Austin is the Associate Chief Supply Chan Officer for the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC Health), a 16-hospital academic medical center with over 750 care locations and 22.3K employees. Austin has responsibility for strategic sourcing, clinical value analysis, and analytics insights programs for MUSC, leading all facets of sourcing, contracting, and supplier relationship management. He brings a proven record of impacting largescale organizational change, navigating GPO transitions, mergers and acquisitions, bringing an innovative focus on outcome based (CQO) contracting solutions. Prior to joining MUSC, Austin spent many years with the supply chain team at Bon Secours Mercy Health and Advantus Health Partners after years of experience consulting on supply chain efficiencies in other industries, focused on SKU consolidation, demand planning, inventory and logistics.