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Mr. Adam K. Gold

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Current Employer:
Children's Hospital of Orange County (CHOC)
Title:
Chief Technology Officer
Location:
Huntington Beach, California, United States


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Knowledge Summary

This Maven has over nineteen years of experience with Healthcare IT, Networks, PC/Systems Administration, Data Center management, computer graphics and databases to name a few. For the last eight years, he has had various Leadership roles at prominent medical centers leading large groups of technicians, implementing new systems and rolling out new technologies. His most recent position is the Director for the UC Irvine Medical Center Emerging Technologies Group where he plays a key role in implementing new technologies, rolling out new systems for clients and vendor related technologies. He manages a team of 25 technicians and is responsible for all major IT initiatives. He manages a 2.1m budget and directly responsible for IT purchasing for his group. He is familiar with emerging technologies related to the Healthcare IT industry, including IOS Devices, Telemedicine, Citrix, Desktop Technologies, Mobile Computing and Research Computing. He is also very familiar with Data Center management, he is responsible for managing 3 Data Centers located on the Orange Campus and is currently leading the effort to build a new one. He is the founder and owner of Healthcare Technology Alliance, which helps Healthcare providers negotiate relationships with technology vendors and provides outsourced programming services.

Experience

Current Employer:
Children's Hospital of Orange County (CHOC)
Title:
Chief Technology Officer
Dates:
May 2018 - Present
Description:

Area


Past Experience:
UC Irvine Health / UC San Diego Health
Title:
Chief Technology Officer
Dates:
Feb 2017 - May 2018
Description:

Orange / San Diego Counties

UC Irvine Health is a world-class academic medical center and the only
university hospital in Orange County. With more than 400 specialty and primary care physicians, the medical center offers a full scope of acute


Past Experience:
Self-Employed (Founder/Owner - Healthcare Technology Alliance)
Dates:
Apr 2011 - Apr 2011
Past Experience:
NeuroComp Systems, Inc.
Title:
Technical Advisor
Dates:
Jun 2009 - Jan 2011
Description:

Healthcare Technology expert and a true Geek at heart.


Past Experience:
Au79 Consulting
Title:
Healthcare Technology Integration Consultant
Dates:
Jun 2009 - Jan 2011
Past Experience:
UC Irvine Health / UC San Diego Health
Title:
Technical Advisor
Dates:
Jun 2009 - Jan 2011
Description:

Healthcare Technology expert and a true Geek at heart.


Past Experience:
Healthcare Technology
Title:
Integration Consultant
Dates:
Jun 2009 - Jan 2011
Past Experience:
University of California Irvine Medical Center
Title:
Director
Dates:
Mar 2008 - Apr 2010
Description:

Responsible for a team of 25 technicians and 2 supervisors, responsible for all major rollouts and large scale IT initiatives, full budgetary responsibility as well as final decision maker for new technology implementations related to desktop


Past Experience:
University of California Irvine Medical Center
Title:
Director, Emerging Technologies
Dates:
Mar 2008 - Mar 2020
Description:

UC Irvine Medical Center is a world-class academic medical center and the only university hospital in Orange County. With more than 400 specialty and primary care physicians, the medical center offers a full scope of acute and general care services.


Past Experience:
UC Irvine Health / UC San Diego Health
Title:
Director, Emerging Technologies
Dates:
Mar 2008 - Feb 2017
Description:

Area


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UC Irvine Medical Center is a world-class academic medical center and the only university hospital in Orange County. With more than 400 specialty and
primary care physicians, the medical center offers a full scope of acute and


Past Experience:
University of California Irvine Medical Center
Title:
Programmer Analyst IV, Supervisor - Team Lead Server Systems
Dates:
Aug 2003 - Mar 2008
Description:

UCIMC is located in Orange County California which holds 260+ beds, inpatient and outpatient facilities over 3 key facilities, responsible for managing a team of 9 Systems Administrators who are responsible for all day to day operations of 300+


Past Experience:
University of California Irvine Medical Center
Title:
Director, Emerging Technologies and Telemedicine
Dates:
Aug 2003 - Mar 2020
Past Experience:
University of California Irvine Medical Center
Title:
Programmer Analyst IV, Supervisor
Dates:
Aug 2003 - Apr 2008
Description:

• Responsible for all University of California Irvine, Medical Center. UCIMC is located in Orange County California which holds 250+ beds, inpatient and outpatient facilities over 3 key facilities
• Responsible for managing a team of 7 Systems


Past Experience:
University of California Irvine Medical Center
Title:
Programmer Analyst IV, Supervisor
Dates:
Aug 2003 - Apr 2008
Description:

Responsible for all University of California Irvine, Medical Center. UCIMC
is located in Orange County California which holds 250+ beds, inpatient and outpatient facilities over 3 key facilities
• Responsible for managing a team of 7 Systems


Past Experience:
Irvine Technology Corporation
Title:
Command Center Specialist
Dates:
Aug 2002 - Aug 2003
Description:

Responsible for monitoring approximately 400+ servers running Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 Advanced Server operating systems in a 24/7 production environment, responsible for building the Command Center intranet, assist in the rollout of new


Past Experience:
First American Title Insurance Company
Title:
Command Center Technician
Dates:
Jan 2002 - Dec 2003
Description:

• Responsible for monitoring approximately 400+ servers running Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 Advanced Server operating systems in a 24/7 production environment
• Diagnose and troubleshoot any hardware or software problems that occur in the


Past Experience:
First American Title Insurance Company
Title:
Command Center Technician
Dates:
Jan 2002 - Jan 2003
Description:

Responsible for monitoring approximately 400+ servers running Windows
NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 Advanced Server operating systems in a 24/7
production environment
• Diagnose and troubleshoot any hardware or software problems that occur in the


Past Experience:
Micro General Corporation
Title:
Web Developer-Hardware/Software Support
Dates:
Feb 2000 - Aug 2002
Description:

Responsible for web site design and concepts for corporate internet sites and intranets, maintaining all web servers in house as well as at off site locations, troubleshooting off site problems such as DNS or IP related problems, responsible for


Past Experience:
Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (FNF)
Title:
Web Applications Developer, Systems Administrator
Dates:
Jan 2000 - Dec 2003
Description:

Responsible for developing internal web based application for Fidelity National Financial and Fidelity National Title employees.


Past Experience:
Microgeneral
Title:
Web Developer
Dates:
Jan 2000 - Dec 2002
Past Experience:
Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (FNF)
Title:
Web Applications Developer, Systems Administrator
Dates:
Jan 2000 - Jan 2003
Description:

Responsible for developing internal web based application for Fidelity National
Financial and Fidelity National Title employees.


Past Experience:
Microgeneral
Title:
Web Developer
Dates:
Jan 2000 - Jan 2002
Past Experience:
University of California Irvine Medical Center
Title:
Programmer Analyst I/II
Dates:
Aug 1998 - Jan 2000
Past Experience:
University of California Irvine Medical Center
Title:
Programmer Analyst I/II
Dates:
Jan 1998 - Dec 2000
Description:

Helpdesk Assistance
Desktop Support, Hardware and Software Troubleshooting and Repair
Special Projects
PC and Software based rollout support
Support for all Healthcare Technology in the Hospital
Resident Geek


Past Experience:
University of California Irvine Medical Center
Title:
Programmer Analyst I/II
Dates:
Jan 1998 - Jan 2000
Description:

Helpdesk Assistance
Desktop Support, Hardware and Software Troubleshooting and Repair
Special Projects
PC and Software based rollout support
Support for all Healthcare Technology in the Hospital
Resident Geek


Past Experience:
Disney Co. - Disneyland, Anaheim
Title:
Cast Member
Dates:
Jun 1988 - Jun 1990
Description:

Enjoyed serving our Guests delicious treats.


Knowledge, Keywords & Publications

Technology, www.adamthegeek.com, Healthcare Technology, Healthcare, EMR, EHR, Telemedicine, Servers, Geek, Enterprise, Automation, Code, Scripts, Hardware, Tablets, COWS, WOWS, Carts, Bedside Computing, Desktop

Education & Languages

Orange Coast College

Information Technology

University of Redlands

2020 - 2022

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

Southern New Hampshire University

2014 - 2016

Bachelor of Science (BS)

(BS), Computer Science - Robotics and Artificial

Orange Coast College

1990 - 1993

Computer Graphics and Design

Certifications & Licenses

CCL

Center For Creative Leadership

Certificate, Foundations of Leadership

CIW

New Horizons