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Portland, Oregon, United States

• Management of a specialty food product company, securing significant investment and grants. Expertise in product formulation, brand development, and strategic partnerships. Adept at guiding projects from inception to completion• Secured $50,000 in private investment to fund the initial project launch of a low-carb ice cream product• Established Truly Keto Company, LLC in partnership with business associates, and successfully registered the company with the state of Oregon• Conducted research and development at Oregon State University’s Food Innovation Center, resulting in a low-carb ice cream formulation that is cream, smooth and easily scoopable from the freezer• Collaborated with a graphic design company to create a distinctive mid-century packaging design• Oversaw the design and development of the company's website, incorporating Story-Brand marketing concepts• Engaged industry experts as mentors to ensure a successful product launch• Awarded a $236,000 grant for dairy innovation from the Pacific Coast Coalition and Fresno State University• Effectively managed the business termination process, ensuring all legal and financial obligations were met

Greater Salt Lake City Area

• Lead Project Manager on the Clinical Service Alignment Project which primary function is to align the processes and workflows of both the hospital and community clinics for the following specialties: Cardiology, ENT, Geriatrics, General Surgery, Gynecology Oncology, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Pulmonology, Sleep Medicine, Urology, Bariatric Medicine, and Women’s Heath• Coordination and facilitation of workgroup meetings consisting of leadership from each specialty at the director and managerial level• Dissemination of agendas prior to meetings, distribution of detailed notes after meetings, outlining assigned action items and providing follow-up with the workgroup as needed • Creation and maintenance of the project work plan outlining deliverables, milestones & timeline to ensure progression of project as planned• Construction a Staff Competency Checklist for each specialty to improve the onboarding of new staff and promote consistency of practices of current staff• Responsible for project stakeholder satisfaction by providing weekly status updates, outlining progression of project and asking for support if needed • Website build for each specialty which houses clinical resources for staff and serves as a reference point for newly onboarded staff • Actively monitor and control each project by providing a 30- and 60-day follow-up meeting after project closures to address any concerns to ensure a smooth transition from the project team• Provide managerial leadership with documentation outlining all completed deliverables and recommendations for future project sustainability

Greater Salt Lake City Area

• Facilitate system change discussions by ensuring all appropriate stakeholders are involved, assignment & follow-up of action items and disbursement of meeting notes • Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously while fostering successful working relationships with staff, coworkers, internal customers and administrative leadership• Tracking deliverables by continuously monitoring reports, progress and quality of activities within the project and reporting findings to all stakeholders• Bi-monthly communication distribution of operational changes and education to over 5,000 end-users• Monthly system upgrades lead and liaison between IT analysts & end-users by confirming clarity of testing instructions and completion of system tests by specified deadlines

Greater Los Angeles Area

- Lead and develop regional training and communication materials to be distributed throughout Southern California during Epic Implementations- Strategic Information Systems liaison responsible for developing innovative solutions for physicians and interdisciplinary staff, aligned with the integration and optimization of Epic applications- Collaborate with system and regional executive leadership, applications managers, network system administrators and end-users to ensure successful integration and optimization of applications- Systematic planning, implementing, monitoring, and revision of all CIS channels of communication dissemination for the California Region• Liaison to physicians, physician offices, medical departments, and hospital leadership to identify areas of opportunity and improvements to drive positive physician and hospital engagement• Lead various implementation and optimization projects across the Southern California Region, in both acute and ambulatory settings including, but not limited to: Electronic Physician Documentation, Dragon VR, Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE), System Downtime Readiness, Workflow Analysis, and Hardware Readiness• Lead multiple Six Sigma and Operational Excellence Kaizens and Workouts, including but not limited to: Outpatient Blood Infusion Therapy Processes, Physician Onboarding, Workflow Gap Analysis- Partner with Quality and System Security teams to ensure compliance with all state, local, and federal regulations ]Broker with executive leadership, Information Systems, physicians, clinical and ancillary staff to support successful regional clinical application system implementations - Identify areas of opportunity and drive quality control in collaboration with executive leadership and Regional Information Systems partners- Educated physician and nursing staff on government-mandated Meaningful Use Requirements, and running audit reports for compliancy

Greater Los Angeles Area

- Assist with execution of MEDITECH Electronic Medical Records (EMR), pDoc (Physician Documentation) and Dragon Dictation voice recognition systems throughout multiple Providence Healthcare hospital sites in the Los Angeles area- Educate physicians on patient document formatting while establishing voice recognition profiles to accurately expedite transcription directly into MEDITECH, and built Macros to increase efficiency and decrease turn-around time on reports- Provide specific and customized training to physicians to help with their sub-specialty customization- Track technical and clinical workflow issues relating to the implementation of the project and follows-through to appropriate resolutions- Assist with project management and project implementation- Round on hospital floors to ensure MEDITECH and Dragon Dictation are functioning correctly and resolved technical issues

West Hollywood, Ca

- Oversee customer relations and resolving all matters of escalations to ensure client satisfaction and repeat business- Promote and implement a complete conversion of paper charting to electronic medical records- Train physicians and new employees on functionality and efficiency of EMR- Maintain patient information, reports, income reports and physician statistics- Process patient’s billing, statements, and reimbursement claims - Review patient explanation of benefits (EOB’s) to ensure all medical claims are paid- Dispute with insurance companies for unpaid claims to receive proper payment

Salt Lake City, Ut

- Primary contact for operations/administrative functions within the medical practice that included patient scheduling, billing, and every day clerical operations- Ensure quality control has been met between the surgical clinic and hospitals so that patient information transmits accurately- Manage patient surgeries by authorizing and scheduling operating room procedures as well as ICD-9 and CPT coding- Electronic Medical Record implementation & training physicians and supportive staff - Design security roles for all medical staff based on responsibilities and delegate user rights to reflect appropriate access regarding professional skill sets and profiles- Create doctor/patient communication program to coordinate trust and ensure that the patient received the desired care- Foster idea-sharing to advance new ways to improve day-to-day functions- Promote standard operating procedure (SOP) to create uniformity and improve daily operations- Assist patients by using electronic prescription technology between the clinic and pharmacy- Ensure quality control of confidential patient information was transmitted from the clinic to the hospital - Integration with Intermountain Medical Center system by accessing patient records, labs, and radiology reports

Salt Lake City, Ut

- Implement new office procedures, attend planning meetings and making autonomous decisions while acting as a workflow coordinator over the transcriptionist team- Organize and execute a departmental move for the anatomic pathology department from the University of Utah Hospital to the Huntsman Cancer Institute consisting of relocation of pathologists, transcriptionists and supportive staff- Assist the head of anatomic pathology by ensuring accurate transcription of surgical pathology and hematopathology reporting in conjunction with physician-to-physician correspondences- Attend weekly leadership meetings and interacting with senior leadership authorities to improve the overall quality of the anatomic pathology departments by strengthening bonds between coworkers and employees resulting in higher work efficiency and overall job satisfaction