Summary:Certification: Bureau Medicine & Surgery, USN, CMT, Experienced in home healthcare business development since 1986. With thirty years of experience including six years of direct patient care in emergency medicine, fifteen years working with national pharmacy wholesalers, five years as director of independent retail chain, four years with a national medical equipment manufacturer. I have developed programs for every level of distribution in the HME industry. My success has allowed me to build a resource and network with professionals who contribute to the education and training of both wholesale and retail channels and are recognized nationally as leaders in their respective fields. In wholesale I have developed programs for Cardinal Health, Bindley Western, and H.D Smith in sales, marketing, category management and patient disease state education. My experience with retail stores include store design, creative marketing programs, patient education and staff training to meet accreditation standards. I have worked with owners and top executives to understand the objectives of their businesses and provided solutions that allowed for profitable growth and expansion of the HME category. I have managed programs up to $100 million dollars and beyond and exceeded both growth expectations and profitability with every company I have been honored to work with.