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About Me
Services industry professional with more than 25 years of responsible leadership in the areas of information technology, marketing, sales support, purchasing, literature development, regulatory compliance, recruiting and Quality Assurance/customer satisfaction measurement processes.
  • Managed all support aspects of a start-up company through 18 years of compound growth in sales and earnings.
  • Developed a fully functional IT department which utilized eight servers in a clustered array, a PIX firewall and a Netgear wireless access point with all Microsoft client server software.
  • Supervised the design and implementation of an asset management software system through three generations; now using Palm technology and an internet-based data gathering system.
  • Directed the development of a fully functional website with intranet and extranet capabilities, optimized to rank in the top five on all major search engines.
  • Supervised a team of biomedical professionals to author a compliance manual with inserts for regulatory agencies such as the FDA, NFPA and state Departments of Health. 
  • Wrote and implemented a Corporate-level HIPAA Compliance manual for field managers and technicians.
  • Wrote and implemented a site-specific Policy and Procedure manual with corporate oversight.
  • Instituted a customer satisfaction measurement process.
  • Developed a Corporate-wide Quality Audit Process using the Philip Crosby model.
  • Installed a process to easily cost and price equipment inventories sometimes containing in excess of 5,000 individual pieces of healthcare equipment.
  • Led sales and marketing team in two separate logo makeovers complete with new literature packages.
  • Coordinated annual trade show attendance at five national and 8 to 12 regional shows annually.
  • Specified, negotiated and purchased capital equipment for corporation including biomedical and imaging test equipment and IT software and hardware.
MILITARY EXPERIENCE
United States Navy
Honorable Discharge
    • Casualty Assistance Calls Officer — Notified families of KIA, MIA and wounded personnel; coordinated military funerals.
    • U.S.M.C. Field Medicine Specialist - Vietnam Veteran
    • Hospital Corpsman: Certified in Cardiac Care, Emergency Medicine, Operating Room Technician, and Newborn/Premature Nursery Care
    COMMUNITY AND PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
    Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation
    • Past Advisory Board Member for the Erie Institute of Technology Biomedical Technician Training Program
    • Past Advisor for Biomedical Technology Program at Edinboro University
    • Past President, Mount Cavalry Grade School School Board
    • Past Member, Board of Directors, Benetwood Corporation (HUD-controlled Senior Residential Facility)
    • Past Cub Scout Pack Leader
    © 2007 Mike Crane
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