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Columbia, South Carolina, US

GlideNet is a cost optimization organization focused on providing sustainable margin improvements for hospitals and health systems in their facility and non-clinical operations.

Greenville, South Carolina, US

• Prisma Health is an 11 hospital, $6B integrated system of hospitals, physicians and ambulatory sites in South Carolina
• Responsible leader of the annual Integrated Strategic Operating & Financial Plan (ISOFP), a multi-year operating and capital plan.
• Led the consolidation and restructuring of the financial planning and decision support functions for the enterprise.
• Led the selection and implementation of a new budgeting (operating and capital), forecasting and decision support platform. Redesigned and standardized related supporting processes to drive efficiency and accountability.
• Finance lead for strategic growth initiatives including a $350M multi-hospital system acquisition; Insurance Plan JV; Ambulatory Surgery Center strategy and shift to value-based care models; hospital at home JV.
• Support the CFO and COO during the month-end process; developed rate/volume analysis to highlight variance for further investigation and follow-up action plans as necessary.

Greenville, South Carolina, US

- Responsible for all finance, accounting, revenue cycle, compliance and contracting functions- Provided monthly financial reports to both internal leadership and external stakeholders

St. Louis, MO, US

• Co-led development of a multi-disciplinary program to address clinical process improvement. Served as the program driver and integrator between Finance, Operations, Clinical and IT. Responsible for business case.
• Finance lead in the development of a physician level, cost and quality Executive Information System (EIS) Dashboard designed to identify variation in care and implement changes to improve quality, satisfaction and cost.
• Co-led creation of National Service Lines in Oncology, Orthopedics, Cardiovascular and Behavioral and Mental Health Services.
• Performance managed quality improvement efforts in CV (CABG - operative mortality, transfusions, prolonged ventilation; PCI – acute kidney injury, post procedure bleeding); Behavioral Health (Utilization of behavioral.
• Led/supported multiple work teams addressing specific operational, technology or clinical opportunities to drive standardization across the enterprise (e.g., Precision Medicine, National Registries (STS, ACC, AJRR).
• Led the strategic planning process for the Behavioral and Mental Health Service line, including current state analysis and implementation of both short and long-term strategies including evaluation of third-party.

St. Louis, MO, US

• Finance lead for the centralization of multiple non-clinical functions including Legal, Human Resources, Mission and Finance which generated over $100M in annual savings.
• Led development of the annual Integrated Strategic, Operational and Financial Plan (ISOFP), a multi-year capital and operating budget for the enterprise.
• Provided analytic support to the CFO and COO during month-end close process.
• Collaborated with hospital executives to identify drivers of operational variance, implement improvement initiatives and track on-going performance.
• Managed the impact of regulatory programs (ACA, HACs, Meaningful Use)
• Implemented changes improving efficiencies in the budgeting and moth-end reporting processes

Milwaukee, WI, US

• Led all Finance and Revenue Cycle functions for a $750M integrated network of acute and non-acute care facilities and physician clinics throughout greater Milwaukee.
• Eliminated >$20M in annual expense through multiple improvement initiatives.
• Finance lead role/Steering Committee member to replace legacy finance, human resource and supply chain information systems.
• Implemented structural changes to enhance partnerships with clinical and operational leaders.

St. Louis, MO, US

• Responsible for the implementation of new technology, methodologies, policies, procedures and guidance related to budgeting (capital and operating), forecasting, strategic planning, cost accounting and performance.

St. Louis, MO, US

• Founding member of the AHIS Finance department; created departmental vision, organizational structure, and staffing plan as well as all relevant departmental policies and procedures. Played vital role in transition of.
• Led or participated in multiple negotiations with various IT partners involving aggregate contract value in excess of $200M annually.
• Managed month end close process and presentation of results to senior leaders.
• Managed annual budget process ($550M operating; $100M capital)
• Finance lead for the implementation of standardized EHR platform

Responsible for the Decision Support and Management Engineering/Productivity Departments of UAB Medical Center.

Managed a staff of 10 professionals responsible for the financial planning and analysis, decision support, reimbursement analysis and revenue enhancement for four acute care hospitals (both urban and rural) with aggregate annual net revenue of approximately $400m

Mba, Business

B.S., Psychology