Andre Cisne
Silver Summit Health Plan
"Don't be scared to fail. Fail early and fail cheap."
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Andre's work combines: Medicine, Business, and Helping People
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Day In The Life
Skills &
Education
Here's the path I took:
High School
Bachelor's Degree
Management Information Systems, Entrepreneurship, & Marketing
Baylor University
Graduate Degree
MBA- Specialization in Heathcare Administration
Baylor University
Here's the path I recommend for someone who wants to be a Chief Financial Officer :
Bachelor's Degree: Any business-related majors
Bachelor's Degree: Mathematics, General
Graduate Degree: MBA, MHA, CPA, PhD in something business or leadership
Graduate Degree: CTA (Accounting)
Vocational: ACHE (American College of Healthcare Executives)
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Life & Career Milestones
My path in life took a while to figure out
1.
Student
2.
Software Engineer
3.
Masters Student
4.
Hospital Supply Chain
5.
Hospital Operations
6.
Hospital Finance
7.
Health System Finance
8.
Health plan and State healthcare Finance
Defining Moments
How I responded to discouragement
THE NOISE
Messages 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.
How I responded:
To me, it kind of fueled me to wanting to learn more and simply gain more knowledge. I would advise others to try and dig into the criticism more. Try to understand who it is giving it to you and why they are giving you this advice. Ultimately, you should do what you feel is the best path forward for yourself and tap into that criticism. I think you just take it, learn from it, and move forward. We all make mistakes.
Experiences and challenges that shaped me
There were times where finances were tight for my family. In college, I remember taking 16 units a semester and working 4 jobs to try and limit as much student loan debt. I would highly encourage anyone not to come out of college in a lot of debt.