Pam Arlotto, President & CEO

Pam Arlotto sets the strategic direction as well as serving as the primary rainmaker and Client Service Executive for Maestro Strategies. She has over twenty-five years of experience providing consulting assistance to healthcare organizations. Pam has combined her expertise in strategic planning, organizational design, process change and information technology to create a firm focused on value improvement. Pam's newest book is Beyond Return on Investment: Expanding the Value of Healthcare Information Technology. This book builds on and expands information found in Pam's earlier award winning book - Return on Investment: Maximizing the Value of Healthcare Information Technology.

Pam has held a number of important healthcare industry related positions:

• Past National President and Fellow of the Healthcare Information & Management Systems Society (HIMSS)
• Founder and former Chairman of the Center for Healthcare Information Management
• Board Member of Business School at Georgia Tech
• Board Member of MedShare International
• Former member of the Board of Trustees at Georgia Tech
• Former faculty member in the Healthcare Informatics program at University of Alabama at Birmingham

Pam is a popular and frequent speaker at industry and corporate meetings as well as having authored a number of journal and magazine articles.

Marla Hutchison, RN, Managing Director - Clinical Transformation

Marla Hutchison has been working in the areas of strategic planning, transformation services, leadership development and information technology. As Managing Director of Clinical Transformation Marla will work with clients on Clinical Readiness and Change Management, Transformation Program Management and Governance, Technology Enabled Process Design and more. Marla's experience includes:

• Former Partner in the Healthcare Consulting Practice of Deloitte Consulting
• Responsible for National Clinical Transformation Practice
• Experienced includes roles as Chief Technology Officer and Assistant Administrator Patient Care Services

Maestro Connection Team

• Former CIO of an academic medical center.
• Experience in needs analysis, system selection, project management, and HIPAA compliance.

• Over 15 years of experience with business improvement, performance measurement, and complex project management.
• Former Senior Manager with Deloitte Consulting.
• Six Sigma Black Belt and Certified Management Consultant (CMC)

• Former Partner in Charge of Southeast Region Healthcare Practice - Deloitte Consulting; 6 partners, 42 staff and $30 million in annual sales
• Leads strategic transformation programs integrating strategy, operations, technology, facilities and human resource initiatives to create fundamental change

• Served as the Director of Financial Strategy at Alta Bates Health System where she pioneered early decision support system and benefits realizations applications in healthcare
• Works with health systems to document return on investment and develop strategies to realize the benefits of the systems
• Former Arthur Young consultant with experience in strategic planning, operating and capital budgeting, cost accounting, financial planning, and forecasting

• Former National Director Physician Research and New Product Development – Tenet Healthcare
• 20+ year physician leadership and organization strategies including business development for a 1000 physician network, practice management systems, consolidation/decentralization models, joint venture planning, practice marketing and acquisition

• Leadership change, business process redesign, organization transformation, role negotiation and definition expert
• Worked with highly scrutinized Japanese auto manufacturing start-up in the U.S. to some of the world’s leading healthcare organizations

• Founder, former President, and past Board Member of Premier, Inc., providing shared services to over 1700 member hospitals, including group purchasing, hospital insurance services, management engineering, data services, venture funding.
• Currently serves as a board member and advisor to early and growth stage healthcare companies.
• Held senior executive roles for the Illinois Hospital Association serving 245 hospitals in Illinois, the North Suburban Association for Health Resources in Chicago, and the Midtown Hospital Association in Denver