Healthcare IT Consulting
20+ years driving innovation across McKesson, Change Healthcare, and enterprise healthcare systems. Available for cloud strategy, technical debt assessment, and enterprise architecture engagements.
// What I Do
End-to-end cloud adoption planning using proven 12-tenet governance frameworks. AWS and Azure migration strategy, cost optimization, and HIPAA-compliant architecture design.
Holistic enterprise architecture reviews, reference architecture design, and cross-team governance models that eliminate silos and accelerate delivery.
Clinical data normalization and enterprise service design that bridges disparate healthcare data systems into unified, compliant platforms.
Systematic portfolio reviews to categorize applications into Cloud-First, Lift-and-Shift, or Maintenance Mode with clear budgetary and roadmap implications.
Multi-year strategic roadmaps that align executive stakeholders, engineering teams, and business objectives into actionable, phased execution plans.
Strategic partner program development, vendor rationalization, and enterprise contract negotiation. Proven track record managing multi-million dollar technology partnerships.
Identify overspend, right-size workloads, and implement financial governance frameworks. Drive measurable cost reduction without sacrificing performance or compliance.
Comprehensive compliance assessments for HIPAA, PHI/PII data handling, and regulated data workflows. Establish privacy-by-design architectures that satisfy Legal, InfoSec, and audit requirements.
Audit and consolidate fragmented technology portfolios to reduce licensing sprawl, eliminate redundancy, and drive standardization across the enterprise.
// Career History
Gene Baker Consulting · Smyrna, GA
Contracted enterprise engagements covering cloud adoption planning, technical debt evaluation, technical roadmap planning, and customer needs assessments. Available for contract and interim engagements.
Change Healthcare
Promoted during McKesson divestiture. Orchestrated collaboration across 8 application teams and 5 internal partners — Legal, Privacy, InfoSec, Customer Success, and Compliance. Launched the Technology Adoption & Approval Process, CodeFest Hackathon, and the Distinguished Technologist program.
McKesson Corporation · Office of the CTO
Developed and standardized McKesson’s enterprise Cloud Adoption Program with 12 embedded governance tenets. Led the Clinical Interoperability and Data Normalization program. Managed $15M+ in strategic partner contracts with Microsoft, Oracle, and Intel.
McKesson Corporation
Owned all standards, strategy, and roadmaps across network, mobility, hardware, storage, DR, virtualization, security, and enterprise backup for the entire Healthcare IT business unit.
McKesson Corporation
Managed 14 architects and engineers. Served as Chief Architect for McKesson’s Remote Hosting debut — designing everything from Network to Thin Client to Active-Active Load Balancing. Founded and chaired the Architectural Review Board.
McKesson Corporation
Designed hospital and health system technology solutions; introduced Single Sign On, Mobile Security, Enterprise Servers and Storage, and new assessment offerings to the solution portfolio.
Dell · Austin, TX
Designed and deployed “Network in a Can” — a multi-system zero-touch deployment solution across Americas manufacturing facilities. Managed 1.4M sq ft expansion, 15,000+ download ports, and 50+ core switches. Led to multiple patents and two new facility designs.
// Core Skills
// Awards & Patents
Award · McKesson 2010 & 2016
Recognized for sustained exemplary performance and dedication to innovative technical mindset within McKesson’s technical community. One of fewer than a dozen recipients to receive the award twice.
Award · McKesson 2010
Awarded for the Remote Hosting Architecture project — a landmark initiative that defined McKesson’s cloud hosting capabilities and became the blueprint for enterprise remote infrastructure.
US Patents #6,499,115 · #6,651,093 · #6,654,347
Patents covering Burn Rack Dynamic VLAN Configuration, Intra-Building and Campus-Wide Dynamic Private Communications — foundational to next-generation network automation.
US Patent #9,053,338
Patent covering Dynamic Automated Exception Handling of Protected Data as it pertains to Healthcare Environments — addressing HIPAA-critical data handling workflows in enterprise systems.
// Get in Touch
Available for contract and interim engagements in cloud strategy, technical debt assessment, enterprise architecture, and healthcare IT enablement.
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Location
Smyrna, GA · Atlanta Metro