Customer Service Sales

ROBERT D. PARSONS

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Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 32082

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SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS & AREAS OF STRENGTH

Results oriented professional with more than 20+ years of proven management

experience with two leading national medical supply distribution companies,

a top-tier international consulting firm, a pre-IPO Internet Software

Development Company as well as leading Financial Services providers. Can

see the big picture and challenge prevailing ways of thinking. A team

leader, providing motivation, coaching, and support by example.

> Investment Risk and Reward

> Investment Strategy

> Business & Operational Analysis

> Strong Analytical Skill Set

> Business Development

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Thoroughbred Capital Partners, LLC

Director, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida (2011-Present)

Responsible for deal flow and capital formation for global projects in the

areas of hospitality, renewable energy and other commercial property

development projects.

Ponte Vedra Capital Partners, LLC

Principal, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida (2008-Present)

Directly involved in Private Equity Deal Flow, Debt Financing & Alternative

Asset Sales & Marketing.

> Have sourced over $12B in quality deal flow in the areas of

international resort development, alternative energy, disruptive

technologies and start-up hedge funds

> Invested Partner raising capital for new Wireless Broadband Telecom

Company

Advantage Capital Equity Solutions, Inc.

Senior Vice President-Investor Relations, Jacksonville, Florida (2008)

Responsible for $74M private placement capital raise & maintaining ongoing

relationship with investors. Company was unable to sustain credit

warehouse facility forcing it to cease operations in October of 2008.

> Develop high net worth investor network capable of sustaining ongoing

capital needs for the company

> Establish selling relationship with financial advisors, broker-dealers

and money managers

> Recruit and train wholesale sales organization

> Maintain investor relations for existing shareholders

> Provided direction and leadership as member of senior management team

> Series 7 & 66 licensed

Waddell & Reed Financial Services

Financial Advisor, Jacksonville, Florida (2006-2008)

Responsible for financial & business planning services with a focus on

small business owners, families, & high-net worth individuals.

> Comprehensive financial & business planning

> Asset protection & risk analysis

> Investment policy, strategy & asset allocation

> Variable Life & Annuity strategy development

> Retirement Planning

Merrill Lynch Global Private Client Group

Financial Advisor, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida (2004-2006)

Responsible for developing and servicing high-net worth client base

providing financial planning and advisory services, mortgage, and other

financial products.

> Series 7 & 66 licenses

> Variable Life & Annuity licensed

Padgett Business Services

Principal, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida (2003-2004)

Small business owner responsible for all facets of service offering

targeted at local small business community. Services include financial

reporting, accounting, tax reporting, and payroll processing.

> Business development

> Client relations

> Financial reporting and consulting

> Built core group of small business clientele

Physician Sales & Service, Gulf South Medical Supplies

Vice President, Operations, Jacksonville, Florida (2001-2002)

Senior executive with a $400M national medical supply Distribution Company

focused on long-term care and home care markets. Responsibilities include

distribution center operations, risk mitigation, customer service call

center, transportation, and logistics.

> Consistently met or exceeded all financial, operational, and customer

service objectives for 14 consecutive months

> Developed key vendor alliances for supply chain performance

improvement

> Key contributor to the development of Gulf South's Performance

Management Program

Experient Technologies, LLC

Group Vice President, Strategic Services, Richmond, Virginia (2000-2001)

Senior executive with a pre-IPO Internet Software Development Company

focused on e-Learning and mobile applications. Responsibilities included

Vendor Alliance programs, consulting and implementation services,

marketing, communications, and human resources.

> Developed a professional services team to support client engagements

and generate additional top-line revenue stream

> Defined framework for Alliance programs and personally initiated

dialogue with key Alliance partners

> Key contributor to the development of Experient's Performance

Management Program

KPMG (Bearing Point) Consulting

Manager, Consumer and Industrial Markets, Richmond, Virginia (1998-2000)

Responsibilities include strategic consulting in the areas of supply chain

management, warehouse operations, systems selection, People Soft ERP

implementations and integration.

> FedEx/KPMG Alliance team lead for e-commerce and supply chain solution

development. The Alliance had generated over $10M in revenue within

its first year of operation.

> PeopleSoft ERP implementation experience with

. An international maritime company

. A large international wholesale distribution company

. Provided leadership for two strategic integration initiatives

between KPMG and PeopleSoft working directly with PeopleSoft

product managers

> Consulting team lead in an enterprise-wide reengineering initiative

for a international air freight and third-party logistics company

> Editorial Advisor: Medical Industry Information Report; Sources,

Strategies and Technologies for Information-based Professionals

> Completed extensive KPMG-sponsored Internet fundamentals training

curriculum

WindStar, Inc.

President, Richmond, Virginia (1996-1998)

Provided management consulting services in the areas of distribution,

logistics, facility operations, strategic planning, and information systems

deployment.

> Provided client direction, structure, and process for an enterprise-

wide client-server migration to a new technology platform and

warehouse management system

> Assisted a Hong Kong-based Company in a feasibility study to support

plans for creating a new distribution channel for medical supplies

throughout the Pacific Rim. This analysis lead to JV that supported

multi-million dollar business in Taiwan

> Saved $40M contract for Fortune 500 Company in the Boston Area and

significantly improved Division service levels

Owens & Minor

Director of Operations & Division Vice President, Richmond, Virginia (1978-

1995)

Director of Operations

Areas of responsibility included: facility planning and lease management,

productivity analysis and improvement, procedures and policy

administration, transportation management, material handling systems,

inventory management, merger and acquisition project management, systems

training, help desk operations, distribution center operations quality

assessments and capital equipment procurement.

> Planned and successfully executed a company-wide consolidation effort

to combine O&M with Stuart Medical, Inc., a $1 billion distributor of

medical supplies

> Developed state-of- the-art client/server based sales force automation

application

> Co-authored information systems technology strategy

> Initiated business process redesign effort

> Initiated and helped develop an automated inventory management system

which significantly reduced company-wide inventories

Division Vice President

Charged with Profit and Loss responsibility for Company Divisions ranging

in size from $22 million to $65 million in annual revenues serving the

Southeastern United States. Responsibilities included: sales management

for both medical and pharmaceutical supplies, accounts receivable,

inventory control and management, customer service, warehouse operations,

and transportation.

> Managed assets in excess of $25 million dollars

> Negotiated and closed a 3-year prime vendor contract with a large

Florida medical center which represented nearly $40 million in annual

revenue

> Grew sales volume from $5 million to $22 million a year

> Consistently maintained division profitability better than twice the

corporate average, finishing within the top three in overall

performance for 7 consecutive years

> Improved Division physical inventory to computer inventory accuracy by

more than 30%

> Reduced division operating expenses by 33% while simultaneously

improving overall customer service

EDUCATION

MBA

Virginia Commonwealth University School of Business

Richmond, Virginia

BA

Hampden-Sydney College

Hampden-Sydney, Virginia

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