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Biography

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
AUTHOR AND LECTURER 2005-CURRENT
PROPRIETOR OF SILVIN BOOKS & PRODUCTIONS 2015-CURRENT
CONSULTANT, INVESTOR/PARTNER 1987-2005
•QUANTUM SOLUTIONS, LLC., Santa Monica, CA based consulting firm specialized in leadership enhancement, systems thinking, strategy and organizational change for industry leading clients such as Exxon/Mobil and Boeing. Consulted directly with Quantum's CEO.
•ROWAN, RIGHTER & SILVIN, Washington, DC
Co-founder, General Partner & Director. 1986-1995. RRS was a merchant banking & financial advisory firm specializing in emerging growth companies.
•SANDERLING VENTURE PARTNERS, Menlo Park, CA 1987-1992. Limited partner in these bio-technology start-up and early stage companies. The fund has launched six successful IPO's and remains active shareholders in management.
•GENOLIER HEALTH CENTER, Genolier, Switzerland. 1986-1992. Partner/shareholder in a 300 bed, tertiary care medical center outside Geneva.
SENIOR EXECUTIVE: PUBLICLY TRADED HOSPITAL CORPORATION 1977-1987
•AMERICAN MEDICAL INTERNATIONAL, INC. (AMI) Beverly Hills, CA, A leading $2B, global health care services corporation (NYSE) with 45,000 employees.
•Chief Executive Officer, AMI International & Group Vice President AMI 1982-1987. The company owned and operated 35 hospitals in nine foreign countries. During this period the subsidiary became AMI’S most profitable division on an ROI basis.  The overseas subsidiary; a $100 million dollar company with 10,000 employees, traded on the Zurich and London stock exchanges.
•Vice President International Development, AMI, 1977-1982. Expanded the international division of AMI from two facilities to thirty-five owned, major acute care hospitals.
PRESIDENT FRIESEN INTERNATIONAL, WASHINGTON, DC 1973-1977
•1976-1977: Managed newly acquired hospital planning subsidiary of AMI.
•1973-1976: Project director hospital design and management contracts in six countries.
•1973-1974: Administrator of the American Hospital of Paris
SPECIAL POSITIONS
•Founder of the American Academy of Hospital Consultants. (AAHC)
•President and Board Member of all AMI's overseas hospitals and subsidiary corporations.
•Who's Who in Health Care. Who's Who in Finance & Industry. Who's Who in the World  (1988) Recipient Chevalier de L'Ordre Franco-Britanique  Bestowed title of “Honorary”
•Visiting Lecturer numerous universities (USA & Europe) in hospital administration
EDUCATION
MBA, Cornell University, Hospital Administration & Finance, 1972
BS, Georgetown University, Psychology, 1970
Le Rosey, Gstaad, Switzerland, 1966
Foreign Languages:   Fluent French, conversational Spanish & German

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

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