Gene Kirtser

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ABOUT GENE KIRTSER

I am a two-time CEO, eleven-time board member, and strategic advisor with 30+ years of diverse expertise managing operations, finance, sales/marketing, and general management functions in the healthcare industry across different verticals (provider and supplier side) and environments, including high-growth start-ups, mid-market private equity-backed, and Fortune 500 public companies. Executive ExperienceAcross my executive career, I have served as a trusted partner to boards, executive leadership teams, investors and stakeholders, leveraging a deep understanding of the healthcare industry and the critical business functions that drive innovation and growth. My experience spans working within various segments of healthcare on the B2B medical/pharma side and on the B2C retail side, including healthcare manufacturers, distributors, GPOs (group purchasing organizations), healthcare systems, and a dental retail business. I have worked across all levels of the business, giving me broad exposure to what’s required at the start-up, emerging, turnaround, and sale/acquisition stages. I excel at challenging the status quo, creatively solving problems, and building successful teams that drive better outcomes for short-term and long-term growth. Undaunted by failure, I thrive on taking calculated risks and use my upbringing (I was born in Ukraine and immigrated to the US at age 10) to push forward through crisis or adversity, and motivate high-performing teams to achieve more in their own careers. Board Experience I bring a record of board service on multiple for-profit (4 of which I’ve served as Chairman) and non-profit boards and committees (compensation and audit) of private equity-backed, start-up, and privately held companies in diverse healthcare segments, including dental retail, medical technology, home health/hospice, veterinary services, group purchasing organization (GPO), healthcare supply chain, and healthcare events/research. With a breadth of focus across many areas (e.g, company growth, transformation, change management, business/service launches, corporate governance, financial stewardship, stakeholder engagement, and enterprise value creation), my specialized expertise and unique value includes working in CEO and board capacities with multiple private equity firms, recruiting effective and diverse board members, leading searches for CEOs and top C-Suite executives, driving initiatives for major strategy decisions, business unit consolidations, operational transformation initiatives, successful company sales/exits, and acquisitions.