The Curmudgeon's Career Page
What is the Curmudgeon doing with a Career Page? Well, actually, it should probably be titled "the Curmudgeon's Work Page." According to Fr. Thomas Hopko, in a tape from St. Vladimir's Seminary entitled The Theology of Work, what we do is ordained by God, but to say "career" is oriented toward the materialistic. Work in the Kingdom of God is paradoxical ... get the tape if you are interested.
So what about me?
Currently I serve as Chief Financial Officer at Hospice of Dayton, a non-profit hospice program dedicated to minimizing the suffering of the terminally ill.
I'm a CPA, and have been Chief Financial Officer of behavioral health facilities (behavioral health is the nice way of saying psychiatric) for two major healthcare companies, Hospital Corporation of America (HCA, now Columbia) and Community Psychiatric Centers (CPC), which is now part of Behavioral Healthcare, Inc., based in Nashville. I started my career with Arthur Andersen & Co. (now just Anderson), and I worked with a business valuation firm based in Memphis for a while, and I have served as consultant (at the manager level) with Deloitte & Touche LLP in the Nashville Office. Even in professional services, I still worked with healthcare organizations and systems nationally, as well as managed care operations, helping to redesign the American healthcare delivery system. I find it fun, challenging, and quite often frustrating. But, I like getting up and going to work, so I guess that means I can glorify God in my work, and offer my work to Him.
BUT! I'm not all finance, either. I enjoy restructuring operations, and taking the lead in these processes, in a multi-disciplinary team environment. I am fully qualified in an internal audit and process improvement technique called "control self assessment". Management sets objectives, and through facilitated workshops with employees, are informed as to the achievability of the objectives, and what actions need to occur to reach the objectives (these we call controls). It is VERY paticipatory, and I really enjoy workshop facilitation.
I also am not limited to healthcare. If you have a need that I might be able to fill, skip to the bottom of this page and download my resume. You can also look at it -- a mail link is embedded within the resume itself. I've lived in several areas of the country, including most of Tennessee (Memphis, Jackson, Nashville, Knoxville, Kingsport), South Florida (Miama/Ft. Lauderdale/the Palm Beaches/Boca Raton) and into the Deep South (New Orleans) and midwest (Dayton, Ohio; Kansas City and Wichita, Kansas). I've love it here, but also enjoy everything our wonderful country has to offer.
My biggest joy in life comes from developing a group of participatory employees, and actually managing them as they (not me) run the business. I find that they don't always do what I'd do, but interestingly, they always seem to create profit and shareholder value, as well as creating a vibrant, collegial workplace! Try it yourself -- hire me!
You know, there isn't much in the way of financial links on the Web, but here are a few I like:
HEY! Don't forget to view my resume! I'm always interested in a high-paying,
challenging position, particularly if the position is located in
an area with an Orthodox Church!
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