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Omaha, NE, US

Lincoln, Nebraska, US

Lincoln, Nebraska, US

Lincoln, Nebraska, US

This position involves development and implementation of multiple managed care and risk-based products, including self-funded and fully insured products, bundled services, and value-based reimbursement arrangements with multiple partner organizations. Devised and deployed payor strategy,along with securing multiple high-value agreements through payor.

Lincoln, Nebraska, US

• In this role I was tasked with building the Bryan Data Analytics team from the ground up. I was able to build my team using a mix of internally and externally sourced talent all while earning some of the top team.
• Established Analytics Center of Excellence from ground up, quadrupling size of analytics department in two years along with incorporating modern analytics technology stack.
• Played pivotal role within multiple system councils and lead professional teams including managed care, payor contracting, financial, patient experience, quality, and strategy.
• Reduced benchmarked hospital mortality by 30% by identifying and targeting impactful variables.
• Developed data science model, enhancing detection of high-risk patients by 50% and allowing quicker intervention.
• Generated $1M+ per quarter of return by optimizing revenue capture and improving productivity.

West Des Moines, IA, US

• In this role I served as senior financial leader for managed care and ACO agreements, implementing a new financial infrastructure able to sustain rapid growth in membership, financial risk, and revenue. Served in.
• Provided $60m+ in performance improvement opportunities to executive leadership for operationalization.
• Built a financial infrastructure and business model from the ground up, allowing us to manage over $100m in value-based payments annually.
• Lead the managed care strategy during COVID-19, preventing up to $100m in lost revenue.

West Des Moines, IA, US

• While serving as the Director-Risk Analytics, I successfully introduced newapproach to evaluate financial risk within managed care and at-riskcontracts, quadrupling covered populations and enhancing projectionaccuracy..
• Rebuilt entire data and reporting infrastructure in order to slash costsand enhance end-user experience, resulting in reduction in team maintenancetime by +75% and vendor costs by +50%.
• Replaced low-value legacy third-party system, saving $1.4M+ per year insoftware costs.

Pella, IA, US

• In the position of Manager, Strategic Insights, I initiated customersegmentation studies in home improvement industry. Developed multiplestrategic growth opportunity assessments, in close collaboration withexecutive.
• Consolidated sales and marketing reporting, reducing reports production by75% and enhancing KPIs and metric availability.
• Allocated $30M+ and improved efficiency of spend by +30% across 30 marketsby leveraging advanced marketing mix modeling.

Des Moines, Iowa, US

• As I was performing in the role of Senior Market Segment Manager, I was ableto successfully deploy annual segment market and product strategy withinindividual market, including ACA and non-ACA products, Medicare.
• Envisioned and created customer lifetime value (LTV) model, enablingstrategic targeting of high-value customer segments.
• Crafted customer segmentation model and persona methodology by usingcombination of market research and internal data.

Des Moines, Iowa, US

Des Moines, Iowa, US

Des Moines, Iowa, US

Iowa City, Iowa, US

Washington, DC, US

Master Of Business Administration

Bachelor Of Arts, Political Science