Dallas, Texas, United States
Healthcare analytics executive with 20+ years of experience leading enterprise data strategy, Epic Cogito transformation, and AI-enabled decision support across multi-hospital systems. Director of Analytics at CHRISTUS Health, driving enterprise analytics across 60+ hospitals and 200+ clinics. I align analytics investments to measurable improvements in quality, access, throughput, margin performance, and value-based care outcomes. Key strengths: • Enterprise analytics strategy & roadmap execution • Epic Cogito ecosystem leadership (Reporting Workbench, SlicerDicer) • Clinical, operational, and financial performance integration • Value-based care and payer performance analytics • Data governance and enterprise data quality • AI and Generative AI enablement for executive decision support Google Cloud Certified (Generative AI Leader & Cloud Digital Leader), focused on responsible AI adoption, governance frameworks, and building AI fluency within healthcare analytics teams. I build high-performing analytics organizations that transform data into strategic advantage.
Lead enterprise analytics strategy and delivery across 4 markets, 60+ hospitals, and 200+ clinics. Key Impact: • Led multi-year Epic analytics and self-service rollout, increasing self-service report usage by ~60% and reducing ad hoc requests by ~40% • Directed cross-functional teams (data engineers, BI developers, analysts) delivering executive dashboards for finance, quality, access, and throughput • Reduced time-to-insight from weeks to days for senior leadership • Matured value-based care analytics across 10+ payer contracts, contributing to 10–15% shared savings improvement • Deployed cost utilization and throughput dashboards improving LOS, ED boarding, and clinic access • Partnered with finance and revenue cycle to enhance service-line profitability transparency • Championed adoption of Epic Reporting Workbench, SlicerDicer, Tableau, and SSRS • Advise leadership on responsible AI adoption and LLM-enabled workflow optimization • Strengthened enterprise data governance and data quality frameworks
Led technical delivery of Epic EMR implementation across 4 hospitals and 35 clinics. Key Impact: • Directed enterprise Epic implementation with strong clinician adoption and regulatory compliance • Managed ~130 interfaces across clinical and revenue cycle systems • Oversaw database and infrastructure optimization across inpatient and ambulatory environments • Led DBA and programmer analyst teams improving system reliability and uptime • Strengthened HIPAA compliance and audit readiness • Delivered financial and regulatory reporting solutions supporting compliance and accuracy
Owned database strategy and operations for practice management and EMR platforms. Key Contributions: • Built foundational data architecture for enterprise EMR and analytics growth • Developed early dashboards supporting operational and financial visibility • Improved system performance and query optimization for high-volume clinical operations