CAREER SUMMARY

Prior to leaving the corporate world in 2005, Jim spent 35 years with companies engaged in healthcare distribution, the last 20 years at President, COO or Senior Vice-President level with full operational and P&L responsibility. Companies or Divisions for which he was responsible ranged in size from start-up to over $2.5 billion.

Since establishing an independent business advisory practice in 2006, Jim has been engaged by clients from three broad categories

• Investment banking analysts and portfolio managers seeking insight into the pharmaceutical distribution industry relative to major companies’ strengths and weaknesses, overall marketplace positioning, profitability drivers, etc.

• Companies within the pharmaceutical distribution industry for specific project-related strategy development, implementation and execution.

• Medium-sized firms within the greater Cincinnati area seeking the benefit of Jim’s broad depth of experience in establishing strategies in a wide spectrum of needs ranging from managing growth, financing requirements, owner exit strategies and mergers and acquisitions.

Jim is also actively involved The Goering Center at the University of Cincinnati College of Business and in the local chapter of SCORE, America's premier source of free and confidential small business advice for entrepreneurs.

EXECUTIVE CAREER PATH

President, Wholesale Operations for the F. Dohmen Company, a family-owned and operated, traditional drug wholesaler, consisting of four distribution centers and annual revenues of $2.5 billion. 2004-2005

President and Chief Operating Officer for Superior Pharmaceutical Company and RxBazaar, a specialty generic pharmaceutical distributor coupled with an Internet-based trading exchange, providing a unique mechanism for linking buyers and sellers of price-advantaged pharmaceutical products. Grew revenues from $15 million to over $100 million. 2000-2004

President, North American Dental Group for Henry Schein, a publicly traded distributor of products and services to office-based healthcare providers throughout the world. The North American Dental Group was the largest of five operating units, contributing more than 50% of worldwide revenues and operating income. Increased group revenues from $260 million to $1.1 billion through a combination of double-digit internal growth and fourteen acquisitions. 1994-2000

Senior Vice-President for FoxMeyer, once the third largest and fastest-growing pharmaceutical distributor in the U.S. 1987-1994

McKesson Drug Co. Prior to 1987

I am a retired pharmacist. I have 8 years experience in chain store pharmacy 4 years of which was store manager. My experience is the entire operation including the pharmacy. My responsibilities included sales ,purchasing, merchandising, inventory control, advertising, and management of personnel. In my following 8 years, I was in charge of operations of a 4 store company of pharmacies in Wisconsin. I built the company to the point where it was sold and then opened my own 6000 square foot pharmacy in 1979. I purchased 4 local pharmacies which added to the stability of our operation. I sold my pharmacy to my pharmacist in 2000. I have been involved as a partner in eight additional pharmacies, one of which exists today as a state of the art long term care pharmacy in Milwaukee. I was also a majority partner in a pharmacy company that licensed a unique insurance billing program to 400 pharmacies throughout the country. Today we have a state of the art long term care pharmacy that services many assisted living facilities. We also have a therapy company of physical and occupational therapists that serve a niche in the Milwaukee area. My expertise would be any retail operation or pharmacy purchase or start up. I am well versed in financial statements, inventory control, marketing, business plans, and healthcare operations. I also have cash management, pricing, and business turnaround skills.

Mr Bose has over 30 years of manufacturing and operations experience with GE and Stryker Medical, as well as with his own consulting firm.  As a consultant and project leader, he successfully work on various strategy or implementation projects for such organizations as GE, Ford, Bristol Myers Squibb, Johnson & Johnson, US Steel and Mattel/Fisher-Price, to name a few.

He is the principal of his own consulting firm, which delivers policy and systems solutions in the areas of Lean Six Sigma, Supply Chain Management, Quality, Team Building and Management Systems to small and mid-sized companies.