I have a unique combination of skills: applied health services research and research operations leadership balanced with my love for running. I have an infectious enthusiasm for change management and pilot projects are my passion. Experience with building, developing, and leading research operations teams to produce high quality and highly usable survey data. Experience in health care policy analysis, applied econometrics and micro-costing for complex studies. Operations Manager. RMPDC RADARS System, a division of Denver Health. Post-Doctoral Fellow. University of Colorado School of Medicine, Health Care Policy and Research department. Generate and develop research projects that examine the effect of policy on health care delivery to inform strategic planning. Manage multiple projects. Serve as Medicaid subject matter expert. Professional Research Assistant. Supported the Data Science to Patient Value (D2V)--a multidisciplinary research initiative that focuses on Big Data methods, their application to medicine and health care delviery--research projects through time-driven activity-based costing (TDABC), data management, and data analysis. SHINE Health Systems Integration Program fellow. A competitive fellowship sponsored by the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologist focused on the integration of public health and clinical health systems.Dissertation topic: Understanding the mechanisms by which Colorado Medicaid reduced 30-day hospital readmissions: did financial incentives alter post-discharge care? Research assistant and a contribution member to the data analysis and report writing: The Impact of Increased Medicaid Payments for Primary Care Services on Access to Care for Medicaid Clients in Colorado.