Senior EPMO Leader Digital Health Executive Senior IT Leader

SHARON L. SIMMONS, MA, MBA

646-***-**** www.linkedin.com/in/sharonlsimmons *******.******@*****.*** Senior EPMO Leader Digital Health Executive Senior IT Leader Technology & Information Management Oversight — Continuous Improvement —Team Building & Leadership Strategic, dynamic leader who builds best-in-class IT teams, systems, and processes for maximum organizational agility. Business partner adept at creating internal alliances, establishing thriving corporate culture, and rallying teams to embrace change. Strong background in health informatics, healthcare / technology M&A, technology implementations, large data sets and portals. Proven success in transforming departments and delivering business-critical products and solutions in the Healthcare-Delivery, Digital Health, and Healthcare IT verticals.

KEY COMPETENCIES

Strategic Planning & Execution

Project Management Office Oversight

Executive Collaboration

Information Management

Health Informatics

Technology Implementations

Vendor & Stakeholder Relations

Contract Development & Negotiations

Managed Care

IT Innovation

Regulatory Requirements

Process & Procedure Development

Budget Development & Reporting

Workforce & Capacity Planning

Member & Provider Experience

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CONSULTANT, PRINCIPAL, ADVISOR 2019 – Present

Provide expertise in the areas of strategic planning and execution, leadership and corporate culture, biopharma, life-sciences, member, provider and payor experience, strategic partnerships, healthcare delivery, digital health, data insights, medical practice management and local business start-ups. Pro bono work for various clients and projects. Engagements include:

Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb Strat Lancer Guidepoint Global Gerson Lehrman Group (GLG) The Expert Institute Ridgetop Research Posted Tegus Business and marketing plans for startups Healthcare providers nationwide Practice Manager for Psychotherapy Private Practice. LONGBRIDGE FINANCIAL, LLC 6/2021 – 5/2022

Program Manager and Technical Lead

Successfully oversaw management of concurrent medium to large scale, cross-functional technology and Business Operations projects for Senior Operations and IT Management including E2E SharePoint implementation, data migration and vendor selection. Reported to Chief Operating Officer (COO).

AFFINITY HEALTH PLAN (Acquired by MOLINA HEALTHCARE, INC. - NYSE: MOH) 2/2021 – 6/2021 Account Manager, Provider Relations Network Operations Led M&A data migration project integrating Affinity and Molina provider networks, Medicaid and Medicare managed care products and services from a Business Operations and IT perspective to support Molina’s acquisition of Affinity. MULTIPLAN, Inc. 20+ U.S. office locations and hundreds of remote locations 9/2003 – 11/2019 Publicly traded, NYSE (MPLN). $11 billion healthcare and financial technology transaction-based provider of healthcare cost management solutions with contracts with over 1.3 million healthcare providers and over 500k claims processed daily. Revenues: 2007: $353 million; 2010: $554 million; 2015: $865 million; 2019: $983 million. Director, IT Project Management and Analysis (Enterprise Project Management Office – EPMO) 2/2012 – 11/2019 Reported to Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Chief Information Officer (CIO) Earlier Positions 9/2003 – 2/2012:

- Acting Head, IT Project Management and Analysis (Enterprise Project Management Office – EPMO); Reported to Chief Operating Officer (COO) 2/2011 – 2/2012

- Manager, Project Management Office / PMO (Reported to Chief Technology Officer) 2009 – 2/2011

- Lead Project Manager Senior Project Manager Senior Business Analyst (Reported to Chief Technology Officer) 9/2003 – 2009

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Provided leadership, organizational agility, and built thriving corporate culture to a company of over 2,000 employees, spanning 23 office locations and hundreds of remote locations.

Drove execution of strategic plans for operational efficiencies; recommended and oversaw new, high ROI initiatives.

Oversaw cross-functional teams supporting new and current products and lines of business in numerous verticals.

Successfully pitched to C-Suite, secured funding for, and executed business development opportunities that realized savings.

Led execution of project pipeline, conducted feasibility studies, timeline, cost, benefits, break event point and ROI.

Oversaw a $200 million / annual operating and capital expenditure budget.

Provided strategic direction to optimize effectiveness and efficiency of Corporate and IT solution delivery.

Transformed how Operations, IT and Human Resources aligned to meet corporate objectives through technical strategy and adaptability, performance management, financial acumen, information security and data strategy.

Oversaw contract negotiation and managed relationships with vendors and consulting firms. E/PMO Leadership

Oversaw delivery of 400 +/- projects for $200 million annual enterprise portfolio in IT, Operations and Client implementations yielding a realization of over $19.1 billion in savings opportunities in 2019 for MultiPlan customers.

Established E/PMO Center of Excellence for portfolio, program, project management and business analysis.

Created, trained, and rolled out Project Management Methodology, Agile, Best Practices, and PMO Governance.

Championed vision for benefits that Agile would bring to MultiPlan. Oversaw E2E transition to Agile.

Proven success building and leading high performance, dedicated teams (internal / external / onshore / offshore, vendors, FTEs, and consultants) by developing genuine and trusted connections. Talent Recruitment

Hired, onboarded, mentored, and directed department with staff of 70+ Program, Portfolio and Project Managers, Business and Systems Analysts, Leadership Associates and Interns in Operations and IT verticals in a decentralized, matrix environment resulting in 95% + staff retention rate (the highest in the organization and over my 17-year tenure).

Built successful, scalable Technology Leadership Program (TLP) with 30+ Leadership Associates in 20 IT, Operations, Healthcare Economics and Business Development Rotations yielding 100% retention rate by Year 5.

Oversaw Resource Management, Onboarding, Professional Development and Capacity Planning. Provided key performance metrics to C-Suite.

Innovation, Project and Technology Oversight, Merger and Acquisition (M&A) Leadership

During the over seven years I was Director, I oversaw efforts that enabled: o MultiPlan to take claim charges received from customers from approximately $70 billion to $106 billion. Over the same period, we increased savings processed by our programs from approximately $12 billion to approximately $19 billion while simultaneously making our business highly scalable. o In 2011 we acquired National Care Network (NCN) to help fuel our analytics growth, taking it from a company with revenues of about $23 million to a $324 million product line in only seven years, about a 46% annual growth rate. o We acquired Medical Audit & Review Solutions (MARS) in 2014 to enter the payment integrity market and grew it from a $2 million business to an over $100 million product line in only five years, a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of approximately 135%.

I led multiple integrations, including MultiPlan and Viant, which brought together the considerable expertise and complementary solutions of both companies to produce the industry's most comprehensive provider of healthcare cost management services. The two companies combined resulted in 85% market share. Previously led 18-month integration of MultiPlan and PHCS (the two companies combined resulted in 65% market share), including redeployment of staff, business process re-engineering and management of systems integration. o Oversaw integration of Operations, IT, Legal, Sales, Marketing, Account Management, Network Development and Human Resources staff, processes and acquired systems. o Led multiple virtual, distributed, matrix teams of 40+ business and technical resources including vendors through significant scope and risk management challenges to deliver numerous inter-related projects on schedule and budget.

Oversaw development of negotiation prioritization tool, a web-based tool using industry benchmarks to reach mutually beneficial cost reductions and manage out-of-network costs. Solution generated $9 million revenue by Year 1. In 2010, all claims were manually negotiated. By 2019, 80% of negotiations were completely automated and required no human touch as a result of technology solutions implemented under my direction. In 2022, MultiPlan was awarded the Data Breakthrough Award for this SHARON L. SIMMONS, MA, MBA *******.******@*****.*** Page Three tool, the premier awards program founded to recognize the data technology innovators, leaders, and visionaries from around the world. This tool was also named a 2022 CIO 100 award winner.

Designed and implemented ValuePoint by MultiPlan® - a national medical access card program designed to offer uninsured and underinsured consumers access to MultiPlan’s network of providers at negotiated rates. By Year 1, the program included 1,200 hospitals, 50,000 ancillary facilities and 450,000 practitioner locations.

Drove strategic Corporate, Cross-Functional Project and Program Management initiatives, including Software Development, Operations, Technical, Infrastructure, Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing (DW), Enterprise Content Management (ECM) and Corporate Integration activities to increase revenue, improve efficiencies and improve patient outcomes.

Salvaged the Interactive Voice Response (IVR) telephony system which delivers 24x7x365 automated self-service information to members, clients, and providers. By Year 1, solution reduced costs associated with FTEs and vendors by 40%, reduced calls handled by a person by approximately 1 million and yielded an estimated $6 million savings.

Directed data analytics, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), and project execution for multiple, multi-million-dollar Operations, Reimbursement Methodology, Provider Credentialing, Provider Data Maintenance, Provider Rate Operations, Document Management, URAC and NCQA accreditation and Technology projects. CSC, 2WTC, New York, NY; Wilmington, DE 2/2001-9/2003 CSC® is the world’s leading provider of business, legal, tax, and digital brand services to companies around the globe. CSC® is the trusted partner for 90% of the Fortune 500®, more than 65% of the Best Global Brands (Interbrand®), nearly 10,000 law firms, and more than 3,000 financial organizations.

Product Manager Senior Project Manager Senior Business Analyst. Reported to Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Owned delivery of web-based and digital solutions to corporate customers to manage compliance and governance requirements.

Oversaw product development of subscription, web-based Workflow Portals of RecordsCenter® and PowerBrief®, online litigation management applications combining Compliance, Governance, and Intellectual Property tools.

By Q1-2004, RecordsCenter® was the most frequently installed entity management system in the industry.

By Q1-2004, PowerBrief® reached over 5,000 users, over 200 legal departments and more than 5 million case files. IMPATH, Inc., New York, NY, Phoenix, AZ, Los Angeles, CA 1/1994-2/2001 Publicly traded, NASDAQ (IMPH). Leading cancer information / healthcare service provider of cancer analysis and information services to cancer management providers in the business of improving outcomes for cancer patients.

(Sold to Genzyme for $215 million in 2004).

Manager, Analytical Services Information Services, Corporate Intelligence Division 1997-2/2001 Reported to Chief Marketing Officer (CMO)

Business Development, Expansion and Market Research

Pitched and awarded multiple million-dollar, multi-year new revenue-generating line of business by the biotechnology company Genentech (beating out the University of California, Los Angeles - UCLA) to develop and deliver IMPATH’s largest consulting contracts and market research studies yielding $6 million revenue by Year 2.

Directed development and end-to-end (E2E) delivery of market research study to support use of the antibody Herceptin, approved by the FDA in 1998 for the treatment of breast and gastric cancers. Over 2.3 million patients have been treated with Herceptin since FDA approval.

Negotiated multiple, multi-million-dollar revenue generating contracts with clients and business partners.

Created thriving business intelligence (BI) division that increased revenue, expanded business, increased profitability, built strategic partnerships, and spearheaded strategic business decisions including the development of a digital health suite. Healthcare-Information, Interoperability, Data Analytics and Digital Health

Pitched, awarded and led the development and launch of IMPRES ®, the largest longitudinal patient-centric, integrated Cancer Data Warehouse (DW) of breast cancer history in turn used in sellable longitudinal research studies to predict the likelihood of future outcomes based on historical data patterns and to monetize data.

Negotiated purchase of tumor registries for ingestion and consolidation into IMPATH’s Cancer DW and directed the population and analysis of registry data into Cancer DW.

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Oversaw all data cleansing, staging, mapping, migration, and Quality Assurance (QA) – contracting with the third-party vendor KPMG - of a decade of transactional data into an Operational Data Store (ODS) and DW using Informatica extract, transform, load (ETL) tools.

Improved patient outcomes by 45% Year 4 by making available queryable legacy patient data through the corporate intra / extranet. By 2001, IMPATH’s Cancer DW of treatment and outcomes information exceeded 2 million patients.

Oversaw analysis of full offering of state-of-the-art technologies, antibodies, tests, products and services in cancer diagnostics and prognostics.

Launched suite of industry-leading, integrated, digital health, internet-based products and services including a provider and client portal with virtual lab capabilities for the first time in the industry.

Oversaw the licensing of software to over 600 acute care hospitals to enable them to maintain cancer registries and to populate IMPATH’s DW of treatment and outcomes information. Impath, Inc. - Earlier Positions 1994 – 1997 - Reported to Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Chief Medical Officer (CMO).

- Senior Business Analyst, Corporate Analytics, Information Services, Corporate Intelligence Division

- Manager, Hematopathology, Predictive Oncology and Physicians Services Division

- Manager, Customer Service, Accessioning and Logistics, Physicians Services Division

- Manager, Patient Immunopathology and Hematopathology Reporting and Analytics, Physicians Services Division EDUCATION

FITCHBURG STATE UNIVERSITY, Fitchburg, MA, Master of Business Administration (MBA), Healthcare Management. Honors: summa cum laude *

CITY UNIVERSITY (CUNY), New York, NY, Master of Arts (MA), Criminal Justice. Specializations: The Constitution and Criminal Law; Investigative Techniques. Honors: magna cum laude ** COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, New York, NY, Bachelor of Arts (BA) * ADDITIONAL COURSEWORK

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, New York, NY, Master of Arts (MA), Business Certificate Program **

(Course 1: Marketing Strategy). Completed 4 credits. NEW YORK UNIVERSITY (NYU), New York, NY, School of Continuing and Professional Studies (MA Business) **

(Courses: Management Planning and Control; Effective Budgeting; Financial Statement Analysis). Completed 12 credits. COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, New York, NY, Master of Arts (MA) **

(Modern European Studies; European History, Politics, and Society). Completed 13 credits.

* Conducted Studies Full-Time while working Full-Time ** Conducted Studies Part-Time while working Full-Time VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP

Pro Bono (2019-Present) Psychotherapy Practice, Practice Manager, New York, NY

Pro Bono (2003-Present) Career Consultant, Principal, New York, NY

Fundraiser and Volunteer (2007-Present) Potcake Place, Turks & Caicos Islands; The Bahamas

Fundraiser and Volunteer (1991-Present) Animal Welfare at Various Organizations, Various locations

Director and Founder, Corporate Student Intern Program (2012-2016) MultiPlan, Inc., Various locations

Director and Co-Founder, “Reciprocity / Give Back” Program (2013-2015) MultiPlan, Inc., Various locations

Fundraising Manager of Team of Volunteers and Volunteer (2013-2015) AngelaCARES, Inc., Jersey City, NJ; New York, NY

Fundraising Manager of Team of Volunteers and Volunteer (2013-2015) The Bowery Mission, New York, NY

Fundraiser and Volunteer (2013-2015) Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen/Church of the Holy Apostles, New York, NY

Fundraiser and Volunteer (2013-2015) Marine Toys for Tots Foundation, New York, NY

President - Resigned due to Relocation (2005-2014) Residential Cooperative Board of Directors, Brooklyn Heights, NY

Chief Fire Warden, Volunteer 2 WTC (South Tower); 87th floor on 9.11.2001 New York, NY

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