Rob Gorham, Cssbb Email & Phone Number

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Strong Leadership: Provides strategic counsel and direction to members seeking to optimize the health care value equation while improving or maintaining outcomes and decreasing costs. Manages large Indirect Spend projects, working directly with C-Suite and department leaders. Provides deep subject matter expertise on Indirect Spend and drive results.

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Senior-level project manager with proven ability to influence and shape strategic solutions into best in class practices and delivery across business groups with diverse senior stakeholders, C-suite executives and board members. Expertise in improving supply chain purchasing decisions, maximize savings and drive new revenue opportunities at the regional.

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Directed over 15 large integrated projects for non-profit hospitals focused on value-based healthcare, physician alignment, non-salary cost reduction, and revenue management.Provided strategic counsel to hospital leaders to drive financial, clinical and operational improvements.Manages and directs mutlidisciplinary teams on non-salary cost reduction.

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

• Managed the operations for a supply network for over 25 Healthcare systems. Responsible for executing GPO hospital initiatives illustrating purchasing history, and market share. Served as direct consultant to member.
• Performed bid preparations, price/discount negotiations, and the review of vendor performance analysis that have resulted in over $55M in savings in 5 years.
• In charge of maintaining regional and Southeast Cost Management Partners contract portfolio for 30 healthcare organizations for 90 hospitals.
• In charge of multiple complex projects, negotiate numerous contracts with suppliers including all major distributors in the acute market.
• Performed cost-effective analysis for maximizing GPO (Novation) contract tiers and regional contracting initiatives resulting in savings of $5M.

U.S.Central Command, U.S. Southern Command, U.S. Special Operations Command

• Command Senior Enlisted Leader | Naval Information Region Southeast Jacksonville
• Responsible for the leadership, training and development of 1000 sailors in the largest Intelligence Region. Directly responsible for the operations, training and development of over 90 sailors for the largest.
• Co-authored the start up for a Project Management Office for the Intelligence Region Southeast for 20 Navy Reserve Intelligence Units. Led in the development of standardization of 20 unit intelligence websites.
• Selected as the 2014-2015 Intelligence Southeast Mentorship Award for leadership on obtaining the highest retention and advancement percentages for the Navy Reserve Intelligence program.

Pensacola, Florida, United States

Served as contract manager for hospital system.

Cuba, Souda Bay, Crete, Greece, Macdill AFB, FL

• UNITED STATES NAVY, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, NSA Souda Bay, Crete, Greece, MacDill AFB, FL. 1989 – 1998 Supply Chain | Logistics, Maintenance and Procurement Petty Officer
• Directed a 10-person team for all local procurement and supply contracts for base operations. $10M in parts inventory and $5M in operational budgets. Led procurement, food service, material control, expediting.
• Meticulously managed the Government Purchase Card Program of $10M ensuring proper sourcing, best pricing and terms, and 100% accounting of all transactions.
• Negotiated contracts and terms with port services officials for a budget of $10M and other local vendors while operating internationally in Souda Bay, Crete, Greece for parts, materials, and services.