Inside Look into the Lives of Huntzinger Consultants

Role
Client Executive.
“The role of a Huntzinger client executive is two-fold. On one hand, I recruit and provide talent resources for clients so that they’ll have access to assets with the depth, knowledge and expertise they require. On the other hand, I also work on the delivery side of the business to develop strategies and implement the solutions the clients need. I have no problem rolling up my sleeves to do whatever needs to be done — from doing spreadsheets to managing the oversight of major implementations.”

An Inside Look into the Lives of Huntzinger Consultants

Role
Management Consultant and Delivery Manager
“As a management consultant I perform data analytics and IT project management services for our clientele.  As a delivery manager, I establish and oversee Huntzinger’s administrative expectations for a team of talented, experienced consultants.”

Time at Huntzinger
Almost seven years (joined August 2010)

Time in Healthcare IT
10-plus years, including experience on both the insurance and provider sides of the healthcare industry.