Pete Allen — Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Vizient, Inc

Mr. Pete Allen serves as an Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing at VHA-UHC Alliance NewCo, Inc. Mr. Allen served as Group Senior Vice President of Sourcing Operations at Novation, LLC. He was responsible of strategic direction as well as the daily operations of Novation's contracting and program services. Departments reporting to Allen include pharmacy, lab, food, facilities, corporate, research and business products, capital, PPI and imaging, custom contracting, medical/surgical and medical/surgical distribution. Mr. Allen joined Novation with more than 18 years of in-depth health care supply chain experience. His skill set includes extensive experience in the areas of cross functional management, profit and loss responsibility, marketing, sales management, distribution management, new product development, political lobbying and people development. Prior to joining Novation, he served in numerous positions at BD Medical including national accounts director, political lobbyist and since 2002, has led the worldwide Infusion Therapy business unit. He spent 5 years with Kimberly-Clark Corporation, where he was responsible for national accounts and global healthcare marketing. In addition, for the past 10 years, he has been an active fundraiser, medical team leader, volunteer and member of the Board of Directors for the Project Perfect World Foundation, a non-profit, 501 3-c charity dedicated to improving the lives of children in the developing world. He earned Master of Business Administration in marketing and international business from University of Texas and Bachelor of Science degree in finance from Pennsylvania State University.