Richard L. Jackson
Chief Executive Officer
With more than 30 years of healthcare staffing experience, Richard L. Jackson is
an industry pioneer. Beginning in 1978 with the founding of Jackson & Coker
(J&C), he has demonstrated a unique ability to predict healthcare industry
trends, identify under-served niches and create leading companies that improve
the quality and accessibility of healthcare.
In 1995 Jackson and several former J&C associates brought together their
more than 100 years of combined physician recruiting experience to form what
was then known as Quest Staffing Solutions. Beginning with psychiatry, the
Quest team focused on building knowledge and contacts in a handful of
high-demand specialties rather than trying to be ‘all things to all
clients.’
Foreseeing the “dot.com boom” and its potentially dramatic effect on
physician
recruiting, Jackson and his partners in 1999 introduced the only free, online,
all-specialty physician job board offering a broad range of opportunities-both
temporary and permanent. They changed their physician recruiting firm’s
name to
“LocumTenens.com” to better link the niche agency with both its
industry
category and its all-specialty physician job board. This counter-intuitive
decision made LocumTenens.com one of the fastest-growing healthcare staffing
companies in the United States within five years.
Currently Jackson also is chief executive officer of Jackson Healthcare
(JH), parent firm of Jackson Healthcare Staffing, which ranked ninth
on Staffing Industry Analysts’ list of “Top U.S. Healthcare
Staffing
Providers,” May 31, 2007.
In both 2006 and 2007 Jackson was a southeast regional finalist for Ernst and
Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year Award. JH was named to the Inc. 500 list
of
the fastest-growing private U.S. companies in 2004-and to the Inc. 5000 in 2007
as one of the top 100 health care companies. In 2005 and 2007 Atlanta Business
Chronicle named Jackson Healthcare to its annual list of
“Atlanta’s Best Employers” based on an independent employee
survey.
An expert in health care trends, Jackson has been quoted in more than 100 health
care and business publications including the Wall Street Journal, Modern
Healthcare, Health Business, Hospitals & Health Networks,
Physician Financial News, Health Management Technology, Atlanta
Business Chronicle and Smart Business Atlanta.
R. Shane Jackson
President and Chief Operating Officer
Before taking the helm of LocumTenens.com in July 2008, Mr. Jackson served as
executive vice president of Jackson Healthcare. Until mid-2006 he also served
as president of Patient Placement Systems, a healthcare technology company
providing an automated solution for the referring and placing of patients that
require care after leaving the hospital.
In 2000, Mr. Jackson co-founded and acted as the president of NextStart
Capital, providing financial advisory and M&A services. At NextStart
Capital,
he oversaw and directed numerous fund-raising and acquisition transactions. In
2005 he served as financial advisor to the seller in the largest healthcare
staffing transaction in history. In 2007 Mr. Jackson oversaw start-up of
Jackson Healthcare's healthcare job boards division.
Prior to beginning NextStart Capital, Mr. Jackson launched successful
businesses in the IT, healthcare, music and restaurant industries, and has
consulted with businesses throughout the Southeast, developing Internet
strategy and business plans, conducting viability studies and raising venture
capital.
Mr. Jackson earned an M.B.A., with honors, from Emory University where he was
one of a distinguished group of students selected for the institution's
accelerated three-semester degree program. He holds a B.B.A from Harding
University.
Michael A. Davis
Executive Vice President and Co-Founder
An original partner of LocumTenens.com, Mr. Davis has more than 18 years of
experience in the physician recruitment industry. He helped found Jackson &
Coker's locum tenens division and, later, LocumTenens.com. His expertise
includes marketing services to healthcare facilities and national accounts, as
well as physician recruiting for both locum tenens and permanent placement
positions. He also has a keenness for streamlining the sales process to solve
clients and providers needs quickly and accurately without compromising
quality. Mr. Davis leads the Psychiatry division of LocumTenens.com, which is
notable for the most days booked and the most government contracts.
Pamela McKemie
Senior Vice President and Co-Founder
An original partner of LocumTenens.com, Ms. McKemie has more than 20 years of
experience in the physician recruitment industry and has witnessed the growth
of the $3 billion industry. Her extensive professional and diverse background
includes 12 years of physician recruiting/marketing management and 2 years of
national account management and government contracting. In the last 5 years she
has developed and spearheaded strategic marketing functions at LocumTenens.com
and successfully guided the company through its re-branding phase. Ms. McKemie
is a 4-year founding member of the National Association of Locum Tenens
Organization (NALTO) where she serves on the Ethics and Arbitration and
Marketing committees. As the company moves forward, Ms. McKemie’s focus
will be
in new business development and cultivating new opportunities in web growth and
technology initiatives.
Lisa Kaeck
Vice President and Co-Founder
An original partner of LocumTenens.com, Ms. Kaeck brings more than 18 years of
sales and marketing experience to the company. She worked in the medical
recruiting industry for 14 years. She is involved in the day-to-day running of
business operations and is also directly involved in the development and
implementation of company objectives, policies and procedures as well as
strategic planning for the organization. Ms. Kaeck spends the majority of her
time managing, training and supporting LocumTenens.com’s Anesthesia
division,
which is the highest revenue and profit producing team. She advocates a
“family
oriented” culture among associates and enjoys helping producers succeed.
Janet Butcher
Vice President, Administration
Ms. Butcher brings two decades of organizational development experience to
LocumTenens.com. Her career began in the physician recruitment industry with
Jackson & Coker, where she spent 16 years. Ms. Butcher spent two years as
Director of Credentialing at Charter Behavioral Health System where she was
responsible for restructuring and organizing a centralized credentialing system
for 54 of the firm's more than 90 hospitals. Her responsibilities at
LocumTenens.com include overseeing the company's credentialing process and
managing the LocumTenens.com database. She also oversees and coordinates all
company relocations and construction. Ms. Butcher continually refines and
improves LocumTenens.com’s credentialing process and her goal is to make
it
flow as smoothly and hassle free as possible.
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