Matt Richardson, Mph, Drphc, Cphq Email & Phone Number

Austin, TX, US

Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area

Under the guidance of the Director of Analytics and Reporting, the Senior Data Strategy Analyst will work on strategic planning, demographic, operational, performance measurement, research, evaluation, and other reporting to improve the health of our community by caring for those who need it most. The work includes coordinating responses to data requests.

Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area

Round Rock, Texas, United States

Provide public health emergency support for the COVID-19 pandemic, including surge support for epidemiology, systems development and protocols, and data architecture/data management roles.Serve as Data Team lead reporting to the Operations Section Chief, coordinating the data reporting and quality assurance activities for the Williamson County and Cities.

Round Rock, TX

Provide technical assistance with accreditation efforts on a contract basis.

Round Rock, TX

• Achieved initiatives in continuous improvement throughout the organization to ensure 600+ employees deliver effective program administration and service delivery. Served as a strategic member of Executive Management.
• Built and developed members of an innovative and diverse team of five to lead major organizational changes.
• Led the creation of a Culture of Quality through creation of a Quality Champions program, LSS and CQI activities, and establishment of internal controls and systems improvements to manage upstream drivers and root.
• Led the Quality Management/Utilization Management (QMUM) and Safety and Risk Management committees.
• Proactively monitored data from programs to ensure compliance and meet performance and strategic goals.
• Mitigated deviations from performance/fiscal targets by proactively identifying risks and tracking progress against metrics.

Austin, Texas Area

• Accomplished objectives for improving the district by leading 110+ employees in the development and implementation of a Culture of Quality in administration and operations. Served as a strategic member of Executive.
• Created Division from scratch, recruiting key talent, and growing staff through individualized leadership to get the most out of each team member.
• Led agency Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement activities, analyzing and drawing insights from qualitative and quantitative data to drive decision making.
• Managed multiple complex projects in a deadline-driven environment.
• Aligned the organization with the broader vision by conducting environmental scans, viability assessments, developing business cases, and managing risk for agency initiatives.
• Secured $6M in funding ($2M per year for three years) by turning around struggling 1115 Medicaid Waiver projects on a tight 3-month deadline.

Austin, Texas Area

Proven track record of success executing operations, analytics, and project management for a federal client and state/local stakeholders. Provided strategic and operational leadership for the National BioWatch Exercise Team, managing multiple concurrent projects and coordinating exercise development and implementation activities across the country. The.

Texas

Proven track record of success executing operations, analytics, and project management for a federal client and state/local stakeholders. The focus of the work was on establishing and maintaining public health and emergency preparedness response capabilities for bioterrorism attacks. Primary job duties included stakeholder and client relations.

Austin, Texas Area

During my time at the state health department, I held a number of successively more complex epidemiology positions:- Epidemiologist II: Emerging Infections Program Coordinator. Led the planning, implementation, project management, and coordination all aspects of the CDC’s Emerging Infections Program (EIP) in Texas.- Epidemiologist II: State Influenza.

Austin, Texas Area

During my time in the state health department's laboratory, I served in a number of roles of increasing responsibility and complexity:- Microbiologist IV: Performed highly advanced molecular epidemiologist surveillance on bacterial pathogens using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) as a PulseNet-certified.

Dr.Ph, Public Health Leadership (Current Student), 3.8

Activities and Societies: Golden Key International Honor SocietyCurrent student at UIC completing my DrPH in Public Health Leadership.

Mph, Epidemiology And Biostatistics, 4.0

B.S., Microbiology

High School Diploma, With Honors, Honors