Kevin L. DeWitt
a finance, business strategy & development,
and mergers & acquisition professional.
... assists start-up companies to develop structure and capital, existing companies to grow and develop new business opportunities, and growth companies to identify acquisition opportunities.
About
Kevin DeWitt holds 15+ years of management experience, with his primary focus being project management, strategy, business development and finance.
He has leadership experience in mergers and acquisitions, turn-around and change management situations, and has held full P&L responsibility in management consulting and financial services industries.
Most recently, Kevin helped lead acquisition and business development functions for a $600 million long-term healthcare company. He founded Veridian Financial, a national business consulting and real estate lending company, and grew the company from start-up to over $270 million with lending licenses in 42 states. In a prior role, Kevin was a senior manager of an Arizona Joint Commission accredited healthcare organization serving approximately 10,000 patients annually and a budget of several hundred million.
Kevin has successfully completed over 150 business consulting projects for clients in the areas of financial business plans, business development strategy, operational due diligence, market and competitive analyses, investment business plans, and strategic business plans. This work includes client companies across more than 20 industries, including healthcare, financial services, telecommunications, real estate, entertainment, technology and consumer products.
Kevin holds both Masters and undergraduate degrees from the University of Louisville. In addition, he has conducted three years of post-Masters doctoral work at the University of Kentucky in economics, finance and public policy. For three years he taught a variety of courses to both graduate and undergraduate students at both Universities, including Statistics, Public Policy, Quantitative Analysis, Government, and International Government.
He is an avid guitar player, and is a member of his church's Faith For Life praise band, enjoys photography, and is the founder and editor of Make The Days Count, a christian-centered positive living web-based magizine.
Prospect, KY
Project Management Experience Highlights
▪ High energy, hands-on professional project manager with a focus on high-profile project management, financial reporting and analysis, budgeting and strategic planning, and I.T. operations. Completed over 150 client-based projects, including:
▪ Developing all financial sections and responsibility for overall final edit of a $300 health services RFP proposal resulting in a 5 year contract award;
▪ Developed financial and business plan materials for healthcare consumer products IPO;
▪ Integrating newly acquired companies/facilities into organizations and managing resulting conflicts and integration issues;
▪ Implementation of fully-integrated, enterprise level health management systems;
▪ Changeover of finance and data systems;
▪ Business and strategic planning for new and emerging companies in industries including healthcare, technology, financial services, etc.
Most recently, in the long-term healthcare industry:
a. Created long-term care business plans, operational assessments and financial assessments for presentation to CFO, CEO and Board of Directors;
b. Project Managed the acquisition and Transition Committee for several long-term care facility acquisitions, including coordinating change of ownership with approximately 12 departments throughout the organization and resolving any subsequent conflicts;
c. Conducted on-site financial, market and quality management due diligence, including reporting and making recommendations to senior management.
Additional Project Manaement highlights include:
▪ Significant experience working closely with senior management, including CEOs, CFOs, and CIOs and clinical senior management.
▪ Project managed company-wide transition of four health data and accounting information systems.
▪ 15 years+ experience in operations and financial management; 10 years+ experience in managing I.T. functions.
▪ Expert in PowerPoint, Excel, Access, MapPoint, Word, and several other software programs.
▪ Responsible for development and vendor management of multiple revenue and vendor contracts.
Direct Experience In:
Project Management, Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions, Market Data Analysis, Competitive Analysis, Budgeting & Proformas, Accounting, Strategic Planning, Conflict Resolution, Financial Analysis & Management Reporting, Electronic Medical Records (EHR), Policies and Procedures, Financial Controls, Competitive Bid Proposals, Business Integration, Compliance, Staff Training, Capital Asset Management, Statistical Modeling, Multiple Software Programs.
Education:
Master's Degree - Economics & Political Science
Bacheor's Degree - Economics
University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
3 Years post-Masters Doctoral work in Public Policy, Finance and Economics
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Partial Listing of Clients...
(Nantucket, MA & Palm Beach, FL) Peter Beaton is a high-end fashion designer and retail outlet, combining exclusive store-front locations with Internet services. The company markets custom-fitted hats, hundreds of ribbons, shoes, sunglasses, handbags and other items under their own label.
(Livemore, CA) BMG SELTEC provides Process and Operations Management Software and Services to the bulk constructions material industry.
(Los Angeles, CA) Dinosounds develops & distributes innovative, dynamic multi-media education & entertainment products based on paleontology and earth science topics.
(London, G.B) Eagle Eye was organized to pursue opportunities in the marketing and distribution of automotive telematics systems and services, an industry.
(Boca Raton, FL) Floor Décor, Inc. caters to the wholesale needs of contractors and the product and installation needs of consumers and commercial customers with its “upscale warehouse” or retail “big box” environment. The company became a publicly traded company in May 2001 through a merger with Media Communications Group.
(Mill Valley, CA) FolksNetwork is an interactive TV (ITV) software company that offers privately-branded applications for ITV service providers.
(Phoenix, AZ) Glacis’ produces synthetic diamond using its patented inventions and production technologies. These will expand the applications for synthetic diamond to an unprecedented scale in the semiconductor, electrochemical and optical industries, radically changing the face of many industries.
(Carmel, CA) Good Entertainment prodces a weekly one hour television show combined with web site and radio spots that features Michael Medved.
(Atlanta, GA) Maxim offers the expertise, infrastructure and staff to fully support all areas of a company’s IT department.
(Torrance, CA) MGN is an Internet Solutions Provider offering small to midsize business customers a broad range of Internet Services.
(Phoenix, AZ) Safe-Tech Products, Inc. develops electrical and household safety devices, including LineLock.
(Boyton Beach, FL) Splash Tropical Drink Sensation manufacturers a high quality line of shelf stable, real fruit frozen drink and smoothie mixes.
(Irvine, CA) One of only six Internet-based trading companies currently able to allow members to buy and sell securities without delay using proprietary technology, TradePortal provides state-of-the-art brokerage services for high volume traders.
McPete Enterprises, Inc. (Milwaukie, OR) McPete Enterprises, Inc. creates games for all ages, including a word game called utter nonsense, for all ages 12 and up.
(Phoenix, AZ) World Tree Technologies, Inc. (WTT) is an industrial biotechnology and forest resource company focused on the global commercialization of the Empress Tree. The Empress has an extremely high growth rate, is genetically advanced, disease free, insect repellant, self-regenerating, high quality, hardwood tree. World Tree Technologies’ business is reproducing, growing and selling copyrighted Empress Jewel trees and resulting by-products to retail and wholesale markets internationally. Our Empress Jewel line comes from genetically superior stock of mother trees from plantations and growers around the world.
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