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Experienced healthcare and education procurement professional with 19 years of experience in strategic sourcing, contracting negotiating, department leadership & restructuring, process improvements, and cost savings strategies. Accomplished building teams as well as reorganizing teams with various types of procurement models. Assisted in the success of a new Group Purchasing Organization (UT System Supply Chain Alliance) which today has collective contract spend that exceeds $100M annually. Motivated leader who has managed teams of up to 36 people as the head of Procurement operations at HISD (7th largest school district in the US). Responsibility for supplier negotiations, competitive procurement and contracting for the UTMB enterprise with spend exceeding $350M annually. Achieved over $8M in operational cost savings each year for the past 5 years through direct negotiations, competitive bids, and alliances with GPO's. Recent Awards: - Nicholas & Katherine Leone Aware Excalibur Nominee (2016 - 2018) - UT System Supply Chain Alliance Golden Link of the year award in 2018 - Winner of Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas NAEP conference scholarship in 2015 - UTMB President's Team Award in 2014

Listed skills include Clinical, Healthcare, Hospitals, Data Analysis, and 4 others.