David Ricker President and Chief Executive Officer Broadlane

Dennis Robb Senior Vice President, Supply Chain Management Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati

Chat with Mr. Ricker and fellow thought leaders to discuss the benefits of outsourcing your supply chain management. Let the experts take control of your materials management and procurement responsibilities.

Strengthen the operational power of your organization to:

• Accelerate cost containment
• Increase clinician engagement and performance efficiency
• Improve contract implementation timelines
• Provide high-quality patient care

David C. Ricker is Broadlane's founder, president and chief executive officer. He has over 27 years of experience in the healthcare industry. Prior to becoming CEO in 2008, David was president and chief operating officer of Broadlane.
Prior to beginning Broadlane, David was chief executive of BuyPower, a group purchasing organization owned by Tenet Healthcare Corporation (THC). This separate entity was created from Tenet’s own internal group purchasing department to serve clients outside Tenet.
David joined Tenet as vice president, material resource management. He was promoted to senior vice president of material resource management, responsible for a purchasing volume of approximately $2 billion.

Dennis Robb is a health care and hospital administrator with more than 30 years progressive leadership positions; nationally recognized for excellence in supply chain, leadership in economic inclusion, service line administration and neuroscience. As the Senior Vice President, Supply Chain Management at Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati he is responsible for the $359 million supply and capital spend for a large multi-hospital health system in Cincinnati; establishment of supply chain infrastructure, initiation of value analysis committees, leadership of multidisciplinary teams of MDs, nursing, pharmacy, IT and bioengineering supply for capital purchases, policies development, procurement procedures, contracting, contract compliance, system-wide standardization, price verification, legacy system controls, warehousing, distribution, inventory management, documentation of audited savings, economic inclusion, environmental responsibility and vendor negotiations.

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