Vice President Quality Assurance

Location:

Bayside, NY, 11360

Posted:

April 28, 2010

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EXECUTIVE ( SENIOR MANAGEMENT

Dynamic Senior Executive encompassing twenty years of management expertise

and commitment to the providing of direction, guidance and vision with a

focus on advancing the mission and goal of the company. Enterprising, and

prolific, highly valued for ingenuity in corporate strategy and the

translating of objectives into actionable plans, providing decisiveness and

resolutions. Proactively establish and maintain key relationships with

executives, strategic partners and staff; creating a productive,

collaborative team environment, ensuring the incorporation of best

available technology, cost savings initiatives and compliance with

government regulations. Core competencies include:

EXECUTIVE HIGHLIGHTS

p As Executive Vice President implemented a document management system

designed to handle all incoming and outgoing faxes - approximately 15,000-

17,000 per day, instantly organizing them by facility and date received

and then delivering them to the first step of pharmacy's workflow. The

seamless integration revolutionized the means of operation, increasing

proficiency by more than 80%.

p Strategically analyzed and restructured delivery department, implementing

a solution that increased efficiency, cut costs by approximately $2

Million annually and improved operations and services. The ultimate

challenge was the convincing of opposed, hesitant managers and employees

to be receptive to incorporating these changes which was successfully

accomplished by conducting informative, educational meetings and mock

trial runs, reinforcing anticipated success.

p Adopted direct responsibility and effectually facilitated productive

initiatives for 400 employees (including Directors and Supervisors)

ensuring a maintained focus and allegiance to Chem Rx following the sudden

death of the COO, which left the division with minimal executive

operational management and in distress. This undertaking resulted in

nominal business disruptions, no employee departures and a promotion to

Vice President upon successfully proving capabilities and earning

companywide respect as a progressive leader.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Chem Rx - Long Beach, NY

08/1990 -

Present

Executive Vice President

01/2008 -

Present

Chem Rx, a public company since 2007, is the third largest long term care

pharmacy servicing approximately 70,000 beds in 6 different sites located

in five states. Actively manage all phases of Operations, Sales & Billing

with a successful history of four promotions during a tenure spanning 2

decades and growth of the company from $115.8M in revenue in 2001 and

staff of 300 to current $350M in revenue and staff of 1000 as of 12/2009.

< Leveraged existing infrastructure and workforce with introduction of

centralized purchasing and state of the art technology for 6

pharmacies; culminating in an increased efficiency, paperless ordering,

elimination of duplication and over stocking; enabling reduction in

payroll by more than $2 Million annually.

< Piloted and implemented an ongoing error reduction program in 11/2009,

deriving a 50%+ increase of Quality Assurance, since inception.

< Collaborative member of leadership team of an Enterprise Wide System

that includes perpetual inventory, billing, accounts receivable and

accounts payable. The first within the industry.

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Chem Rx

Executive Vice President - Continued

< Oversee and ensure all compliance with government regulations,

including: Medicare, Medicaid, Sarbanes-Oxley and HIPAA in addition to

the maintenance of accreditation with JHACCO, resulting in clean audits

and eliminating requirement for intervening and possible amending by

regulatory administration.

< Orchestrate weekly meetings, in addition to the effective planning,

communication and problem resolution forums for management and

operation staff.

Vice President

05/2006 - 01/2008

< Promoted from Director of Computer Operations upon effectual

demonstration of executive responsibilities and restoration of

concentration, security and loyalty amongst employees; following the

unexpected passing of the COO/Partner of Operations.

< Enhanced customer relationships and levels of services by incorporating

extended hours of operation and electronic prescribing in addition to

setting up policies within pharmacy to accommodate facilities and their

needs.

< Managed all phases of pharmacy operations including data entry,

prescription filling and delivery, maintenance of medical records as

well as all aspects of technology.

Director of Computer Operations

12/1998 - 05/2006

< Liaised between software vendors, client services and pharmacy

operations, ascertaining transmission of all forms/reports, timely

filling of prescriptions, customer satisfaction as well as

interviewing, hiring, employee reviews and terminations.

Manager ( Computer Operations

09/1992 - 12/1998

< Implemented new facilities with increase of beds from 14,025 to 29,550

into system for billing, forms, charting, medications, contact and

delivery, through one of the fastest expansion periods in company

history, 1994-1999.

Computer Operator

08/1990

- 09/1992

< Proactively assisted pharmacist and entered all prescriptions after

verification, taking the opportunity to acquire knowledge of procedures

and policies.

EDUCATION

State University of New York at Albany ( Albany, NY

Bachelor of Arts ( Psychology ( Minor in Sociology

SOFTWARE PROFICIENCIES

Microsoft Word ( Excel ( Outlook

Internal Operations Workflow Systems & Document Management

LESLIE SIEGEL

One Bay Club Drive ( Apt. 5F ( Bayside, NY 11360

( 718-***-****

( ***********@*****.***

( 516-***-****

V Management

V Operations

V Policies & Procedures

V Growth &

Retention

V Human Resources

V Budgeting

V Compliance

V Development

V Purchases & Expenditures