Pete is an accomplished executive with more than 35 years of broad business leadership experience, including        business planning, operations management, customer relationship building and business development  with both large and small (including start-up) organizations.  Pete is skilled at developing practical, innovative solutions to complex business challenges.  He is an energetic, hands-on leader with excellent communication, interpersonal and organizational skills. 

 A sampling of Pete’s qualifications includes:

• Proficient in guiding others through fundamental, comprehensive change.
• Accomplished mentor and trainer.
• Results oriented/highly effective team leader and builder who creates an atmosphere of cooperation and collaboration;  promotes participative decision making.
• Develops and capitalizes on relationships with colleagues and customers to achieve key business objectives.
• Understands the big picture and sweats the details. 

 Representative Experience:

• Led a $10 million community mental health agency through simultaneous / complementary projects to implement an electronic health record and reorganize the admissions to collections revenue to cash cycle to improve efficiency and improve cash flow and controls.
•  Implemented 3 distinct IT system conversions (two concurrently) for a national healthcare provider to create a common platform for all operations, including an integrated document management and workflow system.
• Reengineered and reorganized two similar but disparate operations (valued at over $250 million, annually) following the merger of former competitors.  Blended and restructured management, staff and workflows to improve efficiency and provide a national sales force with a single point-of-contact for all of their support needs.
• Created the regional reimbursement department for a national homecare provider. 
• Initiated a Compassionate Care / Patient Advocacy program to compliantly manage / reduce patient balances, while optimizing revenue and collections.  Led a multi-functional team to prepare the internal marketing / training program guide and conduct sales training.
• Initiated targeted sales and marketing efforts on behalf of two national home care companies to quickly and successfully create business relationships that lessened the perceived threat that Managed Care presented.  Documented over $12 million in annual revenue along with the acquisition or retention of more than 40 separate contracted relationships.