EXECUTIVE RÉSUMÉ

Healthcare leadership built around growth, transformation and performance.

Healthcare executive with a record of improving quality, expanding market presence, strengthening financial performance and building high-performing cultures across hospitals and health systems.

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EXECUTIVE PROFILE

Transformational Leadership

Led a hospital from CMS Immediate Jeopardy to Top 5% national quality recognition by creating a culture of sustained clinical, operational and financial performance.

Strategic Growth

Developed the strategy that transformed a single community hospital into the foundation for what is now a four-hospital, $750 million integrated delivery system.

Operational Excellence

Improved patient safety from a Leapfrog “C” to an “A,” earned national quality recognition and paired stronger clinical performance with disciplined financial results.

Culture & Physician Engagement

Built high-performing cultures, achieving 90th-percentile physician engagement and significant gains in employee engagement and retention.

HEALTHCARE LEADERSHIP

2013–2017

Bakersfield, California

Adventist Health Kern County

Market President & Chief Executive Officer

Developed and executed the strategy that transformed the Bakersfield market from a single 286-bed, $380 million acute-care hospital into an integrated healthcare delivery system serving Kern County.

$750MFramework for today's four-hospital regional system

29.8→32.7%Market share growth in a hypercompetitive market

$32.6→59.6MEBITDA growth

Top 5%National Healthgrades quality recognition

Led regional expansion and hospital acquisition discussions, secured corporate approval for a $300 million second Bakersfield campus, expanded the primary-care network to 40 providers, strengthened high-margin tertiary service lines and achieved 90th-percentile employed-physician engagement.

2009–2013

Tampa, Florida

AdventHealth Zephyrhills

President & Chief Executive Officer

Positioned AdventHealth Zephyrhills as a leading regional medical center serving North Tampa through the strategic development of advanced tertiary service lines.

+23.5%Acute admission growth

43→51.9%Inpatient market share

+72%Net income

Improved the Core Measure composite from 86.1% to 99.1%, developed nationally recognized cardiovascular and neuroscience programs, deployed Toyota Production System methods through Virginia Mason Institute and strengthened physician engagement, patient experience and consumer preference.

2005–2009

Sonora, California

Adventist Health Sonora

Vice President, Strategy & Operations

Led strategic growth and operating initiatives for a 72-bed regional medical center serving California's Sierra Foothills.

+$9.9MNet-income improvement

56→72%Primary-service-area market share

+40%Outpatient growth

Expanded ambulatory services and physician practices, developed new imaging and cancer-center capacity, participated in county-hospital consolidation and helped strengthen physician alignment across the regional continuum of care.

ADVISORY LEADERSHIP

2018–PRESENT

HealthSearch Partners

Senior Vice President / Senior Consultant

Advise healthcare boards and executive teams on leadership, succession, organizational transformation and executive talent. Serve in interim executive leadership roles while leading C-suite search engagements for hospitals and health systems nationwide.

Work has included interim CEO assignments, executive coaching, leadership assessment, CEO succession, executive-team development and placements for organizations including University of Kansas Health System, MultiCare, Ascension, Adventist HealthCare, AdventHealth and Providence.

EARLIER CAREER & SERVICE

1994–2004

Technology & Consulting

Intel · Microsoft · Global Consulting

Technology Career

Built an early-career foundation in advanced computing, global product launches and strategic consulting. Supported advanced-computing initiatives at Intel, led global launch activities for Microsoft's emerging online businesses, and later served as a Senior Vice President with Manning Selvage & Lee leading Technology and Global Health work.

Experience included work with Sandia National Laboratories, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, San Diego Supercomputer Center, MSN, MSNBC, Expedia, Slate, CarPoint, Sidewalk, Philips Electronics, Per-Se Technologies, HealthTronics, Eli Lilly and AstraZeneca.

2000–2001

Mapoteng, Lesotho

Maluti Adventist Hospital

International Project Management

Completed a one-year volunteer assignment supporting a mission hospital serving more than 100,000 patients annually. Directed construction of a new pharmacy and admitting department, established a computer training school and launched a community initiative to track the spread of HIV/AIDS.

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATION

BA, Business AdministrationWalla Walla University · 1994

MBA, In ProgressUniversity of the People · Expected 2027

LEAN Leader CertifiedVirginia Mason Institute · Shingijutsu Consulting Japan

SELECTED LEADERSHIP & RECOGNITION

Kaiser Permanente Medallion of HonorRecognition for exceptional collaboration and member experience

California Hospital AssociationBoard of Directors

Community LeadershipHospital governing boards, economic-development boards and Sonora Rotary presidency

FULL CAREER RECORD

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