Kenneth P. Kell

About Kenneth P. Kell

A personable scientist and businessman who serves as an invaluable bridge between analysts and executives, academia and industry, and product owners and policy makers. Strengths include coalition building, advanced analytics, research translation, strategic consulting, and creative problem solving. A relatable thought leader recognized for distilling complex concepts into actionable insights to enhance organizations’ impact in the world.

Experience

1. Director of Strategic Analytics & Research Partnerships

   Navihealth

   Dec 2019 — Present

   I lead a team of analytics professionals who serve as strategic thought leaders to the business, partnering with solutions, operations, and others to enhance intelligent decision making. We collaborate to deliver analytic clarity to the enterprise with the goal of enhancing patient experience, improving health outcomes, and reducing healthcare costs. Projects have included- Spearheading the centralization and consolidation of a mission-critical metric, readmissions. This project involved significant stakeholder buy-in (including C-suite), homogenization of data and vernacular, and the creation and dissemination of self-service dashboards to replace disparate ad hoc reports - Supporting a major home based medical care initiative via - geospatial analytics to inform care coverage / patient footprint; stakeholder alignment around metrics, reports, and dashboards; collaborative mapping of multiple flows of data intake and enhancement; and actuarial RAF HCC (re)capture process alignment- Enhancing communication and development opportunities within the analytics org by hosting representative council meetings and all-hands lunch & learn meetings, crafting educational assets, hosting the first Care Transitions Analytics Summit, and serving as a mediator in instances of internal friction- Consulting with solutions & innovation department to evaluate initiatives by conducting research using external and internal sources and crafting analytic proposals and white papers- Facilitating stakeholder alignment between the analytics and operations orgs to revamp dashboards and analytics reporting tools to better serve the needs of end users- Directing research collaborations between naviHealth and academic institutions, as well as industry partners, and managing the research portfolio and PR / publication process- Implementing the Johns Hopkins ACG pop health tool and administrating SAS statistical analytic software and CMS Limited Data Set.

Education

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Zaragoza International Logistics Center (ZLC)

  M.Eng., Logistics and Supply Chain Management

  2007 — 2008

• University of Alabama at Birmingham

  Ph.D., Nutrition Sciences

  2010 — 2015

• Samford University

  B.S., Pre-Medical Biology

  2003 — 2007

• Samford University

  B.A., Spanish Language and Literature

  2003 — 2007