Rutvik Gandhi

Experience

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  VITAS Healthcare

  Jun 2015 - Aug 2015

  Marketing, Accounting/Finance, and Internal Consulting rotation

  •Analyzed forecasted standings with Medicare Inpatient Cap and Hospice Aggregate Cap regulations set by CMS and identified financial risk factors through variance analyses between local hospice unit data.•Implemented the data aggregation and loading strategies for a platform consolidation project that resulted in annual cost savings of $1,361,563.10 •Evaluated Digital Marketing ROI and KPIs from Google Analytics, AdWords, and Bing Ads data.•Automated portions of billing workflows using Excel Macros to reduce human error. Show less

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  Centene Corporation

  Nov 2016 - Dec 2021

  - Lead market and competitive intelligence, long-term growth planning, and strategic initiative development for Centene's $15B+ revenue/22 state Marketplace Product Portfolio.-Identify emerging markets and develop detailed multiyear go-to-market strategies focusing on innovative disruption and speed-to-scale in new or emerging markets.-Drive Intra organizational collaboration and partnerships enabling bilateral synchronicity between strategy and execution teams. Drive multi-year/multi-state/multi-business line strategy & capability development operating on the principles of long-term product portfolio management, financial discipline, and operational excellence. Show less •Responsible for all aspects of program planning/execution as well as day-to-day operations for the Michigan Commercial Line of Business. Led initiatives and teams in the Strategy & Product Development, Operations, and Risk Adjustment departments through advanced skills in project/team management, strong organizational relationships, and internal/external data analytics.•Took a primary role in leading market/competitive intelligence, product strategy, development, pricing, state and federal regulatory approval, operational implementation & go-to-market.•Developed program growth, new market entrance, and vendor/software implementation proposals including proforma financials. Worked hand-in-hand with the VP and shared services’ senior leadership on developing a market-level strategic vision grounded to implementation feasibility and roadmap.•Led strategic Initiatives addressing system and staffing scalability, vendor implementations, distribution channel build outs, business expansions, post M&A integration, and consumer experience.•Led operational key program metric oversight and resulting initiatives addressing financial, quality, and operational improvements including with our shared service department partners. Show less •Led business proposal, pro forma/capital committee work, and requirements development for market entrance (TPA, North Carolina RFP bid, market expansion) and potential vendor implementations.•Managed the product development process with internal/external actuarial consultants and the product submission process with state and federal stakeholders. Led consumer segmentation, product design, product pricing, regulatory submission/objection resolution, and product launch•Drove process improvements and strategic oversight in a matrixed environment through Quality Rating System Stars improvement, Network Adequacy reporting automation, JSON file automation, Tableau Business Intelligence reporting, and website enhancements•Served as the liaison for CMS audits, compliance initiatives, state DOI and Health Plan Association initiatives, and internal Training & Development programs.•Mentored a team focusing on alignment between operational performance, strategic & financial discipline, and compliance with health plan policies Show less •Gathered and analyzed data from external/internal channels to provide competitive and market intelligence summaries. Automated routine reporting with Python scripts and Tableau•Analyzed regulatory change impact and led product submission with State/Federal stakeholders•Designed and ensured execution of strategic Marketplace/Exchange Plans focusing on a data-driven consumer segmentation approach.•Coordinated product pricing, targeted data-driven online marketing, and portfolio management Show less

  • Manager of Market Growth & Strategy

    Apr 2021 - Dec 2021

  • Manager of Health Exchange

    Sept 2019 - Apr 2021

  • Sr. Team Lead of Strategy & Product Development

    Aug 2019 - Aug 2019

  • Strategy & Product Development Team Lead

    Mar 2018 - Aug 2019

  • Exchange Plan Design Analyst

    Nov 2016 - Feb 2018
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  Independent Consultant

  Dec 2018 - Apr 2019

  External Consultant

  • Aggregated various financial data sources, state-licensed physician databases, public inpatient/outpatient utilization data, census data, and spatial data into market/competitive intelligence dashboards for a client seeking to finance and strategically launch multiple new physician practice locations in the South Florida region.

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  SeedtoScale Capital

  Aug 2020 - now

  Co-Founder & Managing Partner

  SeedtoScale Capital is a venture capital firm that brings access to early and growth stage breakout companies. Led by a diverse entrepreneurial team with different functional backgrounds, SeedtoScale brings strategic and financial assets to its portfolio entities to drive the speed-to-scale. -I’ve served in an end-to-end capacity through the fund lifecycle of due diligence (corporate, organizational, financial, competitive, & market analytics), deal negotiations and legal drafting, capital raise & compliance, investor communications, and financial oversight via board governance roles.-To date, my team and I have anchored a $2.4M convertible debt raise and $4.5M, $10M, and $7M equity raises Show less

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  Vlasic Bioscience

  Mar 2022 - Nov 2023

  Director of Growth & Product Strategy, Director of IT

  -Responsible for all business development contracting review, building and enhancing process and organizational automations, financial oversight, vendor sourcing, software implementations, and associated executive reporting to the Board.-Transitioned into Director of IT role to lead critical digitalization initiatives including building/launching a D2C Direct-to-Consumer Ecommerce Platform and subsequently building a B2B platform to migrate and grow the retailer and intermediary book-of-business. Led T&D for non IT staff.-Proposed and led process and tool kit development to enhance Customer User Experience (UX), marketing campaign management, and B2B sales pipeline management. - Led back office process automation and oversight initiatives for accounting, finance, ordering/fulfillment, and business intelligence. Show less