Mr. Schuette is an independent consultant in Social Technology in general and virtual reality in specific.    He was trained in computing at IBM in Cleveland, and has spent over 40 years in enterprise-level information technology.   His current focus is on use of virtual reality for teaching collaboration, teamwork, leadership,  mindfulness, and “a culture of safety.”

He has a bachelor’s degree in Physics, an MBA (1976, Cornell), an MPH (2008, Johns Hopkins) and a CDP (1978, Certificate in Data Processing from the Institute for the Certification of Computer Professionals).   He also completed 37 of the 40 credits in a Master of Computer Science program at the University of Michigan in Distributed Artificial Intelligence in the late 1990’s.

At Hopkins, his coursework included Patient Safety (taught by Peter Pronovost and Bryan Sexton),  and Disaster Preparedness.   His training includes Health Care Leadership at the Ross School of Business and Toyota Lean Thinking (5 days, Ann Arbor, with Jeff Liker, etc.)

He’s an active member of the Baha’i Faith,  and a private pilot.

He is a builder, scripter,  animator, and cinema creator in the virtual reality world Second Life and the OpenSim grids Jokaydia and 3rd Rock.  His areas of interest are specifically training health care workers for leadership roles and mindfulness, and virtual-reality simulations related to disaster preparedness drills focusing on first-responder, health care provider, and public health provider training.

He is also a member of the Systems Dynamics Society,  working in education in “systems thinking”, feedback,  and issues with modeling dynamic active adaptive multi-level systems.   Training students in “systems thinking” is also a major interest.

Research Interests:

 

Artificial Intelligence, Cooperative Distributed Problem Solving, Organizational Design,Toyota Lean Process training, Virtual Reality simulations

 

Education:

 

M.P.H. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, June 2008

C.D.P. - Certificate in Data Processing,  Institute for Certification of Computer Professionals, 1978

M.B.A. Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University, June 1976

A.B. Physics, with Distinction in All Subjects Cornell University, June, 1968.   National Merit Scholar.

 

Recent Continuing Education:

 

2008 5-day training by Jeff Liker and others from Toyota on Toyota s Lean Production Process,Ypsilanti MI.

 

Fall, 2006 SI689 Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 3-credit graduate course in the UMSchool of Information, taught by Professor Gary Olson.

 

1995-1999: Epidemiology Summer Sessions, UM School of Public Health:

* EPID 709 Fundamentals of Epidemiology

* EPID 729 Epidemiology and Public Health (CDC’s Phil Brachman)

* EPID 776 Bioterrorism Response (Ando Cinti)

* EPID 777 Geographic Information Systems ( ArcView)

* EPID 761 Social Epidemiology (Jon Kaplan)

 

1990-1996: 30 credits towards Masters of Engineering in Computer Science, University of Michigan.

(Ed Durfee, advisor). Courses included:

Artificial Intelligence in Medicine

Knowledge-Based Engineering

Cognitive Neuropsychological Assessment (Medical School)

Control Systems Engineering

Operating Systems

Complex Adaptive Systems ( with John Holland)

 

 

Honors and Awards, Licenses

    National Merit Scholar 1965-68.

    Private Pilot, Single-Engine Land, instrument qualified (1974-1995)

    CDP - Certificate in Data Processing,  Institute for Certification of

            Computer Professionals (1978)

 Languages

        English (native)

        Technical Russian (paid translator, Russian to English),

        Mandarin Chinese (Low Intermediate /read/write/listen/speak)

Organizational memberships (current)

    AMIA - American Medical Informatics Association

                (Starting with SCAMC in 1980)

    NLN - National League for Nursing

    SSH - Society for Simulation in Healthcare

    INACSL - Int’l Nursing Ass’n for Clinical Simulation & Learning

    AOPA - Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association

    Baha’i Faith

Previous Positions:

 

Senior Clinical Information Report Analyst, Physician Peer-Review project, Clinical Information and Decision Support Systems, Office of Clinical Affairs, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI (May 2007 - May 2009)

Systems Architect - Medical Information Systems, Medical Center Information Technologies (MCIT), University of Michigan Health System (March 2005 - May 2007)  

 

Manager, UM Hospital Central Transcription Systems group, MCIT - (2002 - 2005)   Managed 15 million record on-line full-text database through various Oracle database, operating system, and platform conversions. Reduced 8 hour turnaround to under 3 minutes.

 

Analyst / Programmer Clinical Data Repository, MCIT and

Pharmacy Interface Subproject Manager Clinical Orders Management System (EHR), MCIT. (1998 -  2002)

 

Systems Project Coordinator, Biostatistics Core, UMHS Cancer and Geriatrics Center (1995-1998)   Designed and implemented USA’s first web-based data-entry system for an NCI sponsored clinical trial.  (see publications)

 

Senior Systems Analyst, Parke-Davis Pharmaceutical Research Division of Warner Lambert, Ann Arbor, MI. (1989-1995)

            Image processing lead for biomedical research.

 

Database Specialist, Chief Administrative Systems designer, and Lecturer, Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University, Ithaca NY 14850 (1985 1989)

 

Information Systems Manager, Human Resources, Cornell University, Ithaca NY 14850 ( 1980-1985)

 

Director, Institutional Analysis and Planning, and Financial Analyst, Cornell University (central administration), Ithaca NY 14850 (1977-1980)

 

Systems Programmer / Analyst New York State Diagnostic Laboratory, NYS College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850 (1976-1977).    Worked on the team that ported Mass General Hospital’s EHR system (in MUMPS) to multi-species use.  200 users on-line with a full EHR - in 1976.

note - please use the menu tabs / links at the very top of this page to get to specifics on experience in teaching, biomedical imaging,  publications and patents,  .

last update:  1-December-2010