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Tampa, Florida, Us

Honored to lead a great team dedicated to improving health and wellness care across important specialties.

Bradenton, Florida, Us

Independent Director for high-growth provider of digital health solutions that enable an engaging, informed and streamlined patient journey. Engaged patients have better outcomes and lower cost of care - which benefits all stakeholders - patient, provider and payor.

Providing strategic advisory services to Investors, CEO's and C-suite executives, primarily across Healthcare Technology (devices, software and services).

Waltham, Massachusetts, Us

Providing CEO and executives advice and feedback across strategic, operational and innovation dimensions.

Took time away from full time work to focus on being a parent. Spent time with my daughter as she finished high school and headed to college in Aug 2023. Captained sailing expedition to the end of the Aleutians and back. Built out an off-grid ranch. Helped to grow a seed stock cattle operation with my neighbor.

Remote First, Us

Privileged to lead Nextgen Healthcare (NASDAQ: NXGN, ~$500M revenue) through a complex turnaround, transforming Nextgen into a market leading technology and services company with a phenomenal employee culture.Lifted company from shrinking revenue to mid single digit revenue growth delivering mid to high digit earnings growth.Moved from losing share to taking significant share from others with 25% new logos in a saturated market including Athena and Epic.Increased highly-valued subscription services annual revenue 91% to $148 million, while offsetting earnings impact of declining capital revenue stream.Delivered 70+ point increase in Client Net Promoter Score to well above healthcare and technology industry averages.Improved full employee engagement from 43% to 76% and reduced disengagement from 40% to 5%, moving well beyond benchmark and turning NextGen Healthcare into a destination for top talent.Made strategic, cloud based acquisitions in analytics, telehealth, integrated care, physician mobility and patient experience. Exceeded deal models and retired >$300M in acquisition costs through increased free cash flow.Evolved company from a point solutions provider to an integrated ambulatory platform of software and tech enabled services with significant cross sell revenue.Went from lowest or near lowest to becoming the top-rated vendor across ambulatory Electronic Health Record, Practice Management, EHR Telehealth and interoperability as measured and awarded by KLAS Research, a well known and respected Health Tech and service ratings agency.

San Diego, Ca, Us

Led Pyxis business through migration from declining US device/product business at ~$850M to growing US and global solutions business with >$1B of revenue from both enterprise software and an expanded device footprint.Owned both strategy development and solution delivery of "end to end" medication management strategy for CareFusion, the primary component of the rationale for the acquisition by Becton Dickinson.Successfully evolved commercial structure, executed multiple successful and strategic acquisitions, launched the Next Generation Pyxis ES platform, launched the new to world CareFusion SmartWorks Platform - integrating the Pyxis and Alaris solution into a single, comprehensive medication management platform for Hospitals and Health Systems both US and globally.Improved YOY revenue growth to 12% at close of acquisition by BD.Significantly improved earnings through COGS and cost of service reduction as well as revenue growth.Built a great culture across our US and global teams.

San Diego, Ca, Us

Led initial delivery of next generation Pyxis Platform (Pyxis ES)Built organizational enterprise software capabilities and culture of innovationReduced both COGS and TCO of current in market Pyxis device platforms by >30% while improving client satisfactionLed implementation of SAP for $800M Pyxis business,Managed budget of $90M+ (R&D and IT)

San Diego, Ca, Us

Led $150M Pyxis supply and anesthesia management businessManaged FDA regulated device - Pyxis Anesthesia StationSignificantly increased quality of regulated deviceLed EHR Integration strategy for PyxisFirst role fully owning a P&L in a vertical integrated businessActively involved in large client relationships

San Diego, Ca, Us

Led Marketing and Product Management teams for $70M Pyxis Supply business. Created hosted analytics strategy and platform, HIT integration capabilities, and changed positioning from departmental to enterprise wide.

Entrepreneur in residence for investors looking at Drug Pedigree, RFID, and RTLS markets.

Led data syndication and product development efforts for largest electronic marketplace in food service. Ran pilots with AC Nielsen, managed data syndication platform, evolved marketplace applications.

Took extended break. Engaged in international travel, year long sailing voyage, took classes at Stanford, lived in Tahoe, surfed throughout Americas.

Co-founded, raised capital, and built cloud solutions company outsourcing procurement function for midsize businesses. Investors included American Express, Technology Crossover Ventures, and others. Built 110 person company from ground up, delivered complete solution. Major responsibilities included strategy, product development, business development, and IT systems.

Fort Worth, Texas, Us

Fifth employee hired by founders of pre-product startup delivering hospital supply chain solutions. Participated in all phases of growth with increasing positions of responsibly. Started as engineer delivering software and electronics for initial products, ended as Director of new product development with a focus on web based software solutions. Company grew from founder's house to 300+ people and >$50M in revenue during tenure.

Chief engineer on ocean towing tug, QMED on Seabulk America (product tanker). Brought tug from Azores to Florida, spent time in dry dock in Mobile (Seabulk America), and towed ships from Jacksonville to Norfolk.

Norfolk, Virginia , Us

Scraping paint, washing dishes, waxing floors and assisting in underway refueling operations as well as serving on the Helipad fire team. Went from Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean to Oman and then through the Suez Canal, the Mediterranean and ended in Alabama.

I couldn't resist. One day of selling benefit rodeo tickets over the phone for a shady boiler room. On a call a person asked "so what percentage goes to charity". I enthusiastically said "I'll find out" excited to close my first sale, and went and asked my new boss. He looked at me and said "You're FIRED". Apparently not much went to charity. Learned a lot about the world in one day...

Master Of Science - Ms, Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical Engineering And Robotics

Bs, Marine Engineering

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Education record