Kevin L. DeWitt
a finance, business strategy & development,
and operations professional.
... assists start-up companies to develop structure, emerging companies to acquire direction, and growth companies to create change.
Websites:
Summit Venture Strategies -
www.SummitVentureStrategies.com
Make The Days Count -
www.MakeTheDaysCount.com
About
Kevin DeWitt holds 15+ years of senior management experience, with his primary focus being 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 multiple companies and industries.
Kevin founded Summit Venture Strategies and 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 healthcare organization serving approximately 10,000 parients annually and a budget of several hundred million.
He has successfully completed over 200 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 magazine. Along with other writers from around the nation, Kevin writes articles regularly for Make The Days Count.
Prospect, KY
Experience Summary
SUMMARY
▪ Hands-on manager with 20 years’ management experience. Focus on finance, strategy and business development, and operations.
▪ Master’s degree.
▪ Experience in both for-profit and not-for-profit organizations.
▪ Direct industry experience in Healthcare Administration, Financial Services, and Business Consulting.
▪ Consulted in over 20 industries including information healthcare, financial services, technology, consumer products, manufacturing, entertainment, etc.
▪ Managed all finance, business development and operations of national lending company during high-growth period from start-up to $270+ million.
▪ Senior manager of two healthcare systems for total of six years.
▪ Over past 10 years, responsible for development, negotiation, management and relationship liaison for contracts valued at over $1 billion in multiple
industries.
▪ Taught statistical analysis, American government, international government, and public policy at University of Louisville and University of Kentucky.
▪ Managed finance, development and client consulting for global consulting firm.
▪ Authored successful competitive healthcare services contract bids, resulting in contract awards of $300 million and $60 million.
▪ Led hands-on acquisition & integration of three companies.
▪ Managed 4 Information Systems changeovers, including data migration, and subsequent implementation.
▪ Authored investment level business and financial plans for numerous companies, including materials used for Initial Public Offerings and raising
investment capital.
DIRECT EXPERIENCE IN:
Finance, Operations Management, Strategic Planning, Budgeting, Contract Management, Government Relations, Healthcare Administration, Healthcare Finance, Project Management, Training and Development, Teaching, Competitive Bid Proposals, Competitive Analyses, Market Analyses, Business Integration, Acquisitions & Mergers, Research, Special Projects, Compliance, Licensing, Staff Recruitment, Managed Care, Needs Analysis, Grant Writing and RFPs, Financial & Capital Modeling, Statistical Modeling, Start-Up Companies, Companies Undergoing Change, Helping Companies Transition, Fundraising, Public Speaking and Presentations, Writing, Multiple Software Programs, Quantitative Analysis, Accounting and Bookkeeping
EDUCATION
Masters Degree - Economics & Political Science
University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
B.A. Degree - Economics
3 Years post-Masters Doctoral work in Public Policy, Finance and Economics
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Experience
BUSINESS STRATEGY, FINANCE AND OPERATIONS
Veridian Financial, Louisville, KY 4/97 to Present - A global management consulting & national financial services company.
In the Summit Venture Strategies consulting division of Veridian Financial, I provide strategic end-to-end professional consulting services and business
strategy to companies in start-up, emerging companies, and companies undergoing significant change or transition.
Authored over 200 investment grade business, finance, operational, and strategic plans, developed quantitative analyses, competitive and market analyses
and business integration models for clients. Crafted business plan and financial proformas for successful Lumalite Initial Public Offering (IPO). Served as
interim CEO, CFO and in other leadership capacities while assisting client companies. Responsible for development, negotiation and monitoring overall
performance of over 250 client contracts (both in United States and overseas).
In the financial services division, managed: business development, finance and operations:
Grew lending division from start up to $270 million. Responsible for development of all contracts and primary relationship liaison for over 200 lending
institutions nationwide including all top 10 national banks. Led recruitment, training and oversight of over 400 financial representatives. Doubled licensing
and compliance capacity; tripled recruitment and training capacity. Expanded lending division from one location in California to being licensed as a lender
operating in 42 states with offices in four states including Kentucky. Responsible for all approvals, compliance, audits and liaison for ongoing relationships
with 42 state and federal regulatory agencies licensing company. Managed closure of division in 2008/2009 as a result of the current economy.
FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES
SEABHS / CPSA, Tucson Arizona, 1/94 to 1/97 - A not-for-profit healthcare system and managed care company serving approximately 10,000 patients.
Direct supervisory responsibility for the following departments: Business Development, Planning & Contracts, Finance, Accounting and Information Systems.
Led acquisition & overall business integration of three of company’s largest service system vendors. Key member team awarded $300 million RFP competitive bid contract with State of Arizona. Managed successful start-up operations resulting from contract awards. Led changeover to a new, real time fully-integrated ERP management information system & financial system.
UNIVERSITY INSTRUCTOR
University of Louisville (1990-1993), Louisville, KY & University of Kentucky (1991- 1993), Lexington, KY - 8/90 to 12/93
Initially hired by Dr. Paul Weber, Department Chair for Political Science within the University of Louisville, for three and a half years, taught a variety of courses to both graduate and undergraduate students at both Universities, including: Statistics, Senior Studies in Public Policy, Statistical Computer Programming including SAS and SPSS, U.S. Government, International Government.
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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