Kristen Suessmann

Kristen Suessmann, Senior Director – Healthcare Technology Management (HTM), GE HealthCare

Kristen began her 24-year career at GE Healthcare (GEHC) in the Financial Management Program. She held various roles in finance before transitioning to a consulting role in GE Healthcare Partners. Kristen spent a decade working extensively with hospitals, transforming operational processes, and providing strategic guidance on patient flow improvements. 

She held various commercial and operational roles supporting a breadth of GEHC products such as DoseWatch, AgileTrac and Hospital Operations Management program. Kristen then joined the GEHC Service Technology team and was responsible for the rollout of the biomed platform, Nuvolo, and providing field support for all biomed software. She led the HTM Experience team and was responsible for the RTLS installation team, Service Value Growth programs and developing the Asset Management offering. She then transitioned to the Enterprise Solutions team as a Senior Manager, responsible for developing unique solution bundles for targeted GEHC customer partnerships. Kristen has extensive experience in change management, workflow transformations and project management.

Kristen now leads the central GE HealthCare HTM Operations team which provides strategic guidance and support (Quality, Process, Billing, Parts, Tools, Test Equipment and Training) to regional and field teams. 

She holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Notre Dame, an Executive M.B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin and is a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt.