CPA, working in large and small firms, as well as controllerships in smaller manufacturing companies.

Owner of franchised retail business.

Currently conducting part time accounting/tax practice.

Senior Marketing positions: Stouffer Foods, GE Capital, M&M/Mars, Griffith Labs.

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

A BA graduate from Duke University who was a trouble shooter buyer (12 separate kids and women's departments) for Abraham and Strauss, now Macys, then V.P of Sales and Operations for the Hot Sox Company, and lastly President of Operations for the Hot Sox Co. as it became Polo/Ralph Lauren hosiery. Over her 30 years with the company, In addition to handling the restructuring and building begun in 1977 and the transition from the sale of the company in 2007, she was involved in all aspects of Sales and Operations (Production as well as the Warehouse, MIS, and Customer Service), and worked very closely with Design and Accounts Payable/Receivables, and since responsible for profits, with Financials. She is particularly experienced at Buying and Inventory Control, Expense Control, and Problem Solving. .

Brand and Shopper Marketing Executive, retired. Was Senior Manager, Shopper Marketing Center of Excellence at Kimberly-Clark, Corp, Vice President Marketing, Specialty Foods Group, Inc. (Nathan’s Hot Dogs); Group Manager, Business Development at International Paper, Director of Marketing and Corporate Communications and Investor Relations at Gibson Greetings; consultant for various CPG & B2B companies, and Community College instructor on business plan writing and marketing. Specialties: Shopper Marketing for grocery and mass market retailers, Brand Marketing for CPG companies, Sales and Communications.