 Herman Oosterwijk (view resume) is OTech's president. He functions as lead instructor as well as consultant and overall project manager for most of the projects. He is very familiar with the PACS industry and technology because of his prior work experience as a PACS program and business unit manager with Philips, AT&T, and Kodak. He currently assists major PACS implementers such as the US Department of Veterans affairs, US Department of Defense, and other institutions defining their needs and generating the appropriate specifications and documentation for PACS purchases. In addition, he teaches and publishes extensively on PACS and related topics such as the Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) standard. He participates with the DICOM standardization effort since its inception in 1984 in various positions and working groups.
 Paul T. Gihring, B.S., P.E. functions as an instructor for our classes and DICOM workshops and is a technical consultant supporting our clients implementing connectivity solutions. Prior to OTech, Paul spent 25 years with General Electric, in particular the Nuclear medicine business, most recently as a senior project engineer. He has been involved with the DICOM standardization effort as well as implementing software on GE's nuclear medicine product line. He has a strong background in networking and software engineering.
 Carl T. Alletto, (view resume), M.S. is our regulatory consultant. He is a Certified Professional Consultant, ASQC Certified Quality Manager, Certified Software Quality Engineer, and Certified Quality Auditor. He offers a broad range of experience and expertise in the development, implementation, and assessment of medical device regulations, software quality, verification/validation, ISO 9000 certification, and FDA Good Manufacturing Practices. With over 20 years experience in a Fortune 500 company as Director of Regulatory Affairs and Vice President of Quality, he understands PACS medical device regulations 510(k) guidelines, compliance, and quality standards that are critical to a your business.
 Philip E. Larkin, R.T.(R), A.R.R.T. is OTech's instructor for the clinical PACS classes. Phil is currently the PACS Operations Manager at the Ohio State University Medical Center and has 26 yrs. experience as a Registered Technologist, with more than 20 years in Trauma/Emergency. He is involved in the clinical education of technologists and IT professionals, as well as Radiologic Technology, Nuclear Medicine and MRI students in the specialty programs at The Ohio State University Medical Center.
 Thurman Clark Jr., CCNA, is our instructor for the IT PACS classes and also a frequent guest speaker at our PACS classes on the subject of networking. He has 20 years of experience in networking and voice switching at Nortel Networks, IP Communications and MCI, having worked in technical education, translations engineering and provisioning. In addition to technical instruction, he has also taught business and operational excellence courses to telecommunications professionals and managers.
 Johanna Oosterwijk, is our business manager. Her background in the healthcare field ranges from being a RN, working in anesthesiology, to practicing as a licensed hypnotherapist and teach about alternative medicine and energy work. For OTech, she handles accounts payable and receivables. She is also responsible for all seminar coordination, including registration and she maintains our corporate database. If you have any questions about our products our services, do not hesitate to contact her via phone or e-mail and she will be able to help you and/or refer you to the right person.
 Mike Henderson (view resume), our HL7 instructor, graduated magna cum laude from Wheeling College with a BS in Mathematics (Computer Science). Mike Henderson has more than 20 years' experience in information technology. He developed clinical and interface solutions for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Antrim Corporation, and Kaiser Permanente. Mike is co-chair of the Health Level Seven Control/Query Technical Committee and of the IHE IT Infrastructure Technical Committee. He is a frequent speaker on integration topics and is the author of the OTech HL7 Messaging book.
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