Kari Elwardt-Levin Email & Phone Number

Round Lake, Il, Us

United States

Led the management of strategic and clinical integration initiatives from inception to implementation and served as a liaison between Medical Foundation, Managed Care, Business Development, Finance, Enterprise Business Intelligence, Transformation Office, and Operational leads to ensure objectives were achieved. Project Groot – Oct 22-Nov 23 – Led the first, enterprise-wide implementation after the merger of 2 health systems.● Merged Salesforce CRM applications across 4 Hospitals… Show more Led the management of strategic and clinical integration initiatives from inception to implementation and served as a liaison between Medical Foundation, Managed Care, Business Development, Finance, Enterprise Business Intelligence, Transformation Office, and Operational leads to ensure objectives were achieved. Project Groot – Oct 22-Nov 23 – Led the first, enterprise-wide implementation after the merger of 2 health systems.● Merged Salesforce CRM applications across 4 Hospitals and 20+ clinics in SoCal utilizing Agile implementation. ● Sunset use of Allscripts and moved to Epic for our Chicago, Atlanta and Phoenix hospitals. ● Launched Experian Health for system-wide Insurance Eligibility Verification.● Constructed dashboards for reporting data across various sources, to monitor KAI/KPIs for hiring and attrition, training, equipment and systems procurement requests and software license counts.● Built templates to be used across Operations, including business cases, resource planning and financial analytics. ● Acted as a liaison with Sponsors and end users to build and execute all project requirements, including budgets, timelines, communication plans, risk analysis, etc.● Performed quality assurance inspections to ensure project specifications were met. ● Defined and executed post-implementation monitoring of relevant financial/performance metrics and service level agreements. ● Performed staffing analysis, job description updates, system licenses/equipment procurement, process documentation, and workflow creation for over 150 current and 170 newly hired staff. ● Initiated and maintained a robust communication plan to track the impact of changes to the daily operations, scheduling of new patients and records procurement. Show less

Deerfield, Illinois, United States

Management of multiple projects in the Supply Chain, Procurement, Logistics and Quality teams, using Lean Six Sigma and Continuous Improvement methodologies to optimize performance of processes and eliminate waste. ● Identified the root cause for PPE procurement over-spend, and introduced effective processes for purchasing MRO equipment; This included purchasing system changes, training of top buyers and running a pilot with 20 participants, delivering $300K+ savings within first 6… Show more Management of multiple projects in the Supply Chain, Procurement, Logistics and Quality teams, using Lean Six Sigma and Continuous Improvement methodologies to optimize performance of processes and eliminate waste. ● Identified the root cause for PPE procurement over-spend, and introduced effective processes for purchasing MRO equipment; This included purchasing system changes, training of top buyers and running a pilot with 20 participants, delivering $300K+ savings within first 6 months● Enabled the organization to effectively mentor their sites through the certification process of 1200+ belt candidates. Result - the companywide program delivered a 95% certification rate & $200M+ in savings. The program success was maintained by driving change management and establishing processes to effectively measure program KPIs.● Knowledge Management/Knowledge Sharing – built and deployed a Tableau dashboard for access to data of complex projects that solved critical initiatives across enterprises, for use as a best practice library ● During pandemic, designed and delivered training materials and created effective training videos to reach over 10,000 employees ● Led the deployment of an Operational Excellence Leadership Education program to recently hired or promoted Plant Managers and VPs; This program worked with Finance, Legal, Engineering, HR and other key areas to educate new leaders in areas they would need to partner with in their new role● Coached and mentored dozens of Green and Black Belt students in application of lean six sigma tools ● SharePoint administrator for team sites, including creation of new pages and forms to effectively communicate information within Operational Excellence and the rest of the organization Show less

Lake Forest, Il

● Established and led cross-functional strategic initiatives, enterprise-wide for new digital products and services, infrastructure upgrades, and deployments ● Successful completion of projects of various value, completed according to established PMI methodology and company standards ● Fostered team effectiveness by recognizing team members unique talents/skills, drove performance, and mitigated any problems within team and projects● Generated project related communication and… Show more ● Established and led cross-functional strategic initiatives, enterprise-wide for new digital products and services, infrastructure upgrades, and deployments ● Successful completion of projects of various value, completed according to established PMI methodology and company standards ● Fostered team effectiveness by recognizing team members unique talents/skills, drove performance, and mitigated any problems within team and projects● Generated project related communication and designed project templates to use for reporting ● Managed and validated team financials and provided on-going reconciliation of resources and other related project expenditures ● Proactively managed meetings for leadership team to verify they met project objectives/goals ● Partnered with and mentored several team members by cross-training to build a stronger alignment across teams ● Developed employee communications for distribution via company website and printed materials● Worked closely with Board of Directors and C-Suite Executives Show less

Bs, Business Management

Graduated with Honors

Associate Of Arts, General

Studied Humanities, Criminal justice, and hospitality.

Genetics

Major was Genetics with a minor in BioChemistry

High School Diploma, All Required Subjects

Activities and Societies: Girl's Golf Team (4 Years), Student Council