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General Manager for the MITRE Corporation's Public Sector, responsible for managing revenue of $ 600M+ and developing strategies and innovation priorities for MITRE's federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs) from April, 2017 through August, 2017. FFRDCs include the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Federal Aviation Administration, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service, and the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, as well as MITRE's International Business. Council served as Senior Advisor and consultant to MITRE through December 2017.
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Veteran Health Administration (VHA), the largest integrated healthcare system in the country. This concept is the basis of several digital products in the healthcare arena.
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