Jessica E. Thames has nearly 20 years of experience in business operations, controller, and program management.
She is currently the business operations director at the Leidos Partnership for Defense Health, and her role involves managing a team of 30 professionals in finance, Earned Value Management (EVM), and scheduling.
The team provides support for the Defense Healthcare Management System Modernization program, which is a 10-year, $4.3B initiative aimed at deploying an electronic health record system for all active-duty military members and their families.
Over 2,500 personnel from over twenty healthcare information technology organizations are involved in the program.
Jessica ensures that the Leidos Partnership for Defense Health provides timely services to end-users and military families within the budget.
The program is expected to improve care for nearly 10 million defense department beneficiaries.
Her team also works cross-functionally to achieve overall corporate balance sheet and profitability goals.
Jessica is a dedicated mentor to her team, inspiring teamwork and overseeing efficient peer training.
She embodies the company's values of inclusivity, innovation, agility, collaboration, and integrity.
In October 2023, Leidos announced that the Defense Health Agency had awarded the company a next-generation contract to provide new virtual health capabilities to providers and patients.
The Leidos Partnership for Defense Health (LPDH) will replace the Military Health System (MHS) Video Connect solution with Amwell's Converge™ platform under the contract.
The program will start at five initial sites, followed by a phased enterprise roll-out.
The Digital First initiative will bring new capabilities and enablement to the Military Health System's new electronic health record, MHS GENESIS. As of October 2023, the Defense Health Agency had deployed MHS GENESIS to 133 parent hospitals and clinics.
