Healthcare Team Bios

Whether you need assistance with selling a company, buying a company, sourcing venture capital funding or need a business valuation requiring an expert witness, the best way to succeed is to align yourself with the best. Our merger, financial, and operational specialists have an average of twenty years of experience. Our team works with the business owner to make sure all the variables are considered in meeting your goals and ensuring that shareholder value is being created. Below is a list of our top management team's bios for all divisions. This core team is involved in all engagements to ensure that your needs are met. This guarantees that in every engagement we understand your business and the issues and challenges facing your industry. The following is a list of our core management team for our healthcare divisions:

Mr. Michael Ryan, Founder

Mr. Ryan has over twenty-five years of experience representing business owners, officers, and shareholders of privately held companies. He founded Worldwide Capital & Mergers in 1991.

Mr. Ryan has had experience in various industries with extensive experience in all types of transactions including: selling companies, acquisition searches, management buyouts, product licensing, business and product valuations, distressed companies, and sourcing venture capital funding. Prior to forming Worldwide Capital & Mergers, LLC, Mr. Ryan held a senior position in corporate venture capital at a Fortune 100 company. He began his career at a Big Four CPA firm in the entrepreneurial services division. Mr. Ryan is a Certified Public Accountant. He has an MBA and a BS degree from St. Louis University.

Mr. George Alexander, Jr.

Mr. Alexander has 30 years of experience in starting, growing and selling the three companies that he founded. These included an equipment leasing company that provided leasing services to trucking and computer companies. After selling, he started up a company that provided Master Card and Visa computer processing services. The company processed transactions for local banks, government social programs, and fuel transactions for trucking companies. After growing this business, he sold the majority of the company to a private equity fund. Mr. Alexander has a bachelor's degree from the University of North Alabama.

Mr. Newell Anderson

Mr. Anderson has over 25 years of business experience in domestic and international business. He has directed and assisted in mergers, acquisitions, raising capital, exit strategies as well as buys/sells. Newell has extensive corporate experience, as well as Wall Street experience in developing comprehensive wealth strategies for families and companies. Most recently, he was Senior Managing Director of Northeast/Mid-Atlantic operations for Seidman Private Advisors LLC / BDO Seidman LLP, an international accounting and advisory firm where he worked with clients as a wealth strategist and financial advisor of high net worth and ultra high net worth families in devising solutions to their problems. Also, Newell worked with some top names in the wealth management and financial services industry, where he was a Vice President at Mellon Private Wealth Management and SunTrust Private Wealth Management. He has extensive wealth management, corporate and banking experience in developing solutions to problems.

Prior to going to Wall Street, Newell was an automotive executive with Chrysler Corporation in both the domestic and international divisions for almost two decades. He is a graduate of Rollins College, in Winter Park Florida, with a B.S in Business.

Mr. Dale Benzine

Mr. Benzine owned, developed, and subsequently sold four healthcare companies. He has started up companies and has been the CEO of public companies. He has been involved on both the sell and buy side of over 100 healthcare transactions over the last 30 years. He was part of the executive management of two healthcare IPO's, of which one was named the fastest growing company in America two years in a row. Mr. Benzine also serves on the Board of Directors of numerous companies including the Kennesaw State University Coles School of Business. Mr. Benzine earned his Bachelor of in Business Administration from Carthage College and his MBA from the University of Wisconsin.

Mr. Greg Buckis

Mr. Greg Buckis is a proven financial executive with extensive multi-functional experience in various industries. He has an in-depth understanding of SEC reporting, initial public offerings, government contracting, and Sarbanes-Oxley 404 compliance. Mr. Buckis recently prepared USPowerGen for an initial public offering in his role as the Chief Financial Officer. He has also held senior financial roles with major companies including The NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc., Science Applications International Corporation, Laboratory Corporation of America, and Martin Marietta. He is a certified public accountant and a member of the American Institute of CPAs. Mr. Buckis obtained his bachelors degree from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He also obtained a Masters degree from the University of Baltimore.

Mr. John Casey

Mr. Casey has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance including positions with Verisign, Inc. and Bank of America. His experience in the healthcare division of banks and investment banking firms included identifying asset-based, senior debt, mezzanine, and equity partners. He has worked identifying funding sources in all areas of healthcare including pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical services. He also evaluated and sourced technology deals for Verisign, Inc. in corporate development. Mr. Casey holds a Bachelors degree from Brown University and an MBA from Georgetown University.

Mr. Peter Chen

Mr. Chen has over twenty years of experience in investment banking, venture capital, and as a business owner in China. He served for China Southern Securities Co., America Bush Venture Fund, and China Glory Holding Company leading numerous venture capital deals in various industries. He also owned and managed a technology company in China. Mr. Chen also has extensive experience in working with both the government sector and the private sector to facilitate deals and source capital in China and other countries. He is fluent in English and Chinese. Mr. Chen holds an MBA from Stockholm University.

Mr. George Cleary

Mr. George Cleary has extensive experience in operations, mergers, business development, and preparation of feasibility studies to support new business opportunities. Mr. Cleary has experience in both major corporations such as Walt Disney World Company and privately held companies including an information technology company. He is the past executive director and a current board member of the Central Florida International Chamber of Commerce. He also holds a State of Florida Real Estate License and a State of Florida Athlete Agent Certification. Mr. Cleary earned his Bachelor in Business Administration and Masters in Economics from State University of New York at Buffalo. He also has a second Masters degree in Business Administration from the University of Central Florida.

Dr. Lawrence Droutman

Dr. Droutman has led hundreds of deals in the U.S. and internationally in various industries including extensive experience in healthcare. His experience includes over thirty years in corporate mergers and acquisitions where he worked in over 23 foreign countries. In addition to English he is multilingual in French and Portuguese. Dr. Droutman recently taught graduate level corporate finance. He has a B.A. from Princeton, an M.A. from Johns Hopkins University and a Ph. D. from Columbia University.

Mr. Paul Harrington

Mr. Paul Harrington is an experienced private equity and mezzanine investor. In his role as the Director of the HSBC Capital (USA) Inc. private equity fund he originated and structured investments and acquisitions for the fund. He also performed due diligence, financial analysis and modeling and negotiated legal documentation. Mr. Harrington served on and participated on nine Boards of Directors of portfolio companies. He executed and managed investments in eight different funds including SBIC funds. His experience also includes Bear, Stearns & Co. and Chemical Bank. He is a certified financial analyst. Mr. Harrington obtained his Bachelors degree from Princeton University.

Mr. Frank Henaghan

Mr. Henaghan currently resides in the United Kingdom and has over thirty years of experience in the medical device industry. Mr. Henaghan was the Senior Vice President of Global Sales at Criticare Systems, Inc. and also held positions with C R Bard. His responsibilities include setting up worldwide direct sales and marketing operations in numerous countries. He has also led an engineering team in developing a central monitoring platform and an advanced user interface for high level monitoring systems. Mr. Henaghan has relationships with over 100 distributors worldwide and is experienced in taking new technologies and established medical devices to the global market. He has knowledge of the specific legal, contractual, and regulatory requirements in the worldwide market for selling and distributing medical devices.

Mr. Warren Hu

Mr. Hu has over twenty-five years of experience in various roles in the U.S. and China including sales, marketing, market entry, operations, and mergers. He has worked in the Chinese office of U.S. corporations including Brooks Automation, Amphenol Corporation, Ingersoll-Rand Corporation, and United Technologies. He was also responsible for the startup of Helix China operations which included the integration of Brooks Automation (U.S.) after the acquisition of Helix. Mr. Hu has worked with both the government sector and the private sector to facilitate deals and source capital in China and other countries. He is fluent in English and Chinese. Mr. Chen holds a Bachelors degree in Termo Dynamic Engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and an MBA from Shanghai University of Finance and Economics.

Mr. Michael Jewett

Mr. Jewett has over twenty-five years of experience with international telecommunications and technology companies. He has lived and worked in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, and the Pacific Rim. He has experience as an entrepreneur and with major companies including IDT Telecom. He has held positions in marketing, operations, and business development utilizing his skills in the international telecommunications and technology industry. Mr. Jewett has a Bachelors degree from the University of New Brunswick.

Mr. Kyung-Ho Kim

Mr. Kim has over twenty-five years of experience in establishing joint ventures, technology transfers/licensing, raising capital, and mergers and acquisitions. His experience includes working in the Korean Sales Office of National Semi-Conductor (U.S.) and owning an import & export trading company in Korea. Mr. Kim has worked with both the government sector and the private sector to facilitate deals and source capital in Korea and other countries. He is fluent in English and Korean. Mr. Chen holds a degree from Yonsei University in Seoul, Korea.

Mr. Mohammad Khair

Mr. Mohammad Khair has extensive experience in Fortune 100 companies and as an entrepreneur. Mr. Khair founded a company with multiple technology innovations in DNA sequencing and biotechnology processing space. In his startup venture he established partnerships with leading academic institutions and business market leaders. He was also able to raise seed investment funding of one million in seed capital. In addition to his experience as an entrepreneur, he worked for Baxter Healthcare. He is bilingual in English and Arabic and has a medium fluency in French. He has a Bachelor of Science and a Masters of Science in Biomedical/Electrical Engineering from Marquette University. He also has a Doctor of Electrical Engineering and computer science from the Illinois Institute of Technology and a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Illinois in Urbana - Champaign.

Mr. Peter Kihara

Mr. Kihara has 20 years of experience including investment banking, corporate mergers and acquisitions, and entrepreneurship. He has completed major multinational deals, and has raised capital for private companies including a company in the vocational education industry which he started. His experience includes corporate mergers and acquisitions at United Technologies Corporation. Mr. Kihara also worked as an investment banker at Goldman, Sachs & Company. He has a B.S. from California State University, and an MBA from Harvard.

Mr. David Kirya

Mr. Kirya resides in Germany and has twenty years of experience in cross border transactions and transacting business globally. He has experience with both international corporations and as an entrepreneur. He has developed enterprise systems that allowed organizations to gain an in-depth knowledge and understanding of data on a real time basis in a comparative country context. His clients included major international firms such as AT&T, Nokia and Microsystems. Mr. Kirya has also planned and conducted a broad range of awareness raising media and political campaigns, special events, product launches and corporate sponsorship campaigns. He is bilingual in English and German. In addition, he has a medium multilingual fluency in French, Italian and Spanish. Mr. Kirya has a Bachelors degree in Systems Engineering from Huron University. He also has a Masters degree from Freier University in Berlin and a Masters degree from the University of Vienna. His graduate work focused on political economics.

Mr. J. Scott Kreissl

Mr. Kreissl has over thirty years of commercial banking, finance, leasing and structured finance experience. As a senior executive and change agent, he was instrumental in the successful turnaround of the US based equipment finance subsidiary of Deutsche Bank, AG. At GE Capital he structured a synthetic lease transaction for a Japanese auto manufacturer freeing up investment capital. He has authored magazine articles, procedure manuals and paneled at industry conferences. Mr. Kreissl has an MBA from the University of Detroit. He has also attended Columbia University and DBAG (Frankfurt, Germany).

Ms. Sharon Niederhaus

Ms. Niederhaus has thirty years experience in various home health care positions including president of an agency. She has also held numerous leadership roles in the California Association for Health Services at Home (CAHSAH). She is the past chair of the CAHSAH Board of Directors and is currently an active board member. Ms. Niederhaus has experience in all areas of home health. She began her career as a field nurse and took on expanding roles including, training, administrator, licensure issues, personnel management, and finally agency head. She also has experience in leading a due diligence team in numerous acquisitions. She has worked with both Medicare certified and private duty agencies. Ms. Niederhaus is an RN and a graduate of Protestant Deaconess Hospital School of Nursing.

Mr. David Oster

Mr. Oster has over twenty years experience in the healthcare information systems and the health insurance industry. He held executive level positions at Aetna U.S. Healthcare Inc. in information systems. He was also part of the transaction team for the merger of Aetna, Inc. and US Healthcare, Inc. His financial experience also includes Citibank. Mr. Oster has held roles in finance and as a Chief Operating Officer of privately held companies. He is a Certified Public Accountant and a graduate of Fairleigh Dickinson University.

Mr. Ian Roberts

Mr. Roberts resides in France and has over twenty years of experience in cross border transactions and transacting business with both global financial firms and as a business owner. He has extensive global financial market experience including Union Bank of Switzerland and Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc. In addition, he was a reporter, producer and marketer of CEO interviews for the Wall Street Reporter Magazine and as an entrepreneur. Mr. Roberts also led the sales and marketing of an online web-based retailer. He is bilingual in English and French. Mr. Roberts has a Bachelors degree in International Relations from Harvard University.

Mr. Gavin Ross

Mr. Ross began his career as a solicitor in private legal practice in Europe before becoming involved in commercial ventures and consultancy. Mr. Ross has over 25 years of corporate experience in business operations, and systems with the principal objective of facilitating business growth and in sourcing expansion capital. Most recently his experience has been in the renewable energy technology sector. He has extensive knowledge of the UK market as well as Eastern Europe and Africa. In Africa, he has developed excellent contacts at the senior Governmental and Ambassadorial level. In addition to English, he has a medium fluency in Spanish and French. Mr. Ross has a bachelor's degree in Science and Diploma in Legal Practice from Kings College, University of Aberdeen, UK.

Mr. Carl Tolson

Mr. Tolson has over twenty-five years of experience in investment banking, corporate mergers and acquisitions, and in government positions in China. He has experience in a variety of industries including sourcing $22 million for an electronic components company and over $800 million in real estate and industrial contracts. With knowledge of both the U.S. and Chinese markets he has been able to successfully set up joint ventures and facilitate international mergers. He is fluent in English and Chinese. Mr. Tolson holds a Bachelors degree, MBA and PhD from CSU.

Mr. Elliott Uchiyama

Mr. Uchiyama has over twenty-five years experience in the healthcare industry. His experience includes major corporations such as Blue Cross Blue Shield and Smith Barney. In addition he was responsible for strategic planning and acquisitions at privately held companies including physician groups, imaging centers, and hospitals. In addition to English, Mr. Uchiyama is fluent in Spanish, French and Japanese. He has a B.A. from the University of California, and an MBA and J.D. from Washington University in St. Louis.