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

Bhavesh Patel

Director, Application Services

Bhavesh Patel

Bhavesh Patel

Director, Application Services

SOMTech / Web & Application Services

Phone: (804) 828-3390

Email: bhavesh.patel@vcuhealth.org

Michael Wu

Michael Wu

Assistant Director, Application Development

Michael Wu

Michael Wu

Assistant Director, Application Development

SOMTech / Web & Application Services

Email: michael.wu1@vcuhealth.org

Alina Fisher

Alina Fisher

Assistant Director, Business Intelligence & Analytics

Alina Fisher

Alina Fisher

Assistant Director, Business Intelligence & Analytics

SOMTech / Web & Application Services

John Priestley

John Priestley

Business Analyst/Project Manager

John Priestley

John Priestley

Business Analyst/Project Manager

SOMTech / Web & Application Services

Phone: (804) 828-3919

Email: john.priestley@vcuhealth.org

Chris Stephens

Chris Stephens

Senior Applications & Data Analyst

Chris Stephens

Chris Stephens

Senior Applications & Data Analyst

SOMTech / Web & Application Services

Phone: (804) 828-3917

Email: chris.stephens@vcuhealth.org

Melvin Denwiddie

Melvin Denwiddie

Senior Applications & Data Analyst

Melvin Denwiddie

Melvin Denwiddie

Senior Applications & Data Analyst

SOMTech / Web & Application Services

Phone: (804) 628-5528

Email: melvin.denwiddie@vcuhealth.org

Andrew Leisure

Andrew Leisure

Senior Applications & Data Analyst

Andrew Leisure

Andrew Leisure

Senior Applications & Data Analyst

SOMTech / Web & Application Services

Phone: (804) 628-4884

Email: andrew.leisure@vcuhealth.org

Steve Kuchta

Steve Kuchta

Data & DevOps Engineer

Steve Kuchta

Steve Kuchta

Data & DevOps Engineer

SOMTech / Web & Application Services

Phone: (804) 628-5388

Email: steve.kuchta@vcuhealth.org

Krithika Kulanthailvelu

Krithika Kulanthailvelu

Senior Applications & Data Analyst

Krithika Kulanthailvelu

Krithika Kulanthailvelu

Senior Applications & Data Analyst

SOMTech / Academic Technology Services

Matt Avitable

Matt Avitable

Applications & Data Analyst

Matt Avitable

Matt Avitable

Applications & Data Analyst

SOMTech / Web & Application Services

Kate Loomis

Kate Loomis

Business Intelligence Analyst

Kate Loomis

Kate Loomis

Business Intelligence Analyst

SOMTech / Academic Technology Services