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Chief Data and Analytics Officer

The symptom management clinic is an example of efforts that earned Cone Health an Innovator Award for cancer care. It was an up and down day forDonna Sturges. Nothing she ate stayed down. When she lifted up her head, she became dizzy. Sturges was...

• Named to "40 Chief Data and Analytics Officers Making an Impact in Healthcare | 2022" by Becker’s Hospital Review • Preferred Roles: Innovation, Strategy, Data Science, Operations • Doctor of Business Administration Dissertation Topic: Operational Structures Forming Complex Feedback Loops in Health System / Accountable Care Partnerships - A Multiple-Case Study Investigation to Enable System Dynamics Simulation • Master of Business Administration - Strategy • WHAT I AM: • An executive-level business innovation, transformation, strategy, and operations expert with advanced analytics training. • A servant leader. Inclusive, collaborative, builder of productive and loyal teams. • A visionary challenger of the status quo. A pragmatic innovator. Driven by real value creation. • A rapid self-learner. • An intentional renaissance person with wide-ranging interests, training, and experiences. • Capable of leading varied business functions at the executive level regardless of industry. • A listener, a teacher, an explainer, a builder of engagement. • An authentic, trusted partner. • WHAT I AM NOT: • An IT person (CIO, CTO). • A one-dimensional, strictly-healthcare, strictly analytics person. • Satisfied being on the periphery instead of being in the mix. • An egotist, kingdom builder, seeker of power, or willing to undermine others for personal benefit. • High maintenance. SPECIALTIES: Corporate and business strategy, Revenue model transformation, Advanced business analytics strategy and implementation, Executive management consulting, Operations, Business process transformation, Disruptive innovation, Partner development & integration, Global/Cross-cultural organizational management, Organizational change & cultural adoption, Business development, Product development.