Ryan Applegate

About Ryan Applegate

Senior leader with 20+ years of consulting experience throughout the business planning…

Experience

1. Imo Strategic Deal Lead

   Aveanna Healthcare

   Apr 2025 — Present · Atlanta, GA, US

   Lead integration workstreams across functional areas including IT, HR, Operations, Clinical, Finance, Legal, Compliance, and Communications. Develop and maintain integrated project plans and risk logs to drive progress to milestones, timelines, and dependencies. Define and execute cross-functional coordination governance structures to align stakeholders, resolve conflicts, and track progress. Engage key stakeholders throughout planning and execution to enable speed and alignment of decisions that define the desired interim and future state operating models. Design and execute readiness plans including systems cutover, legal/compliance alignment, employee onboarding, and customer/employee/payor/supplier communications. Collaborate with finance and operations to define synergy targets for cost savings and revenue growth. Drive post-merger integration activities to achieve operational harmonization and realize the capture of synergies.

Education

• Purdue University Daniels School of Business

  Masters of Business Administration, Operations and Marketing

  2004 — 2006

• Stagen Leadership Academy

  Foundational Leadership Course

• University of Kentucky

  Bachelors, Mechanical Engineering

  2000 — 2004

Skills

• Process Improvement
• Management
• Business Transformation
• Project Delivery
• Strategic Planning
• Vendor Management
• Requirements Analysis
• Leadership
• Project Management
• Business Intelligence
• Product Strategy
• Six Sigma
• Business Process Improvement
• Consulting
• Project Planning
• Supply Chain
• Integration
• Project Portfolio Management
• Sap
• Product Management
• Business Analysis
• Management Consulting
• Program Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Business Strategy
• Strategic Sourcing
• Business Process
• Strategy