George joined Joseph Rossi & Associates in 2019 and currently serves as the Director of Practice Sales. George earned his Bachelor’s and MBA degrees from Loyola University Chicago.George has over a decade of experience growing, enhancing, and brokering businesses in various industries, including healthcare. His wife is a dentist and in 2015 he applied his extensive business experience to helping her start her practice from scratch.George is the only healthcare practice broker in the Chicagoland area with an MBA degree that is also involved in the day-to-day management of a healthcare practice. He understands and appreciates the unique challenges doctors face as they startup, grow, and eventually transition their practices. George is committed to helping doctors at all stages of their careers.A native of Chicago, Illinois, George resides in the south suburbs with his wife and three children.

Advise on the start up and management of a rapidly growing Pediatric Dental Practice in the southwest suburbs of Chicago. Responsible for all back-office business functions, P&L, and operations.

Aptus Exchange (“AE”) is the new standard of ease and access for modern health care practice brokerage. This powerful digital marketplace is driven by connections. Connections reaching down the street to around the globe. Aptus is built on the dedication to making every transaction safe, secure, and profitable for all. Based in the global city of Chicago, Aptus Exchange leverages the broad and deep expertise of its people to elevate firms in the dental, healthcare, and professional service industries.

I co-founded & manage the company. Responsible for all aspects of the business including general management, human resources, analysis of key performance indicators (KPIs) & full P&L responsibility. I guide team by providing vision for overall strategy, editorial content, business development & operations. Top priorities are to lead the design & implementation of editorial strategy & implementation of campaigns for various corporate sponsors. Forefront serves two specific markets: Corporate Professionals (all functions) & B2B professional service providers.For Corporate Professionals:• Thought LeadershipArticles from prominent thought leaders on leadership, change management, coaching, mentoring, hiring & more.• Executive InterviewsInterviews with C-Level executives from wide array of respected companies. Functions covered: HR, IT, Legal, Finance, & Marketing. Recognizable names include: Xerox, NFL, McDonalds, Aetna, Pandora Radio, Wyndham, Gatorade, Comcast, Time, Royal Caribbean, Amway, Orbitz, Family Dollar.For B2B Professional Service Providers:• Content Creation, Thought Leadership, other Creative ServicesPlatform for clients to turn insightful content into revenue. Position clients as thought leaders to drive awareness & generate leads. • Customized Marketing CampaignsCampaigns for corporate clients that result in direct, measurable engagement & ROI from engaged executives that read, are interviewed, or write for Forefront.

Lead, managed, and motivated staff of 25+. Conducted market research to discover creative new sources of revenue for company. Consistently found ways to reduce expenses and improve profitability. Collaborated with directors of other departments to maintain day-to-day operations and implement ideas. Facilitated staff development to ensure growth and minimize turnover. Regularly met with Human Resources to improve recruitment and retention plan. Reported to President.