Chief Supply Chain Officer
Intermountain Health
With more than 30 years of customer-focused experience, Jeromie is a supply chain evangelist and educator.
Jeromie earned his supply chain credentials in a variety of for-profit industries prior to making the shift to the healthcare supply chain where he applied his focus and passion to help transform the health systems where he worked. Jeromie has served as a supply chain operator and leader in a wide variety of healthcare settings and has also provided supply chain consulting, education, and coaching nationally to health systems and healthcare manufacturers.
In parallel to his professional experience, Jeromie has helped to advance the academic dialog in higher education around supply chain and has taught at both the undergraduate and graduate level. Jeromie serves as Vice President, Chief Supply Chain Officer at Intermountain Health.
VP Supply Chain
Prisma Health
Josh Bakelaar has over 20 years of healthcare supply chain experience and currently serves as the Vice President of Supply Chain at Prisma Health.
Prior to joining Prisma Health, he served as the Vice President of Supply Chain at OU Health in Oklahoma City for over three years. Before this, he led operations and strategic sourcing teams at UW Medicine in Seattle. He earned a Master of Business Administration from the University of Washington, a Bachelor of Business Management from Northwest University, and is a Certified Materials & Resource Professional (CMRP).
VP Supply Chain
UCHealth
Derrick Billups, MSHA, CMRP, FACHE, serves as Vice President of Supply Chain & Support Services at UC Health in Cincinnati, Ohio, the region's only academic health system and Level I trauma center. With more than 3 decades of healthcare experience, Derrick leads the organization's supply chain strategy and operations, driving initiatives that strengthen performance, optimize resources, and support high-quality patient care. Derrick has spearheaded efforts in value analysis, clinical standardization, contract optimization, and supply expense management. His leadership has delivered significant cost savings, reduced product variation, and enhanced supply chain performance across the health system. Known for his collaborative approach, he brings together clinicians, supply chain professionals, and executive leaders to identify opportunities that improve outcomes while advancing operational and financial stewardship. Derrick is passionate about elevating supply chain as a strategic function that supports quality, innovation, and long-term organizational sustainability.
Founder and advisor
LeAnn R. Born Advisory Solutions
LeAnn Born is the founder and advisor of LeAnn R. Born Advisory Solutions, where she advises suppliers, providers, GPOs, and other industry partners about the healthcare supply chain. As a supply chain thought leader, she helps clients drive strategies focused on improved population health, enhanced care experience, reduced cost, workforce well-being, and advanced health equity. Her background includes three decades of executive leadership of major health system supply chain services, program development with group purchasing organizations, and guidance to medical suppliers on effective sales strategies with customers. Before her consulting practice, LeAnn served as Vice President of Supply Chain at Fairview Health Services/M Health Fairview, Vice President of Contract, Program Services and Customer Contracting at Novation (now Vizient), and several positions leading up to interim Vice President of Supply Chain at Allina Health. Clients rely on her expertise in a range of situations, from resolving urgent needs to long-term strategic planning.
Founder and Medical Director
Medical Intelligence and Innovation Institute
Anthony Chang, MD, MBA, MPH, is a pediatric cardiologist and Chief Medical Intelligence and Innovation Officer at Rady Children’s Health Orange County. Dr. Chang is known for several innovations in pediatric cardiac care. Dr. Chang completed his Master of Science (MS) in Data Science with a sub-specialization in Artificial Intelligence from Stanford School of Medicine. He is the founder and Medical Director of the CHOC Sharon Disney Lund Medical Intelligence, Information, Investigation, and Innovation Institute, known as MI4. He is also the founder of the Alliance of Centers for AI in Medicine (ACAIM) and Pediatric Alliance of Centers for AI in Medicine (PCAIM), a group of nearly 100 hospitals from around the world focused in advancing AI in the healthcare setting. Dr. Chang also founded AIMed, American Board of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (ABAIM), and the Medical Intelligence Society (MIS).
Executive Vice President, Innovation and Strategy
Alliant
Blair Childs brings more than four decades of experience shaping healthcare policy, strategy, and innovation at the national level. He has played a central role in many of the most consequential healthcare initiatives impacting hospitals, health systems, payers, manufacturers, and suppliers, with a career defined by translating complex policy environments into actionable strategy.
Childs served on the executive leadership team at Premier, Inc., where he helped guide enterprise strategy and policy engagement. His career also includes senior leadership roles within national trade, corporations, and advocacy associations. In addition, he founded Childs and Associates, LLC, advising organizations on healthcare policy, regulatory strategy, and market dynamics.
Childs has led or influenced numerous landmark public policy efforts, including the establishment of value-based purchasing within Medicare as part of the Affordable Care Act; enactment of the Medicare Advantage program; national initiatives to advance interoperability in electronic medical record systems; and the creation of FDA user fee and accelerated reimbursement pathways for breakthrough technologies.
SVP Supply Chain
Texas Health Resources
Shaun has spent more than 30 years in the healthcare supply chain. He joined Texas Health Resources in 2011, and his current role is Sr. Vice President, Supply Chain Management. In his current role as at Texas Health Resources, Shaun leads a team that has responsibility for logistics operations at facilities across North Texas, procurement of over $1B of supplies and equipment annually, supply chain data management, courier services, equipment planning, clinical engineering, and a team of strategic sourcing and category management directors. During his tenure, he has implemented new and innovative ways for front-line staff to interact with Supply Chain Management and has consistently produced economic value across all categories.
His experience also includes time at Cardinal Health in a variety of management roles including e-business, logistics consulting, sales management, and business strategy. Shaun has also spent time doing market research for a patient experience organization where he was heavily involved in highlighting patient satisfaction metrics for large IDNs around the country. He has also worked as a Senior Director for Premier, calling on IDNs to maximize their relationship and value with their GPO contract portfolio and analytics tools.
Shaun holds a bachelor’s degree in business management from Dallas Baptist University and a master’s degree in supply chain operations from The University of Liverpool. He has presented on the future of the healthcare supply chain, process improvement, and data standards to a wide variety of audiences during his career.
Shaun lives in Dallas with his wife of 35 years. When not solving supply chain problems, he and his wife enjoy golf, live theater, and traveling.
Former Executive Director, Sourcing and Vendor Management
Cleveland Clinic
John Dockins is the Former Executive Director of Sourcing & Vendor Management at Cleveland Clinic. In this role, Mr. Dockins led a versatile team accountable for direct and indirect sourcing to include PPI, Commodities, Pharmaceuticals, IT, Labor, Facilities & MRO. Mr. Dockins joined Cleveland Clinic in 2016 and has over 25 years of industry and non-profit experience with 12 years being focused on healthcare. These experiences have laid the foundation of Mr. Dockins passionate commitment to diversity, sustainability, and community development.
Mr. Dockins is a veteran of the United States Navy who received his Bachelor’s degree from the University of Evansville and furthered his education by obtaining a MBA from the Pennsylvania State University. He continued his education journey by attaining several certifications including a Six Sigma Master Black Belt.
VP of Supply Chain and Support Services
Adventist Health
Justin Freed is a seasoned healthcare executive with over 15 years of experience specializing in Supply Chain. He began his career at Loma Linda University Medical Center, where he spent 6 years, followed by 4 years at Providence Health. For the past 7 years, Justin has served as the Senior Vice President of Supply Chain and Support Services role at Adventist Health.
His passion lies in building and mentoring high-performing supply chain teams—fostering innovation, streamlining processes, and strengthening cross-functional partnerships. Justin is committed to driving operational excellence that supports more affordable, accessible care for the communities his organizations serve
VP Analyst, Supply Chain and Procurement, Business and Technology Insights
Gartner
Bruce Gilmore serves as the Vice President, Analyst of Healthcare Supply Chain and Procurement for Gartner. Previously, he was the Senior Director of Supply Chain Management for Mayo Clinic’s Enterprise Laboratories and the Southwest Region. With over 35 years of experience in supply chain leadership within both healthcare and high-tech manufacturing, Bruce has a proven track record of driving operational excellence and strategic initiatives.
In addition to his role at Gartner, Bruce is a Faculty Associate in the NASPO Department of Supply Chain Management at Arizona State University’s W. P. Carey School of Business currently teaching Healthcare Supply Chain management in the Executive MBA program. He is also an ASU Supply Chain Executive Consortium board member.
System Director - Ambulatory Pharmacy Services + 340B Director, Outpatient, Infusion, Home & Specialty Pharmacy
North Mississippi Health Services
Patti Hawkins, PharmD, 340B ACE, serves as the System Director of Ambulatory Pharmacy Services and 340B at North Mississippi Health Services in Tupelo, MS. She leads the strategic pharmacy initiatives and the business enterprise model. Over her career she has worked in and managed all areas of institutional pharmacy services including acute care, surgery, ambulatory care, oncology, sterile prep services, USP 800 and 797, drug distribution as well as infusion, home infusion and specialty pharmacy. She also has experience with the payer environment, including PBMs, contracting, drug shortage management, 503B compounding and drug diversion risk reduction. Patti has served on numerous advisory groups over her career, and she has presented and published on aspects of pharmacy business and is considered a subject matter expert on health system pharmacy business enterprise models. Patti is currently serving on the Mississippi State Board of Pharmacy.
VP Supply Chain
Avera Health
Sara Henderson is the Vice President of Supply Chain for Avera Health, an integrated health system comprised of more than 300 locations in 100 communities across the Upper Midwest.
Sara has over 20 years of experience in finance, supply chain and healthcare leadership. She supports a transparent, metrics-driven approach to supply chain management while developing and aligning key stakeholders, including healthcare administrators, physicians and clinicians, to develop solutions for deployment across the organization for the benefit of the patient. She leads the supply chain category management and strategic sourcing, contracting, purchasing, distribution center, courier, inventory management and hospital supply chain operations. Within the scope of supply chain contracts includes IT software and equipment, medical equipment and building service agreements and select clinical purchased services categories.
Sara received her Economics BS and MBA from the University of South Dakota.
SVP, Pharmacy Spend Management Delivery
Vizient, Inc.
Joel Hennenfent leads Vizient’s pharmacy spend management delivery team. The team strategically partners with providers to deliver value through Vizient pharmacy solutions. The pharmacy program helps health systems in transforming their pharmacy program to manage cost and improve quality outcomes for patients.
Before joining Vizient in December 2021, Hennenfent served as Vice President of Pharmacy and Professional Health Services at University Health in Kansas City, Missouri, leading pharmacy, laboratory, medical imaging, and joint venture dialysis center. He held a variety of leadership positions at Broadlane/MedAssets at Ascension Health, Saint Louis University Hospital, and Barnes-Jewish Hospital.
Hennenfent holds Bachelor of Science and Doctor of Pharmacy degrees from St. Louis College of Pharmacy, completed residency at Barnes-Jewish hospital, and master’s degree in business administration from Saint Louis University.
He serves as a member and secretary of the Board of Trustees at University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis along with the American Society of Health System Pharmacists.
Vice President, Supply Chain
Intermountain Healthcare (Retired)
Brent Johnson has been a successful and well recognized supply chain leaders in healthcare. He has over 30 years experience developing supply chain strategies for major companies in 3 industries.
From 2005 to 2015 Brent was Vice-President of Supply Chain at Intermountain Healthcare, creating an industry “Top 25 Garner” Supply Chain Organization that achieved over $700 million in savings over ten years. In 2012 Intermountain Healthcare opened a new $50M 325,000 sq. ft. Supply Chain Center considered on of the best in the industry.
In 2014 Brent was inducted into the Bellwether League. In August 2015 AHRMM named Brent the recipient of the 2015 George R Gossett Leadership Award. In 2022 he received the Chuck Lauer Award from the IDN Summit. He has served on several boards including the AHRMM Board from 2012-2015, SMI Board from 2011-1015 and the Amerinet/Intalere Board from 2011 to 2016.
Brent and his wife Leila celebrated 50 years of marriage in 2024. Since retirement they have spent 18 months in Oaxaca, Mexico as service missionaries for their church (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints). They have four children and nineteen grandchildren.
Founder
Digital Health Foundry
Tarun Kapoor, MD, MBA, is Founder of Digital Health Foundry, an advisory group with a tenacious focus on helping companies transform ideas into meaningful and effective solutions.
Most recently, Dr. Kapoor was senior vice president and chief digital transformation officer at Virtua Health. In that role, he oversaw Virtua’s Digital Transformation Office and orchestrated Virtua’s enterprise-wide master plan in support of an intuitive care journey for all consumers. During his 17-year tenure at Virtua, he served in additional executive roles, including as the chief medical officer for Virtua’s multi-specialty medical practice, and as the head of population health.
Dr. Kapoor trained in internal medicine at The George Washington University Hospital, where he stayed on to serve as chief resident and clinical instructor. He obtained his medical degree from Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson, his undergraduate degree in government and chemistry from Cornell University, and his executive Master of Business Administration from the Fox School of Business of Temple University.
Independent Pharmacy Consultant & Columnist
Bonnie is a Health Care Consultant with senior management experience in the Pharmacy section of large corporate health care organizations, teaching hospitals and the pharmaceutical industry. She has a particular interest in reimbursement issues, specialty pharmacy, and patient safety, and in using technology to solve issues in each of these areas. She has proven success in developing and managing national pharmaceutical programs and strong leadership skills with expertise in strategic planning and in forging alliances between hospitals, physicians, pharmaceutical companies and distributors and has spoken extensively in these areas. She writes monthly columns on finance and reimbursement for Pharmacy Practice News and BioSupplyTrends quarterly that have a positive influence on pharmacy practice nationally. She is the 2015 Latiolias Leadership Award recipient from The Ohio State University. Bonnie shares her time between Boulder, CO and Breckenridge, CO where she is the Past President of the National Repertory Orchestra Board of Trustees, and served on the Board of Directors of the Breckenridge Heritage Alliance.
Partner
Excelerant Consulting
With more than three decades of healthcare industry and hospital-related experience, Jeff is a recognized thought-leader in various aspects of the hospital supply chain, purchased services, hospital operations, facilities and construction, and medical capital equipment.
His primary role at Excelerant is to be a “growth engine” for clients seeking to expand their footprint by gaining greater access to the market and to key stakeholders within. Jeff offers clients a unique perspective and is well-connected throughout the healthcare industry, having worked in clinical settings within world-class hospitals, and multiple Integrated Delivery Networks [IDN] and Group Purchasing Organizations [GPO]. He is able to educate clients on the subtleties and nuances of the complex healthcare ecosystem and excels at developing commercial strategies.
Most recently, Jeff served as VP-Strategic Supplier Engagement at Premier, Inc., overseeing the Facilities, Construction, and Environmental Services portfolio. He also led Premier’s Purchased Services team, dedicated to finding cost-savings without compromising high value for Premier members, and spearheaded member engagement for the Purchased Services portfolio in the GPO. Earlier in his career, Jeff helped start MedAssets’ [now Vizient] consulting practice around Purchased Services.
Jeff is an active member of the Association for Health Care Resource & Materials Management [AHRMM], the American College of Healthcare Executives [ACHE], the Federation of American Hospitals [FAH], the IDN Summit, and is a past board member of the ACE Summit. He holds a B.S. in Business – Healthcare emphasis and an MBA in Healthcare Management
Chief Supply Chain Officer
Mount Sinai Health System
Carlos A. Maceda is the Chief Supply Chain Officer for the Mount Sinai Health System, an integrated health care system encompassing the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and eight hospital campuses in the New York metropolitan area, as well as a large, regional ambulatory footprint. He has worked in healthcare Supply Chain management for more than 30 years.
Throughout his career, Mr. Maceda has held various strategic and operations management positions at several healthcare facilities throughout the New York City region. Prior to joining Mount Sinai, Mr. Maceda served in the United States Air Force and as a Vice President at the financial improvement consulting firm Nexera, Inc.
Mr. Maceda’s current role at Mount Sinai Health System is to provide vision and leadership for an integrated supply chain across the organization. Mr. Maceda manages all areas of the system's supply chain—including purchasing, sourcing, value analysis, materials management, and mail services.
Surgeon, Professor, Author, and 27th FDA Commissioner
Dr. Marty Makary is a New York Times bestselling author, surgeon, and health care expert who served as the 27th U.S. Commissioner of the Food & Drug Administration. Prior to serving in government, Marty was a professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the Johns Hopkins Business School and served in leadership at the World Health Organization.
Marty is the recipient of the 2020 Business Book of the Year Award for his book, The Price We Pay, and his latest book, BLIND SPOTS—a #1 Bestseller— explores food as medicine, the microbiome, hormone replacement and new health trends. Marty has led national policy efforts to make health care more affordable, more holistic, and more coordinated, especially for vulnerable populations. Most recently, his work has focused on the future role of A.I. in health care.
Clinically, Marty was the Chief of Islet Transplant Surgery at Johns Hopkins and is the recipient of the Nobility in Science Award from the National Pancreas Foundation. He has been a visiting professor at over 25 medical schools, has published over 350 scientific peer-review articles, and, in 2019, he was elected to the National Academy of Medicine.
Chief Medical Officer
UofL Health
Dr. Chad Mathis is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon who attended medical school and completed his residency at the IU School of Medicine and Medical Center in Indianapolis, Indiana. He also completed a Shoulder Reconstruction and Sports Medicine fellowship at the Lipscomb Clinic in Nashville, Tennessee. While practicing in Birmingham, Alabama, Dr. Mathis was a founding member and CEO of a six-member orthopedic practice and a commercial real estate company. In addition to practicing medicine for many years in Alabama, Dr. Mathis sat as the Chairman of the Alabama Federation for Children and a member of the Board of Directors of the Business Council of Alabama and the Alabama Policy Institute. Dr. Mathis served as president-elect of the Alabama Orthopaedic Society. Dr. Mathis eventually left clinical practice of medicine and joined Smith and Nephew Inc. (LSE: SN, NYSE: SNN). Dr. Mathis subsequently went on to be Chief Medical Officer at Allscripts (NASDAQ: MDRX).
Chief Supply Chain Officer
Sutter Health
Meena Medler is the Chief Supply Chain Officer at Sutter Health. She has over three decades of experience in healthcare organizations as a physician assistant with hospitalist and cardiology specialties, a heart & vascular service line leader with operational & programmatic oversight of cath, EP, non-invasive cardiology, cardiac rehab, Transcatheter Valve Program, CHF, HT, & VADs, a supply chain procurement executive, where she designed & launched value analysis, supply chain business intelligence, supply continuity, implementation & integration, and supplier value partnership programs and optimized strategic sourcing, purchasing, accounts payable, and MDM, and a VP/general manager of manufacturing where she was responsible for strategy, P&L, marketing, and sales of Surgical Products, Custom Procedure Trays, & Inventory Management System. Meena’s career focus is establishing a resilient, transformative, and integrated value chain that promotes high quality affordable healthcare. She is married and a mother of three boys, now officially an empty nester. She loves traveling, running, hiking, reading, and spending time with family & friends.
VP Sourcing and Contracting
Presbyterian Healthcare Services
Kelley Moore brings more than 35 years of progressive healthcare leadership experience across supply chain, consulting, and information technology. She currently serves as Chief Supply Chain Officer for Presbyterian Healthcare Services, where she leads sourcing, contracting, and supply chain strategy supporting a nine-hospital system and associated clinics across New Mexico.
Prior to joining Presbyterian, Kelley spent 20 years with CommonSpirit Health (formerly Dignity Health) in senior supply chain and IT leadership roles, driving transformation and system integration efforts across a large, multi-state health system. She began her career with 15 years at Ernst & Young as a management consultant, advising healthcare organizations on operational and technology strategies.
Kelley holds a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from St. Mary’s College of Maryland and a Master of Arts in Applied Mathematics from the University of Maryland. She resides in Phoenix, Arizona.
Vice President, Pharmacy Practice & Portfolio Services
Premier, Inc.
Sudha Narayanaswamy has over 20 years of experience in helping health systems navigate challenges and priorities in pharmacy practice and the pharmaceutical supply chain. As part of Premier’s pharmacy leadership team focused on member relations and GPO value, Sudha serves as a resource to hospital pharmacy administrators to help address our members’ top health-system priorities ranging from rising drug costs to advocacy concerns.
Prior to her 16+ years tenure in group purchasing, Sudha began her career as a Clinical Coordinator after completing a specialty residency in Geriatrics at Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center (KJMC), Brooklyn, New York, and worked in a similar capacity at St. Peter’s University Hospital in New Jersey. She is a graduate of St. John’s University College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Sciences, where she received both her Bachelor of Science and Doctor of Pharmacy degrees, and is board certified in psychiatric and geriatric pharmacy practice.
Chief Supply Chain Officer
UPMC
Tim Nedley is the Vice President of Supply Chain Management Operations at UPMC. He has operational ownership of supply chain operations, Pharmacy self-distribution, consolidated equipment distribution, insourced moving & storage services, UPMC employee transit bus services, fleet management and freight management.
Prior to moving to UPMC in 2008, Nedley held various positions at Owens & Minor, a Fortune 500 med/surg distributor, over an 18-year career, with the last 9 years as a general manager.
Tim specializes in identifying and bringing to fruition operational enhancements that have proven effective minimizing the costs, improving quality and driving waste out of the supply chain. Nedley was named in the Journal of Healthcare Contracting's 2016 list of Top “Ten People to Watch”. He has been honored to present at numerous industry meetings, including The Medical Device Supply Chain Council, AAHRMM, The IDN Summit, Healthcare Business Insights and others.
Nedley earned a BS in Human Resources from Geneva College in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania.
Managing Director
Eric O'Daffer Healthcare Advisory LLC
Eric O'Daffer is a Strategic Advisor in the Healthcare Supply Chain. A supply chain lifer, Mr. O'Daffer’s focus is on the end-to-end healthcare supply chain with a true north of accelerating excellence in the healthcare supply chain. Eric has written over 100 research notes on the healthcare supply chain, delivered 50+ conference presentations and taken over 4000 individual advisory calls with executive level stakeholders at healthcare providers, life science manufacturers and technology companies. Mr. O’Daffer led Gartner’s Healthcare Supply Chain Top 25 program for 15 years, Gartner’s All-Industry Innovation Research for 10 years and founded Gartner’s IDN Supply Chain Benchmarking Program leading it for 8 years. Previous roles with Esurg and Cardinal Health focused on innovative distribution and manufacturing models serving acute and non-acute care.
SVP, Physician Preference
Vizient, Inc.
Allen Passerallo is the Senior Vice President, Physician Preference, at Vizient, Inc. Before his time at Vizient, Inc., Allen served as the Sr. Director of Sourcing/Value Analysis at Johns Hopkins since May of 2020. He is responsibilities include establishing and overseeing sourcing and value analysis processes for Pharmacy, Clinical, Non-Clinical and Capital.
Previously Allen served as Sr Director of Clinical Sourcing at Cleveland Clinic July 2013. Previously, he served as the Director of Sourcing and Contracting for the surgery category within Cleveland Clinic Supply Chain. He was responsible for identifying, sourcing and negotiating cost savings and utilization opportunities for all surgical subspecialties with the exception of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. He held that position from January 2008 – July 2013.
In addition, he had oversight for sourcing and contracting for Excelerate, co-owned healthcare GPO between Cleveland Clinic and VHA. 2013-2020
Vice President, Pharmacy Supply Chain
Ochsner Health
Ryan serves as the Vice President of Pharmacy Supply Chain for Ochsner Health, where he leads the strategic vision for medication procurement, contract negotiations, and vendor management. Since joining Ochsner in 2007, Ryan has been instrumental in building a resilient pharmacy supply chain structure that aligns with clinical care and supports the health system’s rapid growth.
Throughout his tenure, he has spearheaded major strategic partnerships with pharmaceutical manufacturers and distributors, optimized purchasing strategies, and championed centralized purchasing models to ensure seamless access to critical medications. He is passionate about building high-performing teams that deliver multi-million-dollar savings while never compromising patient care.
He holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Loyola University New Orleans and an MBA from the University of New Orleans.
VP of Supply Chain and Support Services
Virtua Health
Ana Victoria Sanchez is a senior executive in Operations, Supply Chain, and Business Development with extensive international sales experience and a proven record of driving performance across clinical and non-clinical healthcare operations. She has led enterprise-level initiatives in sales, supply chain, and operations for major health systems including Virtua Health, Health First, Jackson Health System, and Owens & Minor Distribution.
Recognized as a respected and dependable leader, she builds strong customer and stakeholder relationships while maintaining a clear focus on clinical excellence and patient outcomes. Her expertise includes comprehensive management of materials, financials, P&L accountability, and administrative operations, consistently aligning execution with strategic goals through the effective implementation and leverage of technology.
As a health system supply chain executive, she has successfully advocated at the executive leadership level to elevate the strategic role of supply chain and demonstrate its material contribution to organizational performance. She brings deep experience leading complex technology implementations, including enterprise resource planning (procurement), contract management and sourcing platforms, warehouse management systems, and point-of-use technologies across supply rooms and perioperative departments, all with sophisticated integrations into clinical and financial systems
SVP Supply Chain
RWJBarnabas Health
Bob Taylor has over 38 years of experience in the Health Care Supply Chain. Currently Bob is the Chief Supply Chain Officer for RWJBarnabas Health, the largest Academic Medical System in NJ with over $12b in revenues, 12 Acute Care Hospitals, and over 400 non-acute facilities and Medical Practices. Bob has prior experience in For Profit, Not for Profit, and Academic Medical Centers. Bob’s responsibilities include end-to-end Supply Chain including Clinical Value Analysis, Strategic Sourcing, Purchasing, Accounts Payable, Logistics, and all Data Management and Analytics within the Supply Chain.
Bob received his Bachelor’s Degree from The Pennsylvania State University and his Master’s Degree from Kennesaw State University, has a Graduate Certificate from UAB in Healthcare Quality and Safety, is a Certified Materials Resource Professional, and is a previous Chair of AHRMM.