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Brent Noorda, RN, BSN
brent.noorda@gmail.com – www.brent-noorda.com/portfolio
St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
Education
Samuel Merritt University - Oakland, CA - May 2017
  Bachelor of Science in Nursing
	Summa Cum Laude - GPA 4.0 (including SMU and all prerequisite courses)
	Student Representative to SMU administration and faculty
	Member of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
	Clinical Sites spanning 7 hospitals, 3 EMR systems, and 1 Telehealth center
University of California - Berkeley, CA
  Bachelor of Science in Engineering Physics
	Highest Honors
Healthcare Licensures and Certifications
	RN - Florida Board of Nursing, Lic #9492196, exp Jul 2022
	RN - California Board of Registered Nursing, Lic #95135569, exp Oct 2020
	BLS/CPR/AED - American Heart Association, exp Nov 2020
	ACLS - American Heart Association, exp Nov 2020
	PALS - American Heart Association, exp Aug 2019
Registered Nursing Experience
    RN, Medical-Surgical Orthopedic - Palms of Pasadena Hospital – Dec 2018 - Apr 2020
	Perform assessments, wound care, pain control, intakes, and discharges for 5-6 pre-and post-surgical patients.
	IV, IM, enteral, subcutaneous and oral medication administration and documentation utilizing EMar and Alaris pumps.
	Educate patients regarding their medications, procedure and treatments. Provide preoperative, inter-operative and post-operative care instruction.
	Electronic documentation of patient plans of care, assessments, I/Os, safety, incidents, and progress.
	Graduate of StaRN nurse residency program.
	Multiple DAISY Award nominations.
    RN, Order of Malta Oakland Clinic – Mar-Aug 2018
	Patient intake & outpatient follow-up.
	Monitor records and coordinate among care across facilities for mammogram program.

Service Experience
Highlights of volunteer efforts to impact lives and communities:
    Ray & Tye Noorda Foundation – 2013-present
	Board chairman - Reorganized and staffed foundation for 12-year spend-down with large annual grants for education, health, and poverty relief
    Tri-City Mental Health Human Rights – early 2000s
	Chaired committee overseeing human rights issues for Tri-City Mental Health clients in Middlesex County, Massachusetts
	Performed site inspections, client interviews, and violation reviews
    Foster/Adoptive Parent – 1990-present
	Fostered and adopted two children with mental challenges and abuse histories
Computer Programming / Engineering Experience
Multiple positions, companies, and clients: 1980s-present
  All areas of the software industry:
	Programmer: hardware-level drivers to full-stack internet products
	Product Manager: design and team leadership for internal and commercial products
	Manager: from products to teams to founding four companies (with two acquisitions)
	Consultant: products always ahead of schedule and under-budget, and always of highest quality and reliability, currently including software for NASA’s most advanced satellite
for expanded software career experience, see www.brent-noorda.com/enginurse
Relevant skills demonstrated during career in computer technology:
    Communication
	Wrote technical manuals and sales brochures
	Speaker and panelist at industry conferences
    Teamwork
	Mediated between strong, diverse, conflicting personalities for effective cohesion
	Collaborated in industry standards bodies
    Critical Thinking
	Repaired complex multi-component systems in real time
	Created monitoring tools used to quickly assess and diagnose hardware and software errors
    Attention to Detail
	Developed fail-proof software selected by NASA to control the most complex and expensive satellite ever launched
    Leadership
	Experienced project leader, manager, startup founder, and CEO
	Role model to employees and coworkers for working together for the customer
	Invented and promoted the technology now used by almost all interactive web sites