Andre Cisne
Chief Financial Officer
Silver Summit Health Plan
“Don't be scared to fail. Fail early and fail cheap.”
Milestones
My road in life took a while to figure out.
Student
Software Engineer
Masters Student
Hospital Supply Chain
Hospital Operations
Hospital Finance
Health System Finance
Health plan and State healthcare Finance
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Education
High School
Bachelor
Management Information Systems, Entrepreneurship, & Marketing
Baylor University
Management Information Systems, Entrepreneurship, & Marketing
Baylor University
Graduate
MBA- Specialization in Heathcare Administration
Baylor University
MBA- Specialization in Heathcare Administration
Baylor University
Career
Chief Financial Officer
I ensure that all dollars are accounted for so we can take care of our members and ensure they have access to healthcare
Career Roadmap
My work combines:
My work combines:
Medicine
Business
Helping People
Day to Day
I don't know if I would say there is a typical day for me, but at the end of the day what I spent a lot of time on is creating partnerships with providers, hospitals, nursing facilities, and other similar locations to really develop a system for providing the highest quality, cost efficient health care for our members. I assist in creating partnerships with other organizations. For example, we work with the Vegas Golden Knights on some food drive activities to gather food for those in need.
Advice for Getting Started
Here's the first step for high school students
Understanding what programs exist out there is very important. I highly encourage doing a residency in a graduate program, but even before that you should start trying to shadow to understand what that specific career path may look like and make decisions off of that. The earlier you start, the better you're off. Don't be scared to fail. Fail early and fail cheap. The second thing I'd say is focusing on your education and making sure you have the knowledge set to be successful in your career.
Recommended Education
My career is not related to what I studied. I'd recommend this path instead:
Bachelor
Any business-related majors
Any business-related majors
Graduate
MBA, MHA, CPA, PhD in something business or leadership
MBA, MHA, CPA, PhD in something business or leadership
Graduate
CTA (Accounting)
CTA (Accounting)
Vocational
ACHE (American College of Healthcare Executives)
ACHE (American College of Healthcare Executives)
Hurdles
The Noise I Shed
From Society in General:
"I was working on a project with the chief nursing officer. She wasn't having a good day and I had a miscalculation for a project. When I went to own up to it, she began talking about finding a different opportunity that might work best for me."
Challenges I Overcame
Financial
Q&A
What do you enjoy doing on your free time?
Asked by Anthony at Roadtrip NationMy wife and I love to go hiking. We were up in Mount Charleston last weekend and we also have an almost 9 year old German Shepard that hikes with us. Our favorite trip together was when we flew to Iceland for 11 days & did a variety of activities.
Interviewed By
Anthony
at Roadtrip Nation
