OUR LEADERSHIP
RAYMOND E. PALYS
Founder and Managing Director
Raymond Palys has more than 20 years of extensive business experience
including thirteen years as a consultant. As a consultant, he has advised
more than 200 companies in the areas of strategic planning,
organizational development and restructuring, financial controls, executive coaching, leadership
development, succession planning, and performance management. He has broad experience in a variety of industries
including, service, manufacturing, construction, health care, and
engineering.
He served as interim president in the launch of Lignan Research, LLC and its flagship product, Brevail®,
the world’s first over-the-counter nutraceutical product for proactive
breast health. He also co-founded the Breast Cancer Prevention
Foundation®, a non-profit foundation in memory of
his late wife Deborah Demos Palys, to provide funding for scientific and clinical
research in the area of breast cancer prevention.
Before
becoming a consultant in 1994, he held senior-level management
positions in health care and manufacturing. In health care, he was a
regional manager for TriCare, a publicly held occupational health care
company in Irvine, California. He also co-founded QMA, a medical
management company, in San Diego, California. In manufacturing, he held
management positions in industrial engineering, operations, and
marketing with Ryerson, the nation's largest steel distributor, in
Chicago, Illinois.
He is a Senior Member of the American Society for Quality (ASQ) San Diego and
Chicago Sections, Human Development and Leadership, Lean
Enterprise/Advanced Manufacturing, and Six Sigma Forums. He is also a
national member of the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD).
He received his BS Degree in Industrial
Management from Northern Illinois University and his MBA in Finance
from Loyola University of Chicago.
BILL SICKERT, J.D., C.N.C.
Director, Natural Products Division
With over
25 years of experience, Bill Sickert offers our clients a unique combination of
legal, marketing, business sense, communications, and results-driven tenacity
to consistently deliver solutions that exceed corporate objectives. Bill’s integrated approach to business,
public relations and communications has created a strong consulting
relationship with many leading corporations. Bill has extensive experience and
expertise in the Natural Products and Health Foods industry.
Bill has
held a variety of business consulting and executive-level roles with Frutaiga.com,
Maximum Impact Television & Black Hawk Media Group, Aegon/World Financial
Group, Barleans Organic Oils, Garden
of Life, Nursefinders, Special
Care, and Learning Services/New Medico.
He
received his BS Degree in Marketing from Northern
Michigan University,
Marquette Michigan
and his JD from Western Sierra Law School, San
Diego California.
Additionally, Bill is CNC certified by the American Association Of Nutritional
Consultants.
PAUL DAVIDOVITCH
Director, Midwest Region
BRIAN H. FASIG, Ph.D.
Director, Operations
Brian Fasig, Ph.D. has more than 25 years of extensive consulting and
corporate experience in operations management, process improvement, and
performance management with a wide variety of industries including,
healthcare, utilities, wholesale, retail, construction, transportation,
engineering, and manufacturing.
He specializes in Leadership
Development, Executive Coaching, Team Building Strategies, and
Performance Management Systems that create highly effective and
collaborative organizations. Process Improvement efforts range from
focused systems analysis and refinement to extensive reorganizations
and development of innovative tactics or technology use for overcoming
barriers to success. His perspectives and approaches are firmly based
on many years of experience in various operations management roles, and
internal and external consulting engagements.
He received his
BS Degree in General Psychology from San Diego State University and his
Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from United States
International University in San Diego, California.
JORGE FINKELBERG
Sr. Business Consultant
Jorge Finkelberg brings more than 30 years of business and consulting experience to CoreStrata. He has extensive experience in manufacturing, with a focus on foreign operations. His business analysis skills are targeted to help small to medium size companies improve their operations and profitabilty, particularly in the areas of waste management, cost-cutting, and productivity.
He skillfully guides business owners and entrepreneurs to achieve success in all areas of their business - strategy, operations, financial, and human resources, with particular emphasis on financial analysis and business operations.
Jorge received his Master Degree in Arts from Mexico's National University. He also has 15 years restaurant experience as a franchisee and developer.
Dr. Allen Jay has over 35 years experience in medical practice
(internal medicine/cardiology), medical administration and the field of
bioethics. He has chaired ICU, CCU, CPR, and Bioethics committees at various
hospitals and has served on the Board of Directors of the San Diego Chapter of
the American Heart Association. He has been a member of the American College of
Cardiology since 1968.
Prior to joining the CoreStrata group Dr. Jay served as Chief
Medical Officer with the California Department of Corrections where he
instituted a number of practice and management reforms at various correctional
medical facilities. Dr. Jay was instrumental in establishing medical
departments at new prisons as well as revamping medical facilities at existing
correctional institutions.
Dr. Jay maintained a successful private practice in Internal
Medicine and Cardiology in San Diego, as well as serving as Medical Director for
the Lehr Rehabilitation Institute, prior to his appointment to the Chief Medical
Officer position. He established the Ad Hoc Committee on End of Life Care for
the San Diego County Medical Society and chaired that committe from 1990 to
1997. He has chaired the Bioethics Committee at Alvarado Hospital and continues
to serve on that committee.
Dr. Jay received his B.A. degree from Wesleyan University and
his M.D. from The State University of New York College of Medicine in New York
City.
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