Stacey Lewis is a Health System and Improvement Specialist at the VA New England Center for Innovation Excellence (NECIE) where she focuses on the Center's strategic operations. As a certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and data-driven strategic thinker, her Veterans Health Administration Innovation Ecosystem (VHA IE) Optimization project is taking a deep dive into the new VA Pathfinder program's processes and outcomes. Her ultimate goal is to examine and optimize the flow of innovative solutions throughout VHA Office of Healthcare Innovation and Learning; beginning at intake and concluding with the successful integration of those solutions into the appropriate Care Models of the healthcare delivery system, she seeks to operationalize the process so that the value of innovation can be extracted and realized. Utilizing a systematic approach to understanding performance, key areas are efficiency, effectiveness, and strategic alignment.