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Accountable for sourcing, assessing, selecting, and hiring physician candidates through the entire recruitment process. Accountable for recruiting highly efficient, board certified Internists into a portfolio of medical practices spanning the U.S. Conduct strategic and tactical planning, market analysis, and competitive positioning to identify and forge relationships with C-level executives and administrators of hospitals, health systems, and physician practices. • Saved the organization $8.2M in 5 years.• Launched multiple medical practices and turned around underperforming practices in 4 states. • Personally interviewed over 320 doctors.• Hired over 82 doctors and 25 mid-levels.

Accountable for sourcing, assessing, selecting, and managing physician candidates through the entire recruitment process. Accountable for managing profitability of a portfolio of 9 medical practices requiring expertise in startups, operations, Joint Commission compliance, vendor utilization / management, and developing / deploying technologies. Conduct strategic and tactical planning, market analysis, and competitive positioning to identify and forge relationships with C-level executives and administrators of hospitals, health systems, imaging and surgery centers, and physician practices. • Propelled market growth and profitability by positioning the company to grow from $3M in operating revenues to $28M and 50 employees across 5 states. • Sourced, assessed, selected, and managed over 700 physician candidates through the entire recruitment process.• Recruited and hired over 220 radiologists with an average of 3 new doctors per month and positioned the company to grow from 100,000 exams per year to 1,000,000 exams per year.• Closed a $1M contract within the first 6 months of employment—the largest account in company history at the time.• Grew new business in excess of $1.3M through aggressive prospecting, networking, cold-calling, and industry trade show representation.• Transformed a $3M single-state physician medical practice to a $12.1M practice featuring 19 doctors across 2 states.• Negotiated and secured a national contract to provide teleradiology services for 2,400 members of the premier Group Purchasing Organization (GPO).• Developed and led cross-functional teams to optimize service delivery based on changing customer requirements.

Consulted clients in customizing health insurance plans following the implementation of the Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003. Accountable for strategic planning, business development, sales, contract negotiations, administration, human resources, and client relations. • Secured contracts with major carriers including United Healthcare, Coventry, and Blue Cross Blue Shield.

Built and drove a sales team into meeting key performance indexes for a leading supplemental insurance company with $20.7B (2010) in annual revenues. Developed and enhanced new and existing small business portfolios through needs assessment, solutions delivery, competitive pricing, quality service, and diligent follow-up. Recruited, trained, and mentored a team of five sales associates across Georgia.• Developed a small business segment valued between $500K-$15M; acquired one of the largest accounts spanning from Georgia to Virginia.• Grew portfolio via networking, referrals, and providing corporate representation at trade shows, seminars, and national speaking engagements.• Received the “Fast Start Award” after meeting sales quota within the first three months of service.

Accelerated market growth and dominance for one of the nation’s largest telecommunications providers with $106.6B in consolidated revenues. Targeted the small business segment through strategic / tactical mapping, competitive analysis, and identifying / engaging key decision makers. Provided comprehensive needs analysis and presented viable solutions to help customers achieve business goals. Negotiated contract pricing / terms. • Delivered $200K in annual revenue after acquiring 40 new customers; consistently achieved a monthly revenue quote of $60K.• Led the Atlanta market after repairing and securing an average of two former clients per month and more than five new accounts per month.

Secured the daily output of the research and design engineering teams of a supplier of high-performance computer systems with $71.6M (2009) in annual revenues. Accountable for backing-up the Local Area Network (LAN), as well as designing, implementing, and administering a “Class C” Wide Area Network (WAN). Responsible for $1.2M in capital equipment. • Created, tested, and launched a disaster recovery plan to preserve data as a result of natural disasters; leveraged available resources to build plan rather than requesting funds.• Cut office expansion costs by reading design blueprints and performing all voice and data drops.