Operations leader for middle market, private equity backed, multi-state, multi-location dermatology group practice.

Directed the integrations and operations of select new “regions” into Forefront and managed those regions through the integration phase and into full operation as Forefront owned clinics. (New “regions” included multiple acquisition and denovo clinics.) Collaborated with physicians, clinical staff, and key stake holders to ensure that the clinics were aligned with Forefront’s support operations and able to capture operational efficiencies at the clinic level. Managed multifunctional teams to ensure all regional clinics were efficiently integrated onto Forefront’s systems. Directly supervised 130+ medical professionals across two states.

• Developed and executed strategic growth plans through establishing new locations, acquisitions and the addition of new services and products. • Directed all practice operations across multiple locations in support of a team of 26 medical professionals, including physicians, RNs, LPNs, lab technicians, medical coders/billers, medical records staff, and receptionists.• Managed negotiations to separate the practice from a large multi-specialty group and reestablished the group as a multi-site independent private practice. • Led Board of Directors in determining strategic plan for practice, which ultimately included new market growth and revenue stream diversification. Identified and negotiated strategic partnerships to facilitate growth. • Coordinated acquisition and integration of a dual physician practice and established a new satellite location to support multiple providers.• Directed acquisition negotiations resulting in a merger with Forefront Dermatology.

• Led a 10 physician pediatric practice to ensure exceptional medical care to over 19,000 patients throughout the St. Louis Metropolitan Area. • Directed all practice operations, accounting for 48K+ patient visits annually and 110K+ medical inquiries by phone and online. Formulated strategic plans for growth, marketing of services. Collaborated with physicians/nursing staff on patient flow, scheduling. Managed billing/medical coding, quality control, cash flow, 401K plan, compensation, overall financials. Led customer service initiatives, including conflict resolution, patient communication. Conducted new employee orientation and training, ongoing staff development as needed, quarterly staff meetings with each department. Oversaw human resources functions, including hiring/termination, developmental counseling. Negotiated employee benefit packages. Supervised clinical manager and operations manager, with overall responsibility for support team of 30 medical professionals, including RNs, LPNs, medical coders/billers, medical records staff, receptionists.

• Directed relationships with 30 vendors who were integrated in the global supply chain of various aircraft, including Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Conducted Value Stream Mapping events throughout supply chain to identify and eliminate excess waste/costs. • Established new Customer Drop Ship strategy to efficiently manage delivery of parts for Boeing and Embraer aircraft orders at locations in North America, South America, Europe and Asia in anticipation of 10-fold increase in drop ship volume, specifically driven by record setting pre-orders for Dreamliner.• Coordinated consolidation of 15 logistics centers to 2 locations – France and U.S. – to position global supply chain to support increased demand, resulting in greater efficiency and significant cost reductions.• Led vendor teams in establishing automated systems to manage Customer Drop Ship and Customer Returned Material procedures, improved tracking and routing through supply chain.

• Managed $18M in annual inventory spend, working with 10 suppliers across U.S. providing investment castings for numerous aerospace systems. Negotiated with suppliers, finalized contracts, monitored compliance with production goals, lead time. Served as liaison between suppliers and internal operations to facilitate engineering, production objectives. • Assembled cross-functional teams, including personnel from purchasing, engineering and suppliers, to resolve suppliers’ production issues on key projects.• Led cross-functional team to resolve critical supplier production issue that threatened $260M in projected revenue for customer by identifying production yield issues and developing corrective action plan.• Developed/implemented strategies to optimize supply chain and achieve 95+ percent on-time delivery.• Negotiated 3 long-term pricing agreements that resulted in $1.9M in direct cost savings.• Introduced lean initiatives for supply base to improve on-time delivery to specific programs.• Conducted lean value stream and 5S events, significantly reducing materials costs, increasing throughput and performance.• Strengthened communications with key suppliers, leading to 50 percent increase in on-time delivery.• Earned top ranking among 70-member peer group for performance and promotability in annual evaluation process.

• Acted as primary Transportation and Logistics Officer for an Aviation Battalion in combat operations • Strategically planned and executed land, air, and sea movements for 25K sq. feet of military equipment• Commanded the deployment and redeployment of helicopters and equipment worth $300M• Managed all supply lines in combat theatre for an Aviation Battalion consisting of 353 soldiers• Designed and implemented processes that expedited 550 shipments of mission essential parts worth $65M; processes adopted by replacement Active Duty Army unit• Assisted battalion in maintaining aircraft flight hours that were 40% higher than the theatre average• Awarded the Bronze Star for exceptional meritorious service as the battalion logistician

• Managed nuclear, biological, and chemical warfare training and readiness for 350 soldiers• Distinguished Honor Graduate of the Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense Course

• Supervised training, payroll, and personnel matters for a 350 soldier Area Support Medical Battalion • Developed new physical fitness program for deploying soldiers; increased Battalion passage rate by 52%

• Served as Executive Officer of Main Support Medical Company• Led company to highest battalion readiness rating, and coordinated logistics and training of 140 soldiers

• Led Medical Platoon to earn letters of distinction while supporting Homeland Security missions• Managed $10M in equipment and supplies

• Saved client $815M in misallocated funds by closing loopholes in contract disbursement processes• Stabilized turbulent client relationships into team environments

• Analyzed and validated $1B in contract disbursements and obligations for several Governmental Clients• Conducted financial management and contract reconciliation for approximately 3000 projects