Profile: Robert, former Managing Director, led the healthcare practice vertical at ipCapital Group. He has a long track record of success in providing advice to and helping solve complex problems for the healthcare industry. Prior to joining ipCapital Group, Robert led the internal consulting practice for the hospital group at the MAYO Clinic. Robert helped to build a health consulting practice at the Deloitte Firm in Minneapolis. Robert was recruited to rebuild the health practice for Coopers and Lybrand with 130 consultants located in five different practice locations. Robert was also asked to serve as the healthcare industry chair for the entire Cooper's Healthcare practice including audit, actuarial, tax and consulting services.
Robert has a lifelong interest in applying industrial engineering, process improvement and structured processes to accelerate innovation, resulting in reduced costs and improvements in clinical results. He has a demonstrated record as a highly effective business leader, teacher, coach and strategic thinker.
Robert holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Vermont and a Master of Science in Health Administration from Trinity University. Robert has done post-master's study at Harvard University, The University of Michigan and The University of California, Los Angeles.
Lam M. Nguyen, B.S., MBA, Ph.D. Industrial Engineering | lamnguyen.mltd@gmail.com
Profile: Dr. Lam M. Nguyen is a Staff Research Scientist at IBM Research, Thomas J. Watson Research Center working in the intersection of Optimization and Machine Learning/Deep Learning. He is also the PI of ongoing MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab projects and an IBM Master Inventor. Dr. Nguyen received his B.S. degree in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science from Lomonosov Moscow State University in 2008; M.B.A. degree from McNeese State University in 2013; and Ph.D. degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Lehigh University in 2018. He won the 2019 P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science Elizabeth V. Stout Dissertation Award. Dr. Nguyen has extensive research experience in optimization for machine learning problems. He has published his work mainly in top AI/ML and Optimization publication venues, including ICML, NeurIPS, ICLR, AAAI, AISTATS, Journal of Machine Learning Research, and Mathematical Programming. He has been serving as an Action/Associate Editor for Journal of Machine Learning Research, Machine Learning, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, Neural Networks, and IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems; an Area Chair for ICML, NeurIPS, ICLR, AAAI, CVPR, UAI, and AISTATS conferences; and an organizing committee member for NeurIPS 2023. His current research interests include design and analysis of learning algorithms, optimization for representation learning, dynamical systems for machine learning, federated learning, and time series applications.
Amy Nyberg, B.A., MBA | amn321@lehigh.edu
Her career has been focused on strategy and process innovation and she is passionate about transforming health care delivery in order to simplify processes, improve quality and reduce cost. She received early training as a consultant at Phase 2, a health care economic and management firm, working with many health systems on strategy, practice management, analytics, and IT implementation. She subsequently worked as VP of Strategy and Innovation for Centura Health in Colorado, and led a $1 billion expansion including the development of 3 new hospitals, replacement of the system’s flagship facility, and the expansion of 6 other hospitals within the system; in parallel she led the company’s process improvement strategy which drove the design of new facilities. She also worked with Allina Health in Minnesota to redesign their implementation of Epic and later returned to consulting with a physician practice strategy and analytics firm working with health systems building large physician groups.
After earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature at Arizona State University, Ms. Nyberg earned an MBA in Health Administration from the University of Colorado. She is also actively involved in the community and has volunteered with the American Heart Association, and served on the board and as chair of two independent schools.
Rafael Paredes, ’03 MBA, ’00 M. Eng. Industrial Engineering (Fulbright) | rap520@lehigh.edu
Profile: Rafael is a Lehigh alumnus having earned his MBA with distinction in 2003 and M.Eng. in Industrial Engineering through a Fulbright Scholarship in 2000. He is the current Director, Technical and Commercial Plant Manager, at Bosch Rexroth Corporation. His broad industry experience includes Air Products, Masco Corporation, Motorola, Maytag, Agere, and West Grand. Rafael has extensive knowledge and experience in operations, lean manufacturing, supply chain, project management, advance and big data analytics, and continuous improvement. He has a passion for developing strong teams and talent. Rafael is a Fulbright Scholar and certified in Lean Six Sigma Black Belt.
Terrill Theman, M.D., M.S., FRCSC | tet212@lehigh.edu
Profile: Dr. Terrill Theman, enjoyed 5 years of surgical practice at an academic medical center (Memorial University of Newfoundland, Health Sciences Center) following medical school and surgical training. In 1983, when the opportunity arose to initiate a Cardiac Surgery Program at St. Luke's Hospital in Bethlehem, PA, Dr. Theman could not resist the challenge and moved his family to the USA. Over the ensuing years this program became a successful model for other hospital-based programs at this institution.
With more than 30 years of medical experience he retired from active medical practice. In 2014, he completed the requirements for a Masters degree in Healthcare Systems Engineering at Lehigh University. The skills that he acquired will enable him to collaborate with others, in hopes of tackleing some of the most challenging problems that face Healthcare Institutions today -- particularly problems with the efficient delivery of cost-effective health care. Since acquiring his M. Eng. degree in Healthcare Systems Engineering, he is serving as an adjunct professor for the program and advisor for the mandatory capstone project.