Josh Otten

Associate Vice President, Chief Technology Officer at Adventist HealthCare

Josh Otten's work experience begins in 2009 at Bob Hall Budweiser, where they worked as a Sales representative, managing over 100 sales accounts and coordinating a team of delivery drivers for three counties.

In 2011, they joined Booz Allen Hamilton as a Consultant and later advanced to the role of Senior Consultant. During their time there, they served as a project manager, providing support for the application infrastructure of VA Connected Care mobile applications. Josh also designed an escalation process for application defects and enhancements and led a team providing Tier III escalation support. Additionally, they provided project management and Scrum Master support for build management activities and application-level performance monitoring.

Since 2016, Josh has been working at Adventist HealthCare, initially as a Technology Solutions Architect and later as the Director of IT - Solutions Engineering. In these roles, they led large-scale technology implementation and upgrade projects, supporting the organization's growth strategy. Noteworthy projects include overseeing IT activities for the construction and opening of a new acute care hospital, managing multi-million-dollar IT procurements, and designing and implementing the entire IT infrastructure.

Josh's expertise extends to various aspects such as low-voltage cabling, LAN and WLAN infrastructure, telecom infrastructure, server infrastructure, radio communications, EMR build/configuration/testing, and implementation of patient engagement and building automation systems. Josh also managed IP schema and network security/segmentation and played a leadership role in hospital transition planning and execution.

In January 2021, Josh transitioned to the role of IT Director Solutions Engineering and Design & Architecture at Adventist HealthCare, where they continue to contribute their expertise in scaling enterprise technology and standards.

Josh Otten earned a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management from the University of Maryland Global Campus. Josh also obtained several certifications, including ITIL 4 Foundation from PeopleCert in 2022 and Project Management Professional from the Project Management Institute in 2018. There are additional certifications listed, but details regarding their institution, obtained month, and year are not provided.

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