Responsible for leading overall services and operations, focused on delivering advance data and analytic capabilities across the healthcare value-chain. The integrated service offerings provide data-driven insights to facilitate enhanced payer and provider collaboration and support the transition to value-based care. The suite of advanced analytic solutions are deployed leveraging a proprietary next generation cloud-based Analytics as a Service (AaaS) platform - CoreTechs®. The combined portfolio of services and solutions offers a scalable, robust and cost efficient approach to enable organizations to rapidly take advantage of leading-edge technology and achieve significant improvements in data and analytic capabilities.

Strategic account leader and client partner for the Optum Advisory Services practice. Lead product development, solution integration, and go-to-market efforts with a focus on advanced data and analytics capabilities.NOTABLE IMPACTS: Pioneered the new Client Partner model to integrate an expanded suite of services with the portfolio of Optum products and solutions. Solution development and go-to-market lead for innovative services delivering expanded capabilities to address emerging needs in the healthcare payer market. Achieved over 20% increase in revenue by championing integrated solution offerings. Launched $5M new service applying advanced analytics to cost reduction methodologies.PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:Lead go-to-market initiatives to enhance the competitive positioning of a growing consulting practice by building strong executive-level client relationships and guiding teams in the delivery of major projects for priority clients across the healthcare industry.

Global Coordinating Partner and Lead Advisory Partner for priority healthcare and life science accounts. Global solution owner and national go-to-market leader for risk advisory services and solutions. NOTABLE IMPACTS: Realized $100M in revenue growth through the launch of innovative industry focused advisory services. Lead 300+ professionals as a global solution owner with overall product launch, business development and service delivery responsibilities. Grew advisory services by 30+% in the healthcare and life science industries as the risk go-to-market Lead. Drove over $20M in sales with “Demand Generation Campaigns” in the healthcare and life science industries.  Served as “Trusted Business Advisor” to 11 of the Nation’s largest health insurers and 5 of the largest healthcare systems, as well as 9 of the top life science companies and 4 of the largest biotechnology companies.PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:Served as a Partner/Principal for the Americas Advisory Services practice with lead responsibility for strategic accounts in the healthcare and life sciences industries. Consistently delivered against annual growth targets while leading solution development responsibilities. Built strong executive level relationships and maintained the highest of client satisfaction scores. As a Global Coordinating Partner for strategic priority clients, cultivated and maintained strong executive-level relationships based on delivering strategic insights, leading practices, and a breadth of industry knowledge while maintaining overall responsibility for service quality and total account revenue.As a Lead Advisory Partner, delivered strategic guidance to Advisory Services teams to drive the delivery of major projects to transform operations, finance, IT, risk management and compliance, capabilities for clients across Healthcare and Life Science sectors.

Served as the lead solution architect to develop and deploy market leading risk advisory services. Efficiently scaled the global risk advisory services team for solution deployment and market development. Successfully positioned the new solutions as a strategic point of entry to expand overall advisory service offerings. Promoted from Manager to Senior Manager in less than 2 years due to strong performance in leading project teams and driving profitability.

Joined as a core team member directed to launch a new service offering to address expanding demand for risk management services. In less than 2 months was appointed as the overall “Lead Project Manager” for the newly created enterprise risk management services practice. Was critical to building the evolving practice in order to secure a strong market position that rapidly achieved profitability.

Co-founded the Chicago office of a regional brokerage and risk management consulting firm responding to industry consolidation. Helped to propel this start-up operation into one of the “Top 100” retail brokers in the country with growth rates beyond 100% for three consecutive years. Excelled by selling and delivering client focused consultative and transactional services addressing customized risk management needs. Specialized in the development and implementation of creative solutions to address complex business risks while reducing overall costs and adverse financial impacts.

Select member of management development program providing brokerage and risk consulting services for global accounts. Maintained both brokerage and risk management consulting responsibilities. Structured complex transactions on behalf of large commercial clients. Provided in-depth quantitative risk analysis and modeling across varied classes of business risk. Designed and implemented multi-year integrated contracts with alternative risk transfer mechanisms to address specialized risk exposures. Coordinated global risk management programs responding to the unique demands of international operations. Performed outsourced risk management services for an industry leading energy client.

Responsible to determine the desirability, pricing, and conditions of acceptance or continuance of commercial insurance coverage for an assigned group of producers. Achieved increased profitability on a $14M book of business with through enhanced risk analysis, pricing structure and contract design. Tied the company's record for the fastest simultaneous completion of the industry professional certifications in a two-year time frame, the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) and Associates in Risk Management (ARM) designations.