Operations

 

ALEX BUZIK

Alex Buzik is a Director of Operations for this year’s conference.  He graduated from Dartmouth College in 2000 with a BA degree in Biochemistry.  Following graduation, Alex worked as an investment banking analyst in the Global Healthcare Group at Lehman Brothers focusing on the life sciences and medical device industries.  Alex is currently a first-year Wharton student majoring in health care management and finance.  At Wharton Alex is the Treasurer of the Health Care Club and is a member of the private equity, golf and scotch clubs.

SHANNON DELAGE

Shannon Delage is Co-Director of Operations.  She is currently a first-year MBA student at The Wharton School majoring in healthcare management.  Prior to Wharton, Shannon worked as a strategic management consultant at Bain & Company on medical device and healthcare services projects.  Additionally, Shannon joined DaVita, Inc, a dialysis service provider, in 2003 to design a new people management and team development process focused on reducing recruiting and retention costs for skilled registered nurses in the wake of the current nursing shortage.  Shannon graduated from Harvard University, magna cum laude, with a degree in History and Literature.  Following graduation, she was awarded a one-year fellowship to Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet in Munich, Germany where she continued her research in German cultural studies.  Shannon speaks German and French, and she enjoys skiing, running marathons, and hiking.

SMITA JAIN

Smita Jain is a Director of Operations for the conference. She is a first year MBA student at the Wharton school, majoring in Health Care Management and Strategic Management.  Smita graduated with Honors with a Bachelors degree in Applied Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of British Columbia in 1999. Following graduation, Smita worked for Guidant Corporation's Stent Business Unit in California. While at Guidant, Smita worked on manufacturing, quality, pre-clinical research, project management and global product marketing for multimillion-dollar coronary stent projects. Smita is active with the Wharton Community Consultants and the Dance Club at Wharton.

JEANNIE LEE

Jeannie is co-Director of Operations.  She is also a first year MBA student at The Wharton School, majoring in health care management and marketing.  This summer, she is co-leading the Wharton Healthcare International Volunteer Project (WHIVP) in Capetown, South Africa.   Under the sponsorship of Bishop Desmund Tutu, the WHIVP team has worked with the Cape Province Primary Health Care Centres to improve budgeting and operations for its health care clinics.  Prior to Wharton, Jeannie consulted with Cap Gemini Ernst and Young in their Revenue Cycle (Provider) group.  She graduated from Duke University, cum laude, majoring in biomedical engineering, electrical engineering, and economics.