Noel Kelly
Summary
Dynamic leader with 10 years senior leadership experience guiding the deployment and supporting of reporting and & analytics systems to enable business partners leveraging data and information to drive decision making in health care environments. Proven track record of successfully managing projects and initiatives and achieving desired business objectives. Skilled at leading analytic business units, developing their skills, upgrading their systems, and promoting their power to transform business processes. Skilled in developing and executing strategies, managing budgets and resources, and leading cross-functional teams.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
Work History
IT Program Director, Reporting & Analytics
Capital Health
Edmonton, AB
11.2023 - Current
- Led a portfolio comprising of both Corporate and Clinical Reporting and Analytics teams while continuing to serve as the domain leader for Connect Care Reporting & Analytics project.
- Created a strategy to combine three analytic portfolios which existed within IT to form one strategic unit with a coherent vision, providing descriptive, predictive and prescriptive reporting and analytics.
- Managed a multi-million budget efficiently to ensure that vendors and staff were appropriately paid.
- Established strong partnerships with internal and external clinical and corporate stakeholders to identify their reporting and analytic priorities and guide teams to provide solutions.
- Identified several opportunities for efficiencies and created a vision to achieve these, including the consolidation of reporting tools, data warehouses and databases.
- Collaborated with internal and external stakeholders to replace an aging system with a modern cost efficient Workforce Management, Supply Chain Management System and Budget Management System.
- Provide direction on the development of a framework for data from legacy applications to be ingested into Big Data System for later retrieval to meet regulatory requirements.
- Negotiated contracts with vendors, along with our Corporate Contracting and Procurement team to securing cost-effective services for the organization's reporting and analytics infrastructure needs.
IT Program Director, Connect Care Reporting & Analytics
Alberta Health Services
Edmonton, AB
04.2018 - 11.2023
- Managing the Connect Care analytics and reporting ecosystem to support clinicians, operational users and researchers with the data and information required to provide care for Albertans.
- Created a data management framework to support the development of various reports, data extracts, predictive models and metrics.
- Collaborated closely with executive leadership to develop strategic plans for long-term growth.
- Collaborated with stakeholders from research, clinicians and domain leaders from various clinical application areas to ensure that appropriate reports can be available to executives, patients and front line clinicians who need accurate and relevant information to support their patients.
- Developed processes to ensure that requests for reporting data are appropriately governed, prioritized and approved by the appropriate business stakeholders.
- Developed a framework to ensure that the appropriate data can be available to the right person to support the organization's regulatory reporting requirements and quality improvement initiatives.
- Scheduled and supervised staff meetings to discuss new ideas and update participants on program details and milestones.
- Supervised program staff, managing and evaluating performance provide high-quality services to program participants.
- Delivered outstanding program results by setting clear objectives and proactively addressing potential challenges.
IT Director, Enterprise Analytics & Business Intelligence Services
Alberta Health Services
Edmonton, AB
04.2014 - 01.2018
- Led a team of data analysts, data visualization specialists, system administrators and business analysts in managing a number of data warehouses and secondary use repositories, and creating innovative strategies to support various lines of business and research.
- Closely collaborate with key business stakeholders in the development of an analytics roadmap and develop strategies to optimize the organization's investment in analytics software and tools.
- Designed an Enterprise Analytic Service for the organization bringing several legacy teams supporting clinical analytics into a single team with a defined business and service owner.
- Collaborated on the development of Strategic Questions document to define framework for analytic tools deployment in the Connect Care Program.
- Organized and directed a number of operational projects including the Analytic Software Rationalization Initiative and the Enterprise GIS Server Initiative leading to a solution that optimized the investment dollar.
- Envisioned and guided an initiative to develop a Business Intelligence Cluster solution which to store data for secondary use, where a source system did not have a data repository for this purpose.
- Provided insight and strategic advice on Statement of Works to ensure proposed work aligned with best practices as well as with overarching strategy for deploying Connect Care.
- Contributed and participated in various executive and governance committees including the Analytic Executive Council Working Group and the Connect Care Clinical Improvement Support Committee.
- Participated as a lead representative in the organization's cost savings (PBMA) initiative which solicited and examined proposal for optimizing the investment dollar by determining services which were best to invest in and which were best to reduce through disinvestments.
- Managed the IT Enterprise Analytics budget of approximately $600k
Manager, Web Presence & Web Collaboration Services
Alberta Health Services
04.2009 - 04.2014
- Provided tactical and Operational leadership to multiple teams namely the Web Presence Team, The Web Collaboration Team, the Secure Access Portal Team
- Also served as the manager for the Personal Health Portal Services Team up to Nov 2013
- Developed operational plans, technical and operational roadmaps, service level agreements and matrices for the efficient functioning of the teams
- Provided tactical guidance to 15+ chartered projects and transitioned a significant number of applications to production.
IT Project Lead / Systems Analyst for Alberta Cardiac Access Collaborative
Alberta Health Services
11.2007 - 04.2009
- Identified and implemented technical solutions for incorporating and analyzing clinical data from several former entities across the province into a single repository, in order to assist in determining how to reduce wait times for Cardiac patients across the province.
- Implemented a centralized repository in Oracle for the storage and manipulation of data provided by Alberta Health and Wellness to the project for the analysis and determinations of outcomes for the four cohorts in adult cardiac care for various programs and coordinated the efforts of internal data analysts an external consultants in the access, analysis and interpretation.
- Developed the Patient Navigation application used to streamline patients in the continuum of care and to improve access to planned care for patients with Acute Coronary syndromes, heart failures and those requiring cardiac device implementations.
- Provided technical support for the implementation of the LifeNet Alert system which EMS professionals use to transmit ECGs taken on mobile units to the cardiologists and other clinicians ahead of arrival in order to improve the wait time for the patient.
- Developed and implemented a website for the project to share information with the public, along with a secure area for members to share documents and collaborate.
- Implemented Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007 to facilitate the sharing of documents and collaborate on content in a secure environment.
- Provided technical support and design solutions for the Pediatric Cardiology program at the University of Alberta.
- Served as a member of the team which was tasked with developing the Business Continuity Plan for AHS-Edmonton.
Metrics & Reporting Specialist
Dell Computer Corporation
09.2006 - 11.2007
- Provided reporting solutions and reporting capabilities for managers and supervisors of technical support agents through the use of reporting tools which were connected to a number of databases located both locally and globally.
- Built a decision support system to provide data, capture insights, and deliver scorecards with performance metrics that combined customer feedback with processes and employee perspectives.
Manager, Web Services Team
The University of the West Indies, Mona Information Technology Services
01.1998 - 01.2006
- Led a team of analysts in the development and management of the Mona Campus' intranet, extranet and public website
- Led a project team to create and implement a single web presence for all the campuses of the University located in Jamaica, Barbados and Trinidad including development of the strategic framework and the management of stakeholder expectation.
- Served on the University's Strategic Transformation Team this was responsible for developing the five and ten year vision for the University.
- Led the Development one of the first home grown ecommerce systems in Jamaica for the University's Online Payment System.
- Developed a framework for the management of the Mona Campus' public and intranet website by drafting the University web policy and related procedures documents.
Education
Master of Science - Computer Based Management Information Systems
The University of The West Indies
Mona, JamaicaBBA - Business Administration (Finance Major)
University of Technology
Kingston, JamaicaDiploma - Business Administration (Accounting Major)
College of Arts, Science and Technology
Java Developer, Certified Database Operator
Oracle University
Agile Certified Practitioner
Global Knowledge / Project Management Institute
Toronto, ONSkills
- Predictive & Prescriptive Analytics
- Business Intelligence
- Data Governance
- Data Visualization
- Strategic leadership
- Partnership development
- Budgeting and financial management
- Innovation and creativity
- Data Warehouse
- Dashboarding & Metrics
Timeline
IT Program Director, Reporting & Analytics
Capital Health
11.2023 - Current
IT Program Director, Connect Care Reporting & Analytics
Alberta Health Services
04.2018 - 11.2023
IT Director, Enterprise Analytics & Business Intelligence Services
Alberta Health Services
04.2014 - 01.2018
Manager, Web Presence & Web Collaboration Services
Alberta Health Services
04.2009 - 04.2014
IT Project Lead / Systems Analyst for Alberta Cardiac Access Collaborative
Alberta Health Services
11.2007 - 04.2009
Metrics & Reporting Specialist
Dell Computer Corporation
09.2006 - 11.2007
Manager, Web Services Team
The University of the West Indies, Mona Information Technology Services
01.1998 - 01.2006
Master of Science - Computer Based Management Information Systems
The University of The West Indies
BBA - Business Administration (Finance Major)
University of Technology
Diploma - Business Administration (Accounting Major)
College of Arts, Science and Technology
Java Developer, Certified Database Operator
Oracle University
Agile Certified Practitioner
Global Knowledge / Project Management Institute