Meet Health Career Agents Staff & Management Team


	Paul Helm Chief Executive Officer Mr. Helm has more than a decade of experience in professional third-party recruitment, the majority of which has been in executive level management positions. Paul’s experience is in direct recruiting and management of recruiting operations, with executives, managers and other professionals in the information technology, manufacturing and healthcare sectors as his primary clients. Mr. Helm began his recruiting career with Management Recruiters International (MRI) where he received multiple awards and was responsible for increasing revenue and income to record levels. Paul was eventually recruited away from MRI by Platinum Black, Inc., a national manufacturing and IT executive search firm, to become its Chief Executive. Mr. Helm managed the company for five years and was responsible for achieving consistent double digit quarterly growth in both revenue and income. Before beginning his recruiting career, Mr. Helm was a high school teacher for twelve years. Brian Marchant-Calsyn President Prior to his launching of Health Career Agents in 2004, Mr. Marchant-Calsyn’s career focus was in marketing and sales, primarily in the areas of executive recruiting and online marketing. Starting his career in real estate and advertising, Brian co-developed one of the nation’s first PC-based tele-sales units for the marketing and sales of coastal and resort property. He also worked with a St. Louis-based CPA firm to recruit more than 1000 executives and upper management professionals in a three-year period. His entrepreneurial roles include ownership of a marketing and advertising firm that assisted small and mid-sized companies in creating and implementing national sales campaigns. He co-founded the world’s first litigation finance company, attracting hundreds of sophisticated investors and lawyers to evaluate and invest in pending commercial litigation, and created an Internet-based insurance claim documentation and settlement company. Charlotte Byndas Chief Operating Officer Beginning her career over 10 years ago as a technical recruiter, Mrs. Byndas has handled recruiting searches at all levels with companies of various sizes, closing millions of dollars in recruiting transactions, and was Branch Manager of a Management Recruiters International (MRI) franchise before joining Health Career Agents. Today, Charlotte manages training and support personnel and procedures to provide our Owner/Operators, and their Sales Consultants, with best-practice healthcare recruiting guidance and instruction. Her expertise and enthusiasm are valued by our Owners, as she implements corporate strategic plans to maximize the volume of Shared Placements, or joint venture recruiting transactions between Owner/Operators. Mrs. Byndas’ division is also responsible for the ongoing development of the Health Career Agents training and support programs that drive the growth of Owner businesses and the completion of Shared Placements. Steve Deutschmann, CPA Chief Financial Officer Mr. Deutschmann oversees the financial management of Health Career Agents, including all internal financial budgeting and reporting. He also manages our financing division that assists new Owners with start-up funding for their businesses. In addition, his department manages the operations and human resource functions associated with our corporate staff. Steve’s background is in the healthcare and pharmacy franchising industries and, before joining Health Career Agents, he was a contracted CFO with Small Business Associates, an accounting and consulting company. Earlier in his career, Steve held various financial management positions with Medicine Shoppe International, a pharmacy franchiser owned by Cardinal Health. While with Medicine Shoppe, Steve managed a $30 million note portfolio, provided internal financing for more than 1,200 franchisees, and directly managed over 40 pharmacies in Pennsylvania. Douglas Putnam Executive Vice President Mr. Putnam is responsible for executing various strategic objectives of Health Career Agents, which currently includes corporate expansion and growth, and he manages our critically important internal recruitment staff that screens potential Owner/Operators. Doug has more than 30 years experience in healthcare products and services. Most recently as President of IHSP Consulting Group, a due diligence consulting firm that works exclusively with healthcare product and service companies. Prior to that, Doug was the President and COO of a medical products manufacturer and served in management roles with Johnson & Johnson, Eli Lilly and Avon Products Healthcare Division. Dana Brennan Director of Member Development Prior to joining Health Career Agents, Mrs. Brennan was a recruiter for a nationwide healthcare staffing company, focusing on allied healthcare travel and contract assignments as well as direct-hire placements. Mrs. Brennan is responsible for launching new Owner/Operators and guiding them through start-up training – both remote and onsite -- including one-on-one coaching sessions for them. Dana’s department manages the Sales Consultant Training Program, the referral of Sales Consultants to Owners, and the monitoring of Sales Consultant progress. She has a Bachelors Degree in Business Management, is actively completing her MBA, and is a Certified Personnel Consultant. Lee Pearson Director of Staffing Services Mrs. Pearson has been involved in medical staffing for more than a decade, including first-hand executive experience in business development for Fortune 100 companies. Her focus has been in the public, private, and government sectors of the healthcare, defense, and maritime industries. Lee manages and directs Health Career Agents Staffing Division, overseeing the operational components of medical staffing and training, and the mentoring of Owner/Operators in the medical staffing services process, while also directing our back office payroll funding services. She has earned undergraduate degrees and achieved graduate studies in medicine and business. Jeffrey Hill Director of Marketing Mr. Hill commands a host of creative resources in assisting Owner/Operators with online marketing and creative advertising. Jeff executes our advertising and marketing plans through a wide variety of media, including Internet job-sites, email marketing, and both Internet and print advertising. Jeff has extensive experience in all aspects of business development, including recruiting, sales, and both traditional and online marketing. Building on his Bachelor of Science degree, his advanced IT certifications and understanding of Information Technology allow him to effectively communicate the powerful application of our many software tools to the business of recruiting. Kathryn Mooradian Director of Training Mrs. Mooradian coordinates and facilitates all healthcare recruiting training and support functions for new Owner/Operators and their Consultants. She has more than twenty years of recruiting experience as an account executive and owner of her own executive search firm and has held various director positions with national recruiting companies such as Kelly Services and Arcadia Healthcare. Andrea Campos Training Coordinator Mrs. Campos conducts new Owner/Operator training and coordinates all Owner support. Andrea ensures that every Owner/Operator receives the training they need, including thorough initial start-up, on-site, and ongoing training. She began her career as a recruiter with Robert Half International and is a graduate of Michigan State University. Patty Martens Recruiting Executive Mrs. Martens guides potential Owner/Operators through our Evaluation Process. Patti established her own multi-million dollar recruiting firm and operated it for 13 years, building a very successful team of 15 recruiters before selling her company. Patty is a graduate of the University of Missouri with a degree in Health Services Management and has specialized in physician recruitment during her 20+ years in the recruiting profession. Kevin Bjerke Recruiting Executive As a member of our internal recruiting team, Mr. Bjerke assists prospective Owner/Operators in navigating our Evaluation Process. Kevin graduated from Luther College with a BA in Psychology, then continued on to Webster University where he received his Masters in Business Administration and Management. Before beginning his healthcare recruitment career, Kevin served in the military as an Army Field Artillery Officer. He now has over 15 years experience with companies such as United HealthCare Corp and BJC Health System, specializing in physician recruiting in the hospital sector. John Langlois IT Director Mr. Langlois has thirty years of Information Technology experience as both an architect/programmer and as a Senior Manager working in the areas of recruitment and placement of IT professionals and relationship management. With his significant IT depth and his strong understanding of recruiting processes, John has made significant contributions to each organization he has been a part of and has led the web development efforts of Health Career Agents for the past five years. Tod O'Brien Creative Director Mr. O'Brien applies his creative talents and technical skills to our website design and development, video production, media editing, and print advertising. Tod is building on his Associates and Bachelor degrees -- and on his ten years experience in graphic design, website development, and six years of video production -- by pursuing a Masters in Advertising and Marketing Communications. Amanda Looney Trainer Mrs. Looney specializes in training and support on our wide variety of research, extraction, content generation, and candidate management software platforms. Amanda plays a key role in the creation of audio/visual training modules for 24-hour support. She also manages website design and development to ensure that we stay current with e-commerce trends. Amanda has 11 years experience in Information Technology, and is a member of our “go to” technical staff. Ed Bottomley Technical Trainer Mr. Bottomley is a research and data extraction specialist and guides training and support on our multitude of research tools. Ed hosts daily Coaching Calls to assist existing Owners with challenging situations, while facilitating online seminars and authoring weekly research newsletters. Ed has a Bachelors degree with honors in history from the University of Kent, Canterbury, UK and is currently completing his Masters degree coursework at Wayne State University. Hiep Le Technology Administrator Mr. Le maintains and improves computer system and infrastructure performance for Health Career Agents corporate headquarters. Hiep facilitates “Help Desk” support and provides solutions and resources for software issues. Before joining Health Career Agents, Hiep received over nine years experience from companies like Vanguard Plastics and W.C. Bison. Hiep graduated from Missouri College with a degree in Applied Science.