Melissa Gunnarson
Sr. Consultant, Healthcare & Life Sciences @ Slalom | MBA & MS, Nutritional Sciences | Expertise in Project & Program Management, Change Leadership & Process Improvement / Transformation
- Role
- Senior Consultant, Healthcare & Life Sciences at Slalom
- Location
- Seattle, WA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Melissa Gunnarson
Analytically-minded healthcare and life sciences consultant focused on helping…
Experience
Senior Consultant, Healthcare & Life Sciences
Aug 2022 — Present · Seattle, WA, US
Deliver healthcare and life sciences industry solution offerings focused on operational excellence, process improvement, technology transformation, research acceleration, and provider/patient experience improvement.• Program manager for a major global biopharmaceutical manufacturing execution system deployment aimed at accelerating the launch of cell therapy products, improving security, and harmonizing data.• Course-corrected a project management effort at a complex multi-site community health organization deploying critical technology infrastructure and preserving $1MM+ in grant funding by meeting tight deadlines.• Designed and implemented a comprehensive data model enabling reliable structured capture of biospecimen information aligned w/ national standards; additionally automated the donor cell phenotyping scoring process. • Drove strategic business analysis for cell therapy commercial operations team expansion, facilitated cross-functional alignment on team definition, and drafted purpose statement and primary capabilities for scalability.
Education
UW Foster School of Business
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business Administration and Management, General
2017 — 2020
University of Alberta
Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Science in Food and Nutritional Science
1994 — 1999
University of Washington
Masters of Nutrition Science
2010 — 2014
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