Formerly with Symantec and Microsoft; Brings 19 Years of Healthcare Leadership

Denver, CO – May 13, 2013 – Aventura, the company that makes clinicians’ work flow, announced today that John Gobron, 46, has been appointed as acting Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Gobron replaces Howard Diamond, former CEO, who is retiring after leading the company through its years of early growth.

“We would like to thank Howard for his dedication and contributions to the company over the years,” commented Caleb Winder, partner at Excel Ventures and Aventura Board Member. “John is an accomplished executive with a passion for innovation and solving problems for customers. We are thrilled that he will be applying his experience and depth of knowledge to lead Aventura’s next stage of growth.”

Mr. Gobron currently serves as Vice President of Sales & Marketing, having joined Aventura from Symantec, where he led the company’s Americas Healthcare Vertical. Prior to that, Gobron led Microsoft’s Health Solutions business in England. Before that, he was the EMEA General Manager at Sentillion, a healthcare-specific identity and access management company. During his eight years at Sentillion, he held various sales and executive roles including leading the company’s expansion into Europe and helping to manage its acquisition by Microsoft in 2009. Gobron also served as CEO of USTeleHealth, a leading telephone nurse triage services company, and led the company from startup to successful acquisition.

“Healthcare is inherent in John’s professional DNA. He understands the pain that today’s healthcare organizations are facing and works collaboratively with them to help solve their problems,” said T. (Teo) Forcht Dagi, MD, DMedSc, MPH, MBA, partner at HLM Venture Partners and Aventura Board Member. ”Aventura’s elegant technology helps their customers to solve the difficult problems of instantly and securely accessing critical healthcare information at the right time, in the right place, for the right patient.”

 The driving force of healthcare IT today is the use, meaningful or otherwise, of clinical systems to help drive better outcomes. One of the torturous challenges for clinicians has always been usability of these systems. Aventura’s unique capability of enabling patient- and location-aware virtualized access on any device makes these systems more responsive for doctors and nurses.  Using patented technology, Aventura anticipates what applications clinicians need to access, what functionality they need to utilize, and who the patient is - all in real time, leading to improved efficiencies, better financials, and a more patient-centric healthcare delivery system. 

“For decades, human beings have had to adapt themselves to the limitations of how computers work. With Aventura, computers can now adapt to how people work. We enable a visceral change to the status quo of healthcare computing,” said Gobron. “Aventura is a well-capitalized company with an insanely bright team and great customers.  I look forward to building upon this impressive foundation.”

About Aventura:

Aventura improves the workflow of doctors and nurses by providing the information they need, when and where they need it. Aventura’s context and location aware computing intelligence orchestrates technologies already in place, making them responsive to the user. Aventura provides tools that help clinicians practice more productively and effectively, allowing them to spend more time with patients. Aventura improves clinician satisfaction, increases EMR use at the point of care, and allows focus on the quality of care. Learn more at www.aventurahq.com.

Company Overview:

Aventura. We’re a rowdy family of technology buffs passionate about solving an enormous problem in hospitals: clinical computing isn’t working for clinicians. Doctors and nurses are going nuts because their key software is slow as molasses and can’t even follow them around. What they need is what we’ve got–a totally new architecture based on one idea: technology should work for people, not the other way around. We have an awesome leader, a team that’s burning it at both ends for stuff they really believe in, and insanely happy customers. Only one problem: you’re not here.

What we’re looking for:

This isn’t your father’s day job. For starters, we want personality. We want innovative thinking. We want personality. We want people who make it their business to bring some life to the party. Oh, and a superhero’s mix of humor, creative thinking, passion, tech savvy, and actually caring about making a difference in the lives of people.

Position Purpose: 

If you love variety in your job, from facilitating meetings to tracking deadlines to writing documentation, the Project Manager position might be right for you. The Project Manager position uses problem-solving abilities to manage internal projects while creating documentation for those projects. This role is accountable for successful on-time delivery of assigned projects. The Project Manager works directly with company leaders and development team members to develop and maintain project plans, manage project schedules and communications, and proactively resolve issues and risks associated with the project. This position is based in the Denver area and may require some limited travel. 

Position Description:

• Work with product management and software development teams to develop detailed project plans for assigned software development projects.
• Work with company leadership to plan and manage internal process improvement projects.
• Develop and manage project schedules to ensure timely project completions.
• Proactively manage projects to identify and resolve issues and mitigate risks.
• Continuously monitor the status of project tasks and budgets.
• Manage project communications to ensure that stakeholders are aware of status, risks and issues for the project.
• Create explanatory documents, reference materials, and diagrams to help staff understand software development requirements.
• Develop standardized and reliable methods and tools for Aventura’s project management function.
• Maintain a high level of expertise in best practices for project management.
• Use Rally (Aventura’s Agile SDLC tool) to document specifications and schedules for project tasks.

Required Technical Skills:

• At least three years of professional experience in the software industry working as a project manager, or in a technical role (such as in Quality Assurance or technical writing) with project management experience.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite of products, including MS-Project.

Desired Skills:

The successful candidate will have one or more of the following:

• Experience in healthcare software, workflows and business processes.
• Experience with virtualization technologies.
• Experience working in an emerging, fast-paced software company.
• PMP certification.
• Hands-on experience with Agile software-development processes.

Personal Competencies:

• The desire and ability to understand technical and functional product detail and distill it into clear and compelling project plans.
• Ability to work cooperatively and collaboratively with Software Developers, Software Architects and Quality Assurance Engineers.
• A passion for customers and a strong desire to tackle a variety of challenging technical issues in a groundbreaking virtual desktop solution.
• Able to adapt quickly to a complex environment and learn new concepts and technologies.
• High degree of integrity and honesty.
• Respect, confidence and decisiveness in dealing with others.
• Well organized and detail oriented.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
• Superior analytical and problem solving skills.
• Ability to work independently to prioritize work and multi-task to support multiple concurrent projects.
• Composure under pressure.

Experience and Education:

• BA/BS college degree (or equivalent experience) in a related field.

Additional Requirements:

• May require some travel

Benefits:

• Realistic, while not quite European vacation.
• Sick and Holiday time.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Choice of RTD Eco Pass (for bus and light rail travel) or discounted garage parking.
• A great environment that promotes casual dress, a flexible work schedule, and the occasional work-from-home option.

To Apply:

If you’d like to use your powers for good, send an email to: jobs@aventurahq.com with:

• Your résumé.
• The position you want.
• A letter telling us more than you’re looking for a job. 40+ hours is a lot of time to spend with someone, so give us an idea of what we’re getting ourselves into. Yes, tell us about your experience, but please also tell us a little about who you really are.

First, the bad news. The world of HIT is more dangerous than ever. From civil unrest in every corner of your hospital to global warming causing infestations of polar bears in your cafeterias, it seems as if danger lurks around every corner. But the good news is: the keys to surviving any of HIT’s sudden turns for the worst are contained in this book. Don’t panic. Have a plan. Aventura is here to help.

Former HIMSS Chair Barry P. Chaiken, MD, MPH, FHIMSS discusses the how properly integrated clinical decision support systems and evidence-based clinical workflows can achieve acceptable value from our healthcare spending.

Company Overview:

Aventura. We’re a rowdy family of technology buffs passionate about solving an enormous problem in hospitals: clinical computing isn’t working for clinicians. Doctors and nurses are going nuts because their key software is slow as molasses and can’t even follow them around. What they need is what we’ve got–a totally new architecture based on one idea: technology should work for people, not the other way around. We have an awesome leader, a team that’s burning it at both ends for stuff they really believe in, and insanely happy customers. Only one problem: you’re not here.

What we’re looking for:

This isn’t your father’s day job. For starters, we want personality. We want innovative thinking. We want personality. We want people who make it their business to bring some life to the party. Oh, and a superhero’s mix of humor, creative thinking, passion, tech savvy, and actually caring about making a difference in the lives of people.

Position Purpose: 

The Build Master and Test Developer will be responsible for enhancing the efficiency of our development, testing, product release process, verification, validation, execution and development of the Aventura software product to defined specifications. This position will be accountable for test plan execution, and code documentation and development. This position reports to the Director of Development and is based in downtown Denver.

Position Description:

• Balance of responsibilities will be approximately 60 percent Build Master and 40 percent Development and Test Development, varying by need.
• Develop and maintain our build automation process, product installation tools, and configuration management system.
• Set up and configure testing environments across multiple platforms and operating systems.
• Provide configuration management expertise to the Product Development team.
• Design, document, research and learn the core code base of the Aventura software solution. Programming languages are primarily C++ and C#.
• Design, develop and run unit tests against the core technology.
• Work closely with small engineering teams using agile development methodologies to qualify all software projects and functionality for delivery of the Aventura enterprise architecture.
• Ensure components of the Aventura solution meet pre-defined feature, function, reliability and performance requirements of customers and integration partners.
• Work closely with Software Development and Quality Assurance teams to diagnose and repair components of the Aventura software solution using sound validation techniques and tools.
• Interact regularly with Solutions Engineers to ensure components of the Aventura solution integrate with primary applications in the customer environment. Ensure location-based functions of the application such as printing and patient census are functioning properly.
• Participate in research of new technology and validation and certification of tools/methodologies to improve the delivery and quality of the Aventura software solution.
• Perform formal software functional analysis and performance analysis.

Required Technical Skills:

• Demonstrate proficiency in automated software testing tools/ methodologies.
• Well versed in VisualStudio, Python and C++.
• Experience with Buildbot or Bamboo.
• Knowledge of source control tools including SVN, CVS, and TFS.
• Experience leading continuous integration of software for Agile development teams.
• Experience working with complex threading and memory models.
• Experience with unit test frameworks such as Junit, cpp unit, and TDD.
• Proficiency in diagnosing, reporting, tracking and resolving quality issues.
• Understanding of sound development and diagnostic techniques.
• Understanding of the Microsoft Windows operating system including Active Directory, Terminal Services and the registry.

Desired Technical Skills:

• Experience with virtualization is a strong plus.
• Experience in healthcare is a strong plus.
• Mathematical background is a strong plus.

Personal Competencies:

• Ability to work cooperatively and collaboratively with Developers, Solutions Engineers and Quality Assurance Engineers.
• A passion for customers and a strong desire / interest to tackle a variety of challenging technical issues in a groundbreaking virtual desktop solution.
• Ability to work closely with an engineering team to meet scheduled and quality objectives using the Scrum agile development method.
• Mathematical, analytical mindset.
• High degree of integrity and honesty.
• Efficient execution and adaptable to a fast-changing environment.
• Treats people with respect, is confident and decisive.
• Energetic and well organized. Pays attention to detail. Strong work ethic.
• Calm under pressure and able to maintain a good strategic sense.
• Listens well and is a good communicator.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Superior analytical and problem solving skills. Ability to prioritize their work and that of others, as well as multi-task.
• Demonstrate proactive leadership in collection of information and work cross-functionally to resolve broader scale issues.

Experience and Education:

• BS college degree (or equivalent experience) in a technical field (EE or Computer Science).
• Minimum 5 years of Programming or Quality Assurance experience with an infrastructure solutions provider, network solutions provider, or major hardware or software provider.
• Minimum of 3 years with hands-on systems and build management. 

Additional Requirements:

• May require some after hours on-call support.

Benefits:

• Realistic, while not quite European vacation.
• Sick and Holiday time.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Choice of RTD Eco Pass (for bus and light rail travel) or discounted garage parking.
• A great environment that promotes casual dress, a flexible work schedule, and the occasional work-from-home option.

To Apply:

If you’d like to use your powers for good, send an email to: jobs@aventurahq.com with:

• Your résumé.
• The position you want.
• A letter telling us more than you’re looking for a job. 40+ hours is a lot of time to spend with someone, so give us an idea of what we’re getting ourselves into. Yes, tell us about your experience, but please also tell us a little about who you really are.

In an effort to uncover the true IT trends in the provider space, Healthcare Technology Online surveyed 183 contacts representing IDNs, hospitals, group practices, and other healthcare facilities to gain first-hand insight into their health IT projects and focus areas for 2013. They used this data for their Top 10 Health IT Trends for the year.

Aventura Healthcare Advisory Board member Barry P. Chaiken, MD, MPH, FHIMSS, was featured in the research and discussed how to leverage the full capabilities of IT tools and embedded clinical decision support systems (CDSS).

See the article in Healthcare Technology Online here. 

Next Generation CDSS: Patient-Centered Workflow

By Barry P. Chaiken, MD, FHIMSS

January 29, 2013

In the design of successful health IT implementations, patients matter. Although the importance of addressing the workflow needs of clinicians cannot be overstated, focusing on patient needs helps ensure newly designed workflows leverage the full capabilities of IT tools and embedded clinical decision support systems (CDSS). In addition, this delivers the clinical and financial outcomes desired by organizations. Entities that ignore the needs of clinicians in designing health IT-driven workflows can expect to experience either low levels of health IT adoption among clinicians, suboptimal patient care results, or both. Focusing on patient care provides a framework in which to create effective workflows that leverage new technologies and CDSS to deliver promised value to patients and caregivers.

To effectively implement CDSS and health IT, organizations must understand in depth the capabilities of the available information technology, the requirements of the practicing clinicians, and the expected outcomes of all impacted stakeholders (i.e., patient, clinician, organization, etc.). Teams built from a cross section of disciplines and perspectives hold the greatest promise in designing effective workflows embedded with CDSS. Building a comprehensive, clinically relevant workflow across caregivers allows for efficient deployment of CDSS and the use of resources to achieve specific patient goals.

The specific needs of the healthcare industry make it an ideal match with workflow concepts. Healthcare involves complex procedures that include both clinical and administrative tasks. As a result, workflow increases efficiency and effectiveness through the maximal integration and use of relevant, timely information, the main goal of any CDSS. Readily available health information technologies also offer invaluable tools such as single sign-on (SSO), roaming desktops, location awareness, and fast-user switching to support impactful patient-centered workflows.

Patient-centered workflow requires stringing together individual steps, linking processes, and bridging activities by multiple caregivers to create an effective orchestration of resources to enhance the health of the patient. Technology provides only the toolkit to achieve these workflows. Knowledgeable professionals from multiple disciplines synergistically working together hold the potential to build efficient models for care. Focusing on the patient, rather than the technology or an individual participant in the workflow, provides the greatest opportunity to achieve successful outcomes that benefit the clinician, organization, and patient.

Denver, CO

COMPANY OVERVIEW:

Aventura. We’re a rowdy family of technology buffs passionate about solving an enormous problem in hospitals: clinical computing isn’t working for clinicians. Doctors and nurses are going nuts because their key software is slow as molasses and can’t even follow them around. What they need is what we’ve got—a totally new architecture based on one idea: technology should work for people, not the other way around. We have an awesome leader, a team that’s burning it at both ends for stuff they really believe in, and insanely happy customers. Only one problem: you’re not here.

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR:

This isn’t your father’s day job. For starters, we want personality. We want innovative thinking.  We want people who make it their business to bring some life to the party. Oh, and a superhero’s mix of humor, creative thinking, passion, tech savvy, and actually caring about making a difference in the lives of people.

POSITION SUMMARY:

As a senior member of Aventura’s product management team, the Product Manager is responsible for ensuring that Aventura’s product meets marketplace needs. The Product Manager translates business goals for the software product into detailed specifications that drive software development. Duties include working with software developers to plan and estimate software development tasks, manage schedules and serve as the subject matter expert for assigned aspects of the Aventura product. This position reports to the Chief Development and Product Officer. Work is based in downtown Denver with some travel required.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop expertise in industry trends, customer needs and emerging technologies for an assigned aspect of the Aventura product.
• Work with senior leadership to define product direction and software development initiatives.
• Conduct research and interviews with customers and Aventura staff to identify and document potential new product features.
• Work with marketing personnel to evaluate the revenue potential for new product features.
• Evaluate costs and benefits of development initiatives and, as appropriate, develop detailed business cases analyses.
• Document functional requirements, technical specifications and testing requirements that guide the software development team.
• Work with the Chief Development and Product Officer, Software Developers, Software Architects and Quality Assurance Engineers to jointly plan and manage software development cycles.
• Use Aventura’s Agile SDLC tool to document the status and schedules of user stories, defects, iterations and releases.
• Participate in research of new technology, development tools and methodologies to improve the delivery of Aventura software.
• Maintain a high level of proficiency with Aventura’s Agile SDLC tools.
• Continuously invest to maintain competencies and gain new skills.

• Experience working with software development processes and teams.
• Experience writing technical specification documents.
• Experience using MS-Excel to create financial spreadsheets.
• Desire and ability to understand technical and functional product detail and distill it into clear and compelling product specifications.

TO APPLY:

If you’d like to use your powers for good, send an email to: jobs@aventurahq.com with:

• Your résumé
• The position you want
• A letter telling us more than you’re looking for a job. 40+ hours is a lot of time to spend with someone, so give us an idea of what we’re getting ourselves into. Yes, tell us about your experience (including income history), but please also tell us a little about who you really are.

Denver, CO

COMPANY OVERVIEW:

Aventura. We’re a rowdy family of technology buffs passionate about solving an enormous problem in hospitals: clinical computing isn’t working for clinicians. Doctors and nurses are going nuts because their key software is slow as molasses and can’t even follow them around. What they need is what we’ve got—a totally new architecture based on one idea: technology should work for people, not the other way around. We have an awesome leader, a team that’s burning it at both ends for stuff they really believe in, and insanely happy customers. Only one problem: you’re not here.

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR:

This isn’t your father’s day job. For starters, we want personality. We want innovative thinking.  We want people who make it their business to bring some life to the party. Oh, and a superhero’s mix of humor, creative thinking, passion, tech savvy, and actually caring about making a difference in the lives of people.

POSITION SUMMARY:

As a member of Aventura’s product management team, the Systems Analyst is responsible for ensuring that Aventura’s product meets marketplace needs. The Systems Analyst translates high-level product requirements into detailed specifications that drive software development. Duties include working with software developers to plan and estimate software development tasks, manage schedules and serve as the subject matter expert for assigned aspects of the Aventura product. This position reports to the Chief Development and Product Officer. Work is based in downtown Denver with some travel required.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop expertise in industry trends, customer needs and emerging technologies for an assigned aspect of the Aventura product.
• Evaluate costs and benefits of development initiatives.
• Document functional requirements, technical specifications and testing requirements that guide the software development team.
• Work with the Software Developers, Software Architects and Quality Assurance Engineers to jointly plan and manage software development cycles.
• Use Aventura’s Agile SDLC tool to document the status and schedules of user stories, defects, iterations and releases.
• Maintain a high level of proficiency with Aventura’s Agile SDLC tools.
• Continuously invest to maintain competencies and gain new skills.

TO APPLY:

If you’d like to use your powers for good, send an email to: jobs@aventurahq.com with:

• Your résumé
• The position you want
• A letter telling us more than you’re looking for a job. 40+ hours is a lot of time to spend with someone, so give us an idea of what we’re getting ourselves into. Yes, tell us about your experience (including income history), but please also tell us a little about who you really are.

Denver, CO

COMPANY OVERVIEW:

Aventura. We’re a rowdy family of technology buffs passionate about solving an enormous problem in hospitals: clinical computing isn’t working for clinicians. Doctors and nurses are going nuts because their key software is slow as molasses and can’t even follow them around. What they need is what we’ve got—a totally new architecture based on one idea: technology should work for people, not the other way around. We have an awesome leader, a team that’s burning it at both ends for stuff they really believe in, and insanely happy customers. Only one problem: you’re not here.

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR:

This isn’t your father’s day job. For starters, we want personality. We want innovative thinking.  We want people who make it their business to bring some life to the party. Oh, and a superhero’s mix of humor, creative thinking, passion, tech savvy, and actually caring about making a difference in the lives of people.

POSITION SUMMARY:

As a senior member of Aventura’s product management team, the Senior Systems Analyst is responsible for ensuring that Aventura’s product meets marketplace needs. The Senior Systems Analyst translates business goals for the software product into detailed specifications that drive software development. Duties include working with software developers to plan and estimate software development tasks, manage schedules and serve as the subject matter expert for assigned aspects of the Aventura product. This position reports to the Chief Development and Product Officer. Work is based in downtown Denver with some travel required.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop expertise in industry trends, customer needs and emerging technologies for an assigned aspect of the Aventura product.
• Work with senior leadership to define product direction and software development initiatives.
• Conduct research and interviews with customers and Aventura staff to identify and document potential new product features.
• Work with marketing personnel to evaluate the revenue potential for new product features.
• Evaluate costs and benefits of development initiatives and, as appropriate, develop detailed business cases analyses.
• Document functional requirements, technical specifications and testing requirements that guide the software development team.
• Work with the Chief Development and Product Officer, Software Developers, Software Architects and Quality Assurance Engineers to jointly plan and manage software development cycles.
• Use Aventura’s Agile SDLC tool to document the status and schedules of user stories, defects, iterations and releases.
• Participate in research of new technology, development tools and methodologies to improve the delivery of Aventura software.
• Maintain a high level of proficiency with Aventura’s Agile SDLC tools.
• Continuously invest to maintain competencies and gain new skills.

• Experience working with software development processes and teams.
• Experience writing technical specification documents.
• Experience using MS-Excel to create financial spreadsheets.
• Desire and ability to understand technical and functional product detail and distill it into clear and compelling product specifications.

TO APPLY:

If you’d like to use your powers for good, send an email to: jobs@aventurahq.com with:

• Your résumé
• The position you want
• A letter telling us more than you’re looking for a job. 40+ hours is a lot of time to spend with someone, so give us an idea of what we’re getting ourselves into. Yes, tell us about your experience (including income history), but please also tell us a little about who you really are.

Aventura, the leader in context aware software for hospitals, has integrated with Picis’ ED PulseCheck EMR system to give end users advanced functionality to allow computer systems to keep pace with the high demands of the ED environment. Near instant logins, multiple users from a single device, session portability, automatic printer updating and auto-populating patient context are just some of the features that have allowed Aventura and Picis to help increase ED throughput with ED PulseCheck for many hospitals. The combined Aventura ED PulseCheck solution can now be installed on tablets, such as iPads and workstations on wheels, for complete mobile functionality. Let us show you how adding Aventura to your organization’s ED PulseCheck EMR can result in an improved, time-saving workflow strategy for your ED.