Walter Valliere

Walter Valliere brings more than 45 years of experience leading initiatives to grow market share and reduce operating costs through process improvements, strategic outsourcing, business restructuring, business consolidations, supply chain optimization and new venture development. Nine years with Vizient, Valliere has also held principal leadership/ownership positions with both a multi-site, multi-state independent laboratory and a specialty consulting firm that served health care, biotech and biopharma industries. Valliere earned a Doctor of Sciences degree in microbiology from Pierre and Marie Curie University (Paris VI) and was a post-doctoral fellow at the Pasteur Institute. He also holds professional certifications in ITIL, PRINCE2 project management and Six Sigma.