Co-Founder of SpendMend Pharmacy after successful merger of Turnkey Pharmacy Solutions & Elevate340B into SpendMend's Cost Cycle Management Platform

Successfully built and eventually sold Elevate340B to SpendMend, creating SpendMend Pharmacy.Responsibilities:• Provide strategic leadership and operational oversight of the company• Maintain existing and onboard new client relationships• Responsible for strategic development on current and new business lines

Responsibilities:• Consult with clients on compliance with their 340B program

Responsibilities:• Provide strategic leadership within the Oregon market to align system and regional operational and compliance strategies across our ministries• Lead the OR market 340B purchasing program which has grown from $30M savings in 2016 to estimated 2019 savings of $90M• Lead strategic direction for the OR market Retail Pharmacy network with P&L responsibility for 3 retail pharmacies with $33M in net operating revenues• Residency Program Director for the PGY1/PGY2 Health-System Pharmacy Administration/MBA residency program• Provide compliance support to the OR market ministries (i.e Board of Pharmacy, TJC, DEA)• Participate in advocacy efforts around federal and state pharmacy interests (i.e. high cost drugs, 340B, practice initiatives)Major Projects:• Establish contract pharmacy network for OR region which contributed $25M in net revenue in FY18 ahead of $19M budget• Improved retail pharmacy caregiver engagement scores from 2016 to 2017: “Highly Sustainably Engaged” improved from 25% to 48% while “Unsupported and Detached” declined from 40% to 6%• Lead regional pharmacy services on the Providence Portland Medical Center Cancer Center Core Planning Team• Establish new regional operations governance structure and chair Oregon Region Operations and Technology Council (OROTC)• Establish a two year administrative residency program (PGY1/PGY2 Health-System Pharmacy Administration/MBA residency program)

Responsibilities:• Provide leadership for the VAPORHCS pharmacy enterprise which includes: inpatient, outpatient, ambulatory care, long-term care, substance abuse, and pharmacy benefit management throughout the Portland and Vancouver coverage area managing 97,000 Veterans• Oversee 163 FTEs (110 pharmacists, 70 technicians and support staff)• Responsible for total enterprise budget of approximately $130M ($110M drug budget)• Chief negotiator for all management/union bargaining sessions• Lean Green Belt Service Champion• Resident Program Director for ASHP PGY2 Health-System Pharmacy Administration residency and ASHP PGY1/PGY2 Health-System Pharmacy Administration residency• Affiliate Faculty Appointment for Oregon State University College of PharmacyMajor Projects:• Realignment of the pharmacy enterprise within VAPORHCS which included: new leadership structure, realignment of pharmacists in Primary Care, and adding technician leadership• Implemented a shared governance model across the pharmacy enterprise• Lead the pharmacy enterprise through the Veterans Access, Choice and Accountability Act• Implemented a three year strategic plan for the pharmacy enterprise• Set the strategic direction for the ambulatory care practice model with a focus on improving Veteran access to care• Developed the credentialing process for pharmacists with advanced scope of practice to be Licensed Independent Practitioners• Started the ASHP PGY2 Health-System Pharmacy Administration/MBA residency (received max 6 years accreditation) and ASHP PGY1/PGY2 Health-System Pharmacy Administration residency (candidate status)• Pharmacy champion for system conversion and implementation of automation technologies from Accudose to Omnicell (acute care and ambulatory clinic areas)

Traveled around the world with my wife when transitioning from New York to Oregon. Read about our adventures here: http://thoughtsunderthecurls.blogspot.com/

Responsibilities:• Responsible for the operations and management oversight of the acute care pharmacy services at the 4 UHS hospitals, UHS Professional Home Care, and the UHS pharmacist anticoagulation ambulatory clinic• Oversee 67 FTEs (81 pharmacists, technicians, and interns) • Provide leadership within the department and throughout the hospital pertaining to medication therapy• Develop and maintain clinical skills of pharmacy staff• Work closely with the medical and patient care services staff to ensure that quality services are being provided and meet the needs of the patient populations served• Site Coordinator/Preceptor for Wilkes University School of Pharmacy RotationsMajor Projects:• Responsible for all emergency operations of the pharmacy enterprise during Tropical Storm Lee• Created, implemented, and expanded the UHS Anticoagulation Clinic, the first pharmacy services in the ambulatory clinic• Full automation analysis across the UHS System: Evaluated, analyzed, negotiated, and implemented full scale replacement of all medication automation technologies: two medication robots, drug packaging equipment, drug cabinets, and server• Developed and gained approval from the UHS System Board to create a Pharmacy Residency Program• Developed, implemented, and managed Pharmacy Technician medication reconciliation on admission• Created, implemented, and maintain drug library for Alaris Smart IV Pumps• Expanded the role of the pharmacist to be included on the Adult Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPRs) Team• Designed a new pharmacy for UHS Home Care Pharmacy