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Newark, Nj

Provides strategic oversight for Horizon's Data Privacy Compliance Program to minimize risks and ensure adherence to policies, procedures and federal & state laws including HIPAA and HITECH. Thought leader creating a proactive and comprehensive privacy program that defines, develops, maintains and implements standards and processes that enable consistent, effective privacy practices which minimize risk and ensure the confidentiality of protected health information, PHI/PII.

Manage and govern a $200M+ portfolio of IT projects from portfolio planning, project selection, financial management and change management to training/mentoring Program/Project Mgrs., data integrity assurance and C-suite reporting. Assess opportunities for improving efficiency, develop appropriate standards and templates Perform routine data/financial analysis; interpret portfolio health and performance, assess compliance to governance processes; drive data integrity and data confidence.

Developed and organized the new OPEX Dept. to introduce Six Sigma and Lean methodologies to the Technical Community; created core processes, metrics & templates to sustain the new OPEX initiative. Identify, manage and lead process improvement projects using Lean Six Sigma tools; develop comprehensive project management plans utilizing MS Project and Project Web Access

Provided compliance leadership and guidance to ensure adherence to cGMPs FDA, EMEA, and corporate regulations, policies and procedures. Conducted routine compliance audits and performed Quality Assurance review and approval of investigations. Enforced and ensured adherence to government regulations and corporate policies through routine monitoring and reporting to management.

Managed a staff of 39 employees and three diciplines (production, maintenance, engineering) Developed and implemented a new business model to increase production efficiency while decreasing costs and labor requirements resulting in a 20% increase in productivity.

Certificate

Pmp Certified

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Ms

Chpc (Certified In Healthcare Privacy Compliance)