Selected for key leadership role reporting to SVP of the division responsible for driving global growth. Leads cross-functional teams to execute and implement international business initiatives and identifies prospective strategic partnership and revenue-generating opportunities across the Middle East, Americas, and Asia. Develops comprehensive business plans and financial models, leverages analytics and market intelligence to inform business decisions. Ensures contracted deliverables are provided to international partners and clients. Plays critical role in development and activation of technology solutions to maximize operational efficiency, reduce costs, and support business continuity efforts. Provides technical expertise in IT, compliance, marketing, and legal matters.Highlights:★ Designed and implemented new international second opinion program, resulting in expanded global patient access and a new revenue stream projected to earn up to $2M annually.★ Identified a unique opportunity to leverage CommonSpirit's expertise as part of strategic partnership with U.S. academic institutions that resulted in creation of 5 new programs with projected annual revenue of $4.5M.★ Played key role in the successful negotiation and execution of 3 international joint ventures across China and the UK focused on supply chain optimization, online healthcare education, and clinical affiliations.★ Implemented various process improvements to optimize business performance including eliminating operational redundancies, implementing integration opportunities, and renegotiating vendor costs that resulted in $1.3M in annual cost savings, and streamlining the contract development process that reduced turnaround time by 50% and saved $100K+ in annual legal expenses.★ Spearheaded improved payments solutions for international patients by identifying and securing new payments provider, reducing transaction processing time by 85% and realizing an annual cost savings of $350K.

Directed business development activities for St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, a 595-bed not-for-profit academic medical center with a 125+ year reputation for excellence in the delivery of quaternary care, medical education, and research. Developed and implemented business growth strategies to increase market share within Arizona new physician relationships across multiple specialties, clinical service line and program expansion, and establishment of long-term strategic plan to build a satellite facility to drive growth across key clinical areas including cardiovascular, neuroscience, orthopedics, oncology, and women’s health. Educated and marketed area physicians about hospital capabilities, collaborated with cross-functional personnel in support of recruiting and operational goals, and participated in development of annual budget.Highlights:★ Played key role in securing $60M capital investment, creating business case approved by senior leadership to invest in recruitment or practice acquisition of 300+ physicians over a 5-year period.★ Participated in the design, construction, and opening of new $50M acute care hospital in the West Valley to provide clinical services to a rapidly growing area and collaborated with Sales to recruit non-aligned providers to build new medical staff membership, and successfully exceeded business plan projections.★ Developed and executed co-management arrangements for cardiology and general surgery to create profitable niche clinical programs that contributed up to $10M annually.★ Spearheaded creation of a forum for Dignity Health Arizona joint venture partners to collaboratively identify and develop strategic integration opportunities and share operational priorities, a process that was rolled out across all markets in the organization by executive leadership as a result of the significant impact on the business.

Provided project management support to senior leadership, managing a broad range of initiatives through an intensive learning experience focused on the complexities of managing a diverse health system. Implemented process improvements across business units to enhance efficiency and reduce costs, collaborated with cross-functional teams in support of strategic business initiatives, and developed deep understanding of finance and operations in a health system setting.Highlights:★ Developed and implemented process improvement strategies for Case Managers, Physicians, and Revenue Integrity departments resulting in 20% reduction in commercial claim rejections.★ Secured the largest award in a system-wide business plan competition, securing $1.5M of $5M in available funds for the renovation of Mercy General Hospital.