1. Tak Saito, MHA
2933 Big Sur Street
Stockton, CA 95209
Res: (209) 952-4171, Cell: 209-642-0719
e-mail: takamorisaito@gmail.com
CAREER OBJECTIVES
To obtain a challenging healthcare position in facilities management, senior management or administration.
EXPERIENCE
10/90 – Present Director, Facilities Management and Environmental Services, Lodi Memorial Hospital,
Lodi, CA
Responsibilities and Accomplishments:
Overall responsibility. Responsible for facilities management, safety, security (in-house staff delivery),valet
parking, pest management, grounds maintenance, environmental and laundry services for a 261 bed hospital at
two sites along with associated Medical Office Buildings (MOBs) that provide outpatient clinic functions at 2
locations in Lodi and in neighboring communities. Directly supervise 9 FTE and 86 FTE indirectly.
Committee Membership. Member of various hospital committees such as Corporate Compliance Committee (unit
compliance officer for environmental, health and safety); Emergency Management Committee member and co-
chairman, Strategic Planning Committee, Information Technology Steering Committee, and Co-chairman,
Environment of Care Committee. Also, regularly attend and present reports to various Board level committees and
various medical staff committees.
Maintenance/Operations, Grounds, Security, fleet management and Environmental Service/Laundry.
Responsible for the maintenance, operations, grounds, security, fleet management and environmental services of
all facilities, grounds and equipment owned and operated by Lodi Memorial Hospital in compliance with the Joint
Commission for the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) and Title 22 standards. Facilities include 7
Medical Office Buildings and 2 Acute Care Facilities totaling approximately 450,000 square feet. Provide overall
direction for both in-house and contracted services necessary to maintain a safe, clean and comfortable
environment.
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Facilities Development. Responsible for all capital improvement master-planning activities: space planning;
project scope development; design and construction for renovation and construction of new facilities. Staff liaison
to the Board of Director subcommittee (Building and Grounds). Responsible for the development of a 132,000
square foot acute care expansion including an emergency department/urgent care department and 90 acute care
beds to meet SB-1953 seismic requirements. Total cost for the project is $187M including related projects. Annual
capital budget responsibility for facilities improvement is approximately $5M/year. The building expansion project
(South Wing Addition) is complete. Successfully worked with the local jurisdiction through the entitlement process
with no neighborhood opposition. Worked closely with financing consultants to obtaining the necessary financial
resources to fund the major project. Also work closely with capital campaign leadership to support fundraising
activities. Construction was completed in November, 2009 with full occupancy in February, 2010.
Most recent capital projects include: Philips 64-Slice CT scanner installation, GE catheterization laboratory, 2
procedure room endoscope center (joint venture), wound care center, facilitated the development of a retail
pharmacy and interior tenant improvement for a primary care clinic in Ione, CA; primary care clinic expansion in an
existing medical office building, site preparation and entitlement activities for a physician owned cancer center
under a ground lease arrangement; development and construction of the Advanced Imaging Center (joint venture)
in partnership with a local radiology group; and the installation of a integrated medication delivery system
(McKesson) designed to reduce medication errors. Currently providing support to the development of tenant
improvements to a recently construction 40,000 square foot shell medical office building (joint venture) in concert
with a building developer/partner. Most recent projects included the completion of tenant improvements for 3
community health clinics ranging in size from 3,500 to 10,000 square feet.
Environment of Care Program. Responsible for the Environment of Care Program (EOC). Facilitated 4
successful JCAHO/DHS surveys with minimal recommendations. Working with facility leaders to improve the
organizations readiness relative to emergency management including the departmental goal of moving from the
HEICS (Hospital Emergency Incident Command System) to the HICS (Hospital Incident Command System). Most
recent JCAHO survey was in July, 2008.
Environmental and Regulatory Compliance and Licensure. Act as the primary contact to address and insure
facility compliance with all environmental and regulatory elements of the facility. Work the direct interface with local,
state and federal regulators relative to fire safety, environmental safety and hospital operations. Work with
environmental consultants, legal counsel and other specialists to audit and assess the existing programs relative to
OSHA, EPA and other regulating bodies. Have received specialize training in the proper management of
hazardous materials, hazardous waste and medical and pharmaceutical waste. Additionally, work directly with the
California Department of Public Health (CDPH - formerly the Department of Health Services) on facility licensure
issues.
Interdepartmental Activities Outside of Facilities Management. Work to support ancillary departments relative
to operational improvement projects along with facility use assessments to optimize operations. Have work on
projects for Utilization Management (worked with the Director of Utilization Management to make a
recommendation to senior management relative to the licensure change of a unit from transition care to SNF);
Nutrition and Food Services (worked with the Director of Nutrition and Food Service to development a working
knowledge of the department) and Financial Planning (operating/capital budget development). Worked with the
pharmacy department on a project that evaluated the correlation of medical errors as a function of registry staff use.
Community Presentations and Hospital Representation. Provide public presentations to community groups
such as the Republican Women’s Society, Lodi Lions Club, Lodi Memorial Hospital Community Advisory Board,
Salvation Army, Lodi City Council, Lodi Planning Commission and presented to neighborhood open forums
regarding facility related topics and projects to maintain good relationships with neighborhood partners such as
residents, churches and school district authorities.
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Real Estate. Provide direct support to the land management and acquisition of key properties that are beneficial to
the hospital’s facilities strategic plan. Work closely with land use legal counsel, risk and insurance consultants,
appraiser and title companies to acquire, lease and sell properties in a manner that directly benefits the overall
property complement for the hospital.
Shared Services Department. Developing a new department with the mission to establish service lines that will
replace contracted services with the use of “in-source” staff. The developed services are provided to Lodi Memorial
Hospital and its affiliates. Services such as capital improvement program delivery; maintenance and operations of
outpatient and ambulatory care facilities; property management; service contract management and biomedical
services management. The intent of the shared services department is to reduce the cost of support services
consumed or to provide opportunities to provide cost avoidance.
11/88 – 10/90 Assistant Chief, Engineering Services, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Livermore, CA.
Duties and Accomplishments:
Responsible for the engineering management of a 270 bed Medical Center that consisted of 150 General Medical
beds and 120 bed free standing skilled nursing facility on a 118 acre facility.
Directly supervised 8 FTE; indirectly supervised 105 FTE in a union environment. Worked closely with union
representatives to promote a good relationship with departmental staff.
As part of the engineering management, was responsible for the following sections:
Maintenance, Repairs and Grounds: This included the maintenance and repair of 25
buildings constructed between 1923 and 1987, totaling 284,000 square feet. Also
responsible for the maintenance and repair of all personal property and building service
equipment at the facility. Biomedical equipment maintenance management was included.
Responsible for the non-recurring maintenance (NRM) program.
Operations: This included the maintenance and operations of the facility boiler plant,
sewage and water treatment plants, transportation and grounds. Due to the location of the facility a self contained
sewage plant was operated by the department.
Fire Department: This included an on-site fire suppression and prevention (13 person fire
suppression team, 24 hour service) staff. The department as participated in the areas fire
suppression mutual aid agreement by support local fire departments when requested.
Construction and Project Section: Manage, supervise and provided engineering support
to the project section. Responsible for the annual capital improvement program.
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11/87-11/88 Supervisory, Biomedical Engineer, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, SC.
Duties and Accomplishments:
Biomedical section supervisor (consisting of 6 Biomedical Engineering Technicians) responsible for management,
implementation and delivery of medical equipment maintenance program
Development and implementation of policies and procedures necessary to meet JCAHO requirements.
Directly responsible for the installation of medical equipment such as the Phillips Cardiac Catheterization
Laboratory x-ray equipment, associated Hewlett Packard cardiovascular monitoring equipment, Siemens Orthocep
Dental x-ray unit and other devices.
Administered medical equipment service contracts and collaborated with the contracting officer at contract renewal
to validate and optimize contract language.
Performed engineering evaluations on medical instrumentation prior to vendor selection.
Addressed equipment related injuries to determine cause and corrective actions.
Provided nurse training on electrical safety of medical equipment.
12/86-11/87 Biomedical Engineer Trainee, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Portland, OR.
Duties and Accomplishments:
Worked as a Biomedical Engineering Trainee at a 490 bed two division acute care facility. Worked within the
Biomedical Section consisting of 14 BMETs and a Biomedical Engineer in order to become familiar with its
operations.
Conducted product evaluation; received service call requests and dispatched in-house technicians for repairs;
worked with the Chief of Engineering Service to gain a full understanding of all aspects of an engineering
department at two locations in Portland, OR and Vancouver, WA.
Worked with vendors during the new equipment purchasing process to negotiate service schools for training of in-
house staff and performed basic bench technician preventive maintenance activities on biomedical equipment.
5/85-10/86 Staff Engineer, Sutter Community Hospitals, Sacramento, CA
Duties and Accomplishments:
Concurrent to the pursuit of the Master’s in Biomedical Engineering, worked at the Biomedical Engineering
Center performing the following duties:
Performed Clinical Engineering duties such and medical equipment evaluation and in-service training on the
following products: defibrillators, electrosurgical units, ECG electrodes, electrosurgical pens, thermodilution
catheters, electrosurgical grounding pads, cardiac output computers, reusable pressure transducers, chest
drainage unites, sphygmomanometers, pulse oximeters and infusion pumps.
Involved in the engineering evaluation of hospital incidents which involved medical equipment.
Acted as the lead staff engineer with duties including: coordinate, monitor and make assignments for staff
engineers; provide direct organizational and technical support to a certified clinical engineer.
Supported hospital personnel and materials management relative to addressing engineering aspects of medical
devices.
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1/82-6/85 Design Engineer II, Avantek, Inc., Santa Clara, CA
Duties and Accomplishments:
Responsible for the engineering support of the microwave integrated circuit (MIC) varactor tuned oscillator product
line.
Developed an X-band GaAs FET cascaded amplifier for use in an X-band voltage controlled oscillator (VCO), 7.8 -
8.5 Ghz.
Developed an X-band (11.0 -11.8 Ghz) low noise VCO consisting of a voltage regulator, oscillator-buffer amplifier
stand, balanced amplifier, low-pass filter, and laser welded aluminum package (AMRAAM VCO).
Developed an X-band low noise (8-9 Ghz) VCO for the standard product line (LNO 8000).
Developed a fixed tuned dielectrically stabilized oscillator (DSO) at 6.1 Ghz for the standard product line (DSO
7061).
Developed a fixed tuned DSO at 9.7 Ghz for the standard product line (DSO 1097).
Developed one of the first electronically and mechanically tunable DSO at 9.7 Ghz (DSO 4097)
1/80-1/82 Member of the Technical Staff, Hughes Aircraft Company, Space and Communications Group,
El Segundo, CA.
Duties and Accomplishments:
Developed an X-band, four bit phase shift for use in a satellite phased array antenna system. Learned fabrication
techniques relative to the production of microwave integrated circuits (MIC).
Involved in the development of a L-band voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) used on the Integrated Radar and
Control System (IRCS) for the Space Shuttle. Space (flight) hardware experience was obtained.
EDUCATION
Masters degree in Health Administration (MHA), University of Southern California, December, 2006.
Graduate Certificate in Management of Ambulatory Care Systems, University of Southern California, May, 2006
Completed all coursework for a Masters in Biomedical Engineering, California State University, Sacramento, CA
(1983 – 1985).
Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering at California State University, Fresno, CA, December, 1979.
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND ACTIVITIES
Faculty Member, University of Phoenix, Sacramento, CA Campus, School of Nursing and Health Service
Administration (2008 to present).
Member, Lincoln Presbyterian Church, Stockton, CA.
CERTIFICATIONS
EPA AHERA Asbestos Building Inspector Certification (CA-001-05)
AFFILIATIONS
Member, American Society of Healthcare Engineers (ASHE)
Member, California Society of Healthcare Engineers (CSHE)
Member, American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE)
