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FRANK FERNANDEZ 10342 S.W.134th PlaceMiami, Florida 33186Telephone: 305-386-8246Cellular: 786-553-3283frank.fernandez@waypoint2580.com

BackgroundExperienced healthcare supply chain strategist, nationally recognized for innovative thinking, leadership, creativity, technical knowledge, and the ability to translate vision into reality. Varying scopes of responsibility, over a 40-year career, at all levels of health care Supply Chain administration and operations in hospitals and health care organizations. Recognized nationally as an expert in centralized supply chain operations, health care distribution, direct distribution models, group purchasing organizations, supplier diversity, performance improvement, and supply chain automation. Lifetime Member - Fellow of the Association for Healthcare Resource and Materials Management – American Hospital Association (AHRMM). Founder of waypoint2580, Florida based supply chain strategic advisory services.

Employment History

2016 – Present waypoint2580Miami, Florida

Principal Officer - Chief Supply Chain StrategistPresident and Founder of waypoint2580, a Subchapter S corporation, registered in the State of Florida, established to provide supply chain strategic services, subject matter expertise, advisory services, operational assessments, B2B linkages, and business developments services, to various constituents, including but lot limited to, healthcare organizations, individuals, manufacturers, not-for-profit organizations, and suppliers.

1983-2016 Baptist Health South Florida6855 Red RoadCoral Gables, Florida 33143

Positions held at this institution:

1996 – 2016: Assistant Vice President, Supply Chain ServicesExecutive level and Senior Management Group position at Baptist Health South Florida, a leading integrated delivery network comprised of six hospitals and several satellite administrative, diagnostic and treatment facilities. Responsibilities included enterprise-wide Supply Chain administration, supply chain automated systems design and implementation, GPO relations, sourcing and contracting for all commodities, Strategic Supplier Relations, 340B drug procurement, Pharmacy Contracting, Affiliate Programs (domestic and international), Supplier Diversity, Logistics, and Procurement. Responsible for o staff of over 120 FTEs. Member and past Chair of the national Premier GPO’s Strategic Advisory Committee. Founding member and past Chair of the Premier GPO’s Supplier Diversity Committee. Served as Member of the Board of Directors of the Florida State Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC). Served as Member of the Board of Directors of Combined Services, Inc. (CSI), a Florida corporation, co-owned by region hospitals, that operates a shared laundry facility.

1983 - 1996: Assistant Vice President, Baptist Hospital of MiamiSenior Department Head level position at a private, not for profit community hospital and health system. Responsibilities included administration of Purchasing, Facilities Support, Inventory Control, Shipping, Receiving, Print Shop, Mailroom, Linen Services, Central Service (sterile processing), Distribution and related services. Responsible for the hospital’s Materials Management Information System. Responsible for negotiating contracts for capital equipment, medical supplies and services. Responsible for the design an implementation of all procurement and distribution functions for Baptist Hospital of Miami, and related entities. Responsible for a staff of 70 employees, and an annual operating budget of $5 million.

Responsible and accountable for purchases in excess of $40 million annually. Responsible for coordinating the Continuous Improvement Initiative at Baptist Hospital of Miami. Represented Baptist Hospital on the Florida Sterling Council for quality. Served as Lead Examiner for the Florida Sterling Council's Florida Governor's Sterling Award for Quality, a Baldridge-based quality award for Florida enterprises. Promoted to Assistant Vice President in 1994.

1973-1983 Public Health Trust of Dade County (now Miami-Dade County)Jackson Memorial Hospital1611 N.W. 12th AvenueMiami, Florida 33136

Positions held at this institution:

1980-1983: Administrator of Materials ManagementResponsible for the centralized Materials Management Department in a 1250 beds licensed teaching hospital, affiliated with the University of Miami School of Medicine. The department included the functions of shipping, receiving, inventory control, Central Stores, Central Service, in-house laundry, duplicating services, hospital mailroom, hospital messenger service, and U.S. Postal Service contract station. Responsible for a staff of 153 employees, with an annual budget of $7.4 million dollars. Served as Chairman of the hospital’s Products Evaluation and Standardization Committee, which recommended bid awards for all medical/surgical supplies based on established criteria. Reported directly to the Chief Financial Officer for the Public Health Trust.

1979-1980Assistant Administrator of Materials ManagementReported to the Administrator of Materials Management. Directly responsible for the functions of the hospital’s in-house laundry, duplicating services, hospital messenger services, hospital mailroom and U.S. Postal Service contract station. Responsible for carrying out special projects assigned by the Administrator. These included reviewing specifications for supplies, designing materials handling and inventory control procedures, developing and preparing statistical graphs and charts illustrating productivity, monitoring departmental budgets, and preparing reports on departmental activities to administration. Served as a labor relations coordinator for the department, in a highly unionized environment. Responsible for all personnel actions. Coordinated and conducted training in the use of hospital-wide materials handling systems.

1977-1979Assistant Administrator, Clinical Services, Maternal & Child Services Hospital CenterAdministratively responsible for four Special Care patient departments within the Hospital Center. These patient care departments comprised the Regional Neonatal Intensive Care Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital. Provided administrative direction, logistical support, and managerial direction to the Hospital Center. Worked within the structure of a multi-disciplinary management team, along with the Nurse Manager, and the Physician Medical Director (University of Miami School of Medicine Faculty Department Chair). Responsibilities included interviewing, selecting, training, staffing, and supervising non-clinical personnel, analyzing monthly budget reports, coordinating capital equipment purchases, solving problems with ancillary services, planning and controlling inventory of capital equipment and medical supplies, and serving as administrative liaison for physicians, nurses, patients, family, and visitors.

1974-1977Cultural Specialist, Community Mental Health ProgramMember of a mental health care team composed of a psychiatrist, psychiatric social worker and cultural specialist. This team developed and administered mental health treatment and related social services to the client population. Community organizer. Developed and conducted recreational therapy sessions under the supervision of a psychiatric social worker. Gathered demographic information of residents in the catchment area. Served as eligibility coordinator for the program, including interviewing clients to determine financial eligibility for program participation. Trained other staff members in the process. Served as liaison between the program and the governing agency on patient financial eligibility questions.EDUCATION Miami Florida, Florida International University

Bachelor of Arts, 1976

CAREER PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS and BOARD SERVICE

Board of Directors, Florida State Minority Supplier Development Council Fellow and Life Time Member of the Association for Healthcare Resource and Materials Management

(AHRMM) of the America Hospital Association. Member, Institute for Supply Management (ISM) Board of Directors of Combined Services Incorporated (“CSI”) a 501 Miami, Florida company that

functions as a shared cooperative laundry service, owned by several not for profit health systems in South Florida

Chairman, Premier Strategic Advisory Committee, of the Premier Group Purchasing Organization Board of Directors of the Coalition for Healthcare standards Founding Member, Premier Supplier Diversity Committee. Technology Committee, Association for Healthcare Resource and Materials Management (AHA)

CAREER SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS Speaker – Association for National Accounts Executives (ANAE), Regional Meeting – December, 2015 Panelist – Association for National Accounts Executives (ANAE), Annual Meeting – June, 2015 Keynote Speaker, Supply Chain Impact on Healthcare Industry, South Florida Chapter – November,

2013 Himss09 – Symposium on Supply Chain Automation, April, 2009 Panelist, HIDA Executive Forum, March, 2008, Miami , Florida Panelist , Coalition for Healthcare eStandards (CHeS) Media Event - August , 2007 Speaker, Premier Breakthrough Series, Orlando, Fl, 2006, Topic: "Data Synchronization through the

use of eStandards". Speaker, Association for Healthcare Resource and Materials Management (American Hospital

Association), Orlando, Florida, 2006. Topic: "A Materials Manager's Guide to Supplier Diversity" Speaker, Lawson Software annual user group convention, "CUE", Orlando, Fl, 2006, Topic: "Using

Process Flow to Ensure Data Integrity" Faculty, Association for Healthcare Resource and Materials Management (American Hospital

Association), 2004, Topic: Materials Management 401 (Advanced course on supply chain automation in healthcare)

Keynote Speaker, Kimberly Clark Healthcare, Latin American Network For Diversity (LAND), Hispanic Heritage Month, “Embracing Diversity and Incorporating it in Business Strategy”

Speaker-Panelist, Cardinal Health National Sales Meeting – Buckhead, Georgia Speaker, Association for Healthcare Resource and Materials Management (America Hospital

Association), Orlando, Florida, 2004. Topic: "Web-Based RFP Application, an In-House Solution" Speaker, HIMSS Conference, 2003, San Diego, CA. Topic: Supply Chain Automation Speaker, Association for Healthcare Resource and Materials Management (American Hospital

Association), 2003, San Diego, CA. Topic: Supply Chain Automation: Lessons Learned to Ensure Success

Speaker, Association for Healthcare Resource and Materials Management annual meeting, 2004, Nashville, TN. Topic: Incorporating Supplier Diversity into the Health Care Supply Chain

NOTABLE CAREER ACCOMPLISHMENTS Designed and consolidated supply chain functions for the newly merged Baptist Health South Florida.

Consolidated four purchasing offices into a corporately managed centralized procurement function. Instituted a continuous replenishment supply chain process including elements of Just-In-Time ordering, Stockless Purchasing and self-distribution. Designed and instituted a nationally recognized activity based medical surgical supply distribution agreement which was he first of its kind for Baptist Health and for the Distributor. Designed and implemented Baptist Health’s inter-entity distribution system. Managed a highly compliant GPO contracting strategy, while maintaining a high level of independent self-contracting activity.

Instituted a method for improving inventory turnover rates by computer-assisted analysis of desired days of inventory for high-dollar usage items and the application of Just in Time (JIT) techniques. Implemented EDI purchasing. Implemented an automated par level replenishment system for remote locations; the first of its kind that interfaced to a procurement system. Implemented an electronic requisitioning system for remote computer ordering.

Pioneered the use direct computer-to-computer links for electronic transmission of purchase orders without manual intervention, in 1988.

Chairman, Safety Committee, Baptist Hospital of Miami Founding Member, South-East Florida Association for Hospital Purchasing and Materials Management

(Past President and Treasurer)

Member, Board of Examiners, Florida Governor’s Sterling Council. Senior Examiner and Team Leader, for the Florida Governor’s Sterling Council’s Sterling Award for Quality, a Malcolm Baldrige-based quality award process. Associate Member, Florida Sterling Council.

ARTICLES AND PUBLICATIONS – Sample “Capturing Consumption Transactions in a Complex IDN Environment Operating a Centralized

Distribution Center (Self Distribution) and a Single ERP”, January, 2016 (Unpublished). "A nimbler way to process an RFP", Materials Management in Healthcare, December, 2005 “Understanding e-Commerce to Exercise its Full potential”, Materials Management in Healthcare,

January 2002. “Healthcare Reassesses an Internet-Based Supply Chain”, Purchasing News, December, 2000 “Distribution with a Twist”, Materials Management Magazine, October, 2000 “The Sterling Challenge – Healthcare Sector Section” (Introduction and four chapters), Florida

Sterling Council, 1994. “Sticking To The Basics While Exploring New Directions”, Hospital Materials Management, November,

1987 “Free Money from the Post Office – How To Save Money On Your Hospital Marketing Promotions and

PR Mailings”, Hospital Topics, January-February, 1985. “Capturing Patient Charges Gains New Meaning Under DRG’s”, Hospital Topics, January-February,

1985 “ABC Analysis – A Basic Guide To One Of The Most Useful Technique In Inventory Control”, Hospital

Topics, May-June, 1985. “Central Service/Materials Management: Meeting the Challenge of DRGs”, Hospital Topics, Nov-Dec,

1984.

Personal InterestsPhysical FitnessExtreme Outdoor Adventure Sea Kayaking, long distance hiking, backpackingReadingMusicThe Arts

Community ServicePresident, Board of Directors, South Florida Council, Boy Scouts of America (2013 – 2015)Member, Executive Committee, Board of Directors, South Florida Council, Boy Scouts of AmericaCrew Advisor, Crew 43, Venturing BSA high adventure youth groupAssistant Scoutmaster, and Venturing Advisor, BSA Troop 43 and Venturing Crew 43Member, Board of Directors Girl Scout Council of Tropical Florida

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