Application Services
Delivering high-quality, application development services and innovative, informatics solutions to advance the business mission, teaching, learning, assessment and strategic decision making.
The Application Services team is dedicated to advancing its twin mission of delivering cutting-edge Application Development and Business Intelligence solutions for the School of Medicine, MCV Physicians, VP Health Sciences, and the University by transforming intricate business processes and data into user-friendly solutions and dashboards.
The Application Development team develops and maintains innovative software solutions to support a variety of user groups throughout the school and university including students, faculty and administration. The team is skilled in many tech stacks and frameworks; the primary stack includes Microsoft .NET and Microsoft SQL Server. The systems are used by thousands of users, many on a daily basis. In addition to custom applications, the team also supports integrations between both custom and vendor software. View the suite of applications the team develops and maintains.
The Business Intelligence and Analytics team develops dynamic, scalable, and user-friendly dashboards and reports, employing a customer-centric approach to support data needs across Education, Finance, Research, Clinical, and HR domains. Additionally, the team prioritizes data governance and best practices to ensure the integrity and security of the information. Proactively adhering to change management and security protocols, they utilize SQL Server and Snowflake for data needs, with Tableau serving as the primary tool for dashboard and analytics development. Learn more about dashboards developed and managed by the BI team.
![Bhavesh Patel](/media/tssom-2018/images/headshots/patel_bhavesh.jpg)
Bhavesh Patel
Director, Application Services
![Bhavesh Patel](/media/tssom-2018/images/headshots/patel_bhavesh.jpg)
Bhavesh Patel
Director, Application Services
SOMTech / Web & Application Services
Phone: (804) 828-3390
Email: bhavesh.patel@vcuhealth.org
![Michael Wu](/media/tssom-2018/images/headshots/211221_015_aj_sr_4x6.jpg)
Michael Wu
Assistant Director, Application Development
![Michael Wu](/media/tssom-2018/images/headshots/211221_015_aj_sr_4x6.jpg)
Michael Wu
Assistant Director, Application Development
SOMTech / Web & Application Services
Email: michael.wu1@vcuhealth.org
![Vacant](/media/eye/content-assets/img/headshots/EmptyPhoto-Placeholder.jpg)
Vacant
Assistant Director, Business Intelligence & Analytics
![Vacant](/media/eye/content-assets/img/headshots/EmptyPhoto-Placeholder.jpg)
Vacant
Assistant Director, Business Intelligence & Analytics
SOMTech / Web & Application Services
![Andrew Leisure](/media/tssom-2018/images/headshots/leisure_andrew.jpg)
Andrew Leisure
Senior Applications & Data Analyst
![Andrew Leisure](/media/tssom-2018/images/headshots/leisure_andrew.jpg)
Andrew Leisure
Senior Applications & Data Analyst
SOMTech / Web & Application Services
Phone: (804) 628-4884
Email: andrew.leisure@vcuhealth.org
![Chris Stephens](/media/tssom-2018/images/headshots/stephens_chris.jpg)
Chris Stephens
Senior Applications & Data Analyst
![Chris Stephens](/media/tssom-2018/images/headshots/stephens_chris.jpg)
Chris Stephens
Senior Applications & Data Analyst
SOMTech / Web & Application Services
Phone: (804) 828-3917
Email: chris.stephens@vcuhealth.org
![Melvin Denwiddie](/media/tssom-2018/images/headshots/denwiddie_melvin.jpg)
Melvin Denwiddie
Senior Applications & Data Analyst
![Melvin Denwiddie](/media/tssom-2018/images/headshots/denwiddie_melvin.jpg)
Melvin Denwiddie
Senior Applications & Data Analyst
SOMTech / Web & Application Services
Phone: (804) 628-5528
![John Priestley](/media/tssom-2018/images/headshots/priestley_john.jpg)
John Priestley
Business Analyst/Project Manager
![John Priestley](/media/tssom-2018/images/headshots/priestley_john.jpg)
John Priestley
Business Analyst/Project Manager
SOMTech / Web & Application Services
Phone: (804) 828-3919
Email: john.priestley@vcuhealth.org
![Steve Kuchta](/media/tssom-2018/images/headshots/kuchta_steve.jpg)
Steve Kuchta
Applications and DevOps Engineer
![Steve Kuchta](/media/tssom-2018/images/headshots/kuchta_steve.jpg)
Steve Kuchta
Applications and DevOps Engineer
SOMTech / Web & Application Services
Phone: (804) 628-5388
Email: steve.kuchta@vcuhealth.org
![Vacant](/media/eye/content-assets/img/headshots/EmptyPhoto-Placeholder.jpg)
Vacant
Junior Business Analyst
![Vacant](/media/eye/content-assets/img/headshots/EmptyPhoto-Placeholder.jpg)
Vacant
Junior Business Analyst
SOMTech / Academic Technology Services
![Kate Loomis](/media/tssom-2018/images/headshots/KateLoomis.jpg)
Kate Loomis
Business Intelligence Analyst
![Kate Loomis](/media/tssom-2018/images/headshots/KateLoomis.jpg)
Kate Loomis
Business Intelligence Analyst
SOMTech / Academic Technology Services