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KRISTA COLLEEN ECHOLS

Nolensville,USA

Summary

Dynamic and results-driven professional with extensive experience at LabCorp as a Risk-Based Continuous Improvement Coordinator. Expert in project management and risk assessment, leveraging Lean Six Sigma methodologies to enhance operational efficiency. Proven leader with a track record of implementing successful compliance initiatives and fostering team collaboration to achieve organizational goals.

Overview

24
24
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Risk-Based Continuous Improvement Coordinator, Sr. Cytogenetic Technologist

LABCORP
Brentwood, TN
04.2019 - Current
  • Conduct needs assessments and audits; collect and prioritize project requirements. Validate the requirements with stakeholders.
  • Author enterprise project plans: Define project scope, goals, deliverables, milestones for compliance and improvement initiatives
  • Employ cost accounting principles to budget, earned value, quality, and schedule metrics to guide projects toward implementation and close
  • Proactively conduct project and operations risk assessments
  • Employ Lean Six Sigma methods (DMAIC, Root Cause Analysis, 5 Whys, Kaizen) to assess baseline operations and project performance; craft a current state vs. future state value stream mapping, gap analyses
  • Recommend and implement solutions from assessments of various types

Stem Cell Processing Technologist

CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER
Nashville, TN
07.2018 - 12.2018
  • Prepared donor-matched blood and marrow products for transplants involving pediatric and adult leukemia patients by facilitating the removal, processing, and cryopreservation of stem cells; completed lab procedures at maximum efficiency.
  • Exhibited integrity in handling donor certifications, IDMs, and information concerning donor suitability and outcomes tracking.
  • Exercised methodical organization skills in maintaining patient records, FDA reporting requirements of adverse events.

Cytogenetics Laboratory Lead

NEOGENOMICS LABORATORIES
Nashville, TN
09.2008 - 08.2018
  • Directed highly productive cross-functional teams to implement best practices across 4+ testing sites to further expand the laboratory; significantly decreased the costs per test by 6%+ in the first year.
  • Employed stellar leadership capacity in supervising bench technologists, accessioning, and lab assistants within Cytogenetics and FISH.
  • Spearheaded the day-to-day operations concerning accessioning, wet lab, and client relations while performing wet lab functions to include purchasing, inventory, assay/process integrity, reagent validation, and Cytogenetics bench duties

Job Cost Accountant, Purchasing Agent

STAR CONSTRUCTION
Nashville, TN
12.2001 - 09.2008
  • Solicited RFQs and generated POs for required materials for telecommunication projects, adhering to project specifications
  • Assigned GL Cost and project codes to receipts and POs to ensure appropriate allocation of expenses
  • Calculated end of month WIP
  • Created and maintained a SQL Database for tracking revenue and expenses for end of month generation of a PNL statement

Education

Master of Science - Project Management, Healthcare Administration

Colorado State University Global
Aurora, CO
11.2024

Bachelor of Science - Allied Health Leadership

East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, TN
05.2021

Skills

  • Project management methodologies
  • Project planning
  • Controls
  • Governance
  • Risk assessment
  • Risk response
  • Action planning
  • Quality management systems
  • Change management
  • Learning and development strategies
  • Team leadership
  • Lean Six Sigma methodologies

Certification

  • Medical Lab Technician (MLT) Certification, American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP)
  • Continuous Improvement Professional Certification, Management and Strategy Institute

Performance Improvement

  • Achieved 12% rework reduction by year 3 through identification and tracking causes of rework; implemented training, modify reagents and elements of the total testing processes in complex testing system
  • Successfully automated manual processes for tracking equipment maintenance, inventory, disposal, and other metric driven databases
  • Authored a Risk-based Continuous Improvement Policy and Program
  • Authored curriculum, competency framework, training plans, assessments, evaluations, and proficiency scales by job description as part of an improvement initiative

Timeline

Risk-Based Continuous Improvement Coordinator, Sr. Cytogenetic Technologist

LABCORP
04.2019 - Current

Stem Cell Processing Technologist

CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER
07.2018 - 12.2018

Cytogenetics Laboratory Lead

NEOGENOMICS LABORATORIES
09.2008 - 08.2018

Job Cost Accountant, Purchasing Agent

STAR CONSTRUCTION
12.2001 - 09.2008

Master of Science - Project Management, Healthcare Administration

Colorado State University Global

Bachelor of Science - Allied Health Leadership

East Tennessee State University

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