Timothy D. Wagner
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
PMP Certified & Lean / Six Sigma Black Belt trained project management director focused on expeditious and comprehensive change management at the executive level
Industrial & Operations Engineer with over ten years of experience in Healthcare Management
EXPERIENCE
MEDAMERICA / CEP AMERICA – Emeryville, CA (San Francisco Bay Area), June 2008 – Present
Leading healthcare practice management organization providing project management, consulting to national physician group
Expertise in emergency medicine, hospital medicine, anesthesiology, ambulatory & urgent care, and other acute specialties
The 400 employee Management Services Organization (MSO), MedAmerica, is the operations division supporting CEP America
Director of Project Management PMO, March 2017 – Present
Report directly to COO with executive influence across entire corporate leadership team
Key projects cover up to 4,000 users across 250 clinical sites, 12+ dotted-line multi-disciplinary internal reports and external vendors to drive execution and integration
Streamline and prioritize projects from 12 governing committees within organization into a singular project portfolio for executive review and sponsorship
Leverage ubiquitous project management software (MS Project, Wrike, Confluence) & methodologies (Agile Project Management, Waterfall) to scope, budget, schedule timelines, perform stakeholder analyses, assess risk, procure vendors, communicate and assure quality execution
Director of Practice Management Consulting, July 2015 – March 2017
Directed national team of 30 consultants and 4 managers, made up of process consultants, nurses, former hospital administrators, quality & risk specialists, and business analysts
Managed $4.5M annual department budget
Re-engineered leadership structure of consulting team to enhance effectiveness of support across national practice locations
Contributed to Development Team working with Board of Directors to create 5 year Strategic Plan for organization with goals of continuing national growth of hospital based and non-hospital based practice lines and integration across specialties
Partnered with physician executive team to set and meet performance targets around TTP (time to provider), TAT-D (turnaround time for discharge), TAT-A (time to admission), quality targets, patient satisfaction, and financial incentives
Co-chaired 12-person senior management team with mission to cultivate culture in organization, train and educate new managers, bridge gap between executive leadership and all employees
Created operational initiatives for clinical site practices; share best practices among sites; continuous improvement and innovation
Director of Anesthesia Operations, June 2014 – July 2015
Led integration of new anesthesia practice line into multi-specialty physician partnership
Daily management of 37-physician anesthesia division within multi-specialty physician partnership; Operations, billing, staff oversight
Managed business development pipeline for new anesthesia contract business: RFP responses; on-site proposals for prospective new client partners
Director of Business Strategy Implementation, July 2013 – June 2014
Created, designed, and implemented a new department for multi-specialty 1500+ physician partnership: Project Management Office (PMO)
Developed strategy with executive team and clinical leaders, identified organization goals, operationalized initiatives into actionable projects, led project teams Timothy D. Wagner
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Implemented cloud-based benefits software for enterprise, spanning 2,000+ clinical users and 1500+ employees
Managed average of 5-7 simultaneous Business Operations and IT projects
Managed interdepartmental, cross-functional teams of leaders and line workers; create standard approach for project management across enterprise (project budget, charter, scope, project plan, formal risk assessment, roles and responsibilities)
Led internal management education sessions: Operations Improvement, Project Management
Project Manager, July 2012 – July 2013
Performed comprehensive multi-specialty gap analysis across 15+ departments to compare differences in support between existing specialties (ED and Hospitalist) and prepare for new practices (Radiology and Anesthesia); recommended plan to leadership to address gaps
Project managed implementation of $850K electronic coding platform for 150+ hospitalist physicians across 13 practice locations
Practice Management Consultant, July 2010 – July 2012
Process Improvement and Business Operations for Emergency Departments (EDs); managed relationships between ED, lab, radiology, hospitalist practices to achieve optimal patient flow
Partnered with Medical Directors and hospital administrators to develop ED (and some Urgent Care) strategy and execution – goals of getting patient to provider faster, decreasing patient wait time in department, and increasing patient satisfaction
Consulted for region of 12 hospital sites ; supported colleagues across 90+ ED locations
40+ operations assessments performed at Emergency Departments: Observe patient flow, analyze arrival data and throughput data, recommend improvements, implement and monitor over time
2 international operations assessments at hospitals in Switzerland
Managed startup process for 5 new EDs: Successes achieved in reduced wait times (from >1hr to <=30 minutes), increased revenue by seeing more patients, and most importantly, increased patient satisfaction
Hosted external webinar: “Achieving ED and Hospitalist Integration”
Work with department staff to develop standard work and train staff on new processes; share best practices and lessons learned between client sites
Associate Practice Management Consultant, July 2008 – July 2010
Pioneered new role for the organization supporting senior consultants with data analysis, operation assessments, process design
Analyzed patient arrival patterns and matched staffing and processes accordingly
BOEING – Everett, WA, June 2007 – July 2008
Industrial Engineer
Process development and work sequencing for 787 Dreamliner and 767 airplane programs
Production readiness planning, value stream mapping
Lean and six sigma work flow studies
Process mapping of mechanics’ weekly work flow for plane production
CERTIFICATIONS
Lean Process Improvement Certified
Project Management Professional Certified (PMP)
Six Sigma Black Belt Trained
EDUCATION
Industrial and Operations Engineering BSE – University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, May 2007
Coursework: Lean Process Improvement Strategy, Six Sigma Black Belt Training, Entrepreneurship, Operations Modeling and Methods, Economic Decision Making, Ergonomics, Statistical Modeling, Quality Engineering Analysis, Work Organization, Data Processing, Simulation OTHER PURSUITS
Co-founder of BAPIN: Bay Area Performance Improvement Network, focused on connecting process improvement leaders in Healthcare in the Bay Area