Executive Resume
Mark Jasper
10280 Caminito Agadir San Diego, CA 92131
Phone: (602) 291-2297 Email: mmcinc11@gmail.com
Leadership Profile
Senior Executive Leadership, Operations and Administration, Strategic Alliances, Team Building
Dynamic leader with a proven track record of driving profitability by developing and implementing innovative
solutions to complex operating problems in the healthcare industry. Drove revenue growth through the development
of business partner relationships and establishing/restructuring infrastructure to support new business opportunities.
Extensive knowledge of and experience in all facets of managed care. Highly effective in developing teams and
motivating employees to perform at optimal levels. Expertise in managing complex legal contract, provider
reimbursement and compliance issues. Exceptional leadership, collaboration, organizational and communication
skills coupled with industry experience and insights into emerging opportunities, trends, issues and challenges. An
intense competitive athlete as well as business leader—spent the last few years building a winning semi-professional
football team. Conversational in the French and Dutch languages.
Professional Experience
Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator
West Flanders Tribes (American Football Club)
Belgium
2007 to 2011
Pursued a lifelong dream of being a contributor to a winning semi-pro football team. Assisted in driving these
European football players to achieve their potential; they were league champions in Belgium during my entire
tenure. Also coached a European all-star team of American football players that played in Florida against a U.S. allstar team. During the off season, served as an instructor for DeSom, a private education firm contracted to the
Belgian government for immigrant education. Taught newcomers into Belgium (in English and French languages)
about the country’s cultures, laws, and daily living practical information.
Healthcare Partners Medical Group of NY
VP, Marketing
Garden City, New York
2006 to 2007
Directed health plan relations and marketing for this IPA/MSO organization covering five boroughs of New York
City and Long Island. Attracted and retained new HMO membership business, especially for the Medicare
Advantage program, utilizing senior member “ambassadors.” Obtained substantial financial sponsorships from
health plans for special community events showcasing the medical group and its ambassador program. Collaborated
on open enrollment meetings with each health plan to increase the group’s HMO market share, especially with HIP
and PacifiCare.
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Secured both commercial and Medicare members; grew membership 20 percent in one year and secured
promotional budgets for the group with two health plans.
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Expanded the Ambassador program from 20 to 100 members in six months, in part by incorporating the use of
social networking into recruiting techniques. 
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Streamlined the data capture and reporting on marketing activities to more accurately reflect the drivers of
membership growth. 
PA Consulting Group, Inc.
U.S. Healthcare Practice Leader
Cambridge, Massachusetts
2005 to 2006
Devised strategies to penetrate the U.S. healthcare market for this global consulting firm headquartered in London.
Secured approvals and financing for U.S. market entry strategy to drive division profitability. Planned and directed
engagements in Europe and the U.S., sometimes in conjunction with the company’s Life Sciences or Informatics
practices.
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Cultivated a strategic partnership relationship with the Humana health plan, relative to informatics and
membership bonding strategies and programs.
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Established informal relationships with international health providers, beginning with the Partners (Harvard)
hospital system in Massachusetts. These relationships resulted in joint proposals in several countries.
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Structured a new government/private health system partnership through Wellpoint International/DKV
(Germany) for the Romanian Government.
Aetna, Inc.
Head of National Networks and Contracting
Hartford, Connecticut
2001 to 2004
Spearheaded national provider network expansion and specialized tiered networks through direct contracting.
Introduced new contracting methodologies to lower trend and absolute costs in some cases. For example,
contracting transplants on global rates inclusive of both hospital and professional services and inclusive of pre- and
post-transplant care. Integrated disparate organizational parts of network development and contracting resulting in
greater contract savings in all areas (medical, ancillary, pharmaceutical).
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Recruited, trained and directed a SWAT team of national contractors to drive targeted recontracting of Institutes
of Excellence on global case rates. Within six months, pared the network from 150 to 100 hospitals, saving
about 20 to 30 percent over prior cost experience for high dollar cases (such as transplants). The hospitals that
were no longer eligible for the Institutes of Excellence experienced no terminations or other rate renegotiations.
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Led a new product development effort for a specialty network product labeled “Aexcel” in three major
markets—Florida, Seattle and Dallas. Closely collaborated with regional managers, medical directors, national
accounts, and company informatics in product development.
Private Healthcare Systems, Inc. (PHCS)
Executive Vice President
Waltham, Massachusetts
1998 to 2000
Provided oversight for all 11 regions in this nationwide insurance company-owned PPO, including nationwide
contracting strategies and executions, network expansion, rate negotiations, and the back office functions of
credentialing, database management, and provider relations.
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Worked collaboratively with actuaries of client companies to drive savings from contracting and improved
results reporting.
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Added wraparound leased networks to improve marketability to diverse clients in support of marketing efforts
yielding a 10 percent improvement in savings via increased in network penetration rates.
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Successfully accomplished the Y2K transition with no interruptions in service.
PrimeCare Medical Group, Inc.
Executive Vice President
Ontario, California
1995 to 1997
Drove nationwide business development efforts and health plan relations for this physician-owned MSO, its
constituent/client medical groups (both true groups and IPAs), and its hospital. This entailed targeting new markets,
acquisitions, joint ventures with health plans, and the formation of IPAs.
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Acquired the Riverside IPA, which penetrated the largest market in a two-county service area. Boosted health
plan revenues 30 percent in the first year.
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Established a presence through acquisitions and start-ups in Texas, Illinois, Florida, and New York in a sixmonth period. This was expressly done to position for an IPO on the premise of a national footprint.
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Improved profitability from health plan contracts for HMO patients by renegotiating existing contracts and new
area contracts. Created de facto exclusives in collaboration with plans.
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BPS, Inc.
President/CEO
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Los Angeles, California
1984 to 1995
Founded this independent PPO, one of the first in the country. Devised all strategic, financial, and operational plans,
hired all staff, marketed and sold to client health insurance companies, recruited physician and hospital participants,
and established all company policies. Grew eligible members from zero to 200,000, operating out of four offices in
California with a staff of 200. Brought together payers and providers to compete with HMOs in the managed care
arena. Established an in-house claims and payment administration system.
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Grew profitability from breakeven in the second year operating margins in excess of 30 percent in the fifth year.
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Achieved industry leader status, recognized by peers from both the UCLA alumni program (President, 1992-3)
and by election as Chairman of the American Association of PPOs (1994-1996).
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Published in one of the first managed care compendiums, “Making Managed Care Work” (McGraw Hill, 1984).
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Sold the company to three insurers (NY Life, ITT Hartford, and Mass Mutual) seven years after inception for 20
times the original investment.
Employment Prior to 1983
Served in administrator positions with the California Hospital Medical Center and the California Primary Physicians
Medical Group. Devised and implemented strategies for operations including staffing, oversight of administrative
and professional departments, residency affiliation programs, facilities acquisition and renovation, and business
relationships (such as banking and Health Plan contracting). Significant accomplishments during this period
included:
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Secured the first private hospital Level I Emergency and Trauma Center designation in L.A. County.
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Conceived and proposed the creation of an affiliated MSO to bond physicians to institutions. Obtained approval and financial support for this new medical group.
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Led the conversion of the medical group from a single specialty (internal medicine) to a full multi-specialty
group, including negotiation and contracting with the full range of specialties.
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Key player in driving profitability and growth (three satellite openings in the second year of HMO contracts).
Education
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Masters, Public Health/Hospital Administration, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA—1976. Runner-up in the Hugh
Ebersole health care paper and presentation, a nationwide competition among graduate students in Hospital
Administration.
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Bachelor of Science, Finance, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL—1971.
Community Organizations/Activities
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Chairman, American Association of PPOs (AAPPO)—1994 to 1996.
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Board Member, Los Angeles Business Coalition on Health—1992 to 1996.
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Board member, Community Redevelopment Agency of Los Angeles—1984 to 1990.
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Board member, California Pediatric Center (non-profit clinics)—1976 to 1979.