BidShift(R) Names David McCaslin CEO.SAN DIEGO San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. -- San Diego-based BidShift, the leading provider of web-based flexible workforce management Workforce Management (WFM) encompasses all the responsibilities for maintaining a productive and happy workforce. Sometimes referred to as HRMS systems, or even the larger ERP systems (Oracle, PeopleSoft, SAP). There are many software vendors within this space. technology for healthcare providers, announced that its Board of Directors has named David McCaslin to serve as the company's Chief Executive Officer and serve on its Board of Directors. McCaslin replaces Bruce Springer as CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , who led the company through its breakthrough product launch and has left to pursue other professional interests. McCaslin brings more than 30 years of experience with both small, entrepreneurial companies and large, multinational organizations. Previously, he worked five years each for Merck and Company, Johnson and Johnson, and Glaxo SmithKline, where he was Senior Director of Worldwide Manufacturing and Engineering. Following nine years helping to build Quidel Corporation into one of the largest rapid diagnostic companies in the world, Mr. McCaslin left to become President & CEO of First Medical Corporation, a venture funded medical device company, where he raised $18M and led the company into successful clinical trials. The following two years, he served as CEO re-structuring and selling Sierra Biomedical bi·o·med·i·cal adj. 1. Of or relating to biomedicine. 2. Of, relating to, or involving biological, medical, and physical sciences. to a large multinational. Mr. McCaslin has for the last four years been sharing his wealth of experience with various companies as principal of the McCaslin Consulting Group. "David is a proven executive with a wealth of experience in growing privately held companies privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. ," said Ira Weiss, BidShift's Chairman of the Board. "His exceptional blend of strategy and leadership skills and experience with high growth companies will be invaluable as the company continues its next stage of expansion." "BidShift is a dynamic company which has grown from pioneering the development of shift bidding technology in healthcare to advancing a unique approach to flexible workforce management," McCaslin said. "With best-in-class capabilities and an outstanding management team, the company has proven itself the market leader, and is poised for great success." McCaslin received his B.S. in Commerce and Engineering from Drexel University Drexel University, at Philadelphia, Pa.; coeducational; founded 1891 by Anthony J. Drexel, opened 1892, chartered 1894 as Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry. It was renamed Drexel Institute of Technology in 1936 and gained university status in 1970. and an M.S. in Strategic Planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. from the University of Pennsylvania (body, education) University of Pennsylvania - The home of ENIAC and Machiavelli. http://upenn.edu/. Address: Philadelphia, PA, USA. . About BidShift BidShift is a flexible workforce management company providing healthcare organizations with the technology, strategy, and insight needed to develop effective staffing practices for the next generation healthcare workforce environment. By aligning incentives and dynamically matching the organization's needs with workforce availability, BidShift positions organizations to retain and attract qualified staff, deliver high quality, cost-effective health care, and cultivate a world-class workforce/working environment. To learn more, visit www.BidShift.com. |
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