Delaware Division of Public Health
Information Management Services Bureau
417 Federal Street
Dover,
DE
USA
19901
marcy.parykaza@state.de.us
Biographical Sketch:
Ms. Parykaza is currently the State Health Information Technology (HIT) Coordinator and Chief of the Bureau of Information Management Services for the State of Delaware, Division of Public Health. Ms. Parykaza has over 25 years experience working as an Information Technology professional in both the public and the private sector. Ms Parykaza is currently responsible for IT planning, Health IT activities, strategic direction, coordination, budget and expenditure approval, technology procurement and management of all Division of Public Health IT assets. As an IT consultant Ms. Parykaza’s roles have included Senior Technical Architect, Business Process Engineer, Database Designer, Project Manager and Training Facilitator. Ms. Parykaza has implemented centralized networked environments, help desk organizations and Project Offices. Ms Parykaza has received the Malcolm Baldridge Award for quality initiatives and has participated in the training and implementation of the Capability Maturity Module (CMM) process. She is a Mid-Atlantic Health Leadership scholar and a recipient of the American Medical Informatics Association Public Health Informatics 10 X 10 program. Ms Parykaza is the President of the National Association for Public Health Information, a member of the board for the Public Health data Standards Consortium and on the Advisory Board for the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Applied Informatics Program. Ms. Parykaza received her Masters in Information Technology from the University of Maryland.