Chairman, Bhavana Developers Pvt. Ltd.
Washington D.C. Metro Area
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- Chairman at Bhavana Developers Pvt. Ltd.
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- Vice Chairman at CBay Systems, Ltd.
- President at Transcriptions International, Inc.
- Lieutenant Colonel at USMC
- Associate Dean and Associate Professor, Finance at University of Maryland Graduate School, University College
- Representative Director at Schlegel Engineering K.K.
- Principal at Private Practice
- Associate at Harter Secrest & Emery LLP
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- University of Rochester - William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration
- State University of New York at Buffalo - Law School
- Defense Language Institute
- Hamilton College
- Nile C. Kinnick High School, Yokohama Japan
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Donald L. ("Skip") Conover’s Summary
Real Estate Developer in India, Saudi Arabia, and the G.C.C.
Host of "Developing India" social networking site: http://www.developingindia.net . The burning question this week is whether India's inflation is caused by oil prices. I say it's caused by improper handling of the Indian "money supply" by the central bank ... but that's just me!
India and the Middle East combined represent the largest economic opportunity of the next quarter century.
Link to me on LinkedIn using: dlconover@msn.com
I have been developing international businesses as an executive and entrepreneur since 1979.
In the period 1998-2006, I founded and led CBay Systems, Ltd. to become the 3rd largest in a 1,500 company healthcare services industry. Starting from zero in 1998, my colleagues and I built a company, which now grosses over $62 million annually, and went public on AIM in June 2007. On May 22, 2008, it was announced that CBAY has purchased 69% of MedQuist, the largest company in its industry, for US$287 million.
Donald L. ("Skip") Conover’s Specialties:
international business development, real estate development, investment banking, india, middle east, saudi arabia, gcc, japan, china, malaysia, international law, mergers and acquisitions, international marketing, international sales, attorney, lawyer, healthcare services, independent director, HR, placement
Donald L. ("Skip") Conover’s Experience
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Chairman
Bhavana Developers Pvt. Ltd.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; International Trade and Development industry)
March 2007 — Present (1 year 6 months)
Bhavana Developers is a major real estate developer focusing on large real estate and infrastructure projects in India, Saudi Arabia and the G.C.C. Some of our projects are displayed at www.bhavanadevelopers.com .
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Vice Chairman
CBay Systems, Ltd.
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)
September 1998 — October 2006 (8 years 2 months)
I was Founder and Vice Chairman of CBay Systems, Ltd. CBay started from scratch in 1998 to become third largest in a medical services industry of 1,500 companies. It pioneered the use of offshore labor (Indian) to support the American hospital environment, and currently has over 650 clients served by 39 production centers in India and Oman. Since 2002, I have been instrumental in marketing CBay services in the Middle East, particularly in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE and Oman. CBay became a public company in June 2007.
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President
Transcriptions International, Inc.
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)
June 1990 — August 1998 (8 years 3 months)
Developed leading edge business process outsourcing from the Republic of India in medical transcription, medical billing, accounting, typesetting, legal transcription, call center, and early internet. All of this work was done through the largest private circuits in the world into the Republic of India (before the availability of the commercial internet).
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Lieutenant Colonel
USMC
(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; USMC; Military industry)
March 1967 — July 1991 (24 years 5 months)
I served three years on active duty, including Vietnam service, followed by 20 years in USMC Reserve. Representative assignments:
Defense Language Institute, Mandarin Chinese
Staff Platoon Commander, OCS
CO, H&S Co., 8th Tank Battalion, 4th Marine Division (Rein)
Reserve Counterpart to Head, Standards Branch, Headquarters, USMC -
Associate Dean and Associate Professor, Finance
University of Maryland Graduate School, University College
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Education Management industry)
September 1987 — June 1989 (1 year 10 months)
Organized and developed the "Finance Track" of the business program in The Graduate School of The University of Maryland, University College.
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Representative Director
Schlegel Engineering K.K.
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Building Materials industry)
August 1979 — December 1984 (5 years 5 months)
Senior Corporate Officer for Japan and Korea for Schlegel Corporation of Rochester, New York. During this period I grew a subsidiary of an American corporation operating in Japan and Korea from zero to $10 million annually, operating in 4 different industries: Automotive; Building Products; Civil Engineering Products; and Office Equipment Components. During this period we launched over 200 product lines and started two manufacturing operations: Building Products and Office Equipment Components. We also sold civil engineering projects in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia; Sumatra, Indonesia; Basra, Iraq; and Libya for products manufactured in Hamburg, Germany.
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Principal
Private Practice
(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Law Practice industry)
December 1976 — August 1979 (2 years 9 months)
Private Practice of Law while attending The William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Rochester.
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Associate
Harter Secrest & Emery LLP
(Partnership; 201-500 employees; Law Practice industry)
August 1974 — December 1975 (1 year 5 months)
Private Practice of Law.
Donald L. ("Skip") Conover’s Education
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University of Rochester - William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration
M.B.A., Financial Economics, 1977 — 1979
Honored as a Distinguished Alumnus, November 10, 2005.
- Activities and Societies:
- Current member of the Executive Advisory Committee.
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State University of New York at Buffalo - Law School
J.D., Law, 1971 — 1974
Member of the New York Bar
Inactive Member of the Bar of the District of Columbia- Activities and Societies:
- Business Editor, Buffalo Law Review
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Defense Language Institute
Diploma, Mandarin Chinese, 1969 — 1970
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Hamilton College
B.A., History, 1964 — 1968
Pruyn Essay Prize
Asian Studies- Activities and Societies:
- Delta Upsilon
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Nile C. Kinnick High School, Yokohama Japan
Diploma, 1962 — 1964
- Activities and Societies:
- Editor in Chief, The Trident Newspaper
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Donald L. ("Skip") Conover’s Interests:
international business development, middle east, saudi arabia, uae, qatar, oman, computer hardware and software marketing, healthcare, media, india, professionals for saudi arabia, human resources
Donald L. ("Skip") Conover’s Groups:
Rigpa, Hamilton College, Simon School, Women 2.0, Six Degrees, USMC, Dallas Blue, Linked-Veterans, LINK-USMC, LinkedinUSMC
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India Leadership Network -
We love India - professionals for empowering India's future. -
US India Business Council -
Real Estate India: R&R - Real Estate and Reliability
Donald L. ("Skip") Conover’s Honors:
Featured in the cover story of GlobalCEO magazine for June 2008.
--Electronic copy available on request to dlconover@msn.com.
Distinguished Alumnus, The William E. Simon Graduate School of Business, 2005
Bronze Star Medal with "V" for Vietnam Service, USMC
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