Credentials

Education, licensure, committees, and certifications.

Education and licensure

  • Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD)Midwestern University College of Pharmacy, Glendale, AZ, 2017. Magna cum laude; Rho Chi Honor Society
  • Registered Pharmacist (RPh)California State Board of Pharmacy, 2017

Recognition

  • Key Contributor AwardEnvolve Pharmacy Solutions, 2020
  • CMS IDea Challenge, Selected ParticipantCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services, in-person event, San Francisco, CA, December 5, 2025Event summary (PDF)

Committees and standards work

  • URAC Health Care AI Accreditation Advisory CommitteeInaugural advisory member since April 2025; developing national accreditation standards for AI in healthcare
  • National Council for Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP)Participant in pharmacy standards and interoperability work groups

Certifications

  • GitHub FoundationsMicrosoft, 2026
  • Generative AI for HealthcareGoogle Cloud, 2025
  • McKinsey Forward ProgramMcKinsey & Company, 2025
  • Product Management BasicsPendo, 2024
  • Scrum Fundamentals Certified (SFC)SCRUMstudy, 2024
  • SQL FundamentalsSimplilearn, 2024
  • SNOMED CT FoundationSNOMED International, 2023

Core skills

PBM product operations

  • PDLC strategy
  • Product roadmap
  • Requirements and solution design
  • Implementation support
  • RFP and proposal support
  • Vendor oversight
  • Agile and Scrum
  • SIT and UAT validation

Clinical and benefit design

  • Formulary management
  • Prior authorization criteria
  • Prospective and retrospective DUR
  • Utilization management
  • Clinical policy
  • Medication safety

Standards and interoperability

  • NCPDP Telecommunication D.0 and F6
  • SCRIPT
  • ePA
  • Formulary & Benefit
  • HL7 FHIR
  • Da Vinci PAS
  • RxNorm
  • SNOMED CT
  • LOINC

Compliance and governance

  • Claims adjudication rules
  • HIPAA
  • Medicaid FFS
  • AI governance
  • Application lifecycle management

Platforms and tools

  • RxClaim
  • RxAcloud
  • MedImpact MedAccess
  • Medi-Cal Rx
  • SmartPA
  • Medi-Span
  • First Databank
  • Azure DevOps
  • SQL