Summary
Joseph Slaker is an IT security and infrastructure leader with 11 years of experience across healthcare and financial environments, currently serving as IT Security Manager at BlueLinx Corporation. He combines hands-on systems administration in Windows and Linux/Unix with strategic oversight of datacenter consolidation, monitoring, and asset management programs that drove measurable cost and efficiency gains. At St. Francis Hospital he led infrastructure operations for a 376-bed facility, instituted formal change management and incident response processes, and rolled out DCIM, KMS, and asset tracking to reduce single points of failure. Joseph’s background in HL7 interface development and enterprise monitoring demonstrates a rare blend of security, integration, and operational reliability expertise. Known for cross-training teams and vendor management, he excels at turning complex regulatory and clinical requirements into auditable, automated processes.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Business Management, IT Management, Bachelor of Science - BS, Business Management, IT Management at Western Governors University