Open Seas Consultancy

Operational excellence for healthcare, biotech, and academic institutions in transition.

OSC helps organizations restore clarity, alignment, and momentum when priorities are shifting, teams are fragmented, or systems are no longer supporting the mission.

Every engagement begins with a complimentary discovery conversation. From there, we do the exploratory work needed to understand your environment and shape an approach that is practical, targeted, and built toward your goals.

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Support for healthcare and biotech organizations navigating transformation with clarity and operational discipline
OSC helps healthcare and biotech organizations improve execution, reduce friction, strengthen alignment, and move critical initiatives forward through practical quality management, exploratory analysis, and executive-level program support.
Sutter Health

Enterprise transformation and Lean integration enabling $3.2M in savings and a 25% reduction in partnership expenditures.

Kite Pharma

Commercial and technical operations support, cross-functional alignment, risk work across 40,000+ indirect materials.

UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine

Financial and operational transformation across 32–35 departments, improving reporting consistency and long-term visibility.

Best FitTransformation support, executive decision support, operational alignment, process and governance improvement.
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Commercial program support for organizations that need important work to land successfully
OSC supports commercial and cross-functional programs that require structure, executive alignment, and disciplined follow-through — readiness planning, stakeholder coordination, decision support, and program stabilization.
Kite Pharma

Executive program support, commercial alignment, and preparing the organization for National Meeting success.

Sutter Health

Enterprise coordination including systemwide Lean integration and cost stewardship.

Open Seas Consultancy

Integrated quality partner support across healthcare, higher education, manufacturing, and nonprofit environments.

Best FitCommercial readiness, executive program support, cross-functional initiative coordination, structured decision support.
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Targeted learning and development shaped to your environment, audience, and immediate need
OSC offers one-off, targeted trainings and practical workshops for institutions that need sharper execution, stronger operational understanding, or more consistent program delivery.
Western Governors University

Accreditation-aligned, competency-based learning design tied to measurable learner outcomes.

USC / Keck Graduate Institute

Graduate-facing operational excellence lectures requested by faculty.

UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine

Institutional complexity experience across a high-stakes academic medicine environment.

Best FitOne-off trainings, leadership workshops, operational excellence sessions, project-management enablement.
When the need is real but the solution is not fully defined, start with exploratory work
OSC begins with discovery and exploratory analysis to understand where friction lives, what is actually relevant, and what kind of support will create meaningful impact.
Western Governors University

Continuous SME partnership and curriculum-shaped operational design.

UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine

Cross-department transformation and readiness work in academic medicine.

Open Seas Consultancy / KGI

Governance and workflow optimization expanding program capacity by 30%.

Best FitDiscovery, current-state review, process and workflow assessment, stakeholder alignment.
A practical partner for organizations under pressure
OSC works across healthcare, biotech, higher education, and adjacent operating environments where quality, clarity, and execution matter.
Sutter Health

Healthcare transformation and cost stewardship.

UCLA

Institutional and academic medicine transformation.

Kite Pharma

Commercial and technical operations support.

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Healthcare & Biotech Teams

Organizations in transition needing structured execution support.

Academic & Institutional Leaders

Leaders overseeing complex, multi-department transformation work.

Execution-Heavy Programs

Teams responsible for commercial readiness, program delivery, or capability-building.

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Selected Work Across OSC and Steven's Operating History

For visitors who prefer to browse directly, here is the broader spread of work that informs OSC’s approach.

Sutter Health

Healthcare transformation, Lean integration, and contract optimization enabling $3.2M in savings and a 25% reduction in partnership expenditures.

UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine

Financial and operational transformation across 32–35 departments, improving reporting consistency across a $7.8B+ portfolio.

Kite Pharma

Commercial and technical operations support spanning executive program support, automation prioritization, risk evaluation across 40,000+ indirect materials, and National Meeting readiness.

Western Governors University

Competency-based, accreditation-aware learning design translating operational excellence into practical instructional assets.

Open Seas Consultancy

Cross-sector operational excellence work including 30% program capacity expansion, 22% throughput improvement, 40% lower changeover time, and $2.5M in annual savings.

USC / Keck Graduate Institute

Graduate-level operational excellence instruction alongside advisory and consulting work.

Process

How Engagements Begin

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Complimentary Discovery Conversation

We start by understanding your goals, constraints, stakeholders, and operating realities.

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Exploratory Work

We assess what is actually happening so the subject matter is relevant and the next recommendation is worth the effort.

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Build Toward Targets

Once the problem is clearer, we shape the right path forward — advisory support, transformation, targeted training, or commercial-program support.

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Stay Adaptive

Some engagements require an embedded partner through change. Others need one well-timed intervention. OSC supports both.

Learning & Development

One-Off, Targeted Trainings Are Part of the Model

Some clients need broader operational support. Others need one focused intervention. OSC offers one-off trainings and practical workshops shaped by exploratory work so the subject matter is relevant to the audience, the current pressure, and the outcome you want from the session.

Steven’s materials support this through WGU SME work and graduate operational-excellence instruction with USC and Keck Graduate Institute.

About OSC

Led by Steven Pervez, PMP, LSSBB

Steven Pervez is a strategy, transformation, and operational excellence leader with experience spanning healthcare, biotech, higher education, and cross-functional improvement work. His materials emphasize stabilizing organizations in transition, connecting siloed teams, and helping leaders turn priorities into durable operational outcomes.

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Procurement-ready for enterprise environments
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