Hands-on executive known for having a strategic and focused approach with extensive experience building and motivating teams that achieve objectives as well as for establishing creative strategies for optimizing operations, financial returns, and delivering superior service levels to customers.
Extensive Experience With:
Building and leading successful teams
Process evaluation and improvement
Driving productivity and cost efficiency
Effective communication and interpersonal skills
Corporate planning and strategic development
P&L management and budgetary direction
Experience with mergers, acquisitions, and integrations
Project management and deployment
Ability to adapt and lead through challenging situations
Establishing organizational vision
Vice President Operations @ Responsible for leading the Integrated Oncology and Dianon Pathology divisions within LabCorp which include 7 national laboratories, $300 million in annual revenue and 1,100 employees.
• Creation and management of the divisional budget, while consistently outperforming operating income goals through implementing continuous process improvement and cost containment initiatives
• Led the standardization and singular branding of multiple operating sites through reorganizing and consolidating the leadership structure, aligning service levels and metrics, pooling call centers, and performing LIS platform conversions
• Successfully led teams through challenging situations and change management environments such as operation closures, new acquisitions, and extensive operational improvement reviews
• Established succession planning model to identify and invest in employee growth and development, enabling the expansion of leadership talent within the organization while improving employee engagement and morale
• Consistently improved service level metrics throughout the divisions by process evaluation and improvement, best practice implementation and standardization across multisite operations, and development of productivity and dashboard analytics
• Currently a member of LabCorp’s Leadership Talent Process; a program used by the company to identify and develop top existing leaders for future From April 2014 to Present (1 year 9 months) Orange County, California AreaGeneral Manager/Associate Vice President @ Responsible for leading the Integrated Oncology West Division which includes 4 national facilities and approximately 300 employees.
• Creation and management of the budget for an $85 million division and met budgetary demands by reducing actual direct expenses for the division by 9.33%
• Established the organizational vision and initiated annual measureable goals for the division which led to achievement of increasing testing capacity by 38%
• Led laboratory integration project of the West Coast operations that produced $12 million in annual savings
• Led the Irvine, CA facility towards becoming one of the first 25 laboratories in the world with ISO 15189 accreditation
• Effectively managed a 24 hour operation that requires impeccable service in delivering cancer results to patients and medical facilities From March 2011 to April 2014 (3 years 2 months) Director of Operations @ Responsible for directing all operational and laboratory functions of the company which includes over 200 employees.
• Organized and implemented several LEAN inspired building reorganizations and process improvements that improved service turnaround times by 15%
• Established Clinical Trials department and successfully engaged in trials with both pharmaceutical and device companies growing annual revenues from $145,000 at initiation to over $1 million per year
• Participated in several product and instrument evaluations, development, validation and launches
• Partnered with sales to present company overviews and partnership proposals to prospective clients From August 2009 to March 2011 (1 year 8 months) Director, Support Services @ Responsible for directing the areas of Support Services which included 7 departments and 50+ employees.
• Member of acquisitions team responsible for evaluating laboratories and making purchase recommendations to executive committee
• Led several initiatives to evaluate and implement best laboratory practices across Labcorp facilities during the integration of Esoterix, Dianon and US LABS
• Established remote “pod” laboratories capable of performing pre-analytical and analytical phases of testing which promoted local presence and improved turnaround time by 33%
• Worked with management team to create and implement a chain of custody tracking mechanism for patient samples through testing life cycle reducing instances of missing samples by 25%
• Well versed in CAP, CLIA, NYS, Clinical Trial and ISO accreditation: have hosted multiple audits and performed audits for outside facilities From January 2006 to July 2009 (3 years 7 months) Manager - Support Services @ Responsibilities included managing 5 departments consisting of 35 employees, maintaining department budget, hiring, coaching and training responsibilities.
• Created Pathology Compensation program for the Pathology Group within US LABS, Irvine to improve the resulting production of the professional suite
• Implemented document scanning system enabling the company to move all documentation online Savings from this project reached $200K annually
• Creator and former President of the company’s rewards and recognition program for all employees. (STARR Program)
• Two time winner of the “Above and Beyond” award for employee excellence in 2004 & 2005 From 2004 to 2007 (3 years) Support Services Supervisor @ Responsibilities included supervision of 20 employees in the areas of data entry and logistics
• Creation and monitoring of metrics that drove efficiencies and reduced reporting errors by over 65%
• Implementation of referral testing controls that help implement the evaluation of referral laboratories and helped reduce monthly expenditures by more than $20,000
• Supervision of employees, time card approval, team building
• Responsible for hiring, training, and coaching of employees From 2001 to 2004 (3 years)
MBA, Leadership and Management @ University of La Verne From 2009 to 2011 Business Administration, Economics @ The Ohio State University - The Max M. Fisher College of Business From 1996 to 2000 Jason Allchin is skilled in: Healthcare, Hospitals, Pathology, Clinical Research, Hematology, Operations Management, Leadership, Process Improvement, Sales, Strategic Planning, Medical Devices, Change Management, Management, Training, Managed Care