Leah Carden Email & Phone Number

Florida, United States

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

VUCA Health directly addresses health literacy and serves as a gateway to patient engagement by leveraging the most advanced mobile and web video technologies to deliver trusted information that enhances the medication use process. Our MedsOnCue platform focus is on increasing pharmacy and health system brand-loyalty by delivering patient education in an innovative and convenient way to connect with and inform patients and their care givers.

Lake Mary

Avatar Solutions is a survey, data measurement, and performance improvement company in the healthcare industry that specializes in employee and patient engagement. The company was purchased from the founders in 2008 by Veronis, Suhler, and Stevenson (VSS). In 2011, we executed a transaction with The Riverside Company, who is the current owner. Responsibilities: Provide financial reports to board of directors and senior leadership team, support the decision-making process of the various business segments through profitability analysis, forecasting and management reporting, develop and coordinate the annual expense and cash budget. Responsible for all day to day operations related to finance, human resources, and mail production. Manage Accounting/Human Resources/Outgoing Mail/Data Capture.Accomplishments:• Key member of senior leadership team responsible for growing company and positioning for sale.• Generated value that resulted in strong return on investment to shareholders.• Developed accounting functions, financial packages, and financial reporting. • Implemented more stringent and formal weekly and monthly reporting functions to ensure timely flow of usable information to management.• Successfully negotiated debt refinancing. • Developed metrics to determine hiring needs. • Acquired strategic company to build out company’s portfolio.• Selected and implemented new accounting and CRM platform, providing management with real time, actionable information.• Developed onboarding tools and programs for new hires. • Developed and implemented management training program.• Developed and implemented interviewing criteria and annual performance review system. • Managed growth while tripling size of the staff in less than four years.• Launched call center and negotiated vendor contracts.• Developed predictive staffing model to manage growth.• Developed SLA and metrics to measure productivity.

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Founded in 1993, Gold Standard is an electronic, medical publishing company that specializes in drug information. In 2003, Housatonic Partners invested in the company. In 2006, we executed a transaction with Elsevier, a publicly held company, who is the current owner.Provide financial reports to Elsevier CFO and CEO, support the decision-making process of the various business segments through profitability analysis, forecasting and management reporting, develop and coordinate the annual expense and cash budget. Coordinate financial due diligence for potential acquisitions. Organize and hold senior management level strategy meetings to aid in development of long-term strategic plan and team-building. Oversee Accounting/Human Resources/IT/Fulfillment• Coordinated due diligence on strategic acquisition amongst multiple functional teams.• Successfully integrated company’s IT, financial, and HR systems into Elsevier systems with minimal disruption. • Created and provided key metrics to Elsevier CFO.• Converted closing process from 15 days to 3 days.• Coordinated the sale of the company to Reed Elsevier, yielding a strong return on investment to shareholders. • Involved in all aspects of the sale process including: data room creation, review of legal sale contract, coordination amongst existing shareholders, and creation of all supporting schedules. • Created expense and cash budgets, produced profit and loss reports, and financial projections.• Set up schedule to provide financial statements delivered in a timely manner.