Experience

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  Pricewaterhousecoopers, llc

  Aug 1972 - Aug 1984

  Director

  Audit Manager in the Florida practice (1972-79); transferred to Chicago as Technical Assistant to National Director of Healthcare (1979-80); and transferred into Chicago practice as Director of the Midwest Healthcare Regulatory Practice (1980-1984). Built a consulting practice in the competitive Chicago market including client development and service, staff recruitment and management, and operational responsibility. I was actively recruited to join a publicly traded hospital company which was the reason for my departure. Show less

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  American medical international, inc.

  Sept 1984 - Aug 1986

  Vice president

  AMI was a Fortune 1,000 public company and horizontally integrated international hospital chain. Vice President of AMIcare Networks (HMO), developing integrated managed care networks in several markets. Previously Director of Physician Relations for the Central Division which included 50 owned hospitals with more than 4,000 physicians. Managed a practice including 25 professionals and support personnel. Responsibilities included physician search, practice management and business development models with affiliated physicians. The AMI subsidiary AMICARE discontinued operations nationally which was the reason for my departure. Show less

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  Amherst associates, inc.

  Sept 1986 - Jan 1988

  Regional vice president and executive in-charge of the houston office

  I joined Amherst Associates directly from AMI and opened the Houston office to expand the firm's presence in Texas and the Southwest. Amherst was a private management consulting practice with nine offices nationally serving the healthcare industry. My tenure of less than two years is misleading since Amherst merged with Ernst & Young in January 1988 where I continued to provide healthcare industry consulting.

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  Ernst & young, llp

  Jan 1988 - Mar 2000

  Principal/national director

  National Director of the Regulatory consulting practice serving the healthcare industry on a national basis. Responsible for operations of this nationwide practice with 175 professionals which at the time, with nearly $40 million of consulting services revenue was the largest regulatory consulting practice in the world. In 1999, this was also the most profitable business unit in the Firm having doubled the number of staff while being the only business unit in the firm to exceed 200 percent of targeted net profits and exceeding all other practice metrics. I was a committed practice leader that ensured profitable business growth, combined with a below 15 percent turn-over rate in a business sector (management consulting) that traditionally experienced 30 percent or greater turnover. EY spun-off the healthcare management consulting practice which was the reason for my departure. Show less

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  Pwc

  Apr 2000 - Jun 2002

  Partner

  Partner in Health Care Industry management consulting practice. Southwest Region Partner leadership role. My non-compete with a former firm expired after 2 years and I was well positioned within the industry to launch my own firm which was the reason for my departure.

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  Loria associates, llc

  Jul 2002 - now

  President/managing director/ceo

  President of a private management consulting practice providing a range of financial, regulatory, compliance and business process improvement services to the hospital and healthcare industry on a national basis.