Norman Daoust Biography

Prior to founding Daoust Associates, Norman Daoust was the modeling, standards, and Health Level Seven expert at Partners HealthCare Systems and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. He has also worked as a software developer for a national healthcare vendor (Siemens), a national consulting firm (Bradford National Corporation), and the state of Massachusetts. One of Norman's previous occupations was as a school teacher. He holds a B.S., cum laude, in Mathematics from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

Norman holds two crucial positions in Health Level Seven (HL7), the international healthcare standards organization: Secretary of the Technical Steering Committee, and Modeling and Methodology Facilitator for the Patient Administration Committee. He has been an active contributor to the Health Level Seven Reference Information Model (RIM), a comprehensive healthcare data model, since its inception. In recognition of his contributions to that organization, he was bestowed their W. Ed Hammond, Ph.D., Volunteer of the Year award.

Norman also serves on the Board of Directors of the Greater Boston Chapter of the Independent Computer Consultants Association (ICCA) as the Past President and as a member of the Board of Directors of the Boston Chapter of the Data Management Association International (DAMA) as Treasurer and Vice President of Education Services.

He has won several humorous speech contests and holds the Competent Toastmaster certification from Toastmasters International. Norman is a frequent and engaging speaker who enjoys making complex topics easy and enjoyable. He has never been known to turn down a speaking or writing opportunity!

For some reason Norman thrives on modeling and integration projects and tasks that most other people avoid!