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San Diego, California, United States

Effective Sr. Account Executive and Team leader with 20+ years serving the Pharmacy Benefit Management and pharmaceutical manufacturing industry. Strengths and expertise in the healthcare, employer and government segments. Past responsibilities include: • Management and accountability of key client relationships • Sales efforts such as prospecting and up-selling into accounts • Overseeing product management and development • Servicing internal and external stakeholders of various levels within the organization • 340B• Development and empowerment of team members • Developing and employing business development and strategy tactics •. Client Engagement• Designing and producing marketing collateral development • Engaging in the negotiation and execution of multi-year contracts My career goal is to build lasting partnerships with clients and internal teams by surpassing all expectations, combining deep industry knowledge with project management, product launch, and government programs knowledge to ensure high client satisfaction with respect, expertise and accountability. I believe forging meaningful relationships will inspire everyone involved to achieve mutually beneficial goals. I desire to work in a goal-oriented organization that propels employees to unprecedented levels of success through empowerment.

West Coast

Effective B2B Strategic Account Executive and Team Director with 20+ years serving the Pharmacy Benefit Management and pharmaceutical manufacturing industry. Strengths and expertise in the healthcare, employer and government segments. Past responsibilities include: • Management and accountability of key client relationships • Sales efforts such as prospecting and up-selling into accounts • Overseeing product management and development • Servicing internal and external stakeholders of various levels within the organization • Development and empowerment of team members • Developing and employing business development and strategy tactics • Designing and producing marketing collateral development • Engaging in the negotiation and execution of multi-year contracts My career goal is to build lasting partnerships with clients and internal teams by surpassing all expectations, combining deep industry knowledge with project management, product launch, and government programs knowledge to ensure high client satisfaction with respect, expertise and accountability. I believe forging meaningful relationships will inspire everyone involved to achieve mutually beneficial goals. I desire to work in a goal-oriented organization that propels employees to unprecedented levels of success through empowerment.

Sacramento, California Area

• Empowered leader and senior level liaison for my assigned book of business, Key Stakeholders, Board of Administration and Public agencies. • Spearheaded team responsible for responding to Requests for Proposals, Market Checks, and contract renewals for key clients in my sector, ultimately leading to successfully negotiating multi-year contract renewals for all.• Successfully coordinating a variety of teams in a matrix organizational structure to assure best-in-class service. • Effectively leading and organizing a highly efficient team responsible for ensuring compliance with contractual Service Level Agreements and Performance Guarantees while managing member benefits to align with customer needs and building enduring strategic partnerships.

El Dorado Hills, Ca

Selected to lead new internal department dedicated to successful implementation of Health Plan, Medicare and Medicaid clients. Successfully coordinating a variety of teams in a matrix organizational structure to assure best-in-class service. Providing audit support for CMS and third party audits of Health Plan and Medicare Advantage clients. In addition to team leadership, I provide mentoring and training and set an example by maintaining a high level of professionalism and customer service standards that reflects positively on the Account Management team and EnvisionRx as a whole.

El Dorado Hills, Ca

o Responsible for developing, coordinating, leading and motivating a diverse cross-functional team.o Spearheaded and promoted process improvements to streamline critical processes to improve operational procedures and overall customer satisfaction.o Improved service offering by collecting and analyzing project business requirements and implementing a strategic plan to ensure those requirements are met.o Improved processes by evaluating data collected through task analysis, project reviews and one-on-one discussions with key stakeholders.o Worked cooperatively with the new BDA (Benefit Design Administration) team during the development stage of product to ensure the end product meets the client’s business needs.o Communicating effectively with external clients and internal teams to deliver product’s functional requirements.o Reduced overall risk by managing any change requests related to the working project plans in order to meet the agreed deadlines.o Improved documentation of all aspects of projects including: Business Requirements, Configuration Management, User Guide, Defect Mitigation, and Change Control.

El Dorado Hills, Ca

o Successful implementation of large Health Plans servicing a variety of populationso Ensured client satisfaction by collecting and analyzing project business requirements and implementing a stragetic plan to ensure those requirements are met.o Maintained open communication by conducting regular project reviews and one-on-one discussions with key stakeholders.o Worked closely with client during the development stage of the product to ensure the end product meets their expectations.o Reduced overall risk by managing any change requests related to the working project plans in order to meet the agreed deadlines.o Maintained documentation of all aspects of projects including: Business Requirements, Configuration Management, User Guide, Defect Mitigation, and Change Control.

Redding, California Area

Affecting positive change for clients through Business Analysis, requirements gathering, strategic planning, data analysis, social media optimization.Identifying growth opportunities by evaluating data through task analysis, business process, surveys and workshops.Communicating effectively to key stakeholders to gain buy-in and support.Documenting all aspects of project including: Business Requirements, Configuration Management, User Guide, and Change Control.

Northern California Region

Maintained existing relationships with my account while developing new strategic relationships with key Pulmonologists, Allergists, ENTs and Primary Care providers both in private practice and within the hospital setting.• In depth knowledge and understanding of consultative selling in a healthcare setting.• Selected to train, establish and mentor new sales representatives.• Successfully promoted TEVA Pharmaceutical products within assigned territory producing strong market share gains for both products.

Bs, Business Administration, 3.4

Activities and Societies: President - Business School Class of 1993

Masters, Business Administration, 3.6

Education record

Diploma, College Prep