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You ROCK! Celebrating SCG April 2022

To: SCG From: SCG Contract Management Tough times don’t last but tough teams do – Congrats to a great 2021 together! Grazie!

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

To: Dave Miller From: Peggy Kennedy Thank you for being an awesome teammate for our Mid-Central CM pod. I appreciate your strong work ethic and proactive approach to handling contract requests. You have done a great job learning the Ethicon Business Unit as well. Thanks for all your hard work – you ROCK! Confidential. For Internal Use Only. Not for distribution.

To: Rebecca Wethman

To: Julie Dorman

From: Peggy Kennedy

Thank you for all your help troubleshooting and resolving Trauma/CMF pricing issues for the MidCentral region customers. You are very responsive to inquiries and thorough with follow up on C/R requests. I appreciate your partnership!

Thank you for being an awesome Deal Desk partner for the Mid-Central region customers! Your CRIFs are always completely accurately and thoroughly. I especially appreciate you connecting live with me 1:1 for more complex offers and your willingness to help troubleshoot pricing errors. You ROCK!

To: Katie Fischer

To: Paula Kimble

From: Jen Treglia

From: Peggy Kennedy

Thank you for your leadership in driving change and focus for CSP&A and SCG across our business and our people!

Thank you for all your support handling PCLs for the Mid-Central region. You execute a huge volume of work with strong accuracy, and it does not go unnoticed. I appreciate you!

To: Lauri Oleary From: Peggy Kennedy

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

Thank you for being an awesome fellow Lead who is always willing to listen to my crazy questions and ideas! I honestly don’t know how I would get through the day-to-day without your friendship and support! I appreciate you!

To: Cheryl Schneider From: Peggy Kennedy Thank you for being a wonderful co-Lead for the Mid-Central region CM pod! You have done a great job during the transition to this role and with learning the Ethicon Business Unit. I am so grateful to have you as part of the team!

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To: Contract Management Team

To: Kimberly Johnson

From: Jen Treglia

From: Peggy Kennedy

We are off to 2022 with a bang! Thank you for your resilience and bringing calm and confidence to contracting!

Thank you for all your support handling PCLs for the Mid-Central region. You execute a huge volume of work with strong accuracy, and it does not go unnoticed. I appreciate you!

To: Anne Woods

To: CPLG Attorneys

From: Peggy Kennedy

From: SCG Contract Management

Thank you for all your help troubleshooting and resolving Ethicon pricing issues for the Mid-Central region customers. You are very responsive to inquiries and thorough with follow up on C/R requests. I appreciate your partnership!

Thank you for your partnership in contracts!

To: Amy Avitabile, Linda Murphy, Anna Borsody From: Janet Wilson Thank you for all your efforts to complete the Ethicon Compliance Review!

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

To: HCC and GCC Compliance From: SCG Contract Management Thank you for your partnership in contracts!

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To: Customer Management Team

To: Sue Hatfield, Ellen Kilinski, and Mary DeLair

From: SCG Contract Management

From: Anastasia Makridis

You rock!

Thank you for being amazing people and super co-workers. Always a pleasure working with each of you everyday!!

To: Karen King

To: Contract Performance Team

From: Janet Wilson

From: Emily Christoffel

Thank you, Karen, for building a process that will allow our audits to continue to be successful!

Thank you for being an amazing team! Your incredible knowledge & expertise will continue to drive success in 2022!

To: Emily Christoffel, Dawn Struthers From: Janet Wilson Thank you for the leadership you provide to your teams!

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

To: Rich Wuollet From: Chelsea Poe Thank you for a year of pushing me to achieve my development goals! I am constantly taking note on your leadership and professionalism.

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To: Patrick Cummings & Bhavana Parmar

To: Daxa Solanky

From: Beth Gecewicz

From: Janet Wilson

You have exhibited great strategic vision in helping to design the Spine Pricing Engine. We all appreciate your continuous efforts to test and provide examples and insights to help make the categorization a reality.

Thank you for knowing just when to reach out and just when to lend your support.

To: Alejandro Bello

To: Jennifer Treglia

From: Janet Wilson

From: Kerrin Duperron

Thank you for being a great role model, you are always kind, always thankful, and always supportive!

Jen, thank you for your leadership and dedication to our organization. You are highly appreciated, and your impact is immeasurable.

To: Jen Treglia From: Janet Wilson Thank you for your leadership – I appreciate how much I’ve learned from you.

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

To: Chris Cho From: Chelsea Poe Thank you for selecting me to lead new projects that allow me to express my creativity! Your guidance and supportive feedback have provided me with so much confidence.

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To: Chrissy Stellou & Allison Farias

To: Matt Parker

From: Beth Gecewicz

From: Chelsea Poe

Thank you for your tireless efforts to define requirements, design, and continuously perform UAT and additional guidance on the Pro-PakTM Construct reporting capabilities in ARC!

Thank you for being my partner through our CommonSpirit launch. I have appreciated your feedback and support in finding my professional style with C-Suite customers.

To: Danielle Wilmott

To: Ann Gummalla

From: Janet Wilson

From: Armida Lopez

Thank you for your support, guidance, and expertise – we appreciate all you do for our team!

For being a training machine! You have managed to help train the new staff, cover for staff while they are out, and do your job, without missing a beat!

To: Tom Vessey From: Chelsea Poe Thank you for everything you do! You are the backbone to our success in reprocessing. You are the G.O.A.T!

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

To: Carolina Aguiar From: Beth Gecewicz Really nice work on the Spine Vizient Contract Position Training, reference guide, and LOPLM contracting tool!

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To: Chris Wiley

To: Sarah Eilefson

From: Beth Gecewicz

From: Chelsea Poe

Thank you for your continued dedication to ensuring our STEP tool includes NPIs and incorporates strategy enhancements such as our Below Cost delegation. Your attention to detail & vision to automate and embed direction is key for our DDA team!

Thank you for all your support! You have led the West Region with such grace and professionalism, and I admire your strength every day!

To: Jackie Khadan and Christina Melo

To: Christina Loe

From: Kerrin Duperron

From: Steve Haas

Thank you for everything you do to support the Auris Organization. Your commitment and passion is incredible, and I am grateful for you both. One Team, One Dream!

Chris, thanks for your dedication and partnership! We appreciate all you do for us!

To: Carmela Martin From: Chelsea Poe

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

Thank you for being my partner in best practice! I have learned so much from you and appreciate how we are changing our organization process flow to be the most effective yet!

To: Sherry Lund From: Steve Haas Sherry, thanks for always supporting us and our customers! We appreciate your partnership!

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To: Samah Elshami

To: Rebecca Woodling

From: Dan Imbornone

From: Bernice Pisack

Your support and hard work every single day is unbelievable! I appreciate all that you do and blessed to be working with you! Thanks so much!!

Thank you for all of your NeuWaveTM training and your focus on accuracy and timeliness. You Rock!!!

To: Andrew Billiris

To: Ted Mager

From: Steve Haas

From: Dan Imbornone

AB, you continue to be a tremendous resource and partner! Thanks for all you and the Deal Desk team do to support us!

I appreciate your leadership, support, hard work, and great strategic thinking! Enjoy working with you!

To: Cheryl Schneider From: Steve Haas Cheryl, thanks for all you do to support us and our customers! We appreciate the teamwork!

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

To: Mark Grady From: Dan Imbornone Your partnership at HealthTrust has been outstanding and I sincerely appreciate all you do!

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To: Sherry Lund

To: Svyat Kotyk

From: Bernice Pisack

From: Crystal Hatton

Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to assist me with a rebate for another Business Unit. You Rock!!!

Thank you for stepping into your role on the Ethicon Deal Desk so quickly and smoothly. Your effortless transition from spine accelerated my transition to my new regions.

To: Mike Sulzen

To: Daxa Solanky

From: Dan Imbornone

Appreciate your leadership with Tenet and Trinity!

Your leadership is outstanding, and I sincerely appreciate all you do!

To: Susan Castro From: Bernice Pisack Thank you for all of your NeuWaveTM training and for your availability to provide insight. You Rock!!!

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

To: Lisa Woodruff From: Dan Imbornone Your work with HCA and CHS is outstanding! Thanks for all you do!

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To: Holly Fanning

To: Laurie Oleary

From: Julie Steible

From: Crystal Hatton

Thank you for being Sustainability Contracting’s internal data auditor extraordinaire. Data errors don’t have a chance with you on watch!

Thank you for being a reliable and communicative asset to the Ethicon Contract Management team, with your focus on an effective contract and case flow from DD to CM.

To: Mark Bowen

To: Noah Martin

From: Dan Imbornone

Your work with LifePoint and Ardent is outstanding! Thanks for all you do!

Always fun working through the craziness at HealthTrust! You are one of a kind and fantastic at what you do!

To: Jessikah Galica From: Bernice Pisack Thank you for your valuable insight on redlining and your willingness to always be available for questions. You Rock!!!

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

To: Chip Vandlen From: Dan Imbornone Really appreciate your hard work with Tenet, USPI, and Trinity!!

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To: Heather Cowles

To: Armida Lopez

From: Julie Steible

From: Ann Gummalla

Great work developing and managing our contract compliance process. Ensuring all Sustainability GPO accounts are compliant and on the appropriate tier pricing is a game changer.

Great job on handling the wild, wild West! You are such a great asset to BWI!!

To: Christy Monoian

To: Allison Smith

From: Dan Imbornone

Certainly, enjoy working with you as we fight the battles on Biosurgery! Appreciate all you do!

Always fun working through the crazy scenarios at HealthTrust! You are outstanding at what you do!!

To: Tammy Myers From: Julie Steible

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

Shout out to Sustainability Contracting’s very own Sherlock Holmes. You can always be counted on to sleuth out the answers to even the wildest of Customer situations.

To: Micah Morningstar From: Dan Imbornone Appreciate your leadership on Endo-Mech as we fight the battles at HealthTrust!

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To: Lance Hashimoto, Kate Knight, Theresa Dang

To: Ethan Gordon

From: Ann Gummalla

From: The Capital Channel Offer Development Team

You guys make the BWI business run like a smooth machine! We couldn’t do it without you – literally!

Thank you for all your work with VHN contracting/reporting! Your efforts are helping the organization achieve success with this product!

To: Diane Fleming

To: Jeff Shimer

From: Dan Imbornone

From: Julie Steible

Appreciate all you do! Always willing to help me, Diane! Thanks so much!

Thank you for your leadership and unwavering support. You make CommOps THE place to work!

To: Scott McAlister, Louis May, Frank LeViseur, Matt Parker, Erin Lee, Blanca Ledezma, Crystal King, Ted Ziegler, Rich Wuollet

From: Cindy Holtketter

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

You are all an amazing group of people, dedicated to our customers and J&J. No matter the obstacle in our way to meet our goals, with this team of people on board we get it done. I’m so happy to be part of this team!

To: Alex Espinoza (Our fearless leader!) From: Ann Gummalla Thank you for being the trail-blazer for our team and supporting us in so many ways! So grateful to work with you!

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To: Adam Royer

To: Amelia Iacobucci & Stacey Bell

From: Jonathan Gordon

From: The Capital Channel Offer Development Team

Thank you for your tireless work behind the scenes on the VELYSTM Portfolio. Your efforts have allowed the organization to see tremendous early success. We would not be where we are without you!

Thank you both for leading the development of the contract generation process within Lighthouse. Your efforts have brought significant efficiencies to the organization!

To: Chris Cho

To: Tim Akers

From: Julie Steible

From: Chris Schiavo

Thank you for wearing so many Sustainability “hats” from Marketing through Field Sustainability Sales! Looking forward to a successful 2022.

Thank you for your partnership on countless deals in 2021! Could not ask for a better partner to work with.

To: Conrad Ramos From: Julie Steible

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

Thank you for your strong leadership. We knew we could do it, you helped remove the roadblocks and we got it done in 2021. Here we come, 2022.

To: Sam Ruiz From: Ann Gummalla Thanks for all your help and guidance as the senior Lead! We’ve seen some crazy things – IYKYK!!! Here’s to 2022!

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To: Kevin Bolduc & Natalie Bocis

To: Thomas Hanes

From: The Capital Channel Offer Development Team

From: Chris Schiavo

Thank you for your continued partnership in the capital space. We truly appreciate all the work the contract strategy team has done to help ensure success in this new space!

Outstanding business partner in driving DE&I programs at Sentara and Wake Forest.

To: Yvette Accettullo

To: Matt Smiles

From: Jonathan Gordon

From: Brian Goss

Thank you for your continued work developing our capital contracting approach for Mitek & the Steris collaboration. These platforms will be key assets in our portfolio as we look to live into being JJMT!

Thank you for all of the work you have done with ARC reporting! You have reduced the time to download a Trauma price file by 30 minutes!

To: Dani Peterson From: Julie Steible It is so great teaming with you – our very own resident expert in everything SterilMed. Thank you for always jumping in to help the organization succeed.

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

To: Randy Marker, John Boykin & Ted Ziegler, Matt Parker, Scott McAllister, Louis May, Rich Wuollet, Frank LeViseur, Chelsea Poe From: Julie Steible What an awesome Team Sustainability! Thank you for your great partnership. Looking forward to all that we can accomplish in 2022. Confidential. For Internal Use Only. Not for distribution.

To: Bonnie Wong

To: Nancy Erny

From: Ann Gummalla

From: Chris Schiavo

There isn’t enough space to leave my thoughts about you – here are some emojis to try to help describe – 😁😊😍 🎉💖😊 🎓😍 👩‍🎓

Outstanding business partner in driving DE&I programs at Sentara and Wake Forest.

To: Mike Gandolfo

To: Luke LeMaitre and Julie Dorman

From: Jonathan Gordon

From: Brian Goss

Thank you for your continued partnership with the Spine organization. Your work to help develop and implement the Spine capital contracting options will help the teams meet their goals in 2022!

Thank you for leading the development of the Trauma Pricing Engine Project. This will allow data science to drive our price guidance! Great job!

To: Crystal King From: Julie Steible

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

You are truly the “King” (or should that be Queen?) of Customer Service. Thank you for all you do to support our Customers, Field, and Commercial Operations.

To: Tania Tubbs, Diana Richards, Susan Castro From: Ann Gummalla Great job learning the BWI business! You are kickin’ contracts out the door and are doing great!

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To: Andrew Bishop

To: Mike Barnette

From: Chris Schiavo

Thank you for your partnership on countless deals in 2021! Could not ask for a better partner to work with.

Thank you for your partnership and leadership with the Ethicon business in 2021!

To: Jeff Bates

To: Chris Lockett

From: Chris Schiavo

Thank you for your partnership and guidance in dealing with Duke in 2021. You were essential in managing through some very complex issues.

Thank you for your partnership and leadership with the DS business in 2021!

To: Ashur Allard From: Julie Steible

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

Thank you for being the best “Sustainability Wizard of Oz” ever – the man behind the curtain who keeps everything together and has an answer for every issue we bring to him!

To: Paul Hausman From: Chris Schiavo Thank you for your partnership and leadership with the Ethicon business in 2021 and for all of the extra effort during your transition. You are the best team player.

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To: Luke Boyer

To: Tom Vessey

From: Kristy Stevens

From: Julie Steible

Thank you for your work on the Mitek HPG contract as well as your work to update the Mitek tools for the 2022 list price changes.

Sustainability Contracting thanks you for your continued partnership in ensuring positive Customer experience.

To: Pam Hamel

To: Aireka Saint-Louis

From: Michael Al-Hussainy

From: Nancy Erny

Thank you for all your hard work in helping to ensure a smooth integration of the Mitek Product line within Regional Contract Management!

Thank you for being a role model, champion, and advocate for equity.

To: Cindy Holtketter and Carmela Martin From: Julie Steible Thank you for your super work teaming with Sustainability Contracting in ensuring all our Customer collections are contract compliant!

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

To: Jamie Chen From: Chris Schiavo Thank you for your partnership and leadership with multiple deals in 2021. Your analytics and advice are essential to our success.

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To: Lauren Schultz

To: Cheryl Schneider

From: Kristy Stevens

From: Michael Al-Hussainy

Thank you for taking the lead on the process to update all the Mitek 9/30 expirations. By managing the upload process, you helped to lessen the burden on the rest of the team.

Thank you for all your diligence with the Freight Exception tracking and bringing improvements and efficiency to the process!

To: Bridget Picone

To: Mark Alofs

From: Kristy Stevens

From: Nancy Erny

Thank you for being the liaison between the Ethicon team and Quick Turn and CA. You make sure the Quick Turn team is up to speed on all new Ethicon programs, assist with training, and manage the connection points with CA to ensure a solid relationship between our teams.

Thank you for your willingness to serve as a mentor, helping advance my understanding of customer management.

To: Tommy Knowles From: Chris Schiavo Thank you for your partnership and leadership with the BWI business in 2021!

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

To: Ryan Burke From: Kristy Stevens Thank you for managing the MEGADYNE PCL extensions and upload process on behalf of the Deal Desk team. By doing so you reduced the burden on the rest of the team.

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To: Crystal Hatton

To: Katie Fisher

From: Kristy Stevens

From: Chris Schiavo

Thank you for managing the year end updates across all tools, reviewing strategic changes to programs with marketing, and ensuring alignment for 2022 list price updates.

Thank you for your involvement in working with Duke and Atrium. Your guidance and leadership were extremely helpful.

To: Dave Miller

To: Jonathon Gordon

From: Michael Al-Hussainy

From: Nancy Erny

Thank you for all your hard work to identify Best Practices and commitment to improving efficiency and accuracy in Contract Management!

Thank you for your willingness to give me your time and share your insight into contract management and strategy.

To: Sameen Omar From: Chris Schiavo Thank you for all you did in support of my customers in 2021. You are highly responsive, always willing to put in the extra effort and truly make a difference.

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

To: Pete Talarico, Aireka Saint Louis, Jeff Cady, Kevin Toumajin, Melody Johnson, Chris Schiavo, Kevin, Mark Alofs, Ed Maul, Frank Bocock, Cary Osbon, Scott Miller, Mark Bowen, Matt Meyer, Dave Maly From: Nancy Erny Thank you for embracing the DEI, Customer Engagement Framework. Confidential. For Internal Use Only. Not for distribution.

To: Team Vizient - Chris Edwards, Maria Gamble, Jay Lowry, Jose Garcia, Jim Alexander From: Frank Feltz

To: Robin Souders From: Michael Al-Hussainy

Thank you for all that you do each day to support our business partners and customers!

Thank you for the tremendous work in price loading, correcting discrepancies, and supporting your Team with efficiency and accuracy!

To: Greg Durbin

To: Carolina Aguiar

From: Danielle Young

From: Chris Schiavo

Thanks for the incredible partnership working through all the complexities with the Northwell deal, so we could translate the deal from hand-off, to paper, and ultimately award!

Thank you for your partnership and leadership with multiple deals in 2021. Your analytics and advice are essential to our success.

To: Jasmine Brand From: Michael Al-Hussainy Thank you for the tremendous effort and hard work to make the embedded file project a reality and helping to further streamline our contracting activity!

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

To: Thomas Hanes From: Nancy Erny Thomas is one of the most collaborative, hardworking, and conscientious colleagues. His knowledge, capabilities and connections are evident and helps drive our success. Thanks Thomas!

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To: Rick Cirucci From: Nancy Erny Rick successfully transitioned HPI to a MedTech commercial offering. He made a difficult project look easy. Thanks for being such a fantastic co-worker (and friend).

To: Jennifer Deterra, Sam Gorsuch, Sherry Lund, Jennifer Smith, & Cheryl Schneider From: Saima Kelker Thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedules to help train, on-board, and welcome me to the team!

To: Michael Al-Hussainy

To: Lauri O’Leary

From: Dave Miller

From: Michael Al-Hussainy

Thank you for being an amazing boss & mentor who always has time for his employees. I always appreciate your advice and feedback.

Thank you for all your hard work to identify Best Practices and commitment to improving efficiency and accuracy in Contract Management!

To: Peggy Kennedy From: Michael Al-Hussainy Thank you for the tremendous effort on complex negotiations such as Advantus and UPMC and helping to close these deals quickly and smoothly!

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

To: Rich Smith From: Nancy Erny Rich is a constant source of insight and understanding of our digital move forward possibilities. He helps to drive thinking about what’s possible.

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To: Lauri O’Leary

To: Tracy Hollar & Adam Armstrong

From: Danielle Young

From: Kristine Phelan

Supporting the urgency of customer requests, implementing contracts after hours whenever I need help. You’re an invaluable teammate!

Many thanks for all your hard work and collaboration in completing the ARC construct logic roll-out. This is a huge win for our Deal Desk team!

To: Peggy Kennedy

To: Jen Deterra

From: Dave Miller

From: Alan Wagner

Thank you for your leadership and guidance throughout last year. I always can count on you for your support.

Thank you doing such a thorough job on our Regional Staff Meeting Minutes!

To: Kayla Fletcher From: Steve Zurla

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

You have gone above and beyond to ensure the work we do as a team is of the highest quality. Your knowledge, experiences and positivity have made a huge impact in our team's ability to advance and succeed. I am very grateful to have you as a fellow DD analyst. Thanks for being a great work partner! To: Jennie Smith From: Alan Wagner Thanks for all of your hard work as the Category Assessment Team Lead for Trauma and CMF! It was a busy year!!

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To: Keeley Wildman From: Peggy Kennedy Thank you for all your help troubleshooting and resolving Joint Reconstruction pricing issues for the Mid Central region customers. You are very responsive to inquiries and thorough with follow up on C/R requests. I appreciate your partnership!

To: Barbara Bembery From: Alan Wagner Thank you for your dedication and commitment to learning Joint Recononstruction Price Loading while always maintaining a positive attitude!

To: Missy Whitley

To: George Pilipovich

From: Michael Al-Hussainy

From: Nancy Erny

Thank you for all your hard work on Project Synergy and efforts to ensure our customer pricing is accurate!

Thanks for always challenging our team to advance our contributions. Appreciate your leadership!

To: Abdul Rehman From: Steve Zurla

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

You have done an incredible job getting up and running as a CM analyst on the ASC team. You show up every single day with a positive attitude and a tremendous work ethic. You are a super quick learner and have helped our team succeed from the first day we met you. Thanks for being a great work partner!

To: Chris Guest From: Peggy Kennedy Thank you for all your help troubleshooting and resolving Spine pricing issues for the Mid Central region customers. You are very responsive to inquiries and thorough with follow up on C/R requests. I appreciate your partnership! Confidential. For Internal Use Only. Not for distribution.

To: Sherry Lund

To: Alejandro Bello

From: Alan Wagner

Thank you for all of your leadership in the SW region making sure requests are completed in a timely manner!

Thank you for your leadership since joining the Contract Management Team. Your positivity makes getting through tough situations a little bit easier!

To: Bernice Pisack

To: Deanna Maestas

From: Alan Wagner

From: Nancy Erny

Thank you for all of your work related to the CM Volume Analysis!

Deanna’s talent, work ethic and collaboration make her the “hub” for much of our progress. She is humble and fun, which combined with her skills make her a great manager. Thanks Deanna!

To: Alejandro Bello From: Rick Cirucci Guidance & strategic direction of HPI Contracts into a sustainable business model!

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

To: Wendy Newman From: Jason Kenig For all the time and effort you put into standing up the SCG Health System Advisory Committee! The insights we will gain will propel our organization.

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To: Anne Nelson

To: Sam Gorsuch

From: Alan Wagner

Thank you for being a wonderful business partner! I greatly appreciate all of you help w/ the Mitek PCL extensions at the end of 2021 and appreciate your continued thoughts as we explore similar opportunities in other DPS business units!

Thank you for the wonderful job you did on the CommonSpirit Trauma agreement(s)!

To: Steve Darby

To: John Haney

From: Nancy Erny

From: Chris Schiavo

Steve’s knowledge, experience and all out grit enabled SPI to become a US offering – a big addition to our capabilities. He is also always willing to share his broad insight and knowledge. Thanks Steve!

Thank you for all you did in support of my customers and me in 2021.

To: Thomas Hanes From: Rick Cirucci Championing VBC Competency series & overall ability to collaborate and see the middle-ground in all VBC/Account Management discussion!

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

To: Cheryl Schneider From: Alan Wagner Thanks for all of your contributions to the CM Southwest Team and best of luck to you in your new Lead Analyst role!

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To: Crystal Hatton

To: David Miller

From: Krista LeVans For your ongoing analytical support in critical offers to help secure & expand the Ethicon business. Your work has been timely and accurate, and you are a pleasure to work with!

From: Ryan Roseleip

To: Evan Berez

To: Ashlie Williams

From: Alan Wagner

Thank you for your leadership on the Regional Contract Management Team. I wish you all the best in your new role!

Thank you for being a wonderful colleague, business partner and friend! I know I can always go to you to bounce ideas off you, for advice or to just vent!

You are an excellent contracting partner who has worked diligently to pick up Ethicon as well as DS.

To: Danielle Young, Beth Gecewicz From: Karen Shaw

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

Thank you for leading efforts with ARC to improve our Sales Reporting & Analytical Capabilities. Wins included Contract Landscape Reporting, ASC Pro-Pak, Resolve Price for Trauma, and Constructs for the Joint Recon Business!

To: Deal Desk Trainers From: Karen Shaw A huge thank you to our Analysts training team! You did a great job training and onboarding our new hires! You are the best!

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To: Elie Rosenfeld From: Mark Hirth You have been a great Deal Desk partner in working through all the RFPs in 2021. Keep up the great work!

To: Beth Gecewicz From: Alan Wagner Thank you for your all of your help as we continue to explore DPS PCL extensions. I always appreciate your knowledge and perspective!

To: Deanna Maestas From: Rick Cirucci Automation/enhancement of the COMPASS template and overall “bigger picture” for VBC initiatives!

To: Jen Pettee From: Krista LeVans You have been an amazing partner for the past couple of years. You have great attention to detail, rapid turnaround on analytics, strong knowledge, and are an asset to the NC team!

To: Brian Goss From: Karen Shaw

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

Thank you for leading our recruiting efforts for the Deal Desk Team. This strong pipeline provides talent for the future & advances our DE&I goals by hiring diverse talent.

To: Julie Donavan & ASC Deal Desk Team From: Jeff Bates Thank you for all your great work supporting the ASC channel. Your efforts will aid us to gain market share in this fast-growing market. Great job!

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To: Contract Landscape Team

To: George Pilipovich

From: Jeff Bates & Karen Shaw

From: Rick Cirucci

Thank you for efforts in developing the Contract Landscape Reporting. This well thought out analytical package will enable management to understand our customers and contracting efforts better!

Leadership, openness to new thinking and overall evolution of Team VBC into a mission-critical offering to the SCG business model! Thank you!!!

To: Alejandro Bello

To: Julie Dorman

From: Rick Cirucci Guidance & strategic direction of HPI Contracts into a sustainable business model!

From: Ryan Roseleip You continue to be a top-notch analyst and always reliable in every deal that we work together. Thank you!

To: Jonathan Gordan, Tom Burris, and Capital Team From: Jeff Bates

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

Thank you for standing up the capital team. Your efforts implementing the systems & processes will drive growth into the future!

To: Takesha Lane-Murray From: Bobby Slaughter Thanks for all you support to quickly turn over our analytics and special requests to enable our teams to make the best contractual decisions.

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To: Josh Brady, Jason Kenig, Denny Kollhoff, Tara

To: Zachary Devoti

Levengood, Wendy Newman, Jared Nifong, Christy Monoian, Micah Morningstar, Melinda Thiel

From: Rick Cirucci

From: Caryn Bundra

Strategy to transform the HPI P&L into on ongoing selffunding model for the Recon business & SCG!

Thank you for the warm welcome to HSVT! While I have only been in role a short time, I feel as though we have worked together for ages (in the best way!) Thanks for making SCG feel like home. 😊

To: Jen Pettee

To: Robin Souders and Missy Whitley

From: Kelly Watson

From: Cheryl Schneider

Thank you for your tireless efforts to quickly jump on calls and provide analytics for us at a moments notice. Your help with the Unity Point sole-source agreement is greatly appreciated. We could have done it without you!!

Thanks for the quick turn around on price loads.

To: Sameen Omar, Jennie Smith, Sam Gorsuch, Lauri O’Leary From: Cheryl Schneider Thanks for always willing to help and being a great teammate

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

To: Matt Nestheide From: Phil Gray Thank you for your collaboration, partnership & leadership with the SW Region.

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To: Thomas Hanes From: Vicki Richardson Thomas, thank you for keeping our capabilities and solutions at the forefront and all of your support in driving engagements with our customers.

To: Alan Wagner

To: Nancy Erny

To: Steve Darby

From: Rick Cirucci

Passion for DEI and the evolution of the overall platform at MT-SCG!

Your GRIT in evolving the SPI initiative and making continued progress despite numerous obstacles!

From: Cheryl Schneider Thank you for all of your support and guidance.

To: Heather Katchur From: Vicki Richardson

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

Heather, you are a phenomenal partner and always willing to lend a helping hand with customers. No challenge is too big for you!

To: Gabe Martin From: Bobby Slaughter Thanks for your flexibility and quick response to our multiple Joint Recon Contractual requests for key customer Willis Knighton.

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To: Sherry Lund From: Cheryl Schneider Thanks for always being a great teammate and for the continued support.

To: Cheryl Schneider From: Bobby Slaughter Thanks for all you support to execute our contracts in a timely and most professional way – Thank You!

To: Rich Smith

To: Jeff Cady

From: Rick Cirucci

From: Cheryl Schneider

Passion as digital SME on the VBC team and your diversity of thought!

Thank you for all of your support.

To: Matt Parker and Chelsea Poe From: C.T. Brazeal

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

Flawless support and execution of our BWI contract with CommonSpirit. Your coordination and direct influence of CommonSpirit personnel was key to the overall growth and acceptance of our RPO strategy. On behalf of the entire account team, THANK YOU and YOU ROCK!

To: Lauri Oleary From: Kelly Watson I cannot thank you enough for all the help you provided in a number of highly complicated and messy contract situations. Your willingness to go above and beyond to find solutions to difficult problems makes a big impact in our business.

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To: Bernice Pisack

To: Sherri Lund

From: Cheryl Schneider

From: Phil Gray

Thank you for helping me with ARC.

Thank you for your collaboration, partnership & leadership with the SW Region.

To: Michael Al-Hussainy

To: Alan Wagner

From: Cheryl Schneider

From: Phil Gray

Thank you for all of your support and guidance.

Thank you for finding collaborative and creative ways to approach a request!!

To: Peggy Kennedy From: Cheryl Schneider Thanks for all of your guidance and help.

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

To: Dave Miller From: Cheryl Schneider Thank you for all do with the Freight Process.

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To: Brian Kothe

To: Ethan Metzler

From: Phil Gray

Thank you for your collaboration, partnership & leadership.

Thank you for your collaboration, partnership & leadership with the SW Region.

To: Gabe Martin

To: Pete Talarico

From: Phil Gray

From: Keith Martin

Thank you for your collaboration, partnership & leadership with the SW Region.

Your tireless work ethic and mentorship had paid dividends for our IDNs. Thank You!

To: HCS Team, Michele Fernandez & Toni Stuppiello From: Keith Martin and Pete Talarico

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

Your team ROCKS! Thank you for your highly engaged commitment to Advocate Aurora Health in 2021!

To: Jen Treglia From: Alejandro Bello Thanks for being insightful, caring, and a visionary leader. It’s an honor to work with you and the rest of our team.

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To: Janet Wilson

To: Todd Worthington

From: Alejandro Bello

From: Tim Hinueber

Thanks for being a great business partner, a strong leader, and fantastic team player.

Todd thank you for being such a strong collaborative business partner and leader. I appreciate your perspective, business insights, and being able to bounce ideas off you....and we have some fun.

To: Ashlie Williams

To: Maria Thompson

From: Alejandro Bello

From: Andrew Holland

Your contributions and dedication is truly remarkable. Thanks for being a fantastic business partner.

Thank you for always keeping the team educated on changing market dynamics and partnering with our key customers!

To: Karen Shaw From: Alejandro Bello

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

Thanks for onboarding me into the SCG World, the Deal Desk, and for being a remarkable business partner.

To: Lacey Elberg From: Alejandro Bello Thanks for your partnership, your leadership, your candor, and your jokes. It is a pleasure to work with you.

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To: Nick Decker From: Alejandro Bello

To: Alan Wagner

Your ability to take and successfully deliver results in every project and or problem is second to none. Thank you. It’s an honor to have you in our team.

Thanks for being such a strong and valuable leader for the organization and our team. It’s an honor to have you in our team.

From: Alejandro Bello

To: George Marques

To: Chris Teasdale

From: Alejandro Bello

From: Ellen Kilinski

Thanks for all your efforts in delivering high quality support for our customers, team members, and business partners. It’s an honor to have you in our team.

Day in and day out YOU have been invaluable since I joined SCG! Thank you for all that you do!

To: Michael Al-Hussainy From: Alejandro Bello

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

It’s leaders like you, with your positive attitude and great personality, that help motivate and inspire our team members. It’s an honor to have you in our team.

To: Kirt McKee From: Alejandro Bello Welcome to the SCG world and to Contract Management. I look forward to working with you!!!

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To: Stacey Aloth, Danielle Willmott, Maria Awal

To: Mary DeLair, Sue Hatfield, Anastasia Makridis

From: Beau Ott

From: Ellen Kilinski

Thank you for being such a great team, dedicated to driving personal goals while supporting each other! All three of you certainly ROCK!

You ladies are the glue that holds the SCG team together! Thank you for all that you do to keep us going! I appreciate all of your guidance, love and support!

To: Premier GPO Team (Eric Asalone, April Hyland, Katie Graham, Jignesh Bhagat, Jake Herendeen, Dontave Cowsette, Kristin Kinahan) From: Tim Hinueber

To: Melisa Tyler

Thank you for your hard work and willingness to always improve. I appreciate your ability to keep your sense of humor while under pressure. © Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems Inc. All rights reserved. 2022

From: Alejandro Bello Thanks for everything you do behind the scenes, during, and after hours in your CPC duties in support of our customers and our organization.

To: North Central SCCS Partners (Jim Haney, Chet Damania, Donny Lemieux) From: Andrew Holland

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

Thank you for your incredible partnership and dedication to our customers! Your work has enabled us to drive deeper conversations and has enhanced our partnerships!

To: Jennie Smith From: Jason Hart Thank you for always answering the phone on Friday afternoon!

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To: Anastasia Makridis

To: Neil Warman

From: Alejandro Bello

From: Jason Hart

Thanks for everything you do for all of us. Your work, character and positive effect on the overall team are greatly appreciated.

Many thanks for the ongoing reminders about what matters most.

To: Mary DeLair

To: Daxa Solanky From: Alejandro Bello

From: Alejandro Bello Thanks for your support, partnership, and great attitude. You are always one call away to solve our problems. It is a pleasure to work with you.

Thanks for your partnership, your leadership, and your knowledge. It is a pleasure to work with you.

To: Natalie Bocis, Chris Loe, Matt Finn and our DD Partners From: Andrew Holland

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

Thank you for your dedication and tireless work for our team and our customers!

To: Rich Smith From: Andrew Holland Thank you for all your hard work supporting our team and our customers with innovative solutions!

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To: Chris Raydo

To: Kerrin Duperron

From: Josh Brady

From: Christina Melo

Welcome to SCG! Baptism by fire. Great work so far.

You ROCK as a manager. You ROCK as a teammate. You ROCK as a mom. You ROCK as a person! I cannot begin to tell you how much you are appreciated everyday Dupe!!! 

To: The RPO Customer Service Team (Tom Vessey, Crystal King, Leila Lari, Zach Thurlow)

To: Maria Thompson From: Leslie Ahmad

From: Jeff Shimer Thank you for your perseverance during the Data Center Migration Project. You called out issues, offered solutions, and ensured customers continued to receive the products they needed. Excellent work! © Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems Inc. All rights reserved. 2022

Appreciate your willingness to explore new ways of using HEMA data with our customers!

To: North Central SCG Team From: Andrew Holland

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

Thank you for all your hard work, resilience and dedication and Congratulations on exceeding BP in 2021!

To: Caryn Bundra From: Josh Brady So great to have you to lead our team. Love how you have hit the ground running! Much appreciated!

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To: The RPO Field Service Team (Raman Stahl, Carmela Martin, Cindy Holtketter, Sarah Eilefson, Nicole Miller, Eryn Lee, Blanca Ledezma)

To: Jackie Khadan

From: Jeff Shimer

APPRECIATE YOU! We collaborate so well together. You have been an invaluable support since I’ve joined the Dream Team! 

Thank you for your focus and determination on the Collection Vendor Transition Project! Your collective dedication to our customers has ensured a largely smooth transition. You’re amazing!

From: Christina Melo

To: Shannon Kelly From: Chip Vandlen

To: Our Contracting Partners From: Andrew Holland

Thank you for supporting the initiatives we need to be successful with our customers!! We appreciate you and your leadership with CPC.

Thank you for your support, partnership and strong sense of urgency!

To: Melinda Thiel From: Josh Brady

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

Thanks for all your help and support in 2021. Really appreciate all you have done for me and the Platform team!

To: Julie Donovan From: Chip Vandlen Thank you for jumping in and helping me get up to speed on USPI. I appreciate your leadership in helping us get what we need to be successful with our customers!!

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To: Steve Zurla

To: Matt Chila

From: ASC Managers Thank you for your continued leadership and dedication to this team! Your Contract Management expertise combined with your Deal analysis helps continue to improve our internal processes to better serve the ASC space!

From: Leslie Ahmad

To: Maria Gamble

To: Micah Morningstar

From: Adam Wood

From: Frank Bocock

Thank you for your support, Maria. I greatly appreciate your responsiveness and willingness to engage on all things Vizient. Thank you.

Thank you for the great partnership of the years as well as during your transition in which you were doing several roles. It was a pleasure working with you and wish you all the best in the new role.

Great partnering with customers to show the value of AITA!

To: Melinda Thiel & Rollie Cameron From: Wendy Newman

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

Appreciate your support and involvement during our inaugural SCG Health System Advisory Committee sessions. Looking forward to further success in 2022!

To: Steve Gavin From: ASC Managers Thank you for your continued support of the HPG contract implementation. Your partnership in updating the tools is priceless!

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To: Jennie Smith

To: Thomas Hanes

From: Adam Wood

From: Frank Bocock

Thank you for everything you do, Jennie. Your partnership, communication and willingness to talk through all of my crazy contracting questions is appreciated more than you know. Thanks.

Thanks for the constant partnership and willingness to step up in order to bring added value to our customers.

To: Jason Hart and Ryan Hach

To: Lisa Bridle

From: Adam Wood

From: SW Team The SW Team Rocks due to the culture created by our leader. Thank you for all you do for the team.

Thank you for your commitment to the WEST and for your willingness to always dive deep into our contract strategy sessions. Your partnership is appreciated more than you know.

To: Sherry Lund From: Frank Bocock

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

Thank you for always willing to go the extra mile to figure out the easiest way to address our complicated issues. Really appreciate all you do in support of the team.

To: Brian Kothe From: Frank Bocock Thank you for hanging in there and working with the team to figure out the best path forward by taking a creative approach to the business. We have a unique market, and a creative approach will be the key to our success. Confidential. For Internal Use Only. Not for distribution.

To: Phil Gray

To: Daniela Taylor

From: Frank Bocock Thank you for the great partnership and the opportunity to continue to learn more and more about the DePuy Synthes business.

From: Frank Bocock Really appreciate you going above and beyond to provide us direction on how best to handle BSW. We are close and with your help am confident we will find a solution.

To: Ryan Burke

To: Jeff Cady

From: Frank Bocock

Thank you for always being available to answer questions or when there is an urgent need. We appreciate all that you do to help us create solid offers.

Thanks for stepping up and covering as well as being a constant sounding board.

To: Eric Stone and Terry Skinner From: Frank Bocock

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

Thanks for all the support and hanging in there to trying to solve for unique scenario to benefit the Texas area FSO.

To: The Southwest BEST Team From: Lisa Bridle Through COVID, ice storms, floods and hurricanes we made it HAPPEN in 2021! Thanks for all you do!!

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To: Ryan Burke From: Lisa Bridle

To: Dave Maly From: Barb Bruehler

Ryan, you have made such an impact to team! We appreciate all you do!!

Thanks for all the help, guidance, comic relief and support you have given me this last year. It has been an honor to learn from the best!

To: Natalie Bocis From: Lisa Bridle

To: TaniaTubbs

Thanks for stepping in and also leading the JVPA work in 2021… Our work will make it so much easier when #2 agreement comes along!

I am so happy we are working together. It is really nice to have a friend to bounce ideas off of. You are awesome!

From: SusanCastro

To: Sue Hatfield From: Lisa Bridle Simply, YOU ROCK! We love you!

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

To: Scott Cacciola From: Barb Bruehler Thank you for your support, guidance and answers to all my questions this past year, it is greatly appreciated. You ROCK!

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To: RebeccaWoodling

To: Brian Kothe

From: Susan Castro

From: Lisa Bridle Thanks for being such a great partner with the Southwest team!!

You are a great co-partner; we achieved a lot working together. You are also a wonderful person too.

To: Ryan Roseleip

To: Deanna Maestas

From: Daniel Hazelrigg & Kris Soller

From: Thomas Hanes

You have been an amazing partner to the MCR Team – your dedication to finding quick and creative solutions to maintain and grow our business with customers is greatly appreciated!

Thank you for generating new ideas and creative approaches to enhancing and expanding our VBC offerings.

To: Eric Stone

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

From: Lisa Bridle You have helped the SW team in so many ways in 2021! We (almost) have made it through OTC  !!

To: Kyle Schmidt From: Barb Bruehler Thank you for the countless hours you helped me learn this role and your patience with all my questions! You ROCK!

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To: George Pilipovich

To: Nancy Erny

From: Thomas Hanes

Thank you for leading, representing and advocating for our VBC team as we accelerate customer engagements.

Thank you for providing leadership and learnings as you guide our customer DEI engagements.

To: Rich Smith

To: Rick Cirucci

From: Thomas Hanes

Thank you for keeping our team updated on the power of digital opportunities and the importance of true customer engagement.

Thank you for focusing on the health of our team and customers, and leading us through HPI, HFC and SSI customer engagements.

To: Steve Darby From: Thomas Hanes Thank you for the ongoing work and leadership n launching and managing SPI.

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

To: Abby Callahan From: George Marques Thank you for being a great resource within the group. I’m constantly tapping into your vast experiences, and it’s very much appreciated!

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To: Jordan Davis

To: Matt Parker

From: Debi Bass

From: Chris Cho

Thank you for your great leadership and partnership and keeping us on our toes in a Flash!

Thank you for your leadership in conducting the 2021 quarterly CommonSpirit business reviews! This established a new strategic relationship with CommonSpirit.

To: Sameen Omar

To: Alice Cato

From: George Marques

Thank you for constantly coming to the table with solutions in mind and always maintaining a calm demeanor when sometimes it isn’t easy to do so!

Thank you for always looking on the positive side of things. Always there to let us know we’ll figure it out somehow. Your positivity is extremely valued!

To: Danielle Young From: George Marques

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

Thank you for your willingness to tackle the complex and for staying calm and positive as you do it. I know your team values these traits, as do I!

To: Tania Tubbs From: George Marques Thank you for having the courage to take on a new challenge and for giving it your all. While you’re extremely missed on the team, we’re happy for your new successes!

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To: Lindsey Pizii, Michelle Palumbo, Ben Moser, Stacey Bell and Rachel Towery

To: Blaine Sorg From: George Marques

From: Debi Bass Thank you so much for your great collaboration, partnership, support and dedication! You are an incredible team of hard-working professionals that I’m lucky to work with!

Thank you for your willingness to always lend a hand when it’s needed. I know many rely on your generosity as do I and its very much appreciated!

To: Alejandro Bello

To: Brian Wood

From: George Marques

Thank you for your leadership and your positive attitude through the many challenges we may face in the group. It’s very much appreciated!

Thank you for your help these past few months. I know we leaned on you while you were starting a new job and your efforts were very much appreciated!

To: Gina Manzella From: Debi Bass

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

Thank you for the initiative you have taken, and all of your hard work, collaboration and dedication on the VELYS Contract Template project! Your contributions are appreciated! To: Adam Royer and Jonathan Gordon From: Debi Bass Thank you for your great partnership, support and knowledge-sharing! I truly appreciate you and everything you do!

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To: Chelsea Poe

To: Conrad Ramos

From: Chris Cho

Thank you for leading the RPO launch with CommonSpirit! You did a great job establishing trust and respect with the CS Supply Chain team.

Thank you for developing the “EXTREME OWNERSHIP” culture that has brought back the RPO SWAG!

To: RPO Customer Service Team From: Chris Cho

To: John Boykin From: Chris Cho

Thank you for always meeting the extra challenge, request, with the CAN-DO Attitude. You ALL make our RPO business run more smoothly!!!

Great job continuing to develop and stepping up your leadership! This is showing up as you are securing more wins with some large accounts like Sentara and others.

To: Conrad Ramos From: Chris Cho Thank you for leading the RPO business to profitable growth! Three consecutive years of growth!!!

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

3-Years

To: Frank LeViseur From: Chris Cho Great job growing your newly aligned territory; 47% increase over prior year and growth across all the critical platforms!

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To: Chelsea Poe

To: Matt Parker

From: Chris Cho

Thank you for continuing to step up and take on additional responsibilities, while achieving 18% above average quota performance.

Thank you for championing the needs of our customer that drove the development of several new innovative resources(RPO Business Review Tool buyer’s efficiency) and RPO capabilities (HARMONIC® Kits, OnDemand buying process).

To: Scott McAlister

To: Louis May

From: Chris Cho Thank you for leading the launch of the new ETHICON Certified Performance HARMONIC® Kits at Advent Health and leading the nation in growing the RPO ETHICON Energy business!

From: Chris Cho

Great job growing over 20% across the three strategic platforms – Total EP, Certified Performance Harmonic®, and ExFix!

To: Ted Ziegler From: Chris Cho

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

Great job turning around Hospital of University of Pennsylvania. We could not have successfully resolved the key issues without you!

To: Ted Ziegler From: Chris Cho Outstanding job for driving the #1 RPO EP Growth – 66% growth over the previous year.

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To: Julie Steible and the RPO Contracting Team

To: Rich Wuollet

From: Chris Cho

Thank you for your positive energy and driving the RPO contracting strategy! Your team ROCKS!!!

Thank you for helping to shape the RPO culture. Your CREDO Action Planning leadership helped create a new winning culture!

To: Randy Marker

To: Ashur Allard

From: Chris Cho

Thank you for your leadership in keeping the cross functional team together as we were resolving several major issues!

You continue to raise the bar by providing key insights and new innovative reporting tools to continue to make us better!

To: Dani Peterson From: Chris Cho

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

Thank you for being a great business partner that goes beyond finance! Others have Artificial Intelligence, we have YOU!!!

To: Raman Stahl From: Chris Cho Thank you for diving in and quickly learning the RPO business! Keep up the great job!!!

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To: RPO Implementation Team

To: Ellen Kilinski

From: Chris Cho

From: Mary DeLair

Thank you for smoothly executing all the New Account Wins!!! This small but MIGHTY team ROCKS!

Ellen, you are always so generous with your time. I really appreciate how hard you work to help get time with our leaders on the calendar knowing how challenging that can be.

To: Lindsey Pizii, Michelle Palumbo, Ben Moser, Stacey Bell and Rachel Towery

To: Melinda Thiel From: Mary DeLair

From: Debi Bass Thank you so much for your great collaboration, partnership, support and dedication! You are an incredible team of hard-working professionals that I’m lucky to work with! © Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems Inc. All rights reserved. 2022

It is wonderful to work for someone who is so supportive, thoughtful and encouraging. You are a great leader!

To: Ellen Kilinski, Sue Hatfield From: Mary DeLair

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

Thanks for always being willing to jump on a call to help problem solve, especially the fake meetings we coordinated to help understand how to run Zoom and Team meetings in the new conference rooms! To: Jen Treglia From: Mary DeLair I have learned a lot supporting you and your team this year. Thank you for your patience and guidance. Your dedication to your team is inspiring.

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To: Beth Gecewicz

To: Deal Desk Analysts

From: Matt Finn

Thank you for all your work on the Spine Contract Landscape. You are integral to what we’ve been able to create this year.

Thank you for all you do! Your hard work and dedication is crucial to our success.

To: Mid Central Team

To: Jason Kenig, Ritu Finnerty From: Mary DeLair

From: Matt Finn Big shoutout to this team! Absolutely enjoy working with each of you. We are going to crush it again in 2022.

I can always count on both of you when I need clarity or to share your knowledge. You also make coming to the office more fun!

To: Beth Thompson From: Matt Finn You set the standard for team building! Not only is the Mid Central racking up the wins but having fun doing it!

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

To: Sue Hatfield, Ellen Kilinski, Anastasia Makridis From: Mary DeLair It’s great to be part of such an experienced, talented Admin group. I look forward to another year of supporting this awesome SCG Team! Confidential. For Internal Use Only. Not for distribution.

To: Ryan Roseleip From: Matt Finn

To: Melisa Tyler From: Matt Finn

Thank you for your continued passion in not only shaping quality offers but following up on subsequent performance.

Shout out for your (continued) masterful management of CPC!

To: Sue Hatfield

To: CM Analysts

From: Mary DeLair

From: Matt Finn

Sue, you are a wealth of knowledge! I have so enjoyed teaming up with you to prep for this NTM. Thank you for being so reliable and flexible.

Thank you for all your hard work. You continually go above and beyond to ensure we deliver a quality product to our customers.

To: North Central Team From: Matt Finn

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

Thank you for welcoming me into your team these past few months. It has been a great experience!

To: Chris Loe From: Matt Finn Great seeing you grow into the Deal Desk Manager position. Keep up the great work!

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To: Mary DeLair & Sue Hatfield

To: Lisa Zarecki

From: Caryn Bundra

From: Nick Decker

Ladies…What can I say?! You two WERE my ROCKS from day-one. NTM planning was enjoyable and efficient because of your involvement. I can’t thank you enough!

Thank you for all of the countless contributions that you provide and for the RFP team

To: Mansfield Crew

To: Elie Rosenfeld, Chris Wiley

From: Matt Finn

From: Jen Shatz

Looking forward to see you all in the office again.

Thanks for all of your support and insights on the Northeast Spine Deals! Very much appreciated!

To: SCG Finance: Mike Calvani, Adam Ward, Mallory Suwald, Tony Rodriguez, Kelly Janakiefski From: Jen Shatz

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

Thanks for all of your help and patience with strong & complex analytics through some very challenging 2021 Northeast Deals! You are a rock star team! To: Jamie Chen, Vinnie Marna, Gabe Turner, Andrew Boland From: Jen Shatz Thanks for your support on the Northeast Joints deals, especially when covering for open positions and multiple regions! Much appreciated!

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To: Tom Dugan, Spencer Mitchell

To: The RPO Team

From: Jen Shatz

From: MelindaThiel

Thanks for all of your support and insights on the Northeast Trauma Deals! You are off to a great start supporting our region!

For always amazing me with your resilience, resourcefulness, strategic thinking, dedication to the business, and ongoing SUCCESS!

To: VBC Program Directors – George, Thomas, Rich

To: Jim Lanzilotta

From: MelindaThiel

From: Nick Decker

For continuing to exceed our program implementation targets by relentlessly focusing on customer needs!

Thank you for all of the guidance and leadership that you provide to our PCL team.

To: Bridget Picone, Greg Durbin, Lucia Matteo, Melissa Martin, Sharon Plair From: Jen Shatz

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

Thanks for your support on the Northeast Overlays & Ethicon Deals!

To: Bridget Picone From: Jen Shatz Thanks for all of your support and insights on the Northeast Overlays and covering for Ethicon deals. Very much appreciated!

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To: Jeff White & Luke LeMaitre

To: Health System Platform Marketing – Tara, Christy, Micah, Jared, Denny, Josh

From: Jen Shatz From: MelindaThiel Thanks for being Rockstar DDMs in the Northeast always willing to help in any way to drive the region, manage complexity and mentor our analysts! We could not do it with out you!

To: Deanna Maestas From: Melinda Thiel For your constant leadership, innovation and strategic thinking – you (and your team) are never afraid to take on a new challenge, question the status quo and evolve the organization’s thinking to support our customers!

For continuing to be the SOLID GOLD team (as well as being so patient with me the past few months – having Caryn join has been so helpful to us all).

To: Karen Shaw From: Nick Decker Thank you for all of the leadership you have provided in the RFP space!

To: Michelle Macvicar From: Jen Shatz Thanks for your support on the Northeast Mitek Deals! Your insights are always helpful and appreciated!

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

To: Karen Shaw, Beth Gecewicz, Brian Goss, Kristine Phelan & Kristy Stevens From: Jen Shatz Thanks for your support behind the scenes to ensure our analyst teams are staffed, supported and continue to improve our analytic tools to support SCG!

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To: Caryn Bundra From: Melinda Thiel For joining our team and making an immediately positive and meaningful impact!

To: George Marques, Abby Callahan, Danielle Young & Alice Cato

To: Conrad Ramos From: MelindaThiel For KILLING IT leading the RPO team and business. Your leadership is nothing short of inspirational!

To: Paula Kimble From: Nick Decker

Thank you for your incredible partnership in all of the extracurriculars that you provide to the SCG organization.

To: Wendy Newman, Ritu Finnerty From: MelindaThiel

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

For officially kicking off the Advisory Committee and laying out a solid insights strategy which is critical to the ongoing success of SCG and the broader MedTech team! To: Wendy Lindsay From: Nick Decker You have done an amazing job overseeing and ensuring the continued success of the Ethicon RFP Process!

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To: Bruce Eason

To: Kimberly Johnson

From: Nick Decker

Thank you for overseeing all of the Mitek processes in addition to the Mitek PCLs that you draft.

Your insights, ideas and recommendations on various projects are always on point and well thought out.

To: George Pilipovich

To: Mary DeLair

From: MelindaThiel

For continuing to drive a strong vision for the VBC team – your leadership has helped to transform not only the VBC strategies but also our larger ways of working across SCG and MedTech!

For always being so supportive, reliable, helpful, thoughtful, resourceful, responsive while always brining positive energy to the team!

To: Greg Durbin

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

From: Robert Rupp Thank you for all of your work with the Energy analytics!

To: Abby Callahan From: Robert Rupp I appreciate all that you do in helping me navigate sf.com and DocuSign!

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To: Katie Fischer

To: Ali Smith

From: Alejandro Bello

From: Robert Rupp

Thanks for your leadership and for elevating CSP&M to the next level.

Thanks for your flexibility on CPC!

To: Scott Bednarke

To: Stefanie McNamara

From: Alejandro Bello

Thanks for your support and partnership. You have always been there when we needed help.

Thanks for being accessible and always willing to provide guidance. You are a valuable partner.

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

To: Jen Shatz From: Robert Rupp I appreciate your connectivity and willingness to be creative at the Deal Desk!

To: Jeff White From: Robert Rupp Looking forward to working with you more, thanks for the connectivity!

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To: Anne Nelson

To: Kristen Gardner

From: Alejandro Bello

Thanks for being a great business partner, and a fantastic team player.

Thanks for being an advocate for the Regional team, always striving and contributing to optimize our processes and policies.

To: Michele Fernandez

To: Jessikah Galica

From: Alejandro Bello

Thank you and your team for being outstanding business partners. Great work!

Thanks for your valuable contributions to our team and organization

To: John Haney

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

From: Alejandro Bello Thanks for your partnership and guidance supporting our customers.

To: Melinda Thiel From: George Pilipovich Your unwavering support of our team has continually fueled our desire to succeed! We are excited about the opportunities in 2022!

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To: Chris Teasdale

To: Deanna Maestas

From: Alejandro Bello

From: George Pilipovich

Thanks for your leadership, guidance, and your partnership. It has been great to work with you.

Your relentless focus on strategy has challenged our team to continually focus on the big picture. Stay with it!

To: Team VBC

To: Rich Smith

From: George Pilipovich

The collaboration, support and healthy challenge across our team makes us stronger, better and more effective. Thanks for all you do!

When it comes to digital technology, your leadership has impacted both our internal and external customers. Keep it up!

To: Rick Cirucci From: George Pilipovich

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

Your determination to SHAPE Health & Wellness offerings to ensure they are available and appropriate for our customers is second to none. Let’s continue to deliver in 2022! To: Steve Darby From: George Pilipovich Being positioned for success with SPI this year is a direct result of your determination and belief in the value of this program. Excited to see deployments in 2022! Confidential. For Internal Use Only. Not for distribution.

To: Thomas Hanes

To: Greg Moore

From: George Pilipovich

From: Alejandro Bello

Your collaboration and impact has been highlighted by the number of comments shared from your business partners. Stay the course!

Thanks for being a great team player, always willing to collaborate and lend a hand.

To: Nancy Erny

To: Sherry Lund

From: George Pilipovich

From: Jeff Cady

The passion you have for DE&I is evidenced by both your commitment and sincerity related to the subject matter. So much opportunity to impact the lives of so many is ahead of you!

Literally couldn’t do my job effectively if it weren’t for you. Too many scenarios to mention where you have made a difference in our response to the customer.

To: Blaine Sorg From: Jeff Cady

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

Your willingness to help in challenging situations is greatly appreciated. Thanks for being such a valuable team member. To: Gabe Martin From: Jeff Cady Your input and involvement with the recent University of Missouri was invaluable. Thanks for your willingness to go the extra mile.

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To: Daniel Hazelrigg

To: Scott Cacciola

From: Jared Nifong

Thank you for all you’ve done to help me transition into SCG and for all you are doing in your new role!

Thank you for all of your insights and conversations as I’ve transitioned into SCG!

To: Jason Kenig From: Jared Nifong

To: Maria Gamble From: Miles Drake

Thank you for all you’re doing to help elevate the VELYS Digital Surgery story for Joint Recon!

Thank you for all your help during the Intermountain Vizient contract process.

To: Denny Kollhoff From: Jared Nifong

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

Thank you for always taking time to reach out and catch up over the phone whether it be on business priorities or life in general! To: Rhonda Nichols and Diane Fleming From: Miles Drake Thank you for all of your help with our HPG systems.

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To: Louis May From: Matt Parker

To: Scott McAllister

I appreciate your commitment to our business partners and customers. Your hard work has allowed us to continue to grow our business and deliver exceptional value to our customers.

You have done an excellent job of staying engaged, positive, and customer-focused while working with several of our key opportunities to deliver exceptional results for our business.

From: Matt Parker

To: Sam Gorsuch

To: Jignesh Bhagat

From: Miles Drake

Thank you for everything you do to support our business.

Thank you for all your support during the Premier contract activation process.

To: Caryn Bundra From: Jared Nifong

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

Thank you for your immediate leadership when stepping into your new role and for helping steer projects in the right direction!

To: Chris Edwards, Melissa Martin, Bridget Picone and Kristy Stevens From: Sameen Omar Thank you for the incredible teamwork, I look forward to our partnership!! You all ROCK!!

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To: Barbara Bembery, Jignesh Bhagat, Alice Cato, Heidi Gentzsch, James Lanzillota, Bernice Pisack, Blaine Sorg, Robin Souders, Tania Tubbs and Brian Wood

To: Abby Callahan, Sam Gorsuch, Peggy Kennedy, Lauri O’Leary, Sherry Lund Cheryl Schneider, Jennie Smith and Danielle Young From: Sameen Omar

From: Sameen Omar Thank you for your incredible partnership and dedication, I am so glad that I am able to collaborate with amazing team members. You all ROCK!!

Thank you for your incredible partnership and dedication! I know I can always count on you. You all ROCK!!

To: Rich Smith

To: George Pilipovich

From: Steve Darby

From: Deanna Maestas

Thank you for always challenging the status quo with recommendations on how we can do things differently and making us think outside the box.

Thank you for being the champion of our team and challenging the status quo. Thank you for always finding ways to communicate and showcase the value of our team!

To: Matt Finn From: Scott Cacciola Thank you for all of your support with navigating some tough scenarios as our DDD!

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

To: Kareem Kanchwala From: Scott Cacciola Thank you for helping us with Deal Desk Joint Reconstruction.

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To: Peggy Kennedy

To: Matt Finn and Ryan Roseleip

From: Scott Cacciola

From: Beth Thompson

You are amazing at what you do; and thank you for all of the extra steps you take to make our life easier. You are the BEST!

Thank you for your partnership to help drive the MCR business forward! We are lucky to have you two!

To: Cheryl Schneider

To: Ali Smith From: Beth Thompson

From: Scott Cacciola Welcome to the Mid Central Region – thank you for your help so far!

Thank you for all of the ad hoc consultation you do for our AHS account strategies

To: The Contract Strategy, Pricing and Management Lead Team From: Keith LaFrance

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

Thank you for being such supportive business partners and for helping me each, and every day!

To: Pete Talarico From: Scott Cacciola Thank you for your willingness to share resources to help your fellow colleagues-you are always so generous with your knowledge.

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To: Mike Sulzen From: Scott Cacciola

To: Kyle Schmidt From: Scott Cacciola

Thank you for your leadership and updates with the Health Anchor Network

Thank you for your outstanding work in supporting me as a CD in Rochester and Pittsburgh. Congratulations on your promotion as a DSA-you will crush it!

To: Karen Edwards

To: Tim Hinueber

From: Scott Cacciola Thank you for your support as a Contract Director. Appreciate how quickly you have learned Ethicon contracting!

From: Scott Cacciola Thank you for your partnership in driving SURPASS at UHHS!

To: Maryanne Weeks and Peggy Kennedy

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

From: Beth Thompson Thank you to this dynamic duo for landing the plane on our first contract with AHP and creating a template for future contracts.

To: Dave Maly and Karen Edwards From: Beth Thompson Thank you to our outgoing and incoming MCR Ambassadors

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To: Jeff Bates

To: Dan Hazelrigg

From: Beth Thompson Thank you for joining our Core Supplier meeting with AHP to help shape their R-GPO structure.

From: Beth Thompson

To: Misty Hochkeppel and Ryan Roseleip

To: Keith LaFrance From: Beth Thompson

From: Beth Thompson Thank you for helping us address benchmarking in the MCR and nationally.

Thank you for helping refine our regional VELYSTM strategy

Thank you for your mentorship!

To: Rick Cirucci

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

From: Deanna Maestas Thank you for being tenacious and always searching for new ways to make HPI more relevant! Thank you for being Elvis and my party planner buddy! To: Thomas Hanes From: Deanna Maestas Thomas, thank you for being a great collaborator and letting me bounce ideas off of you with the Metrics that Matter project!

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To: Jennie Smith

To: Meghan Fenton

From: Robin Souders

Thank you for being such a great mentor/teammate and friend.

Always helpful trying to unravel the mystery of ICS!

To: Rich Smith From: Deanna Maestas

To: Steve Darby

Thank your for always bringing your innovative ideas and challenging our thinking and approaches! Your creative ideas help us “not get in the box”!

Steve, thank you for carrying the heavy load with SPI and always maintaining optimism and positive thinking! Thank you for your tenacity!

From: Deanna Maestas

To: Michael Al-Hussainy From: Robin Souders

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

Thanks for all the support and mentoring.

To: Kareem Kanchwala From: Kyle Schmidt You are a Joint Recon wizard. Appreciate your patience with all the one-off asks… Your responsiveness and accuracy is greatly appreciated as well.

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To: Sherry Lund

To: Chet Damania

From: Brian Kothe

From: Pete Talarico

For all of your awesome contracting work!

Success with all customers around SC initiatives. Trauma pilot at AAH, Order Consolidation across NM and AAH.

To: Ethan Metzler

To: Elizabeth Pennix

From: Brian Kothe

For staying on top of all the work that you do!

For jumping right into the team and being a willing learner and contributor!

To: Matt Finn From: Kyle Schmidt

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

Thank you for your partnership and expertise in shaping deals with the MCR’s challenging customers. You make the complicated sound easy on CPC!

To: Peggy Kennedy From: Kyle Schmidt Appreciate all you do for the MCR – we are fortunate to have you. Your responsiveness and attention to detail is greatly appreciated!

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To: Andrew Billiris From: Brian Kothe

To: Ryan Burke

For the work you have done on CART!

For keeping us from being confused with all our decks!

To: Tim Hinueber

To: Janet Wilson

From: Pete Talarico

From: Brian Kothe

Support with SURPASS EM opportunity at AAH.

For constant willingness to partner with us!

From: Brian Kothe

To: Maryanne Weeks From: Kyle Schmidt Appreciate ALL you do for BSMH. I’d still be under water without you!

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

To: Karen Edwards From: Kyle Schmidt Appreciate your partnership with OSU & OH.

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To: Julie Dorman

To: Beth Thompson

From: Kyle Schmidt

Your accessibility and ability to run analytics real time are invaluable. Thank you for all you do…

Appreciate your leadership and always “having our back”!

To: Scott Cacciola

To: Amogh Sanji

From: Kyle Schmidt

I can’t thank you enough for your friendship and mentorship. The impact you have had on my personal & professional development has been tremendous.

Thank you for your partnership in Spine! UPMC & Provider put us through the ringer, and you were up to the challenge.

To: LeSasha Adams From: Kyle Schmidt

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

Thank you for your continued partnership in Ethicon. Looking forward to winning @ OSU!

To: George Pilipovich From: Kyle Schmidt Thank you for all your time getting me up to speed with the VBC programs @ BSMH, OSU & OH!

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To: Rick Cirucci

To: Elizabeth Pennix

From: Kyle Schmidt

From: Matt Nestheide

Can’t thank you enough for all you are doing @ BSMH and introducing me to all the J&J Nursing Resources – appreciate the partnership!

Thanks for your hard work and dedication as you’ve come on-board to the team. You never hesitate to contribute, and you’ve been a great addition to the Deal Desk. Thanks!

To: Chris Wiley, Elie Rosenfeld, Sean Bradley, Elizabeth Pennix, Amogh Sanji

To: Beth Gecewicz

From: Matt Nestheide Thank you all for the great work in our POD. I’m looking forward to a great 2022 with all of you!

From: Matt Nestheide I appreciate your support and guidance! You lead the Spine team well and I’m looking forward to a great 2022!

To: Brian Kothe & Andrew Billiris

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

From: Matt Nestheide Thanks for all you do for the Southwest region! It’s been fantastic to work with you both in the region and I appreciate all that you do. To: Kathleen Riordon-Kyne From: Matt Nestheide I appreciate all the time you gave me during the on-boarding process! You are a wealth of knowledge and I can’t thank you enough!

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To: Ryan Roseleip From: Scott Cacciola

To: Julie Dorman From: Scott Cacciola

Thank you for your support at the Deal Desk!

Thank you for your help with Trauma Deal Desk projects!

To: LeSasha Adams

To: Amogh Sanji

From: Scott Cacciola Thank you for your help with Ethicon Deal Desk Initiatives!

From: Scott Cacciola Thank you for your assistance with Deal Desk Spine activities!

To: Rob Tontaro From: Matt Nestheide

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

Thank you for the important work you’ve done with the Our Voice / Org Health team! To: Bhavana Parmar, Ryan Fassak, Patrick Cummings, Carolina Aguiar, Sean Thibault From: Matt Nestheide Awesome work from this Spine POD! Thanks for all that you do for our team and let’s have a great 2022!

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To: Cheryl Svabik From: Matt Nestheide Thank you for your continued guidance and support! You’ve played a big role in my development over the past few years and I’m grateful for you!

To: George Pilipovich From: Matt Nestheide I really appreciate the time you’ve devoted for my development the past few months! Thank you and I’m looking forward to more great conversations (and action) in 2022!

To: Anne Nelson, Ritu Finnerty, Amelia Iacobucci, Tim Vitagliano From: Matt Nestheide SCG Book Club! It’s been fantastic to get to know all of you and chat through some really important topics together. Cheers to more reading!

To: Jim Moran, Joan Medley and Debi Bass From: Stacey Bell Thanks for all your help and guidance with VELYSTM templates, language and redlines!

To: Ben Moser, Lindsey Pizii, Michelle Palumbo and Rachel Towery From: Stacey Bell

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

Thanks to the VELYSTM Contracting Leads for amazing collaboration and teamwork!

To: Jasmine Brand From: Stacey Bell Thanks for the camaraderie! May your albatross hang lightly; may you always be able to handle the truth and never strenuously object!

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To: Greg Moore and Jordan Davis

To: Gabe Martin

From: Stacey Bell

From: Vicki Richardson

Thanks for your support in 2021 and your encouragement for 2022!

Gabe, your support and diligence in the analytics & changes regarding UAB Joint Reconstruction was very much appreciated. You helped simplify a complex situation.

To: Andrew Bishop

To: Sue Hatfield

From: Vicki Richardson You are the bomb, Andrew! Always willing to help strategize on how we can create win/win situations for both J&J and our customers.

From: Vicki Richardson Sue, thanks for EVERYTHING you do for SE… We could not function without you.

To: John Haney

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

From: Vicki Richardson To our fearless and supportive leader, glad you belong to us!

To: George Marques From: Vicki Richardson George, thank you for you support and willingness to help work through the crazy language requests that I seem to receive from ALL of my customers.

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To: Sameen Omar From: Vicki Richardson

To: Bridget Picone From: Vicki Richardson

Sameen, you ROCK. I appreciate all of your support and attention to detail.

Bridget, I appreciate all that you do to help us drive business… Particularly the support on Simple Growth for Baptist Montgomery… Not to mention all of the Ethicon businesses.

To: Karen Foster

To: Cheryl Svabik

From: Vicki Richardson Karen – thank you for the support you provided to me during 2021!

From: Vicki Richardson Cheryl, thanks for being an awesome team member.

To: Christy Monoian From: Vicki Richardson

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

Christy, thanks for always answering my crazy, lastminute questions. You are always so quick to respond, and I really appreciate it.

To: Carolina Aguiar From: Vicki Richardson Carolina, You are always willing to go the extra mile to ensure that we provide customer requested data in exactly the format requested by our customer. Thank you!

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To: Tara Levengood

To: Michael Al-Hussainy

From: Vicki Richardson

From: Peggy Kennedy

Tara, thank you for all of your hard work in helping shape our energy strategy and provide resources that are meaningful to our customers.

Thank you for your leadership, guidance, and support over the past year. I appreciate the way you continuously focused on our development and encouraged our team to openly share our concerns amidst the many organizational and return-to-work changes. I will miss working with you!

To: Jason Kenig

To: Matt Nestheide From: Bobby Slaughter

From: Caryn Bundra Pre-NTM!! I can’t thank you enough for your partnership in pulling together content, helping shape the messaging and executing flawless delivery. AND… you are one heck of an emcee! 😊

Thanks for your solid work to provide all options for Orthobiologics and our key customers.

To: Natalie Bocis From: Keith LaFrance

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

Thank you for your leadership in building the contracting content for the NTM, along with your day job of building new strategies and programs!

To: Heather Katchur and Thomas Hanes From: John Haney THANK YOU for your great customer focus and leading the company with capabilities that make a difference!

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To: Anne Nelson

To: Ali Smith

From: Keith LaFrance

You have done an awesome job leading through the recent DePuy Synthes organizational changes and solving for ownership of critical pricing and NPI work.

Thank you for your outstanding leadership of the One Ethicon initiatives and helping us build out our Ethicon footprint as we prepare for the launch of HUGOTM RAS.

To: ”Suegoogle” Hatfield

To: Matt Parker, Scott McAllister, Ross Nussbaum

From: John Haney Everyday you make the lives of the AVPs a little easier – THANK YOU!

From: John Haney / Southeast Team Thank you for great customer support and congratulations for leading the country in sustainability growth!

There will always only be one and only SUEGOOGLE!

To: David Beeder

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

From: Keith LaFrance Your leadership of the Contract Strategy and Deal Desk collaboration process has added tremendous value the past 12 months!

To: JT Gillen and Chris Teasdale From: John Haney THANK YOU both for all that you do everyday to make the SCG organization a market leading capability that delivers results today and leads J&J MedTech into the future!

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To: Sandy Folta From: Keith LaFrance

To: Adam Armstrong From: Keith LaFrance

Thank you for your continued leadership of our specific Trauma price/value initiatives that are adding value to the business and making our marketplace pricing more sustainable.

Your delivery of an updated Joint Recon Matrix for ASCs and IDNs has driven simplicity, market relevance and empowerment. Well done!

To: Mike Massey, Ray Postadan

To: Tim Akers, Andrew Bishop

From: John Haney Thank you for creating market leading insights and analytics that help us better understand where and how we can win!

From: John Haney You both represent the best of the Deal Desk and your leadership impact goes well beyond your stated roles – THANK YOU!

To: SE Team – Cheryl, Alex, Chris S., Melody, Vicki, Michael, Adam, Chris L, Ari, Jim, Eason, Tommy and Hunter From: John Haney

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

THANK YOU for “how” you lead and make a difference every day with customers, partners, and the business. Also, THANK YOU for making my job so easy (don’t tell Rollie!) and enjoyable! To: Chris Raydo From: Keith LaFrance You have done a great job on-boarding to a very complex Spine business and are providing expert pricing and contract strategy leadership to the Field and the Deal Desk!

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To: Kristen Gardner

To: Melisa Tyler

From: Keith LaFrance

You have been such amazing asset to the Contract Strategy Team since starting with us, adding great end to end contracting expertise.

You continue to deliver such strong leadership of the CPC process and have been building new capabilities on top of all the efficiency work you have completed the past two years.

To: Katie Fischer

To: Kevin Bolduc From: Keith LaFrance

From: Keith LaFrance Thank for being such a supportive boss, for challenging us but always having our backs in the process!

You have become our resident expert for Capital Acquisition and helped the organization work through very challenging competing priorities to put our best foot forward in the marketplace. Way to go Capital Kev!

To: Jen Treglia From: Sameen Omar

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

Thank you for your guidance and leadership! Truly appreciate your support. You Rock!!

To: George Pilipovich From: Steve Darby Thank you for your leadership and keeping our team motivated and valued. Also, I love learning new PowerPoint skills from your slides!

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To: Thomas Hanes From: Steve Darby

To: George Marques

Thank you for being an SPI SME! You’ve embraced the technology and understand how it drives value to our customers unmet needs.

Thank you for your guidance and leadership! Truly appreciate your support. You Rock!!

To: Rick Cirucci From: Steve Darby

To: Nancy Erny From: Steve Darby

Thank you for always being a leader in Health and wellness and living into it with our own team!

Thank you for leading our Team Compass calls, we as a team walk away from those calls with greater alignment and you do a great job facilitating.

From: Sameen Omar

To: Todd Worthington From: Scott Cacciola Appreciate all you do with Vizient!

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

To: Katie Cain From: Scott Cacciola Thank you for all the great work with Vizient and our Ortho categories.

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To: Bhavana Parmar

To: Chris Raydo & Amogh Sanji

From: Matt Nestheide Thank you for being such a great partner! I’m excited for a great 2022!

From: Matt Nestheide

To: Jen Pettee

To: Sherry Lund From: Matt Nestheide

From: Matt Nestheide It’s been a blast working on several projects with you (Our Voice / Org Health and the Lead Development Program). I’m excited to see them come to life in 2022. Who Dey!

Thanks for your partnership and guidance as we work with our alliance partners!

Thank you for your partnership! You are wonderful to work with and I appreciate your guidance!

To: Carolina Aguiar, Jamie Chen, Gabe Martin and Allen Nowak From: Sameen Omar

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

Thank you for your incredible partnership and dedication, I am so glad that I am able to collaborate with amazing team members. You all ROCK!! To: Deanna Maestas From: Steve Darby Thank you for your strong leadership, wordsmithing, and PowerPoint mastery! But most importantly keeping our team on a path for success!

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To: Michael Barnette, Eason David, John Haney, Hunter Hawver, Melody Johnson, Chris Lockett, Ari Montano, Jim Nati, Alex Raecke, Vicki Richardson, Chris Schiavo, Cheryl Svabik and Adam Wieck

From: Sameen Omar Southeast Team ROCKS!! Thank you for your incredible partnership and dedication to our Customers, I am so glad that I am able to collaborate with an amazing team. You all ROCK!!

To: Sameen Omar From: Robin Souders Thank you for always collaborating & providing guidance on contracts and implementing pricing where needed.

To: Tim Akers and Andrew Bishop

To: Missy Whitley

From: Sameen Omar

From: Robin Souders

Thank you for your incredible partnership and dedication to our customers! Looking forward to continuing to partner together. You Rock!!

Thank you for always collaborating with me and being such a supportive team member.

To: Scott Cacciola From: Beth Thompson

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

Thank you for your consummate professionalism – you are a role model for so many.

To: Kyle Schmidt From: Beth Thompson Thank you for building an inclusive RFP process that’s now being leveraged across the MCR. This has helped drive a more positive WoW with our FSO partners.

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To: Kris Soller From: Beth Thompson

To: Barb Bruehler

Thank you for your leadership – especially in driving our digital solutions. Keep sharing the learnings!

Way to go selling 3 HPI programs to WVU!

To: Rick Cirucci and Kyle Schmidt From: Beth Thompson

To: Jeanne Miller From: Beth Thompson

Thank you for all you are doing to support BSMH Nurses!

Congrats on your promotion and driving wins in new role & old role – BSMH and Ohio Health!

From: Beth Thompson

To: Heidi Gentzsch, Lindsey Franks, Jodi Prater, & Amy Avitabile (aka “The Compliance Queens”) From: Peggy Kennedy

You ROCK! Your team wants to celebrate you!

Thank you for always being willing to answer my many questions about compliance and providing guidance as we shape customer deals. I appreciate your partnership! You ROCK! To: Rose McDonough From: Cindy Holtketter Thank you for your support and leadership in this very difficult transition. You truly are Rocklin’ your new role!

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To: Alejandro Bello

To: Dave Wainman

From: Sameen Omar

From: Pete Talarico

Thank you for your guidance and leadership! Truly appreciate your support. You Rock!!

Driving ACM across all customers, specifically with NM and looking at a system.

To: Nancy Erny From: Deanna Maestas

To: Heidi Gentzsch

Thank you, Nancy, for challenging me to think differently and consider other POVs everyday! Thank you for still being my thinking buddy!

Thank you for your willingness to help with compliance when needed. Great Trainer.

From: Robin Souders

You ROCK!