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First Medical Source

Reducing Cost of Healthcare Worldwide.

COMPANY BACKGROUND

First Medical Source is committed to leverage the management capability and the supply network developed under Curlin Medical to deliver excellence in Contract Manufacturing and Infusion Therapy.

Curlin Medical started in 1998, developed the hardware, software, and disposables for its infusion pumps, and was able to compete with the giants of the infusion systems. The company was sold to Moog, Inc. in April 2006.

At the time of its sales to Moog, the company's net pretax profit was 50% of its sales. Moog's chairman has been quoted to say "in this company one person does the work of 5."

LEARNING FROM YOUR SUCCESS.

Key to this success and to our unbeatable reputation of quality, and on time delivery were procedures that facilitated access to information, simplified work and provided guidance to suppliers, engineers and product/program managers to rapidly move projects from concept to delivery within the regulatory constraints.

Founder's Bio
Mark Shal is one of the original founders and shareholders of Curlin Medical. He managed Curlin's quality, regulatory, and supply chain from its birth in December 1998 till its sale in April 2006. At the time of its sale, Curlin Medical enjoyed an outstanding reputation of quality and on time delivery. Its net profits before tax were 50% of sales.

Mark is an entrepreneur, experienced in managing rapid growth (Curlin grew organically 10 fold between 2003 and 2006), due diligence, outsourcing, project management, life cycle management, and building outperforming teams.

A respected leader, Mark is a pioneer and an expert in Feedback Based Management, and TQM. A student and coworker of Edwards Deming, Mark helped Dr. Deming in a number of his 4-day seminars between 1985 and 1993.

Mark received his Ph.D. in Applied Probability & Statistics from the University of Sciences in Paris, France. Complementing Mark's Doctorate are his two Master Degrees in Engineering Mathematics, and Stochastic Control (Optimization under Uncertainty).

Mark's contribution to the field of management includes numerous publications and speaking engagements. Mark’s area of research is in the application of statistics to management.

Mark is fluent in French, German, and Farsi.