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Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

Making it possible for its clients to age happier in their home by providing quality home care services customized to individuals’ needs and wants in the comfort of their own homes. We like to say “It’s about caring, not just health care.”

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Sourcing AdministratorProvide supply chain sourcing and contracting services for 23-hospital system. Responsible for identifying cost savings initiatives, presenting vendor proposals, recommending optimal awardscenarios, and implementing solutions.  Manage all cardiovascular, peripheral vascular, and interventional radiology product, service, and consignment agreements for the health system plus a research institute. Led three sourcing events in the past 12 months resulting in over $250,000 realized cost savings: - AAA Stents/Endografts - Vascular Closure - Tracheobronchial Stents  Successfully negotiated and implemented 39 supply chain contracts and 62 contractamendments in the past 12 months. Manage cardiovascular, peripheral vascular, and interventional radiology price files for 229 agreements in Lawson. Collaborated with peers on a training task force to develop a training roadmap for our colleagues. Currently in process of building content and platform to deliver this training.

Irving, Tx

Sourcing ExecutiveIdentify supply cost savings initiatives, provide contracting expertise, present supplier proposals to network hospitals, make recommendations, and negotiate unique pricing and terms with suppliers. Led 25 sourcing events in 2014 including: - Hip and knee implants - Pneumatic Compression - Interventional cardiology - Endoscopy Lab - Orthobiologics - Wound Care - Surgical Mesh - Equipment Rental These sourcing events generated $5.5 million incremental value (pricing and rebates) Collaborate with colleagues on the employee engagement survey team to conductpost-survey focus groups and report out recommendations for improving employee engagement to sourcing leadership.

Tyler, Texas Area

Office ManagerManage contract administration and member services for 264-member purchasing cooperative with $230 million annual contract spend  Implemented systems-based productivity enhancements in the area of payments processing Initiated formalized IT project review process which led to improved efficiency and performance on projects and raised visibility for the group Implemented processes for secure electronic document storage for sensitive records

Tyler, Texas Area

Clinic ManagerManaged seven-physician family practice group with over $5 million billed charges annually Supervised 19-member staff (12 clinical and 7 clerical FTEs) Provided operational recommendations to Medical Director to drive profits  Collaborated with central billing office to effect timely payment of accounts

Piscataway, Nj

Senior Financial AnalystFinance support for Managed Markets contracting and sales team Employed strategic planning and analysis to develop business plan for $31 millionSG&A budget Sales force performance measurement - compiled and reported contracted sales for43-member sales team  Data Rationalization Project – Six Sigma Process Excellence Certified Together Rx development Team – established financial forecasts and reporting

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Health/Health Care Administration/Management

MBA/MPH with Finance and Health Systems and Policy concentrations

Bachelor'S Degree, Business Administration And Management, General

Activities and Societies: Alpha Tau OmegaEarned a management degree with emphasis on engineering enterprises.