Detail- and results-driven Technical Healthcare Development Professional who has progressively worked in a wide range of projects and technologies.

1. RICK THIESSEN
609 S. Ashwood Ct., Nixa, MO 65714  (417) 714-9368  rickxix@ymail.com  www.linkedin.com/in/rickthiessen
INTEGRATION DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONAL
Detail- and results-driven Technical Healthcare Development Professional who has progressively worked in a wide range
of projects and technologies. Expansive knowledge in integration of electronic health records and health information
systems. Clear, confident communicator who easily builds rapport with teams, as well as nurturing partnerships with
colleagues, and customers. Notable experience includes design, and development of an HL7 Server in Ruby.
A R E A S O F S T R E N G T H
 Extensive HL7 Interface Integration
 Linux/Unix Management
 Process Improvements
 VPN Setup
 Software Development
 Troubleshooting
P R O F E S S I O N A L E X P E R I E N C E
DIGNITY HEALTH 2014 – Present
Interface Developer
Interface development with ESQL in IBM WebSphere Message Broker, Message Queues, and Java
Network Adapters on AIX Unix. Technote creation and documentation of interface testing.
Accomplishments:
 Developed and deployed interfaces currently in production for Hospital and Ambulatory Systems.
AURORA HEALTHCARE / ACL LABS 2014
Interface Developer
Interface development with Lua in the Iguana HL7 Engine.
Accomplishments:
 Increased message processing speed from interface to database. From 20 messages per second to 75 messages
per second.
 Created an interface to move years worth of HL7 text documents from file server to SQL Server.
Mergers:
PROGNOSIS HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS, Houston, TX 2011 – 2014
CREATIVE HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS, Springfield, MO 2010 – 2011
DevOps
HL7 Interface development and maintenance. Server and network design and maintenance. Developed add-ons to
Enterprise software.
Accomplishments:
 Designed and implemented company standard interfaces for ADT, DFT, and Encoding.
 Developed automated interface monitoring and alert system for company and clients.
 Re-designed the printer system in the Enterprise Financial Software.
 Data Center design and setup for hosting client servers.
O T H E R R E L E V A N T E X P E R I E N C E
Systems / Network Analyst, EMPIRE BANK, Springfield, MO 1997-2004
Highlights: Administrator for Netware 4, Citrix, Windows NT, ARCServer, MSSQL, and 15 location WAN.
Web Site Design, Freelance
Highlights: Designed with CouchDB’s NoSQL Database and Server Side Javascript.

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E D U C A T I O N & T R A I N I N G
Computer Information Systems
Missouri State University, Springfield, MO
Certifications, A+, Certified Netware Engineer
K E Y S K I L L S A S S E S S M E N T
DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR (DBA): Oracle MySQL, and MS SQL Server.
INTERFACE DEVELOPMENT – Wrote and implemented numerous interfaces to a variety of systems/devices such as labs,
Pyxis, Omnicell, Transcription, Billing Interfaces, Pharmacy, and Surgical Systems.
Highly experienced with HL7/XML Interface Development.
NETWORKING: Proven expertise in networking including routing, switches, wiring, network topology design, VPN
technology with Sonicwall.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY- Server hardware technology, system design, RAID, mirroring, storage, troubleshooting,
and high availability.
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES – Java Script, HTML5, CSS, Ruby on Rails, Lua and highly experienced with
Windows/Linux/Unix.
QUALITY ASSURANCE – Test Driven Development.