David. Hermann Email & Phone Number

Denver Metropolitan Area

Building on the success of @Getting Off the Dime, I have formed a digital publishing company which will be launching several new publications and media channels focused on diverse editorial themes in the near term and beyond.

Greenwood Village, Colorado, Us

For over two decades, David Hermann has been the catalyst for organizational transformation. We specialize in helping leadership teams break through the barriers that hold them back from true excellence.At the core of every challenge lies The Human Dimension – the often overlooked, yet critical factor that determines an organization's ability to compete and thrive. Our unparalleled expertise in navigating this complex terrain sets us apart.We guide our clients beyond their comfort zones, equipping them with the tools and insights needed to:* Sharpen their competitive edge* Dramatically improve business performance* Overcome seemingly insurmountable obstaclesOur approach combines time-tested principles with proprietary models, tailored to address your most complex business challenges. The results speak for themselves: over 70 successful engagements and more than $500 million in documented financial improvements for our clients.With hermanngroup as your partner, you'll not only confront The Human Dimension – you'll master it. Let us help your organization break free from its constraints and achieve unprecedented success.

San Jose, California, Us

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San Diego, Ca, Us

San Diego, Ca, Us

Note: In October 2021, Aya Healthcare acquired the Vizient Contract Labor Management business unit to form Vaya Workforce. Vaya, a Vizient-endorsed workforce solution, delivers optimized contract labor management for our clients. We work with a nationwide network of suppliers to provide economies of scale on clinical and non-clinical contingent labor. With a digital infrastructure powering analytics and automation, Vaya Workforce helps healthcare facilities manage the costs of their contingent labor program.

Irving, Texas, Us

Served as Principal for Vizient's Contract Labor Management business. Acts as engagement partner for strategic, transformational, and operational improvement workforce engagements. Serves as trusted advisor to the executive leadership teams of healthcare organizations.Led teams that achieved 120% to plan for new logo bookings in FY2020Led teams that achieved 150% to plan for renewal bookings in FY2020Oversaw sales and same-store revenue growth efforts which contributed to increasing year-over-year revenue by 46.6% in FY2020Developed and led the Fast-Track program to provide supplemental staffing to hospitals, health providers and alternate care facilities/field hospitals for COVID response support. This resulted in the Vizient program placing over 36,000 resources across its membership during the COVID pandemic. Led teams closing deals with State of Missouri for placing over 470 resources across the state and the Arizona Department of Health Services for placing 600 resources across the state in July 2020 and 880 resources across the state in December 2020Developed and led the CLM Community program which allows the CLM managed services program offering to scale to smaller acute and non-acute healthcare organizations Redesigned sales strategy and marketing for CLM business unit to be a data-driven and sophisticated consultative-sales process. Utilized and synthesized insights from Optimizer VMS data, Clinical Data Base (CDB), Operational Data Base (ODB), Definitive Healthcare and public data sources to drive this data-oriented approachCollaborated with Vizient’s Legal team to redesign and modernize all legal agreements for the CLM business unitRedesigned pricing models for implementation and delivery of CLM servicesLed teams to develop a performance-based culture within the CLM business unit. Facilitated first after-action review and instituted performance improvement processes and data collection to improve performance of the team

Irving, Texas, Us

Note: in February 2016, Vizient acquired the MedAssets SCM and Sg2 business units from MedAssets/Pamplona Capital.Responsible for business development, solution architecture, relationship management and territory operations for Advisory Solutions in Vizient’s West Zone. Acts as engagement partner for strategic, transformational, and operational improvement consulting engagements for Vizient Advisory Solutions. Serves as trusted advisor to the executive leadership teams of healthcare organizations. Led teams that achieved savings of more than $220 million and counting.

Irving, Texas, Us

Note: in February 2016, Vizient acquired the MedAssets SCM and Sg2 business units from MedAssets/Pamplona Capital.Responsible for acquisition integration merging the legacy consulting organizations from VHA, University Healthcare Consortium, Novation, MedAssets SCM and Sg2 representing a combined total of over $150 million in annual revenues and over 550 FTEs. The integrated Vizient Advisory Solutions was ranked the seventh-largest healthcare consultancy by Modern Healthcare magazine in 2016.Led and coordinated workstreams involving practice-level integration, business development, new software implementation, integration & go-to-market strategy for Vizient Advisory Solutions and integration and coordination with other parts of the Vizient enterpriseLed integration of 24 consulting practice domains representing 49 productsAssisted Advisory Solutions leadership in integrating employee organizational charts, source data, delivery processes, language and delivery toolsLed and developed communication plan including all-hands calls, newsletters and ongoing information sessionsLed a team that planned and organized a consulting leadership summit with more than 170 attendees over 3 days and a budget in excess of $200 thousand including logistics, meals, team building, content, accommodations and audiovisualPlanned and organized a Clinical Practice summit with more than 40 attendees over 2 days including logistics, meals, team building, content, process improvement efforts, and accommodationsLed Consulting Integration team that coordinated with IT and Telephony to successfully migrate more than 380 employees from the legacy Medassets networks, VOIP systems, desk phones, video- and tele-conferencing systems, applications, and laptops to the new Vizient systems

Irving, Texas, Us

Led strategic, transformational, and operational improvement consulting engagements for MedAssets Advisory Solutions, specializing in complex, challenging and highly political projects. Selected as 1 of 10 inaugural members of the Total Performance Management team within Advisory Solutions; responsible to build out capabilities and management standards to consistently deliver large, complex, multi-disciplinary projectsLed the Project Standards team for Transformational Services service line for the Clinical Resource Management practice of Advisory SolutionsLed the Supply Chain & Logistics service line for the Clinical Resource Management practice of Advisory SolutionsLed the Purchased Services service line for the Clinical Resource Management practice of Advisory SolutionsLed team to develop a comprehensive human capital management and investment program for the supply chain, logistics and purchased services practice including cross-training, mentoring and utilization managementLed team to develop a knowledge management program for rapid collection, dissemination and learning of expertiseServed as a faculty member and content developer in the areas of accountable leadership, clinical engagement, inventory management and operations research for MedAssets Supply Chain University, a program co-branded with Belmont University Recognized as a national expert in the areas of supply chain operations, supply chain IT and vendor management with publications and interviews in industry magazines such as HFM Supply Chain Solutions, Healthcare Purchasing News and the Journal of Healthcare Contracting as well as numerous speaking engagements and invited lecturesLed team which developed the MedAssets Sourcing Categories, a comprehensive system of sourcing categories to simplify and standardize strategic sourcing of products and services both within MedAssets as well as for our customers

Irving, Texas, Us

Led customer service efforts for a leading-edge integrated patient-care delivery network in the Northeast. Responsible for coordination of services, customer satisfaction and delivery of direct value including savings and rebates. Coordinated services including spend management, data analytics, value analysis and revenue cycle optimization.Performed service recovery to rescue a threatened account Helped account increase their adoption of MedAssets technology to the point where they won a national award for best use of supply chain technology in 2007 and again in 2009Realized more than $8.1M in direct value to the account Responsible for closing $4.2 million in sales

Irving, Texas, Us

Directed operational improvement and strategic consulting engagements for the supply chain practice at Aspen. Developed new products and services including creative joint-offerings between Aspen and other service companies. Developed and launched the Aspen Vendor Management Program, an innovative joint offering of software and services with REPtrax which helps hospitals credential and track the compliance of their vendor sales representatives; achieved sales for 31 facilities in 7 states within the first 28 days of launch; helped develop a national standard for credentialing processes and requirementsCo-developed a sales training program for MedAssets’ Regional DirectorsTrained other Aspen supply chain consultants on supply chain operations; acted as remote subject matter expert providing in-depth knowledge, direction, diagnostics and assessment to junior consultants working on supply chain engagements

Irving, Texas, Us

Managed cost-savings, operational improvement and strategic consulting engagements for the supply chain practice at Aspen. Developed additional consulting products including inventory optimization, purchase-to-pay cycle enhancement, value analysis programs, information systems optimization, and data quality improvement.Achieved customer cost improvements of $6 million in realized savings and an additional $5 million in identified savings within the first 12 monthsCo-developed the SCS practice including developing the strategic plan, marketing plan and product pipeline and establishing rigor in its operations and project management resulting in an increase in revenues of greater than $1.4 million within 1 yearProvided expertise to clients in the areas of supply chain operations, inventory management, warehouse management, contract management, information technology, physician preference items, vendor management, and purchased servicesDeveloped supply chain IT consulting products which enhanced the customer value from operational improvement engagementsDeveloped strategic and economic models in support of new products, services and due diligence for acquisitions Participated in physician preference item (PPI) cost reduction projects as an orthopaedic device consultant engaged in opportunity identification, administration and physician engagement and vendor negotiationParticipated in pilot projects exploring consulting on Lean Operations (Toyota Production Method) in healthcare including warehouse design and operations

Miami Beach, Us

Developed operational strategy for the Supply Chain Services department. Managed the Value Enhancement Program, a comprehensive system of cost savings initiatives, internal marketing and product evaluation. Co-developed a regionalized group purchasing alliance with eight Florida-based Premier hospital networks. Responsible for exploration and development of new opportunities for revenue streams arising from management of partners, materials and contracts. Managed the Value Enhancement Program implementing $11 million in sustainable annual savings and cost avoidance within the first 18 months. Developed a business intelligence group providing datamarts, portal/team collaboration applications, metadata and data modeling services Managed the implementation of the Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX) eCommerce platform including the Connect +, My Exchange, and Contract Center modules and integration to Premier’s Supply Chain Advisor analytics and contract management modules

Miami Beach, Us

Responsible for analyzing and maximizing all books of business contracted both through the Premier group purchasing organization (GPO) and negotiating directly with vendors. Negotiated contracts achieving more than $1.9 million per year in savings in the first six months. Developed and administered a data warehouse for the reporting and analysis of enterprise Supply Chain data using Microsoft SQL Server and Data Transformation Services. Developed, coded and utilized business intelligence applications to analyze and report data collected

Miami Beach, Us

Responsible for financial and statistical reporting for the Patient Accounting department from data generated on production transaction processing systems. Constructed workflows for data collection and distribution. Developed software applications and reports on demand. Developed and administered a financial analysis data mart using Microsoft SQL Server and Data Transformation Services. Designed, developed and coded a multi-departmental application for tracking medical record requests.

Miami Beach, Us

Managed a $2.75 million surgical inventory. Harvested and analyzed business data from legacy systems using various report writer tools, Monarch report mining software, OLAP cubes, Pivot Tables and Pivot Charts. Performed business analyses on surgical costs by procedure and by physician. Reduced the Operating Room's inventory by 10.7% over 2 months for a savings of $273,944 while increasing its inventory record accuracy from 60% to 91%. Reduced Ambulatory Surgery's inventory by 22% over 7 months for a savings of $79,223 while increasing its inventory record accuracy from 95% to 99%

Miami Beach, Us

Acted as liaison between clinical staff, materials management and information systems in a same-day surgery facility. Increased Ambulatory Surgery's inventory record accuracy from 41% to 95% in 7 weeks, setting the record for highest inventory record accuracy ever recorded at Mount Sinai. Developed software including an intraocular lens consignment application tracking consignment inventories, implant records, product returns and implant defects

Miami Beach, Us

Inventory Control Specialist, Ambulatory Surgery, 1996 - 1998OR Process Facilitator, 1995 - 1996

Mba, Executive Master Of Business Administration

Certificate, Lean Healthcare Certificate For Supply Chain

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