Jessica Davis

Principal

2023 - Current

Avant Bio is an early-stage and growth equity firm investing across Life Sciences, TechBio, Healthtech and Diagnostics. As Principal, I support deal sourcing and diligence, portfolio operations, and investor relations.

Principal

2022

Senior Associate

2021 - 2022

Venture Associate

2020 - 2021

Board Observer

2022

Board Observer

2022

Board Observer

2021

Board Observer

2021

Member

2021

InSITE Fellow

2020 - 2021

Consultant

2016 - 2019

- Change Management & Project Management Lead for Acquisition: Managed Change Management workstream and Program Management for internal team members and external client resources. Analyzed people and process impacts across front and back office business functions for multiple end-user stakeholders and developed organization assessment to document impacts to existing operations. Calculated cost to develop training materials and train resources; created Change Management timeline to indicate timing of new process development and training course dates. Established Program Management cadence, roles and responsibilities for 30+ client resources. - M&A Due Diligence and Risk Assessment: Developed detailed timeline and roadmap of integration planning activities through deal close and analyzed significant operational and integration risks for Buyer. - Operating Model & Organization Design Process Improvement: Assessed divisional operating model of 50+ resources to conduct current state analysis, document process, system and resource improvements and design future state organization based on recommendations.

Senior Business Analyst

2015 - 2016

• Completed operating expense budget reconciliation and supported cost savings portfolio management at large state payer. Assessed $1B+ enterprise budget and developed recommendations for future budget reductions. Collaborated with C-suite leadership to identify $90M+ in cost savings opportunities. Developed improved governance model and value tracking process. Supported implementation and project management to help client achieve annual savings target of $75M. • Supported analytic performance improvement at large payer to identify key performance metrics. Completed current vs. future state gap analyses, defined future state metrics and developed implementation roadmap. • Supported strategic business transformation value assessment at large payer to identify $96M of potential value from enterprise-wide opportunities. Validated business engagement with stakeholders, defined high-level value estimates from potential enterprise transformations • Analyzed EMR data collection processes to develop future state improvements and recommend means to increase value gained from data acquisition. Identified $62M+ in potential savings from HEDIS & RSA data collection. Was responsible for business process flows and tracking status of data from provider organizations.

Business Analyst

2014 - 2015

-Federal contractor for the Department of Defense -Designed and implemented multiple work plans and scenarios to improve performance -Supported the department's efforts to maintain efficiency and flexibility with current planning systems -Analyzed and provided recommendations on processes and applications for current and future contracts

Student

2010 - 2014

Middlebury Women's Crew Team, Biology Department Student Advisory Council, YouPower Spinning Instructor