Board Bio

Vice President, Operations & Transformation

Executive Summary

Olivia Ramandanes is an enterprise operations executive known for transforming underperforming organizations, integrating multi-site systems, and building disciplined operating models that support sustainable growth. Her leadership spans healthcare, manufacturing, and complex service environments, where she has strengthened governance, improved alignment, and delivered measurable operational and financial results.

Olivia brings a pragmatic operator’s lens to Boards—grounded in accountability, structure, and execution. She brings deep experience in system-wide transformation, post-merger integration, analytics-driven decision-making, and restoring operational health in fragmented organizations.

Full Board Biography

Olivia Ramandanes is a senior operations executive with deep expertise in enterprise transformation, organizational design, and multi-site operations. She specializes in stabilizing complex, underperforming systems and building disciplined operating models grounded in clarity, accountability, and measurable performance.

With experience across healthcare, manufacturing, and integrated services, Olivia has led restructuring efforts across 20–50 locations, redesigned inherited workflows, and built scalable operating systems that improve efficiency and execution. Her work includes large-scale procurement and operations rebuilding, analytics and forecasting optimization, post-merger integration, and multi-site process standardization.

Throughout her career, she has delivered significant, quantifiable outcomes:

  • Cleared $18M in outstanding obligations, improving liquidity and financial transparency
  • Improved forecast accuracy by 34% through redesigned SIOP processes
  • Captured $11.2M in merger synergy value in the first integration cycle
  • Reduced operating expenses by 14% through organizational realignment
  • Increased reporting accuracy and visibility by 47% through system consolidation
  • Lowered inventory volatility by 29%, reducing risk and improving cash instability

Olivia is often engaged at critical inflection points—including leadership transitions, M&A activity, rapid growth, and system-wide dysfunction. Her approach is direct, structured, and grounded in operational reality. She quickly identifies core issues, aligns leadership teams, stabilizes performance, and builds long-term operating discipline.

Her leadership spans procurement, contracting, shared services, analytics, workforce alignment, facilities, and multi-site operations. She regularly establishes governance frameworks, decision rights, leadership cadence, and enterprise reporting systems.

Boards and executive teams rely on Olivia to bring clarity, structure, and stability while building organizations capable of scale. She is a frequent contributor to executive publications including CEO Quarterly, CXO Dispatch, Randlesham Review, and New York Executive Weekly.

Olivia offers Boards a rare combination of operational depth, transformation leadership, and cross-functional enterprise expertise—making her a strong asset to organizations navigating complexity, disruption, and growth.

Board Competencies

Enterprise Leadership & Transformation

  • Multi-site operating model design

  • Turnaround and stabilization

  • Organizational restructuring

  • Leadership alignment and governance

Financial & Operational Oversight

  • Cost optimization

  • Forecasting & analytics

  • Operational performance visibility

  • Capital allocation discipline

Governance, Risk & Compliance

  • Decision rights

  • Internal controls

  • Enterprise risk management

  • Audit and accountability structure

Technology-Enabled Operations

  • System consolidation

  • Workflow digitization

  • Reporting & visibility tools

  • Data-driven forecasting

M&A Integration

  • Post-merger operating model design

  • Synergy capture

  • Cultural integration

  • Functional alignment

Industry Experience

  • Healthcare & Integrated Delivery

  • Manufacturing

  • Multi-site Operations & Shared Services

  • Technology-Enabled Services

  • Business Services

  • Rapid-Growth or Turnaround Environments

Leadership Philosophy

“Organizations don’t fail because people aren’t trying. They fail because operating systems are unclear, inconsistent, or outdated.”

“If you want predictable performance, you need predictable systems — clarity, cadence, and accountability.”

“Transformation isn’t a project. It’s a leadership decision.”

Board & Advisory Inquiries

For Board or Advisory opportunities, please contact:

OliviaRamandanes@gmail.com

Contact Olivia