Bradley Schultz

About Bradley Schultz

Bradley has more than 25 years of consulting and executive coaching experience, primarily, within the healthcare industry. Prior to joining Vizient, he spent four years as Vice President Operations & Quality for a $160M multi-channel merchant (dotcom). This was preceded by 20 years with GE Healthcare as a manufacturing engineer, operations leader, healthcare consultant, and regional consulting practice leader. Bradley assists Vizient members in making large-scale, transformational change within their organizations, using Lean, Six-Sigma and other, proven high reliability methods, resulting in, dramatically, improved operating performance. He partners with clients to architect the change, plan and coach the implementation, realize and reinvest the results. Bradley is a recognized industry expert in Strategy Deployment, Process Optimization, Change Management, Management Systems, Workforce Development, Executive Coaching, and Value-Realization. He has coached more than 35 healthcare organizations, ranging from small community hospitals to multi-hospital IDNs through large-scale, transformational, change resulting in both improved operational and improved clinical performance. Additionally, he has led multiple, focused projects in clinical operations and clinical informatics, providing clients a substantial return on investment. Bradley holds a Bachelor’s in Business Administration from Cardinal Stritch University, a post-graduate certificate in Quality Engineering from Milwaukee School of Engineering and a Master of Business Administration from Marquette University, all located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He is a Certified Six-Sigma Master Black-Belt and Achieve Global Frontline Leadership Development Facilitator. Specialties: Executive Leadership - Consulting, Operations, Quality, Business Development. Lean Healthcare, Strategic Planning & Strategy Deployment, Business Process Excellence, Organizational Transformation & Leadership Development,

Experience

1. Principal, Reliability & Management System, Vizient Advisory

   Vizient

   Apr 2016 — Present

   Partner with Vizient\'s Membership in making large-scale, transformational change within their organizations, using Lean, Six-Sigma and other, proven high reliability methods. These efforts result in, dramatically, improved quality, safety, and reliability. Within this partnership, facilitates senior leadership through architecting the change, planning and coach the implementation, realizing and reinvesting the results.

Education

• Cardinal Stritch University

  Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Finance

  1993 — 1995

• Marquette University

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Operations

  1997 — 1999