SterilTek Biographical Profiles

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Management
John P. Fowler
Michael A. Duckett
John Kimsey

Consultants
Jim Barton
Patrick Lober
Cory S. Nestman
Dan Johnson
Mark Brewer
Terrence Jackson
Ashley Simmons
Michele McKinley

John P. Fowler, Vice President, North America Service

John Fowler serves as Vice President for STERIS North America Service, a wholly owned professional services subsidiary of STERIS Corporation. SterilTek provides sterile processing workflow and growth solutions to healthcare providers.

John has 17 years of varied leadership experience with both General Electric and STERIS Corporation. He has over 11 years of healthcare experience in service leadership, equipment sales, information technology and corporate accounts. John has extensive experience in leading global teams, outsourcing operations, service operations and leading professional service teams.

John holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Michigan Technological University.

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Michael A. Duckett, Director, Strategic Initiatives

Mike Duckett serves as Director of Strategic Initiatives for SterilTek, Inc., a wholly owned professional services subsidiary of STERIS Corporation. SterilTek provides sterile processing workflow and growth solutions to healthcare providers.

Mike has twenty years of experience in the healthcare industry. He began at the American Sterilizer Company (now STERIS) where he held various technical, engineering and management positions focused on product development and support. His previous roles with STERIS Corporation also include serving as vice president of product marketing and vice president of Field Services.

Mike has a degree in electrical engineering and is a perpetual student of the healthcare business. He also holds multiple patents for medical devices. He has served on numerous committees and supported projects for the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) and the U.S. Government’s Battle Lab Group. Mike has provided formal presentations for the International Association of Healthcare Central Service Material Managers (IAHCSMM), the Association of Field Service Managers (AFSM), INTERLOG, an aftermarket product support and service parts logistics group, and numerous local organizations.

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John Kimsey, Director Professional Services, SterilTek

John Kimsey serves asdirector of professional services for SterilTek, Inc., a wholly owned professional services subsidiary of STERIS Corporation. SterilTek provides process improvement, strategic analysis, clinical assessment, consolidation, and management services consulting to healthcare providers. John oversees SterilTek’s consulting work with hospitals nationwide to improve their operating room and support operations such as central services, materials management, and patient flow.

John has over 20 years of professional consulting experience in the healthcare, service and manufacturing industries. He has worked with Fortune 500 companies such as GE and Standard Products, as well as regional and local corporations in various capacities. John has led efforts in process improvement, capacity planning, quality improvement, organizational development, cultural change, operational consolidation, financial analysis, management systems, and overall financial and operational improvement.

Since joining SterilTek, John has led consulting projects and worked with hospitals across the nation in developing strategic plans for Central Service operations, designing and implementing process improvement projects for sterile processing departments, managed CS consolidation projects, led the construction and implementation of off-site reprocessing centers, performed interim management duties, and completed numerous sterile processing assessments.

John’s current duties include overseeing the daily operational functions of SterilTek’s consulting services, ensuring quality throughout the SterilTek organization, and working with hospital management staff in identifying their operational needs and strategic direction.

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Jim Barton

Jim Barton is director of operations and senior professional consultant for SterilTek, Inc., a wholly owned professional services subsidiary of STERIS Corporation. SterilTek provides sterile processing workflow and growth solutions to healthcare providers.

Jim has 33 years of healthcare experience in equipment sales and the design and development of surgical and central services departments. He has successfully designed and supported the building of a number of off-site surgical instrument reprocessing facilities. He has been recognized by the American Institute of Architecture (AIA/AHA) for work done with graduate fellowships and student design Charrettes, a teaching and learning program for future healthcare architects. He has served on the AIA, Academy of Healthcare Architecture Graduate Fellowship Student Charrette and Vendor Advisory committees.

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Patrick Lober

Patrick Lober is a senior professional consultant for SterilTek, Inc., a wholly owned professional services subsidiary of STERIS Corporation. SterilTek provides sterile processing workflow and growth solutions to healthcare providers.

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Cory S. Nestman

Cory S. Nestman is a professional consultant for SterilTek, Inc, a wholly owned professional services subsidiary of STERIS Corporation. SterilTek provides sterile processing workflow and growth solutions to healthcare providers. Cory works with hospitals nationwide improving their operating room and support operations such as central services (CS), materials management and perioperative services.

Cory is involved in projects that include clinical assessment, process improvement, capacity planning, strategic planning, cultural change, operational improvement, management solutions and training.

Cory has 20 years of experience in healthcare sterile processing and supply distribution, which includes technical training, staff development and CS management. Cory is a Purdue University Accredited Certified Educator and is a nationally recognized expert on sterile processing operations. She has published in her field and presented at educational programs sponsored by professional organizations such as the International Association of Healthcare Central Service Materiel Management (IAHCSMM) and Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC).

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Dan Johnson

Dan Johnson is a senior professional services consultant for SterilTek Inc., a wholly owned professional services subsidiary of STERIS Corporation. SterilTek provides sterile processing workflow and growth solutions to healthcare providers. He works with hospitals nationwide to improve their CS operations and support OR growth.

Dan has more than eleven years of consulting experience in healthcare and other industries. His skills include areas such as Lean Process facilitation, process design, capacity planning, management training and organizational development. He is certified in Production and Inventory Control, APICS, and holds a Masters degree in Operation Management from the University of Arkansas.

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Mark Brewer

Mark Brewer serves as a professional consultant and as a Nashville site manager for SterilTek, Inc., a wholly owned professional services subsidiary of STERIS Corporation. SterilTek provides sterile processing workflow and growth solutions to healthcare providers. Mark has over 30 years experience in healthcare.

Mark has practiced as a registered nurse first assistant, as a circulator, and as a scrub nurse. He holds an Associates of Science degree in Nursing from Belmont University and a Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resource Management from Trevecca Nazarene University. In addition to these degrees, Mark holds a certification in Perioperative Nursing and is licensed as a contractor for both residential and commercial construction.

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Terrence Jackson

Terry Jackson serves as a professional service consultant for SterilTek, Inc., a wholly owned professional services subsidiary of STERIS Corporation. SterilTek provides sterile processing workflow and growth solutions to healthcare providers.

Terry has over 30 years of healthcare experience. He began his career in healthcare as a licensed practical nurse working in intensive care, orthopedics and pediatrics. For 20 years, however, his focus has been in the sterile processing area. Terry has managed the central services departments at two Level One trauma centers and holds certifications in central service as a technician and as a manager. Terry’s experience covers all CS areas including staff training and education, developing relationships between the OR services and Central Service, meeting customer quality and service requirements, quality management and assurance within processing, staff management, equipment operation, and budgetary management.

Terry has published several papers on central service and earned his Fellowship in May 2004. Terry has served as the chairman of an integral committee of the International Association of Healthcare Central Service Materiel Management (IAHCSMM), and is active in his local chapter.

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Ashley Simmons

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Michele McKinley

Michele McKinley serves as a Professional Services Consultant for SterilTek, Inc., a wholly owned professional services subsidiary of STERIS Corporation. SterilTek provides sterile processing workflow and growth solutions to healthcare providers.

Michele has been in healthcare for 27 years. She is a licensed vocational nurse and has also been trained as an operating room technician. She has worked as a materials coordinator for the operating room (OR) and was responsible for OR purchasing, inventory control, capital budget, charge master, maintenance and clean-up of OR supply inventory lists, instrument tray lists and preference cards.

Michele has lead effective team building and process improvement efforts in total CS reorganization and improvement as well as specific areas of JCAHO and state mandated inspections, flash sterilization reduction, loaner tray programs and tray reorganization. Michele has been able to show a flash reduction by percent of patients impacted from 73% to 15%. Michele currently resides outside of Los Angeles.

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