Marcelo Zottolo

Vice President of Data Analytics and Continuous Improvement Lee Health

In February 2011, Marcelo Zottolo began his career with Lee Health in the role of process improvement engineer with the Lean Transformation Office. Four years later, he accepted the role of System Director in the Process Analytics department. During the last nine years he has led the “Analytics Center of Excellence” (ACE) team. In August 2018, Marcelo was promoted to Vice President of Data Analytics and Continuous Improvement at Lee Health. In his expanded role, Zottolo is responsible for utilizing data, analytics and business and clinical intelligence strategies to enhance decision-making in quality improvement. He will also oversee a specialized analytics team that will work to develop data-driven initiatives to provide system-wide support for operations and the continuous improvement of Lee Health’s strategic priorities. Before joining Lee Health, he worked as a consultant for PMC, an operations improvement consulting firm in Dearborn, Michigan. Part of his responsibilities included developing discrete-event process simulation models for clients in the automotive, health insurance and healthcare industries seeking to improve the efficiency of their operations. Marcelo holds a bachelor’s and master’s in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the University of Michigan-Dearborn and a master’s in Health Informatics from the University of South Florida.