Chief Information Officer (CIO) at First Choice Medical Supply
Jackson, Mississippi Area
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- VP of Public Relations at Ann Smith Elementary School
- Head Coach - Soccer/Baseball at YMCA
- Worker bee at CreativeSnaps.com (Sole Proprietorship)
- Chief Information Officer at First Choice Medical Supply
- President at Harbortowne Property Owners' Association, Inc.
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- Information Systems Administrator at Central Mississippi Medical Center / HMA
- Dept. Head of Corporate Intra/Internet Systems at WORLDCOM
- Head of Corporate IT Technical Services at LDDS Metromedia
- Corporate IT Network and Applications Administrator at LDDS Communications
- Systems Manager for Office of Pollution Control's Field Services Division at Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
- Education
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- Millsaps College
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Kevin Crothers’s Summary
I have over twenty years broad-based Information Systems/Technology experience with expertise in many communications and ERP systems. Financial and Human Resources controls have required me to quickly understand problems identified by staff and select appropriate resolution, take calculated risks, build consensus on concepts from key decision-makers, and practice relationship-building and communication skills. This has helped me meet budget goals for balancing Capital and SG&A expense dollars, balance multiple projects with competing priorities, and manage teams in environments of constant change. I have familiarity with most hardware, applications, and operating systems; unquestioned personal integrity; and the ability to handle sensitive/highly confidential issues in a tactful and diplomatic way. These strengths allow me to maintain close communications and working relations with my employees, customers, management, and vendors and always reach low-cost, high-return solutions.
Kevin Crothers’s Specialties:
I worked for LDDS/WorldCom - led by Bernie Ebbers. Then, to enter the Healthcare Distribution industry as CIO for FirstChoiceMedicalSupply, I contracted with HMA, where I architected/administered a HIPAA-secure communications infrastructure and became familiar with the technical/financial abilities of the industry's two leading suppliers. I then joined FirstChoice to create/provide the most exciting, dynamic e-Commerce environment the eldercare industry has ever experienced.
Kevin Crothers’s Experience
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VP of Public Relations
Ann Smith Elementary School
(Education Management industry)
August 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)
Kim and I share the Vice President of Public Relations position, which has primary responsibility for matters relating to public relations such as school spirit, publicity, yearbook (full-color and fantastic for 2008-2009!), newsletter, grounds, marquee (going digital!) and website for the K-2 school.
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Head Coach - Soccer/Baseball
YMCA
(Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
April 2005 — Present (4 years 8 months)
I have head coached our two kids' soccer and baseball teams since they started playing sports. Quinn has played 5 seasons of soccer and 3 seasons of baseball, and this is Kacy's 2nd season of soccer. The kids of the teams always learn more of the sport, have a good time, and get a good workout! The YMCA highly appreciates and respects the dad's that coach more than one team per season; they make it as easy as possible.
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Worker bee
CreativeSnaps.com (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Arts and Crafts industry)
April 2005 — Present (4 years 8 months)
I am the IT Worker Bee for Creative Snaps, a provider of World Class digital scrapbooking services, which created/runs EliteDigiScrappers.com, the world's most successful Digital Scrapbooking topsite. My wife ( Kim Crothers - http://kimcrothers.com ) and I created these web sites and administer them, with no outside assistance.
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Chief Information Officer
First Choice Medical Supply
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)
January 2003 — Present (6 years 11 months)
I developed many extremely valuable skills, while at LDDS/WorldCom, and am honored to have worked eight years for a company led by Bernie Ebbers. Looking for a new long-term home, I prepared for the CIO spot with First Choice Medical Supply by contracting with Health Management Associates for one year, where I architected and administered a HIPAA-secure communications infrastructure and became familiar with the technical and financial abilities of the healthcare industry's two leading suppliers, which would end up being First Choice's biggest sources for new customers - McKesson and Medline. I then joined First Choice as CIO in 2003 to create and provide http://www.fcms.com/services, the most exciting, dynamic e-Commerce environment the eldercare industry has ever experienced.
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President
Harbortowne Property Owners' Association, Inc.
(Political Organization industry)
January 2001 — Present (8 years 11 months)
Preside at all meetings, have general supervision and management of the POA, and shall have the power and authority to sign, make, execute, and deliver any and all deeds or conveyances, deeds of trust, checks, leases, contracts, assignments, releases and all other documents and instruments on behalf of the Association. The President shall perform all duties incident to the office of President and such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board from time to time.
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Information Systems Administrator
Central Mississippi Medical Center / HMA
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; HMA; Hospital & Health Care industry)
June 2002 — June 2003 (1 year 1 month)
Personnel Management and Supervision:
* Supervise all Network Leads and their Employees
* Direct Report to and First Backup for MIS Director
Over Network Administration and Security, Web, Database, and Application Development, and File, Messaging, and Print Services.
Served as SouthEast Regional Network Administrator for HMA, which included being responsible for the listed duties for seven other hospitals. -
Dept. Head of Corporate Intra/Internet Systems
WORLDCOM
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; WCOM; Telecommunications industry)
June 1994 — April 2002 (7 years 11 months)
I left as a SeniorManager, approved by MISVP and HR to be promoted to a JuniorDirector within Corporate Systems. I managed four subdepartments, totalling 92 full-time employees.
I streamlined data processing expenditures, saving the company over 74 million dollars from 1994-2002 - minimizing expenses, reducing administration, increasing security and kept WorldCom as one company, with one face!
I migrated acquired companies, consolidating and then decommissioning their environments, to use the WorldCom Corporate Intranet, Corporate Internet, pre-sales Customer Extranet, e-Mail, Directory Services, Materiel Management, and HR System.
This Consolidate:Decommission model saved us the majority of these 74 million dollars.
I am proud to have worked for a company led by Mr. Bernie Ebbers. And I still own and protect our original Internet domain names: LDDSNET.COM, LDDSCOMMUNICATIONS.COM, BERNARDEBBERS.COM, and BERNARDGEBBERS.COM. -
Head of Corporate IT Technical Services
LDDS Metromedia
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; LDDS; Telecommunications industry)
August 1995 — April 1997 (1 year 9 months)
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Corporate IT Network and Applications Administrator
LDDS Communications
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; LDDS; Telecommunications industry)
June 1994 — August 1995 (1 year 3 months)
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Systems Manager for Office of Pollution Control's Field Services Division
Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
(Government Agency; 501-1000 employees; Government Administration industry)
October 1991 — December 1994 (3 years 3 months)
Designed, Implemented, and Supported:
* first LANs and MANs for station-station and building-building connectivity
* first File Serving Networks including bindery name services (Novell Netware v2,3,4)
* first E-Mail and Groupware system (cc:Mail and Lotus Notes)
* first Internet connectivity (centralized RARP/BOOTP/DHCP and SLIP/PPP dial-up)
* first Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)
* all local and remote software and hardware (67 users at 5 sites)
Streamlined the division's data processing expenditures (saving nearly 1 million dollars from 1992-1994)
Kevin Crothers’s Education
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Millsaps College
B.S. , Medical Technical/Biological Sciences , 1988 — 1990
Kevin began his Information Technology career with three years technical research for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, where he built a computer-based laboratory management environment for parturition physiology research. He networked DOS and Windows286 data-collection clients to a DECVAX minicomputer, which was his data-depository, and then interfaced physiographs, IR spectrophotometers, balances, gas chromatographs, mixers and chillers, thermometers, and variac transformers to the clients. Nearly all testing and data-collection was done, hands-free. He gained experience with data communications and the operations and interfacing of laboratory instruments.
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- Graduated with honors, distinction, and the Biology Research Award. Received Ford Foundation and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Pre-Medical teaching/research fellowships for parturition physiology research.
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Kevin Crothers’s Interests:
My incredible family - Kim, Quinn, and Kacy. Eating Kim's Fudgies with "100" cold milk. Swimming the 50 meters (s) freestyle in under 25 seconds. Making a smart decision on which new car to buy - when I've past 300,000 miles on my 1992 Honda Accord EX, that is... Oh, yeah, and wresting with Max just before we go to sleep each night.
Kevin Crothers’s Groups:
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Millsaps College
Kevin Crothers’s Honors:
State Champion for 1 and 2 mile as a High School senior
