Ike C. Huestis
Atlanta
Summary
Strategic Business Operations and Healthcare Consulting professional with over 10 years of experience leading initiatives that enhance operational performance and manage cross-functional projects within complex healthcare systems. Skilled in data analytics, executive dashboard development, and pricing optimization, with a focus on translating complex data into efficient business processes that drive organizational success.
Overview
1
1
Certification
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Consultant, Management Services
Northside Hospital System
Atlanta
03.2024 - Current
- Data Democratization: Led the rollout and organizational adoption of an enterprise operational monitoring dashboard supporting over 50 physician practices, translating complex healthcare metrics into actionable executive insights.
- Capacity Optimization: Spearheaded enterprise-wide data cleanup initiatives and optimized Cerner scheduling templates, reducing physician unfilled appointment rates by 20%.
- Championed implementation of AI-enabled workflow solutions to enhance physician practice operations and improve mammography reporting efficiency.
- Presented operational and clinic access metrics to executive leadership teams to support data-driven decision-making and process improvement.
- Directed operational workflow assessments across eight regional breast care centers; designed and implemented a performance improvement strategy aligned with executive leadership priorities.
Consultant, Advisory Services
HealthTrust Purchasing Group
Nashville
04.2019 - 10.2023
- Margin Optimization: Developed targeted pricing and inventory optimization strategies, identifying over $5M in organizational cost-reduction opportunities.
- Contract Compliance: Evaluated enterprise value analysis and standardization initiatives, capturing over $4M in savings through contract alignment and supply chain efficiencies.
- Contract Compliance: Evaluated enterprise value analysis and standardized initiatives, achieving over $4M in savings through contract alignment and supply chain efficiencies.
- Purchased Services Management: Partnered with senior operational and finance stakeholders to source and implement purchased services cost-containment strategies that realized over $1M in savings.
- Executive Presentation: Created executive-ready deliverables and financial models to effectively communicate multi-million dollar performance trends and strategic recommendations.
Data Analyst, Compliance
Acadia Healthcare
Franklin
02.2017 - 04.2019
- Business Intelligence: Developed Power BI dashboards and predictive trend-reporting interfaces to enable clinical and support teams to independently monitor operational compliance.
- Fiscal Accountability: Oversaw project expenditures over $600K for corporate compliance initiatives, ensuring accuracy in reporting and maintaining operational accountability.
- Safety Engagement: Boosted employee participation in enterprise safety initiatives by 35% through enhanced reporting visibility and cultural engagement campaigns.
- Leadership Alignment: Provided operational performance metrics and compliance briefings to senior leadership in clinical services, facilitating informed decision-making.
Associate Consultant, Strategy & Marketing
Quorum Health Resources
Brentwood
09.2015 - 11.2016
- Market Intelligence: Conducted healthcare market analysis, strategic planning, and community health needs assessments (CHNA) to support decision-making for hospital executive teams nationwide.
- Strategic Synthesis: Transformed raw healthcare data and local demographics into comprehensive executive presentations and strategic roadmap recommendations.
- Client Engagement: Collaborated with hospital executives and community stakeholders on 25+ client engagements to identify opportunities for geographic and service-line growth.
Intern, Consulting Operations
Quorum Health Resources
Brentwood
01.2015 - 08.2015
- Maintained consulting operations pipeline tracking using Salesforce reporting and advanced Excel modeling to ensure data accuracy and reliability.
- Assisted in coordinating healthcare resource allocation and scheduling processes.
- Supported team members in conducting research on healthcare management best practices.
- Engaged in data entry and maintenance of patient records in electronic systems.
Education
Master of Business Administration (MBA) - Healthcare
Massey Graduate School of Business
Nashville, TNBachelor of Business Administration (BBA) - Management
Rawls College of Business
Lubbock, TXSkills
- Healthcare Operations & Consulting
- KPI Dashboard Development
- Financial and Margin Optimization
- Executive Stakeholder Reporting
- Change management
- Process Mapping & Workflow Design
- Tech integration
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
Certification
Six Sigma Green Belt Certified (SSGBC)
Organizations Activities
- Toastmasters International
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Council
- Special Olympics of Middle Tennessee
- The Jason Foundation
- Second Harvest Food Bank
Timeline
Senior Consultant, Management Services
Northside Hospital System
03.2024 - Current
Consultant, Advisory Services
HealthTrust Purchasing Group
04.2019 - 10.2023
Data Analyst, Compliance
Acadia Healthcare
02.2017 - 04.2019
Associate Consultant, Strategy & Marketing
Quorum Health Resources
09.2015 - 11.2016
Intern, Consulting Operations
Quorum Health Resources
01.2015 - 08.2015
Master of Business Administration (MBA) - Healthcare
Massey Graduate School of Business
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) - Management
Rawls College of Business