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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 through efficient analysis and successful delivery on consulting engagements. Mentors and coach's new consultants to the practice and selected as 2022 Indirect Spend Mentor of the Year. As a senior leader for the practice’s Project Management team, responsible for success of large multi-million-dollar engagements for hospitals and hospital systems. Effectively manages project team members primarily within functional area to drive member value. Creates and builds strong, lasting trusted advisor relationships with the C-suite. Process Improvement: Directed a large performance improvement team in the development of the consulting practices project methodology play book. Effectively explains how individual team member contributions affect the project and overall performance; coaches others to deliver. Assesses the needs and expectations of key stakeholders to shape and implement solutions; uses ability to influence and persuade to support position. Leads cross-functional project teams or initiatives; promotes cross-team collaboration. Shares vision and priorities, so others understand how their contributions add value to team / project goals; fosters open dialogue and creates a feeling of belonging. Delivers consistent and constructive behaviorally oriented performance feedback; encourages others to have open conversation related to performance. Appropriately delegates and assigns work. Understands the importance of celebrating the team's success, recognizing people and the broader team for their contributions during internal team calls with shout-outs, uses “Internal recognition program” to reward teammates.

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, national and corporate levels. Strong skills set in strategic sourcing, staff development, negotiations and aligning valued supplier relationshipsLeads strategy with key stakeholders to evaluate data of spend to prioritize implementation of initiatives based on highest savings opportunities, and establishes timelines based on priorities. Manages annual work plans throughout the year to keep C-suite stakeholders and committee members informed of progress of new initiatives, new contracts and existing contracts, and any other activities that may affect the hospitals during the year.Led internal team while coordinating with the sales team to prepare project readiness assessments, evaluating current state, identifying the opportunities and presenting the opportunities and solutions to C-Suite.

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 projects for VHA members. Areas of project focus include med/surg supplies, all physician-preference service lines, and revenue enhancement projects.Provided expert leadership and development of evaluating current Value Analysis programs into a more effective program and as a result streamlined the process which increased cost savings initiatives to the bottom line.Provided mentorship to fellow project managers and worked with them on short term educational goals to improve their professional development. Project Manager of the Year 2012-2014.

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 clients on a daily basis.• 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 intelligence unit in the Southeast United States. Co-authored in the first ever Command Intelligence Support Center, resulting in a 9500 increased production man-hours from previous year. Expertly briefed senior military level executives on unit operations.• 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 streamlining efficiencies having readily access of instructions and intelligence documents for remote personnel, resulting in increased efficiencies of administrative and operational production by 50% from previous year. • 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, operations, accounting and financial reporting, supply support, retail sales, and administration.• 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.