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Accomplished strategist and senior executive with a long track record of creating value through strategic growth initiatives, enterprise transformation, operational excellence, and cost optimization. Recognized as a highly versatile collaborator and critical thinker with extensive transaction experience.Strategic and operational leadership highlights include:• Developed and deployed enterprise growth strategy and associated plan, goals, and enterprise scorecard• Reorganized 450+ employees to best enable growth strategy• Revamped governance processes and managed $12m-28M annual capital portfolio• Re-chartered a Senior Leadership Team (60 VPs & above) to empower the cross-functional collaboration and C-suite alignment on strategic initiatives, operational execution, and culture development.• Successful P&L ownership for multiple entities ranging from $7M to $17M in revenue.• Exceeded $100M in total run-rate cost reductions on a combined revenue base of $1.3B via multiple and successive iterations - enabled through vendor management, process improvement, and org design optimizationHigh value realization from completing several transformational transactions and driving synergies and efficiencies such as the following:• Managed sell-side diligence and all internal/external communications for successful go-private transaction of Tivity Health to Stone Point Capital – a $2.2B exit at 12.7x EBITDA multiple.• Managed post-merger integration and internal transition from publicly traded to privately-owned operating model and delivered $6M in cost savings.• Achieved $35M in run-rate cost synergies from acquisition of Nutrisystem as the head of the Integration Management Office.• Led post-merger integration of Burnalong digital fitness business and delivered >30% reduction in segment’s operating expense.• Supported the strategic alternatives evaluation for Nutrisystem business and eventual divesture for $550M, leading accelerated separation activities and minimizing Transition Services Agreement scope and duration.• Guided the divestiture and separation of Healthways’ Total Population Health business unit, transitioning 1700 staff, separating multiple enterprise systems, and implementing a new Tivity Health IT infrastructure and data center within a 14-month period.• Directed technology separation for large divestiture of 30+ behavioral hospitals.

Listed skills include Project Management, Leadership, Program Management, Management, and 29 others.

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  University Of Tennessee, Knoxville

  Industrial Engineering