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Consultant

Jim Crawford

Regional President

James (Jim) Crawford serves as Regional President-Midwestern United States. Jim is also responsible for building the Medical Products practice for Ken Clark International (KCI). He is charged with the task of business development and marketing, client management, and project execution for the Central United States.

Previous to joining KCI, Jim was Vice President of People Services for Argent Healthcare Financial Services. Argent, backed by venture capital investment giant, GTCR, is a national healthcare business processes outsourcing company. While at Argent, Jim integrated six companies and provided leadership that ultimately resulted in a successful merger of equals.

Prior to joining Argent, Jim was the Vice President of Human Resources for the Chas. Levy Company, a $1billion wholesale supplier of books, magazines and other entertainment media to retail and mass merchandising customers. During his tenure, he managed the human resources integration of Levy’s acquired companies and co-led a complete restructuring of the business in the face of intense competition and consolidation. His experience in managing the HR function of a major company during a time of rapid consolidation brings tremendous value to the workplace.

Before working with Chas. Levy, Jim served as Vice President of Human Resources for Eon Labs, a developer and marketer of generic pharmaceutical products. His contributions included recruitment of senior management and a total restructuring of compensation and benefit systems to support the entrepreneurial environment which ultimately reduced operating expenses by 15% over three years.

Jim also has experience in leadership roles with Fujisawa Pharmaceutical and began his career in human resources with American Hospital Supply Corporation/Baxter Healthcare where he was responsible for HR management of Baxter’s Operating Room Division and 10,500 domestic and international employees.

Jim earned his Masters of Business Administration from Lake Forest Graduate School of Management and his Bachelors of Business Administration from Boise State University.

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