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Gulf Breeze, Fl, Us

Gulf Breeze, Florida, United States

• Boutique innovation, incubation, and leadership consulting firm, founded in 2019• Serving startups, high-growth businesses, and established market leaders• Leverages extensive network of industry and tech experts to deliver specific, focused project expertise and results• Creates and grows new business value bringing operational and technical excellence to solve critical business challenges

Birmingham, Alabama, Us

Promoted to Executive Vice President of Mental and Behavioral Health and PT, OT, and Speech after one year as GM and VP of Operations to Executive Vice President at PE-backed (KKR) Therapy Brands. Led Mental & Behavioral Health and Physical, Occupational, and Speech Therapy business units. Responsible for $60M P&L, all operational departments supporting the business unit and seven SaaS SMB and Enterprise EMR / EHR and Practice Management System (PMS) brands, corresponding products and services: TheraNest, My Clients Plus, Fusion, Fusion Enterprise, Jituzu, ShareNote, and Kasa.• 2021 results included "rule of 80" performance with 30% revenue growth and EBITDA margin above 50%.• Managed Business units accounting for half of Therapy Brands Revenue including P&L, operations, product strategy, and roadmap. •Launched Fusion adult PT, OT, and Speech product line expanding TAM 10x, 2 months ahead of plan.

Birmingham, Alabama, Us

General Manager for TheraNest, My Clients Plus, and Jituzu, Therapy Brands' flagship high-velocity SaaS Practice Management (PMS), Electronic Health Record (EHR), Revenue Cycle Management (RCM), and ancillary solutions for Mental and Behavioral Health. These solutions allow providers to improve their ability to manage their practice and focus on delivering the best possible care to their clients. • Grew Telehealth 2000% in 2020 • Launched e-prescribe (eRx) solution for TheraNest• Increased TheraNest revenue 12% in first 4 months then doubled over 2 years ($14M to $28M). • Grew RCM services revenue over 400%• Delivered greater than 50% YOY revenue growth and EBITDA growth exceeding 60%. • 2021 YTD through May driving 60% Top line growth and 86% EBITDA growth YOY.

Chicago, Il, Us

Transformed a million-dollar cost center to a profitable P&L managing all corporate strategic investment and new businesses in one year. Developed and Launched over a dozen successful products in Healthcare, EdTech, FinTech, Real Estate Finance, Social Media Analytics, Data Science Consulting, Privacy and Security, and HIPAA and GDPR audit and remediation services. • Led corporate culture and business transformation including NORC Labs, NORC’s innovation hub and incubator for all new products and services overall business growth and diversification strategy for NORC and launched NORC Analytics brand.• Created and executed over a dozen new business models and evaluated and executed 15+ strategic partnerships and acquisitions• Launched analytics and predictive analytics products using NLP, artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning (ML) in healthcare, health plan network analytics, commercial real estate, social media analytics, EdTech, FinTech, law enforcement, and security & privacy services.• Developed and executed product vision, market strategy, business models and plans, investment cases, ROI stories, and product roadmaps• Built / led data science and product teams including healthcare executives, senior product and project managers, data scientists, and analysts • Established and curated intellectual property management policies and portfolio, and architected NORC Data Science Strategy. Selected Investment Focus Areas:• Data Science and Analytics using Machine Learning and AI• GDPR and HIPAA Data Deidentification and Expert Determination• Social Media Analytics, Audience Identification, and Targeting• EdTech Case Management, Risk Assessment and Prioritization, Machine Learning Predictive Education Early Warning Systems • FinTech business model in the small business lending area

Built product management organization, business strategy, and product direction for eight products across two market portfolios. Led global product and development teams and launched two new product suites.• Allocated budget, and resource allocation across all product lines as overall owner for product portfolio P&L• Developed and executed market strategy, product portfolio vision, business cases, budget & ROI plans, and strategic roadmaps• Launched SOA suite and MMIS

Charlotte, Nc, Us

Owned/Led product management, user experience, enterprise product and data strategy, and governance across all business lines of Premier Performance Services. Built & launched new Population Health Management business rated number one in the industry 2015 – 2017. Used intelligent automation to improve data management operations efficiency by up to 90% in some cases.• Owned product portfolio management, governance, user experience design (UX), and data strategy across all lines of business • Optimized data sources, acquisition, management, utilization, and analytics through intelligent automation and optimization of operations • Pragmatic Marketing Certified, Scrum and Agile development trained and certified• Defined and executed strategy for automation and optimization of internal applications and operational processes and tools to provide streamlined and customer-focused operations and services capabilities• Deployed scalable foundational capabilities that:o Reduced and Managed Risko Increased Operational Efficiency and Reduced Costo Improve Scalability, Quality, and Customer Experienceo Accelerated Time to Market and Time to Value

Charlotte, Nc, Us

Built & launched Population Health Management business rated number one in the industry from 2015 - 2017.Responsible for product portfolio management of 1. Integrated Healthcare Delivery Solutions - equipping our members and the industry with solutions to support changing reimbursement and care delivery models, performance-based contracts, population management, and cost / quality analytics. 2. Internal and Operational Infrastructure - business and strategic owner for internal applications running back-office functions for premier products and member support and operational infrastructure supporting premier products, staff, and members.3. Data Assets and Strategy - Own business strategy for data and data assets including data acquisition, distribution, use, sources, data products, data monetization, and roadmap for the Premier / IBM Joint Data Model for Healthcare in partnership with IBM

Chicago, Us

July 2009 – September 2011 (2 years 4 months) Head of Product and Marketing Program Manager for GE eHealth. Built a multi-million dollar business in two years, spun off as Caradigm (JV with Microsoft) and later acquired by Inspirata. Owned global product management across all product lines and regions. Developed health information exchange (HIE) and management systems covering the full continuum of healthcare delivery. • Grew GE eHealth from scratch to multi-million dollar business in two years. • Drove innovation, product differentiation, and business growth strategy through new product introduction and market expansion based on deep understanding of client needs, market dynamics and, competitive analysis• Owned/developed business model and investment cases for all eHealth product programs• Owned all product strategy, requirements design and development, as well as approval for commercial program execution as marketing program manager• Collaborated with internal teams, customers, and potential customers to collect product needs • Identified & evaluated partner channel and collaboration opportunities• Partnered with Corporate marketing, commercial and global business analysis to develop market segmentation, product positioning, competitive analytics, pricing models, go-to-market strategy, and target global regions• Enterprise SaaS offerings included Health Information Exchange (HIE) infrastructure, provider and patient portals, personal health record (PHR), a master patient index (MPI), device interface gateways, interface engine, and more• Nominated for and completed Crotonville leadership programs: Manager Development and Advanced Manager Development

Chicago, Us

Led product management and product marketing for interoperability infrastructure products and services growing client base by over 50% in three years. Gathered customer requirements, developed new business models, created multi-generational product plans and strategic roadmaps, and generated detailed product specifications and user workflow requirements.• Grew client base by over 50% as product owner for GE Healthcare infrastructure products including Centricity Web Framework, Centricity Device Interface, Centricity Clinical Gateway, and evangelist for healthcare data exchange.• Led cross-functional global business teams, marketing, regulatory, services, support, and legal. Owned “build, buy, partner” decisions• Nominated for and completed Crotonville leadership programs: Foundations of Leadership, New Manager & Leadership Development

Chicago, Us

Product Manager and Solutions Architect for GE Healthcare Global Engineering product suite - Strategic Marketing with focus on interoperability, connectivity, and health information exchange.

Chicago, Us

Productized and launched healthcare interoperability solutions, growing client adoption more than 400% in two years. Brought 20 large enterprise solutions live with particular focus on increasing sales effectiveness, growing interoperability solutions, adoption and market penetration. Systems included, Revenue Cycle Management (RCM), Radiology (RIS), PACS, EMR / EHR, PHR, Hospital inpatient and Enterprise Clinical, Case Management, and Practice and Group Management.

Designed, architected, and built core interoperability and infrastructure products while leading and mentoring Web Technologies R&D, the most senior development team at IDX. Developed software still used in GE Centricity, Inspirata, and Allscripts EMR.•Designed and architect new solutions

Designed and built interoperability and infrastructure products•Built and supported enterprise intranet applications and infrastructure for healthcare providers

Palo Alto, California, Us

Santa Clara, Ca, Us

Assembled first 300mm plasma etch chamber ever built as an engineering Intern for world’s largest manufacturer of semiconductor fabrication equipment

Bs, Operations Research And Industrial Engineering

Manager Development, And Advanced Manager Development, Executive Training

Foundations Of Leadership, New Manager Development, And Leadership Development, Executive Training