Sandeep Green Vaswani, MBA, is Senior Vice President of the Institute for Healthcare Optimization, where he is responsible for management of hospital flow improvement initiatives. He has wide-ranging experience in hospital business strategy, finance, operations and data-driven business management. Sandeep has led patient flow redesign initiatives at a range of US and international healthcare delivery organizations including academic medical centers, community hospitals, primary care facilities, as well as multi-hospital programs such as the CMS-funded Partnership for Patients initiative in New Jersey, and the National Health Service program in Scotland. Additionally Sandeep teaches operations management principles and application to current and aspiring healthcare executives at various educational and professional development events. Previously, Sandeep was director of analysis and planning at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, where he established that department and served as an advisor to the hospital executive team. He has prior experience in strategy consulting, investment banking and new product development. Sandeep has an undergraduate degree in electronics engineering from Bombay University, and an MBA from the Stern School of Business at New York University.