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Shishir Desai Senior Director, Client Analytics Responsibilities consists of: •§ Management and oversight of the Client Analytics Team which is split into three functions - Consulting & Insights, Advanced Reporting, and Innovation & Data Science. •§ Identify needs and develop advanced reporting solutions to help our clients achieve success External work history prior to Lash Group: •§ Analytics & Business Intelligence Consulting •§ Guardian Insurance •§ Hearst Corporation •§ Wells Fargo (Wachovia, at the time) Career path at Lash Group: •§ Senior Analyst, Reporting Services & Support •§ Manager, Business Intelligence Design •§ Manager, Reporting & Analytics Consulting •§ Senior Manager, Reporting & Analytics Consulting •§ Director, Client Analytics •§ Senior Director, Client Analytics Personality traits that contributed to your success: •§ Calm in all situations (never get rattled) •§ Strategic nature (always understand the big-picture) •§ Results-focused •§ Accountable •§ Reliability and consistency •§ Desire to consistently grow my skill set •§ Combination of business knowledge with tech savvy •§ Strong communication skills •§ Supportive •§ Humility and honesty •§ Enjoys life Career achievements which furthered your success: •§ Bachelor’s degree in Information Science & Technology from Pennsylvania State University •§ Certification in Process Mining (Advanced Analytics) Career aspirations: •§ Executive leader of an organization’s advanced analytics (data science), data consulting, and reporting organization •§ Shape the advanced analytics (data science), data consulting, and reporting organization to analyze robust data sets, which includes the integration of 3rd party data sets, to generate insights to help shape healthcare delivery in a way that improves the experience for patients & providers. Advice to associates: •§ Seek out mentors, and don’t be afraid to ask questions of mentors and your peers •§ Never get complacent; consistently push yourself to grow your skill set •§ “Stay humble, but know your worth” •§ “Let your results do the talking for you” •§ “Talk is cheap if you don’t deliver” § • “Live life to the fullest and never look back with a single regret; you need to trust your decisions and choices in life” •§ “Hindsight is 20/20, so make sure you learn from your past success and failures” - 8 -
Dana Edwards Vice President, Commercial Operations Responsibilities consists of: •§ I lead a portfolio of operational business units providing patient support services including reimbursement hotlines, patient assistance programs, co-pay assistance, and adherence services for a range of physician administered and self-administered products. External work history prior to Lash Group: •§ Before joining Lash Group, I completed a hospital internship, assisting with preparations for a survey by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. I gained additional regulatory and compliance experience by working in a manufacturer’s environmental health and safety department. Career path at Lash Group: •§ Lash Group has had amazing growth since I’ve joined, and I’ve been fortunate to grow with the company. •§ I started in 1998 on the Program Support Team (currently known as the Data Intake Team). •§ I was promoted and made several lateral moves through reimbursement counselor roles across programs supporting different types of products and then moved into operations management in 2000 as an Assistant Manager. •§ I continued to grow in my management career by taking on new program launches, bigger teams and grew through the ranks from Program Manager to Senior Manager and onto a Director role in 2004. •§ As a Director, I continued to grow my portfolio of programs and was promoted to Senior Director in 2007. •§ I was promoted into my current role as Vice President, Commercial Operations in 2011. Personality traits that contributed to your success: •§ Being results driven, your success is defined by your business results. •§ Being resilient, you will experience setbacks – you have to pick yourself up and move on. Career achievements which furthered your success: •§ B.S. in biology with a concentration in public health and medical microbiology from Virginia Tech •§ AmerisourceBergen Specialty Group Vision Award for Lash Group •§ Charlotte Business Journal Women In Business Career aspirations: •§ I look forward to leveraging my expertise and experience in patient services to expand my job roles within Lash Group or ABC. Advice to associates: Favorite quote: “Keep your attention fully in the present moment and simply make the decision to do the very best that you can in every given situation.” Richard Carlson - 9 -
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