Lean Performance Improvement Methodologies

Operational Excellence: Accelerating Transformation

Mr. Andrew Wierzbieniec has more than fifteen years of progressive leadership experience in the healthcare industry. His experience includes inpatient and outpatient operations, operational excellence and strategic planning.  He earned his MHSA in Health Management and Policy from the University of Michigan and his BA in Health and Society (Public Health) from the University of Rochester.

Andrew’s journey with operational excellence and change management began back in 2008, when he was trained in Lean Performance Improvement Methodologies, CAP program facilitation and Work Out facilitation through a Jefferson/GE Skills transfer initiative.  Using the skills learned there, he led performance improvement programs in Jefferson’s Inpatient & Outpatient Labs, Emergency Department, Oncology Infusion Program and Blood & Marrow Transplant Program.  In addition to supporting his OpEx work, the underpinnings of Lean have been foundational for Andrew’s management style.      

Andrew further developed his change management background by serving as an examiner for the state of Pennsylvania's Baldridge Examiner group, the Keystone Alliance for Performance Excellence (KAPE) from 2011 to 2013.  The Baldrige evaluation criteria experience led to his development of OPX531: Evaluating Health Care organizations, a course where students walk through the myriad ways an organization’s performance can be assessed.

Currently, Mr. Wierzbieniec is the Executive Director for Strategic Planning and Organizational Transformation at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center in Buffalo, NY, where he, his wife, and his two boys cheer on the Buffalo Bills and Michigan Wolverines.