Executive Management
William R. Korslin, President, Chief Executive Officer and co- founder of Centrad Healthcare, LLC has over thirty years of experience in related healthcare distribution businesses. Prior to founding Centrad, he was President and CEO of American Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. (“APS”), a subsidiary of Mariner Post Acute Network, Inc. where he concurrently held the position of Mariner Executive Vice President. Under his direction as CEO, APS revenues grew from $43 million in 1994 to over $360 million in 1999 becoming the fifth largest institutional pharmacy in the country with over 1800 employees and 38 pharmacies doing business in 36 states. Prior to becoming CEO of APS, he held a variety of Senior Management positions in APS’ predecessor organizations.
Prior to joining APS, Mr. Korslin held several management positions at National Medical Enterprises, Inc. all in its Durable Medical Equipment (“DME”) division. Prior to that, he held several management positions at American Hospital Supply Corporation, a leading distributor of medical supplies and equipment to acute care hospitals (now a subsidiary of Cardinal Health Systems).
Bill has a BS in Administrative Sciences from the Southern Illinois University School of Business.
Accounting and Financial Services Management
Rebecca Martin, CPA, Chief Financial Officer, joined the company in July of 2009. Rebecca has over 14 years of professional healthcare experience working in multiple financial and accounting positions. Rebecca has her Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Northern Michigan University. Additionally, she has an MBA from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
Tabitha Calvert, Cash Application Supervisor, joined the company in September of 2003. Prior to joining Centrad, Tabitha held a range of positions in Accounting, Bookkeeping, and Billing. Tabitha has a degree in Accounting from Okaloosa Community College.
Jennifer Golaszewski, Cash Application Coordinator, joined the company in August of 2002. Prior to joining Centrad, Jennifer held a wide variety of operational support positions at APS including Customer Service, Billing and Systems Development, and Training positions. Jennifer has an MBA from Lewis University.
Compliance
Melissa Cassidy, Vice President of Compliance, is a co-founder of the company. As the Vice President of Compliance, Melissa is responsible for monitoring the company’s claims processing functions to ensure that claims are not submitted false or inaccurate to the government and private payors. Additionally, Melissa will assume the responsibility of educating employees and Business Associates of fraud and abuse, unethical conduct, and preventable mistakes. In her time at Centrad, Melissa has acted as the Vice President of Reimbursement and the Vice President of Staff Operations. Melissa has her Bachelor of Science from Northern Illinois University.
Human Resources
Eric Hermonson, Director of Human Resources, joined the company in March of 2009. Eric has over five years of Human Resources experience. Eric has a Bachelor of Science, with a concentration in Human Resources, from Northern Illinois University.
Information Technology
Jill McKay, Chief Information Officer, is a co-founder of the company. As the CIO, Jill directs Centrad’s network administration functions along with maintaining, updating, and overall function control of Centrad's SmA/Rt system. Previous to becoming Centrad’s CIO, Jill held the position of Vice President, Controller. In her time at Centrad, Jill has developed all of Centrad’s financial control and reporting systems. Jill has a BA in Accounting from Briar Cliff College.
Craig Wheatley, Director of Network Administration, joined the company in June of 2009. Craig’s responsibilities include maintaining all of Centrad’s network functions. Craig has ten years of systems and network administration experience (WAN / LAN). While working in his previous position, Craig had been serving Centrad as an outsourced contractor providing the company with Network Administration Support. Craig has a Bachelor of Science in Technical Management, with a concentration in Business Information Systems, from DeVry University.
Operations
Michael Korslin, Chief Operating Officer, joined the company in July of 2004. Prior to becoming the COO, Michael held the position of Vice President of Planning and Business Development. As the COO, Michael is responsible for managing all hands-on operational aspects of Centrad. Michael is also responsible for controlling the company’s asset management systems including the development and implementation of its inventory control and capital appropriations budget monitoring systems. Each of the company’s investments and all new business opportunities are evaluated to determine IRR prior to making the investment. Michael has a Bachelor of Business Administration degree, with a concentration in Finance, Investment & Banking, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Tony Barrett, CPT, Director of Field Operations, joined Centrad in May of 2003 as a Field Service Representative. Shortly thereafter, Tony was promoted to Field Service Manager where he was in charge of the Southwest Region Operations. In Tony’s current position as Director of Field Operations, Tony is responsible for achieving Operating Profit Plans (budgets) nationally. Previously to joining Centrad, Tony spent six years working at American Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. working in a variety of roles most notably sales. Tony’s expertise is in long-term care facilities, respiratory therapy, and Medicare procedures and billing.
Sandy Lockwood, LNHA, CSW serves as NorthEastern Regional Manager. Prior to joining Centrad, Sandy was Field Service Representative at American Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. in New York. Sandy’s work experience includes Long Term Care Administration, Sales & Marketing and Social Services. Her background encompasses eighteen years of professional healthcare experience. Sandy holds a Bachelor of Arts degree, with a concentration in Sociology, from Rutgers College. Sandy is also a Licensed Nursing Home Administrator—1995 and Certified Social Worker—1994.
Robin Pasquarosa, CRT, Western Regional Manager joined the company in July of 2000. Prior to joining the company, Robin was Area Manager, Respiratory Therapy for American Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. Prior to that, she was co-owner of a homecare respiratory therapy company in Colorado. Her background includes sales and sales management positions at Abbey Homecare, Inc.
Martha Gonzales, Midwest Regional Manager, joined Centrad in July of 2004. Martha has over fifteen years of professional healthcare experience, specifically with long-term care facilities and the Medicare Part B program. Previous to joining Centrad, Martha worked at American Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. where she provided sales and marketing services. Martha has performed many roles while at Centrad; most notably sales and field operations.
Blake Graham, Southeast Regional Manager, joined Centrad in January of 2004. Previous to joining Centrad, Blake worked in healthcare for more than thirteen years; primarily as a Service Technician and Rehabilitation Manager. While working at Centrad, Blake has been instrumental in the growth of Centrad’s Durable Medical Equipment division in the Southeastern region. Blake has a degree in Mass Communications from Princeton Technical College.
Purchasing & Logistics Management
Joe McCarthy, Vice President Purchasing & Logistics, manages Centrad vendor relationships and directs all vendor contract negotiations. Joe has over twenty-five years of experience in the area of purchasing and inventory control including over ten years in the healthcare sector. Before co-founding Centrad, Joe served as Vice President, Purchasing for APS for five years. Preceding that, he held several inventory control, purchasing, and production management positions with Nissan Forklift Corporation. Joe has a BA in Psychology from Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa.
All of Centrad purchasing functions are centrally located in the company’s General Offices located in Naperville, Illinois. Purchasing contracts are negotiated directly with manufacturers and all negotiated pricing is then passed through to Centrad’s Wholesale Distributor, McKesson, which provides distribution services on a contract pricing “plus” basis. Centrad’s key vendors include Ross Labs, Novartis, Sunrise Medical, McKesson, Respironics, Nestle, Kendall and Crown Therapeutics.
Cost efficiencies are achieved through the company’s strategic alliances with select manufacturers and distributors who are used to ship products direct to the end user. Small re-distribution centers (“RDC’s”) located in Rocky Hill, CT; Huntsville, Mobile & Birmingham, AL; Golden, CO; Casper, WY, Far Rockaway, NY; Austin, San Antonio, Corpus Christi and Ft. Worth, TX; and, Harvard, IL; are maintained to ensure fulfillment of urgent orders, if required.
Reimbursement Management
Gidgett Callaghan, Vice President, Reimbursement directs all Centrad reimbursement functions including customer service, patient intake, billing, collections and order entry, which are all centralized in the company’s General Offices located in Naperville, Illinois. Gidgett has 15 years of experience in claims processing, accounts receivable and collections management (in both Homecare and Long Term Care Markets) in the product segments currently offered by the company.
Ms. Callaghan’s expertise includes knowledge of claims filing procedures with nearly all third party payors, the systems used by payors to process claims, provider number procurement, HIPAA compliance, regulatory compliance and collections. She was instrumental in developing the company’s proprietary operating system, SmA/Rt, which is used to manage Centrad’s Accounts Receivable with a diverse Payor Source Mix. Gidgett has a BS in Healthcare Management form National Louis University.
Sales Management
Mike Furstenau, National Accounts Representative, has over ten years of experience developing and managing the sales function directly in Centrad’s targeted markets starting out as a sales representative shortly after Centrad began operations in ’00. Currently, eight (8) Centrad associates have sales growth as their main responsibility and another nine (9) have primarily operational duties & responsibilities but also sell.
