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Outstanding Professional Award 2014
Outstanding Professional Award 2014

Rommel Sangalang

Fortress Business Development Manager, Asia

Sugi Financial Services

ommel graduated summa cum laude from robert Morris University in
Chicago, Illinois. He obtained a Business administration Degree with a
Rconcentration in Computer Network Systems. Previous to this, he had
obtained an Electronics Technology degree from DeVry University in Lombard,
IL. In 1989, his first career after DeVry University was with general Electric
Healthcare Systems as a Nuclear Magnetic resonance Imaging Engineer. The
Information Technology field became very strong in 1994 so he felt inclined to
become an Information Systems Specialist for the prestigious law firm Patton,
Boggs, and Blow. In his belief for children’s welfare, he was delighted to be
hired in 1999 as an Information Systems Specialist by Child Care association of
Illinois which represented all of the private Child Welfare agencies in Illinois.
These represented institutions which handled adoption, transitions centers,
and foster care systems for all of the children of Illinois. This is where he
became proficient in the art of negotiation. Namely with third party services,
state entities, and technical suppliers that bid for multi-year contracts worth
millions of dollars.

In 2002, his colleagues at general Electric Healthcare asked him to
rejoin the company. This entailed leading global projects for the Service
Operations division at gE Headquarters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Food
and Drug administration, Health and Human Services, Sarbanes-Oxley, and
post-September 11 security requirements forever changed compliance and
regulations for Healthcare. Data protection, monitoring, and transfers were now
all treated with intense scrutiny in the new internet age. He learned Six Sigma,
Phase review Milestone Management, gE Project Leadership, Human Capital
assessment, Corporate Finance and Document Security. as the Indirect Third
Party Sourcing Leader, he saved gE Healthcare 6 million dollars annually. He
did this by auctioning many of the services, identifying and closing loop holes,
and assisting the gE Corporate Fuel Hedge Program in which gE Healthcare
was 60% of the car fleet spend.

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