Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care CEO and leadership

Noel Adachi is a President & Chief Executive Officer at Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care and is based in Skokie, Illinois. He has worked as Vice President, International Market Development at College of American Pathologists; Senior Analyst, Corporate Information Systems at Baxter International Inc.; and Director, Sales & National Accounts at Sysmex America Inc. Noel attended Kellogg School of Management of Northwestern University between 1984 and 1986 and Knox College between 1978 and 1982.

Performance-driven finance leader with extensive experience in financial and operational functions, mature and rapid growth markets, regulated environments, publicly traded Fortune 500 multinational companies and privately held organizations, including not-for-profit organizations. Strategic leader with proven ability to establish and advance critical functions and build cohesive and committed teams. Trusted business partner to executive leaders and operational management. Highly effective communicator serving external stakeholders and internal customers. Successful director of projects and system implementations. Thoughtful sponsor of process improvement initiatives, cost reductions and earnings opportunities. KEY TALENTS:Finance - full range of accounting and finance responsibilities. Financial Planning & Analysis - Near to long-term planning, budgeting and forecasting, Financial modeling and sensitivity analyses, analytics, performance measurement reporting, etcDebt Compliance and related filingsBoard and governance presentationsInternational Operations and FX rate monitoring and managementCorporate Performance Management platform experience including Adaptive Insights, Hyperion PlanningERP sponsor and implementation leader, Finance subject matter expert including Oracle NetSuite,Shared service center allocations and support,Profitable growth - top to bottom initiatives,Evaluating alternative revenue sources,Project cost/benefit analysis,Accounting principles expertise - GAAP and Statutory accounting principles (SAP),GAAP/SAP financial statement experience ,Project management,Internal and external audit experienceFraud investigations,RFPs,NFP experienceDirect Marketing and distribution experienceInsurance experience - Life and Annuity, Health, P&C company and brokerage,Title insurance companyDirect Marketing and Distribution experience - operations and financeBig 4 public Accounting background and related work ethic