Functional Skills

Data Science
Strategic Planning
Data Strategy
Project Management
Performance Management
Business Intelligence
Data Engineering
Healthcare Analytics
Data Governance
Leadership Development
Predictive Analytics
Communications
Crisis Management
Interaction Design
Process Improvements

Software Skills

Microsoft Visio
Microsoft Excel
PowerBI
Microsoft PowerPoint

Certifications

CLSSBBCertified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt

Sector Experience

Business Services
Financial Services
Healthcare
Technology
Travel & Hospitality
Fortune 500

Experience

Providence Health and Services Data Science / Analytics
Executive Director, Measurement and Analytics
9/2018 - 1/2025
Home and Community Care (HCC), Institute for Human Caring (IHC) Defined vision, established an analytics team, and developed data strategy and roadmap to support a volume-to-value transformation in healthcare with focus on Home Health, Hospice and Hospice
● • Leadership in BI and Analytics: Spearheaded the development of a strategic roadmap and framework for analytics priorities, focusing on actionable insights in post-acute service lines, KPI dashboards for patients with multiple chronic conditions, and optimizing daily operations across Home Health, Hospice, and PACE.
• Data Governance and Integration: Established a data governance structure and directed data integration from multiple sources to a Cloud Data Warehouse, aiming for a single source of truth with consistency and scalability.
• Advanced Reporting Infrastructure: Led replacement of manual regulatory reporting processes for PACE by developing data layers that align with reporting requirements and enable on-demand refresh

Providence Institute for Human Caring Data Science / Analytics
Director of Quality and Measurement
1/2015 - 1/2018
Drove quality standards and monitored quality improvement for seriously ill patients.
• Quality and Financial Analysis: Supervised analysis of financial impact and quality outcomes, focusing on palliative care intervention and whole person care.
• Composite Score and Survey: Generated a whole person care composite score and designed surveys to measure perceptions of care among patients and professional caregivers.
• Reporting Suite Development: Created an enterprise-wide reporting suite for whole person care, covering advance care planning, palliative care, goals of care, and patient-reported outcomes.
• Quality Metrics: Developed new quality metrics to track the documentation of patient goals and priorities in EHR
• Measurement Validation: Spearheaded validation for advance care planning measurement systems in EHR.
• Educational Initiatives: Supported developing Advanced Communication Training for clinicians
• EHR Template Strategy: Directed the measurement strategy for new EHR

Providence Health and Services Data Science / Analytics
Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt
1/2010 - 1/2015
Managed the Operational Excellence program at Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center in San Pedro and regional program management.
• Performance Improvement: Oversaw over 20 performance improvement programs in clinical and operational areas, achieving savings of over $1.7M.
• Customer Needs and Project Leadership: Translated customer needs into quantifiable goals, led project teams, and improved clinical errors, intervention, mortality rate, case management, billing accuracy, throughput, productivity, patient satisfaction, and core measures.
• Strategic Planning Support: Facilitated various strategy planning sessions for the hospital and led the SWOT analysis to identify and prioritize opportunities
• Leadership Development: Coached and mentored over 10 core leaders to obtain Greenbelt certification.
• Feasibility Studies: Developed multiple feasibility study models focusing on business growth.
• Safety Initiatives: Facilitated several Root Cause Analysis and Failure Mo

Providence Little Company of Mary San Pedro/ Data Science / Analytics
Interim Director of Case Management
5/2012 - 8/2012
Led Case Management and Social Services departments focused on reducing payment denials and utilization management
• Continuous Improvement: Implemented a new case management process in the Emergency Department and hired an Emergency Department Case Manager.
• Recruiting: Filled open positions in Case Management and Social Services departments.
• Budget Planning: Completed budget planning for two departments in 2013.
• Performance Improvement: Improved key performance indicators in Medicare case management.

Providence Little Company of Mary San Pedro/ Engineering
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
1/2008 - 1/2012
Managed Operation Excellence Program at Providence Little Company of Mary San Pedro
• Developed staffing model in Environmental Services Department and increased productivity by 8%.
• Improved patient room cleaning performance from 35% of rooms cleaned within 60 minutes to 90%.
• Reduced pharmacy medication dispensing error by 47%.
• Studied and analyzed Emergency Department physician order process for admission and increased accuracy of status qualification prior to admission by 50%.

United Airlines Engineering
Continuous Improvement Manager
1/2003 - 1/2008
Responsible for establishing Continuous Improvement program at United Airlines one of five hubs and improving operational metrics; Los Angeles Airport.
• Developed performance metrics, visual performance management tools and tactical implementation plan (TIP) to improve performance for the identified metrics.
• Lead a cross-functional team, identified and improved communication flow for departure activities. Identified critical path and minimum service time requirement for departure sequence activities.