Michael Awad is a performance-driven, strategic, and process-focused Pharmacy Management Executive, offering 20+ years of transferable experience in facilitating operational efficiency, effectiveness, and productivity vital to achieve business success across various functional pharmaceutical areas and units through cultivating value-based strategies and delivering robust pharmacy services. He serves as a main point of contact, liaison, and conduit regarding business matters for ownership while supervising multiple pharmaceutical divisions, encompassing mail order, retail, specialty, and long-term care. He excels at leading, managing, and streamlining pharmacy operations while overseeing and developing high-performing staff to optimize process efficiency. He champions all aspects of network operations management and software integration while designing and executing innovative solutions to achieve actionable process improvements.As a dynamic and result-oriented Executive Pharmacy Leader, Michael oversees diverse operations and business functions while delivering integrated support to patients through providing a 'hands-on" approach to total quality care. He communicates complex healthcare concepts in a simplified manner to diverse audiences while delivering data-driven and insightful recommendations to support strategic organization decision-making. He possesses a proven track record of success in consistently exceeding business expectations through developing, implementing, and supporting pharmacy initiatives, thus achieving critical business objectives on a year-over-year basis. He devises and improves key performance metrics, optimizes patient health outcomes, and secures increased sales through delivering medically-sound solutions across competitive market segments.Through dedication to operational excellence, Michael achieves optimal efficiency across logistics, including transportation services and on-time deliverables while facilitating continuous process improvements, streamlining operations, and generating cost optimization. He promotes a culture of collaboration within fast-paced and highly-challenging pharmaceutical environments while administering coaching, mentoring, and training to elevate personnel performance and achieve team synergy. He showcases an advanced understanding of drug reviews, distribution channels, pharmaceutical group purchasing organizations, wholesalers, provider/facility networks, unit costs/pricing, revenue cycle management, and medical benefits.