Mr. Bakelaar has over 20 years of experience in supply chain leadership, specializing in leadership, team development, integration, process improvement, automation and analytics. He is also experienced in planning and executing strategies to increase stakeholder satisfaction. He took on his current role as vice president of supply chain at Prisma Health in March 2025. Prior, he held the same role at Oklahoma City, Okla.-based OU Health, where he restructured and integrated the entire supply chain into a system structure, reduced the department turnover rate by 50%, implemented a strategic supply plan with 125 process improvements, helped the chain realize $25 million in cost savings and supported the integration of a new EHR system.
