Benjamin Bielak Jr.
16 Winter Street Unit 48A
Waltham, MA 02451-0921
bbielak@acm.org
(781) 354-3217

FOCUS AREAS
Healthcare, Technical Leadership, Business Process Management, Project Management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Boston Medical Center (BMC), Boston, MA, 2005-
Manager of Development and Integration
  o Owned the BMC and Community Health Center interface development for a MA-SHARE 
    operational pilot of the Nationwide Health Infrastructure Network (NHIN) 
  o Responsible for the success of a seven person application and HL7 interface development team 
  o Saved a critical compliance project by clarifying business and operational requirements 
    and building a unified cross-functional team 
  o Enhanced visibility of project timelines and deliverables by growing team members' 
    project management skill sets and rolling out a new set of templates
  o Improved the turnaround time of delivery on an automation program by 600%

Sapient, Cambridge, MA, 1997-2005
Senior Manager, Technology
  o Led Sapient U.S. e-health initiative (2005) - Developed a strategy to improve Sapient's 
    ability to respond to clinical project opportunities
  o Provided portfolio management and business process expertise for internal and external clients
  o Facilitated multiple workshops with internal and external clients to clarify vision and 
    objectives, develop common understanding of solution characteristics, and create actionable plans to achieve goals
  o Worked with interdisciplinary teams to develop plans for new projects; researched industry 
    and technology, and identified client needs; contributed to project design and execution
  o Served as project review lead and participant for multiple global projects
  o Coordinated effort that resulted in Sapient's first listing in 
    Healthcare Informatics Top 100
  o Developed a partnership with InterSystems to jointly respond to proposals
  o Owned development of a product offering in partnership with Harvard Medical School 
    that included marketing, business model development, and sales
  o Co-authored a healthcare technology trends report for a large national provider
  o Designed enterprise architecture for a start-up healthcare management company
  o Managed global SOX asset management improvement effort
  o Led program to evaluate, plan, and deploy Sapient's global Learning Management System
  o Drove selection of and managed external vendors for clients
  o Had 24x7 responsibility for the performance of a global rewards program web site

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA, 1995-1997
  o Software Engineer - Designed software for Chandra, a space-based X-ray telescope

WearGuard, Norwell, MA, 1992-1995
  o Senior Programmer - Responsible for end to end lifecycle software application development

SELECTED TECHNOLOGY EXPERIENCE
  o C++, VB, Java, HTML, ASP.NET, XML, SQL Server

SELECTED CERTIFICATIONS
  o HL7 V2.5 Control Specialist (2005)		
  o Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (2002)

SELECTED PRESENTATIONS, RECOGNITION, AND AWARDS
  o Panelist on "Innovator's Panel: Healthcare Integration" at DEVCON (2006)
  o Presented a vision for Electronic Medical Records to a group of CIO's at CHIME; 
    co-authored demonstration presented at HIMSS (2005)
  o Nominated for Sapient Founders' Award - Recognized by peers for demonstrating company's core values (2002)
  o Received WearGuard outstanding performance award (1993)

EDUCATION 

Degree Programs
  o Bentley College, Waltham, MA, 2003
    Master of Business Administration - Focus in Change Management
    Business Processes; Knowledge Management; Cyberlaw; Project Management; Finance;
    Organizational Behavior; Management Systems in a Changing Environment; Strategy; 
    Operations; Marketing; Effective Speaking; Managing Organization Change; 
    Leadership in the Information Age; E-Commerce in the Global Economy
  o Boston University, Boston, MA, 1998 
    Master of Science in Computer Science
    Database Management; Client/Server Development; Networking; Algorithms; 
    Operating Systems; Software Engineering; Expert Systems, Fuzzy, Neural Networks, 
    and Genetic Algorithms; Computational Complexity; 
    Object-Oriented Analysis and Design; Client/Server Systems 
  o University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, 1992 
    Bachelor of Arts, Computational Methods in Applied Mathematics

Continuing Education
  o Harvard Extension School, Cambridge, MA, 2005 
    Strategic Management in Healthcare Organizations 
  o HIMSS/UCONN Certificate Program in Healthcare Information Technology, 2005
  o Tufts University, Medford, MA, 2004
    XML Technologies
  o Boston University, Boston, MA, 1999
    American Health Policy
  o Harvard Extension School, Cambridge, MA, 1986, 1993, 1996 
    Math Course-work, C++, X-Window Graphics/User Interface Design