
EVP/Chief Strategy Officer at Omnia Education
Washington D.C. Metro Area

EVP/Chief Strategy Officer at Omnia Education
Washington D.C. Metro Area
With two decades of executive leadership in healthcare education, media, and entrepreneurial endeavors, Alicia A. Sutton provides strategic expertise in certified education, collaboration, compliance, improvement measures, corporate growth planning, communications strategies, product-to-market strategies for educational products/services, and M&A.
Collaboration, strategic marketing, innovative education that incorporates performance improvement and practice improvement measures, corporate growth strategies, M&A
(Education Management industry)
August 2008 — Present (1 year)
Omnia Education, an ACCME-accredited entity, is the leading U.S. provider of certified education focusing on the female patient and stakeholders in women's health. With more than a decade of outcomes data on knowledge, competence, performance, and patient outcomes, Omnia Education embraces the cornerstones of life-long learning and methodologies for constructing certified education. Performance improvement, practice improvement, maintenance of certification, individualized learning -- these are the elements of relevant and impactful continuing medical education.
(Executive Office industry)
2004 — Present (5 years)
CXO Forum was founded in 2004 as a monthly gathering for CEOs of growing and mid-sized companies. The CXO offers C-level executives a safe haven where peer-to-peer discussions of ideas and solutions can take place in an environment of collaboration that builds collegiality. Membership is by invitation only, and attendance at the monthly sessions ranges from 20 to 40 CEOs, a size that nurtures bonding because the group is intimate enough to facilitate the forming and growth of strong relationships, both professional and personal. Over time the camaraderie and trust developed among attendees becomes a key resource.
(Management Consulting industry)
December 2006 — December 2008 (2 years 1 month)
Strategic planning and communications strategies in medical education. Specialized knowledge of the regulatory framework of professional education including ACCME, AMA, FDA, OIG, PhRMA, AdvaMed, HIPAA, and others. Developed communications plans that raised awareness of the intelligence and expertise of healthcare education entities; developed strategies to increase these entities' market presence; developed strategies to increase learner participation in interventions and improve competence in performance.
(Education Management industry)
April 2001 — December 2006 (5 years 9 months)
Founder & CEO of Enable Healthcare Communications, Inc., an ACCME-accredited entity focusing on continuing professional development and certified education. Core strengths in leadership, strategic marketing/communications, branding (corporate and product line), and partnerships. Product-to-market success with such educational products as DrivetimeCME, cmeChoice, cmeCinema, and cmeInsight. Enable Healthcare was acquired by CME Enterprise in 2004, including its ACCME-accreditation status. Post-acquisition, Ms. Sutton served as General Manager of CME Enterprise, focusing on corporate growth and education development and partnering.
(Education Management industry)
June 1995 — December 1999 (4 years 7 months)
As President of Strategic Implications International (SII), Ms. Sutton led the ACCME-accredited entity through a four-fold increase in revenue; successful product-to-market development and execution for such brands as CME-CE.com. Successfully launched first CME content on the AOL platform via Digital Cities network. SII was acquired in 1997 by Boron LePore, a publicly traded company under the Cardinal Health umbrella. Post-acquisition, Ms. Sutton was responsible for strategic development of Boron LePore's e-learning platform, partnerships, product development, and digital education.
(E-Learning industry)
January 1992 — June 1995 (3 years 6 months)
Enterpreneurial leadership role in start-up focusing on digital communications, interactive media, product development in healthcare field: pharmaceutical companies, association, professional societies and colleges, and more. Focus was on educational media for healthcare professionals. Cogent Interactive was merged into Strategic Implications International in 1995.
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
1986 — 1993 (7 years)
Built a communications strategies company with primary focus on IT and healthcare sectors; offerings included corporate communications, identity system development, branding guides, and more. Clients included Fairchild Industries, Perot Systems, EDS, Janes Information Group, U.S. Naval Command & Control, physician-group practices, healthcare insurance agencies, and many more.
BS , Journalism
BS , Journalism/Business
Learner-directed education, from gap measurements through outcomes measurements;
Chair-elect of MECCA Section of ACME, 2009-2010