Jeff Mills, Ed.D, MBA

► Provided strategic oversight for the Georgia Center for Diabetes Translation Research (GCDTR). ► Tasked with driving growth in overall center cohesiveness through the design and implementation of policies, programs, and procedures. ► Prepare and submit progress reports to the National Institute of Health, highlighting center outcomes and achievements. Key results include: ★ Developed systematic framework by implementing change management to deploy new policies, procedures and methodologies that created a rhythm of business and drove operational excellence. ★ Integral driving force behind a 300% growth in pilot and feasibility program, facilitating the creation of new collaborations across the center. ★ Cultivated and nurtured beneficial network of diabetes researchers, leading to the formation of new scientific partnerships across multiple academic institutions.

► Led a multi-million-dollar pilot project program (Winship Invest$) designed to fund innovative cancer research projects. ► Coordinated a cross-functional team in the design, development, test, and deployment of pilot grant ROI data analytics. ► Delivered pre-and post-award program administration for more than $10million of funding in the pilot project portfolio. ► Oversaw the pilot program application process, including RFP creation, publicizing of funding opportunities within the university community, and monitoring of the application process. ► Built relationships with university offices, faculty, and stakeholders. ► Partnered cross-functionally to conduct comparative budget analyses and adjust entries for program variances. ► Charged with ensuring institution, sponsor, and donor compliance throughout the project lifecycle. Key results include: ★ Spearheaded project development for pilot grant ROI data analytics, helping to effectively quantify ROI and deliver more than $50 million in ROI to the business. ★ Championed the creation of an external-facing submission portal for all program-related material, serving as a single searchable database for program administration. ★ Instrumental in obtaining Winship’s National Cancer Institute Comprehensive Cancer Center distinction.

► Brought onboard as the functional operations leader for the Office of Nursing Research, providing full-scale research administration services. ► Compiled and submitted grant materials to the National Institutes of Health and other research agencies for nursing research funding. Key results include: ★ Steered the School of Nursing to be ranked #1 among nursing schools for research funding from the National Institutes of Health. ★ Propelled increased visibility for the Office of Nursing Research across the research community through creation and publishing of a quarterly nursing research newsletter. ★ Recognized as the Nell Hodgson School of Nursing Outstanding Staff Person of the Year in 2015.

Serve as a subject-matter expert reviewing, annotating, and improving AI-generated content to enhance large language model performance across specialized domains. Tasks include dataset annotation, content quality evaluation, recommending model output refinements, and supporting real-world AI applicability.

► Offered operational support for the Procure-to-Pay, travel/entertainment, and global accounts payable departments. ► Served as subject matter expert for the procure-to-pay organization, partnering with end-users to offer strategic solutions to complex problems. ► Coordinated daily departmental meetings to encourage team knowledge sharing for process improvement. ► Assigned to manage business continuity plan and review system/network access every quarter, granting and removing access as needed. Key results include: ★ Championed operational excellence workshops that resulted in the business unit retrieving overpayments from vendors and clearing blocked invoices  Delivered more than $15 million back to the business. ★ Recognized with the company’s top award for operational excellence and process improvement. ★ Conceived, developed, and implemented a SharePoint workflow system to enable employees to use an automated system to request time away, enabling management to export and filter trackable metrics. ★ Streamlined company processes by creating standard operating procedures (SOPs) that were implemented in North America, Europe, and South Africa.