Provider of comprehensive care services for children, teens, and teens transitioning into adulthood who have been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and other co-occurring conditions.

The Global Autism Project discovers and mentors high-potential entrepreneurs, organizational leaders, visionaries and advocates who are committed to making a social impact with the global Autistic community. I have been volunteering to assist with operational and organizational matters, fund raising, and developing strategic relationships with NGOs and intergovernmental agencies, international autism organizations, private foundations, accreditation and credentialing bodies, and other entities intersecting with the autism community. I participated in a visit to Poland to meet with Ukrainian families with autistic children and Ukrainian clinicians in a fact-finding mission to determine how the GAP could assist with finding services for displaced Ukrainian children with ASD; the GAP is in the process of building out one location in Warsaw and is in the planning stages of a second location in Krakow.

ABA Centers of America provides applied behavior analysis services primarily to persons diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. During my tenure, I accomplished in the following: • Managed the operations and expansion of a ABA Centers of America from start-up with one nascent center to three locations (two active centers and one administrative office, with two additional centers in the lease negotiation process) providing ABA therapy services in clients’ homes, company operated centers, community and school settings. Increased clinical staff from 1 BCBA and 2 RBTs to 3 Clinical Directors,10 BCBAs, 50+ RBTs; Increased revenue from <$50,000/month to >$500,000/month.• Functioned as the field C-suite executive coordinating the efforts of Marketing, Admissions, Clinical, Operations, Billing & Collections, Human Resources and Information Technology departments of parent company on behalf of the ABA Centers business.• Developed and tracked key performance indicators to manage operations and the activities of the parent company functional resource departments.• Convened regularly scheduled meetings with direct reports and department leadership with prepared agendas and focused discussions to drive improvements in operating performance, address systemic issues, and enhance inter-office communication and collaboration.• Developed (or revised existing) standard operating procedures and protocols based on a comprehensive review of existing workflow processes.• Managed the build-out process of de novo centers, including site selection, floor plan design, lease negotiations, furnishing and full outfitting.• Recruited and on-boarded operations management personnel at the center and regional level.

Senior executive of emerging dental support organization based in the Greater Boston area. Managing overall operations and strategic growth activities: developing and implementing operational initiatives; establishing a set of standard operating procedures and company policies; creating a dashboard of KPIs measuring performance; performing quantitative and qualitative analyses of operations; managing the annual (bottom-up) budget process; involvement in business development efforts and new practice integration process; delivering quarterly board presentations and internal presentations to providers and staff. During my tenure, I accomplished the following:• Turned around an underperforming group of practices and managed the business to its current growth phase, from 5 to 12 practices. My team and I were able to accomplish this by (i) repairing broken relationships with vendors through disciplined cash management to pay balances in arrears and maintain on-time payments; (ii) resurrecting the reputation of the group in the local dental community through thoughtful stewardship of the company and interpersonal relations with providers, staff and referral sources; (iii) improving the quality of the management team and staff through selective terminations/recruiting and coaching; and (iv) fostering a health corporate culture through establishing a set of core personal values and organizational values, empowering and supporting teams at the practice level, and establishing standard operating procedures and best practices.• Achieved organic growth (3-year CAGR) in Net Revenue of ~5%and in Practice EBITDA of >25%, EBITDA margins increased by ~7% through the recruitment of new providers, upgrading the management team, increased marketing efforts, introducing a higher-intensity periodontal treatment program, and instituting a number of cost saving measures.• Closed two affiliations consisting of 5 practices, effectively doubling the size and profitability of the business.

Led a team of 3 professionals focused on the acquisition of dental practices and dental groups. Responsible for sourcing practice acquisition opportunities, performing quantitative and qualitative valuations, conducting/coordinating due diligence activities, negotiating terms, and reviewing/editing contractual documentation.

Responsible for the operations of 3 dental groups based in Riverside, CA, Phoenix, AZ and Sacramento, CA, consisting of 22 general and specialty dental practices, 65 providers and 320 staff members; combined operations generated approximately $60 million in total production.

As Western Regional relationship manager for the Healthcare Group, led effort to provide investment banking services and introduce product partners to provide corporate lending and ancillary banking services to public and private healthcare companies located in the Western US.

Senior relationship investment banker providing public offering, private equity financing, and M&A services to companies in the emerging Digital Infrastructure sector (software solutions for the creation, management, and distribution of digital content, including streaming media, digital video, digital imaging, digital audio, and digital content management).

Relationship banker responsible for the execution of public offerings, private equity placements, and M&A transactions for companies in the Healthcare Services sector.

Reporting directly to the CEO, engaged in a variety of on-going and ad hoc projects, including: new product development, corporate/business development, competitive intelligence, and financial analysis.

Relationship banker focused on the healthcare industry, including the healthcare services, medical technology, and pharmaceutical sectors.