Apurva Patel Email & Phone Number

Chandler, Az, Us

✔ Head the Product division at Kaligent, responsible for defining and managing the product vision, execution strategy, and end-to-end development of KaligentOne (SaaS) platform providing small-mid scale oncology practices with decision support knowledge base to improve patient outcomes, increase practice efficiencies and introduce new revenue stream potential for practice owners.I lead a global team of product leaders & technologists, leveraging my passion for our mission to inspire the development of innovative solutions that enhance patient outcomes. Initially started with market analysis, product positioning and pricing strategy while strengthening client/investor relationships and combined deep tech skills with business acumen to drive success. Currently we are in the process of onboarding our early adaptors (Oncology Practices and Molecular Testing Labs) on the SaaS platform.▶ KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:• Collaborated with leading oncologists, genomic data experts, and lab stakeholders to prioritize key features and worked closely with Product development team to drive execution.• Established global Development Centers (US, LATAM and Asia) for continuous support of KaligentOne users.• Standardized the technology stack and developed a cloud-native SaaS architecture.• Implemented Agile & DevSecOps practices to ensure long-term success and compliance. Introduced OKRs to align teams and advance our mission.• Standardizing tech stack in collaboration with development team. Also created software architecture plan for cloud native SaaS platform.• Product Features : Visualization/data mining of patients Clinical, Lab and discrete molecular results data, Similar Patients, Patient Journey, Treatment Plan, 2nd Opinion/Ask an Expert , Clinical Trials Matching, Cohort Creation and Comparisons, Administrative and Clinical dashboards, electronic ordering via HL7/FHIR EMR integrations with Molecular testing laboratories and results delivery capabilities.

Scottsdale, Arizona, Us

✔Advanced to Strategic, Cross-Functional role to lead the Integration Strategy of NextivaOne which is a SaaS platform with the goal of migrating existing client base (>100K) from legacy tools and offerings.

Scottsdale, Arizona, Us

✔ SELECTED TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT and Enterprise-wide digital transformation strategy to accelerate Nextiva’s operational maturity.In this senior technical role with this leader in the Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) for small to medium businesses, I led my team to drive innovation that supported increased transactional volume, deal velocity, and business growth as well as the firm’s international expansion strategy.I worked closely with C-level/VPs from Finance, Operations, Sales (Inside/Channel), Technology, and Marketing to create and implement a roadmap to equip internal front and back-office business teams with enterprise applications and tools to enable the next stage of growth along with providing operational efficiencies and compliance. During this time, we more than doubled our employee/contractor team to ~60 people.▶ SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS:• Conducted a 4-week rapid assessment of Nextiva’s current legacy applications footprints, teams, processes, and capabilities supporting Quote to Cash (QTC), Records to Report (R2R), Procure to Pay (P2P) and Hire to Retire (H2R) mega processes.• Designed future-state processes based on ‘what good looks like’ from a leading practice process and capability perspective and supported by best-of-breed / low maintenance out-of-the-box cloud solutions.• Re-architected and optimized company’s core applications and data to support the organization’s strategic ambitions.• Created and implemented complete E2E Enterprise Applications portfolio from Salesforce (Marketing, Sales, Service Clouds), Contract Lifecycle Management (DocuSign), Oracle CPQ and ERP Cloud, Sales Commissions (Callidus Cloud) and various third-party services.• Implemented various Oracle ERP Cloud Modules (GL, AP, AR, Procurement, OM, SM, RMCS, CM, FA) along with the Master Data Management (MDM) strategy for Customer Master and Product Master.• Set the stage for company’s Data capability by leading the data and analytics strategy.

Phoenix, Az, Us

Dual Role - Vice President, Product Development at Ashion Analytics (Now Exact Sciences)Vice President, Enterprise Applications and Product Development at TGen - A part of City of Hope ✔Advanced to Strategic, Cross-Functional Impact Role to lead the development of Precision Medicine Software Products, facilitating the spin-off of Ashion Analytics (now Exact Sciences).I collaborate with leaders across TGen, City of Hope, and Ashion (now Exact Sciences), leveraging my technology expertise, leadership, and business acumen to strategize, secure budgets, and manage core technology activities with a hybrid team of employees and contractors.I oversee strategy development, operations, and the implementation of enterprise-level software applications for both internal and commercial projects. My team includes specialists such as ERP Architects, Salesforce Admins/Developers, Software Architects/Developers, Business/Systems Analysts, FDA Compliance Specialists, QA Analysts, DBAs, and Project Managers.▶ SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS:• Developed a Precision Medicine Product portfolio for genome-based personalized treatments in collaboration with oncology hospitals.• Conducted market research, conceptualized, and developed a new Physician Portal integrated with EMRs using HL7, improving data visibility, workflows, and accuracy, along with iOS/Android apps.• Led the implementation of Salesforce for Ashion’s sales, business development, and operations teams.• Promoted compliance within the technology group, focusing on HIPAA, FDA (21 CFR Part 11), and GDPR.• Continuing leadership in all areas detailed in Director Role below while engaging in strategy formation and execution that is delivering positive, enterprise-wide impacts.Key Products - Physician Portal, ACare (Ashion Curation and Reporting Engine), LIMS, Tumor Board, Patient Portal

Phoenix, Az, Us

Dual Role - Director, Products at Ashion Analytics (Now Exact Sciences)Director, Enterprise Applications and Product Development at TGen - A part of City of Hope ✔BUILT A GLOBAL TEAM OF PROFESSIONALS to implement a wide range of technology solutions to accelerate the strategic growth of this growing precision medicine organization.As Director, I brought about the institute’s Digital Transformation and Cloud journey. I led the evaluation of tools, skills, and resources needed for successful phased adoptions of Agile and DevOps practices.▶ SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS:• Leading significantly improved Oracle ERP (Financial and HRMS), Cognos, Oracle PBCS, Tableau, LMS, Grants and Contracts Management Systems, SharePoint along with other wide range of BPM, ETL, BI, and other tools to equip the enterprise.• Created a phased roadmap and a multi-year, multi-million dollar budget to support the institute’s product development, enterprise applications operations while being a part of the core team to work on the technology roadmap as it spun off startup’s and integrated with other institutes. • Completed market research, conceptualized, and developed a new physician portal to be integrated with EMR’s utilizing HL7. New product significantly improved information visibility, workflows, and data accuracy. Project also includes iOS and Android mobile application.• Served as member of core Technology Integrations team for TGen and Ashion after it formed an alliance with City of Hope.• Grew technical organization from 10 to 65 people including internal, external, and globally dispersed team members.• Engaged with and led discussions with strategic business partners to create and execute a go-to-market strategy for products developed by TGen.• Revitalized a stalled executive dashboard initiative with industry standard KPI's. Completed and launched solution while also cutting its budget by 70%.

Phoenix, Az, Us

✔PLAYED LEAD ROLE IN a complex, four-year joint project with Integrated Biobank of Luxembourg (IBBL) to create a new Patient, Laboratory and Sample Data Management product.My career with TGen began as a lead Business Analyst on this demanding project to create a technology solution that would not just meet the challenging needs of this precision medicine organization but could also be commercialized for use by other similar institutes that generated massive amounts of data. As part of the project, I gathered user requirements; lead all Product Management activities, created staffing needs, designed processes and protocols, evaluated lab and business model for technology integration, and ensured strict regulatory compliance at every step (CAP, CLIA, HIPAA). (Contract role.)▶ KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:• Earned staff position with TGen based on contributions and outstanding performance in this contract role.• Played vital leadership role that crossed functional boundaries to support product launch. Priorities included roles in go-to-market strategy development, marketing, product business plan, market research, product road map, and leading booth activities at international conferences.• Created a custom, web-based software application to address complex requirements to establish a new biobank to track and manage data around patients, specimens, clinical, laboratory, kits, and barcodes.• Prepared and made periodic presentations to CxO’s and Board of Directors of various institutes.

Tempe, Az, Us

✔CONDUCTED IN-DEPTH USER-REQUIREMENT RESEARCH to ultimately enable and lead successful transition from legacy to new enterprise content management (ECM) system.Salt River was relying on an old content management system (CMS) that I was tasked to replace with a new ECM. The scope of the work and the technology included the following: document management, digital asset management (DAM), web content management (WCM), records management (RM), and e-discovery and business process management (BPM). (Contract role.)▶ KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:• Met all project objectives in this key leadership role.• Conducted hundreds of small group meetings to understand user requirements of 3,000 employees.• Sourced top ECM vendors, managed RFP process, scheduled demonstrations, made recommendation to senior management, and gained approval for recommended vendor.• Analyzed e-discovery process / tools (Symantec Enterprise Vault) and suggested other enterprise tools and process improvements.

Phoenix, Az, Us

✔REVAMPED BUSINESS PROCESS WORKFLOW to cut weeks and months-long wait periods to just 10 days for system participants.Our mission with the Arizona State Retirement System was to implement new technology to radically transform workflows and the service plan members received from the organization. We used IBM FileNet Business Process Manager (BPM) and implemented live imaging of applications and support of members’ documents and forms. (Contract role.)▶ KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:• Reduced process time from 35-72 days to only 10 days for retirees to receive their first check.• Reimagined and reengineered business process to achieve board of director’s vision for service quality.• Cut call center volume and reduced audits by 25% with new processes, data migration, and performance monitoring.

Thousand Oaks, Ca, Us

✔IMPLEMENTED A WIDE RANGE OF compliance and LIMS technology for this leading pharmaceutical company. Served as Project Manager for the implementation of Risk Space, PHA Pro, Confined Spaces, and BSmart applications. (Contract role.)▶ KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:• Leveraged previous LIMS experience to serve as Validation Analyst/Business Analyst for their LIMS system (FDA 21 CFR Part 11) GLP revalidation• Achieved vital contribution of helping Amgen to revalidate their Sample Management System with relevant FDA standards.

West Des Moines, Iowa, Us

✔ENABLED MOTOROLA’S SALES organization with platform customization.My mission here was to configure and enhance ITA Group’s platform and link it to the client organization’s sales force incentive plan. Ultimately, these improvements led to powerful changes in the behavior of the sales team. (Contract role)▶ KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:• Conducted and completed project pre-assessments, requirement gathering, configuring and deploying the platform while making strategic recommendations to management.• Produced valuable customization and optimization to platform that was directly credited with driving positive changes in sales for the client sales team.

South San Francisco, California, Us

✔INTEGRATED DISTRIBUTION CONTROL SYSTEM into Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) for the world’s leading Biotechnology Company and implemented Certificate of Analysis Reporting (CoA) in LIMS.In a dual role, I served as both a Business Analyst and Project Coordinator to support the Project Manager. My scope of work incorporated a wide range of deliverables including the following: requirement work plan, high-level requirements, business process models, detailed requirement package (DRP), requirements traceability matrix, validation protocol, IQ/OQ/PQ scripts, and UAT plan and scripts. (Contract role.) ▶ KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:• BOOSTED PRODUCTION run rate to 4.7 and beyond as part of project team.• PRODUCED ALL DELIVERABLES and completed assignments on time and to the highest quality.

Master Of Science (Ms), Computer Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Electronics Engineering

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