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AUTHOR
- I Survived Swiss Boarding Schools, Published 2006
CONSULTANT, INVESTOR/PARTNER 1987-2005
- QUANTUM SOLUTIONS, LLC., Santa Monica, CA based consulting firm specialized in leadership enhancement, systems thinking, strategy and organizational change for industry leading clients such as Exxon/Mobil and Boeing. Consulted directly with Quantum's CEO.
- ROWAN, RIGHTER & SILVIN, Washington, DC
Co-founder, General Partner & Director. 1986-1995. RRS was a merchant banking & financial advisory firm specializing in emerging growth companies.
- SANDERLING VENTURE PARTNERS, Menlo Park, CA 1987-1992. Limited partner in these bio-technology start-up and early stage companies. The fund has launched six successful IPO's and remains active shareholder in management.
- GENOLIER HEALTH CENTER, Genolier, Switzerland. 1986-1992. Partner/shareholder in a 300 bed, tertiary care medical center outside Geneva.
SENIOR EXECUTIVE: PUBLICLY TRADED HOSPITAL CORPORATION 1977-1987
- AMERICAN MEDICAL INTERNATIONAL, INC. (AMI) Beverly Hills, CA, A leading $2B, global health care services corporation (NYSE) with 45,000 employees.
- Chief Executive Officer, AMI International & Group Vice President AMI 1982-1987. The company owned and operated 35 hospitals in nine foreign countries. During this period the subsidiary became AMI’S most profitable division on an ROI basis. The overseas subsidiary; a $100 million dollar company with 10,000 employees, traded on the Zurich and London stock exchanges.
- Vice President International Development, AMI, 1977-1982. Expanded the international division of AMI from two facilities to thirty-five owned, major acute care hospitals.
PRESIDENT FRIESEN INTERNATIONAL, WASHINGTON, DC 1973-1977
- 1976-1977:
Managed newly acquired hospital planning subsidiary of AMI.
- 1973-1976: Project director hospital design and management contracts in six countries.
- 1973-1974: Administrator of the American Hospital of Paris
SPECIAL POSITIONS
- Founder of the American Academy of Hospital Consultants. (AAHC)
- President and Board Member of all AMI's overseas hospitals and subsidiary corporations.
- Who's Who in Health Care. Who's Who in Finance & Industry. Who's Who in the World (1988) Recipient Chevalier de L'Ordre Franco-Britanique Bestowed title of “Honorary”
- Visiting Lecturer numerous universities (USA & Europe) in hospital administration
EDUCATION
MBA, Cornell University, Hospital Administration & Finance, 1972
BS, Georgetown University, Psychology, 1970
Le Rosey, Gstaad, Switzerland, 1966
Foreign Languages: Fluent French, conversational Spanish & German
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