Self-directed and driven leader with comprehensive accomplishments developing and leading cross-functional teams to ensure success and achieve goals. Known as an innovative thinker with strong project management, technology, and partnership acumen. Demonstrated success developing and seamlessly executing plans in for profit and nonprofit organizations. Recognized for maximizing performance by implementing appropriate strategies through analysis of details to gain understanding of the industry position, emerging issues, trends and relationships. Highly organized, creative problem solver who excels at guiding teams through complex operations. Expertise includes developing organizational structure, leading health care operations, providing expertise in HIPAA Privacy/Security, incorporating legal background experience, and advising C-level executives.Accomplishments:Drove organizational restructure of key staff, aligning processes and procedures to drive efficiencies and costs savings.Assessed compliance issues and reduced non-compliance penalties by over 30%Successfully led Department of Justice investigation resulting in case dismissal.Developed and led compliance audits resulting in process improvement and 40% cost savings.Established and developed relationships with state and federal regulatory agencies.Successfully created, developed and managed from the ground up new departments and teams.Expertise:Project Management, Health Care Operations (Medicare, Medicaid, Long Term Care, Hospice, Home Health), Hospital Operations, Auditing, Government Contracts, Regulatory Affairs, Investigations, Fraud Waste and Abuse, Training and Education. Paralegal background in Banking and Finance, Medical Malpractice, Product Liability, Federal Communications Law, and Corporate Law.