Denise A. Hughes, MSIS, currently serves as the IS Infrastructure Team Lead at Northwestern Medicine since August 2019, focusing on the secure transfer of data between ancillary systems and the Epic Ambulatory Medical Records System. With extensive experience as a Senior Integration Analyst and a Quality Assurance Analyst II within the same organization, Denise has contributed to significant projects such as Project One, which consolidated multiple EMR systems. Prior roles include consulting, programming, and software engineering in various companies, with responsibilities ranging from database management to system maintenance and training staff in financial software. Denise holds a Master's degree in Information Systems from Aspen University, a Certificate in Healthcare Billing and Coding from Northwestern College, and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Roosevelt University.