Dennis C Hicks

Sr Vice President, Busniess Development at Symphion, Inc.
Summary
Dennis Hicks is a senior executive with extensive experience in healthcare provider IT services and operations, specializing in healthcare IT outsourcing, enterprise solutions and applications, and ITO managed services. He has a strategic and resourceful approach to managed services, IT operations, and outsourcing, which has allowed him to develop scalable, lean, and reliable environments that drive measurable results in operational efficiency, cost savings, information security, and business process optimization. 
Dennis excels at developing and releasing new products and enterprise solutions. He emphasizes the importance of positioning technology as a business tool to expand capabilities and boost user productivity and satisfaction. He engages teams to enhance service delivery and customer relationships, driving new, recurring, and add-on business by leading large-scale and long-term engagements. 
Over the course of his career, Dennis has held various leadership positions in the healthcare industry. He was the former National Director of Healthcare Solutions at RICOH, U.S. and the former Chief Information Officer at Abrazo Health Care, Western Region of Vanguard Health Systems. Additionally, he has served as the Senior Vice President of Product Development at Integrated Medical Networks (IMN), the President of Software Products at Tremont Medical, Inc., the Executive Director/Senior Consultant at National Healthtech Corp/MRI, and the Assistant Vice President of Operations and Development at OrNda HealthCorp (acquired by Tenet Health). 
Dennis has a Bachelor of Science from the University of Utah and additional expertise in P&L and budget management, team building, mentoring, strategic planning, vendor contract negotiations, outsourcing contract and modeling management, project management and planning, enterprise network management, product and software development, product release management, product quality assurance, and disaster recovery. He is currently the Senior Vice President of Business Development at Symphion, Inc. 