Andrea Taylor Sinclair

Past

• Six Sigma Black Belt at American Red Cross
• System Specialist at American Red Cross
• Compliance Specialist II at American Red Cross

• Owner at Sun Moon Designs (Sole Proprietorship)

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Education

• University of Louisville
• University of Louisville
• Tulane University

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Industry

Hospital & Health Care

Andrea Taylor Sinclair’s Summary

Problem solver with progressive supervisory/management experience. I am interesting in continuing my experience and learning with six sigma and lean based process improvements, especially those directly related to health care and very especially if there is a review board/ethics comittee component. I really am looking to make a difference in medical processes, but I'm open minded about what field or position to be in to accomplish that goal. I'm also not fussy about whether I'm making changes at a local or national level. As long as I will be making a real difference for real customers of medical processes, I'll be where I want to be.

Andrea Taylor Sinclair’s Specialties:

process improvement, problem solving, team leading, medical ethics, bioethics, complicated situation visualization or philosophy in general.

Andrea Taylor Sinclair’s Experience

• Six Sigma Black Belt

  American Red Cross

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  February 2006 — August 2008 (2 years 7 months)

  Responsible for regional and divisional process improvement projects in all aspects of the business. Worked with cross-functional teams (including subject matter experts, all levels of management and finance) to meet specific project objectives. Formally certified as a Black Belt, informally trained in Lean process improvement methods.

• System Specialist

  American Red Cross

  (Hospital & Health Care industry)

  June 2004 — February 2006 (1 year 9 months)

  Responsible for entry of departmental problems as well as leading teams in creative problem solving. Designated subject matter expert for suspect product retrieval procedures. Implemented and trained staff on several innovative solutions to issues ranging from work flow improvements to procedural discontinuities. Aided with BPD management, retrospective reviews, Document Control and daily work.
  Integral part of regional training for suspect product procedures in addition to departmental training duties. Designated as System Administrator for the document archiving system and created local procedures for use of that system. Additionally developed the processes needed for the system to support consolidated Donor Suitability activities.
  
  Attended StatAMatrix Intermediate Problem Solving in 01/06.

• Compliance Specialist II

  American Red Cross

  (Non-Profit; Hospital & Health Care industry)

  September 2003 — July 2004 (11 months)

  Responsible for meeting compliance standards for federal, state and local regulations. While progressing through training for this position accomplished the following: Completed StatAMatrix Basic Problem Solving; selected and trained to be a departmental trainer; increased departmental efficiency over several large retrievals by improving the processes used; managed movement of archived records through the transition to a new media (CD). Promoted to System Specialist title when it became available to the department.

• Owner

  Sun Moon Designs (Sole Proprietorship)

  (Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Apparel & Fashion industry)

  2000 — 2003 (3 years)

  This was my attempt at starting a buisness offering custom made corsets and costume patterns. I did have a few customers, but I was offered full time at the Red Cross about the same time and had to decide between building this business or following a career at the Red Cross. I decided that ultimately sewing gave me more pleasure as a hobby and so I never formalized this business. I still pursue a variety of fashion and fiber arts as my hobbies, however, such as spinning, knitting, crochet, sewing, dyeing and fiber blending/preparation. If you are interested in that side of my skills please visit my blog at: http://blog.farceconsulting.com or my Ravelry profile at http://www.ravelry.com/projects/DigitalDurga (Ravelry is still in beta testing at the moment so it might not be open to the public yet).

Andrea Taylor Sinclair’s Education

• University of Louisville

  MA, Bioethics, 2007 — 2009 (expected)

  Awarded full scholarship for the inaugural year of Bioethics Master's program.

• University of Louisville

  BA, Philosophy/Fine Arts: Photography, 1998 — 2000

  Also studied French and Mathematics.
  Departmental Honors graduate for 2000

• Tulane University

  Philosophy 1995 — 1997

  Received the Ruth G. Hanaw prize for drawing

  Activities and Societies:

  Honors Program

Additional Information

Andrea Taylor Sinclair’s Interests:

puzzles, games, fiber arts, dancing

Andrea Taylor Sinclair’s Groups:

•    Global Lean & Six Sigma Network
•    Global Lean Healthcare Network

Andrea Taylor Sinclair’s Contact Settings

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