Aileen R. Killen, RN, PhD, CPPS is the Director, Perioperative Excellence at LiveData, Inc. In her role, she collaborates with the LiveData team to develop and implement strategies for customer adoption and utilization of LiveData PeriopManager, a surgical workflow solution. In addition to holding perioperative leadership positions in some of the country’s leading medical facilities, including New York University Medical Center, The Hospital for Special Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. Aileen was also heavily involved in the patient safety arena as an AHA-NPSF Patient Safety Leadership Fellow, where she focused on designing operating rooms for patient and staff safety. In 2014, she was appointed as Global Head of Healthcare Consulting at AIG, where she established AIG as a safety thought leader across the global healthcare industry. Aileen earned a diploma in nursing from Sacred Heart Hospital School of Nursing and a BSN from DeSales University, both in Allentown, Pennsylvania. She holds an MS in Nursing from the University of Maryland in Baltimore, a Master of Science in Health Policy and Management from New York University, and a PhD from Boston College School of Nursing. Dr. Killen has spoken at conferences locally, regionally, and nationally on perioperative nursing topics, including patient safety, ethics, and perioperative management. She has also published on similar topics in several peer-reviewed journals.