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Cheshire, Ct, Us

Cheshire, Ct, Us

Needham, Ma, Us

Bristol, Ct, Us

Over the last 20 years, my career has focused on leadership of people and process development and management. My goal has been and will continue to be, to lead people to reach their professional goals while aligning those goals with the overall company mission and value.

Bristol, Ct, Us

Contract Manufacturing

Currently developing business strategies and programs development with post-acute and acute care clients in the areas of , Pulmonary Rehab, Congestive Heart Failure, Infection Prevention The mission is to bring Education,technologically advanced products, programs, and services to the hospital, nursing home, and assisted living communities.

First Wave Products Group FWPG is an innovator in product development for the Health Care Community.We develop innovative products designed to meet the needs of the health care provider and the patients they serve. Currently our focus is on the Long Term Care Market segment; with the development of an automated Medical Device designed to crush and grind solid medications. Currently 30% of the residents in the LTC facility can not swallow solid meds and need these meds crushed. The current standard is for the nurse to manually crush these pills which results in inconsistent results and in some cases stress related injuries.The "First Crush" automates this process; resulting in consistent results and an increase in patient tolerance.

O2Safe Solutions is a leading provider of Respiratory services; specializing in liquid oxygen delivery systems and rental equipment. Responsibilities include;-Development of the Mission and Value statements -Brand development -Provide Leadership and strategic planning -Proven success; having provided the framework for more than $8 million growth over last 4 years. -Business development within large National Nursing home chains-P&L responsibility for $15 million division-Developed website material, structure, and physical brochures -Provide strong leadership to all departments including Financial, Operations, Technical, as well Sales

Irving, Texas, Us

-Grew Region $20 million each of the 3 years as Regional VP-P&L responsibility for $300 million revenue region-Full Budget responsibility-Lead company in Revenue and Gross profit gross profit during the 3 year period-Led a group of 7 region managers and 85 indirect reports-Managed process in 12 States and 6 distribution centers -Highest award "Eagle" awarded for Commitment, Excellence, and Achievement

Watford, Hertfordshire, Gb

Grew start-up territory by $1 millionAchieved #1 sales representative status in 4 of 4 categories in 1995Participated as only vendor on skin integrity team for major nursing home chain.Recruited to Redline Health care (McKesson) as Regional Sales manager due to strong working relationship.

Bs, Education

Masters, Exercise Physiology

High School