a firm focused on improving performance for private sector enterprises by supporting strategic/business planning, business capture and project management. Dr. Hoover has more than thirty years of experience with Strategic/Business Planning, Business Start-ups and Executive Management in the public and private sectors. He has held senior management (President and Vice-President) positions with major consulting firms and start-up companies.  He has operational experience leading organizations with over 300 people.  In addition, he has served as a founder/corporate officer for start-up firms (Technology Firms and IT Consulting (including Business Intelligence and Knowledge Management), and Management Consulting) and firms with revenues of $700 million. All start-up firms have made 20%+ profit and have been successfully sold for investors. His private sector market experience includes Finance, Energy, Chemical, Environment, Defense Contractors and Information Technology firms. Dr. Hoover earned his B.S. degree (cum laude) in Engineering Mechanics and Ph.D. degree in Nuclear Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University (1968).  Dr. Hoover has also been involved in the Golf For Kids fundraiser held at the Polo Club benefiting youth development through the Forsyth County Family YMCA.

which he sold to Henry Schein, a Fortune 298 Company, and there he served as Managing Director of Medical Marketing until 2013.  Nicholas entered a career in medical laboratory technology right after high school, but found the financial opportunities were mediocre at best in this field, so he worked in research for a while at Pfizer Drug Company and then transitioned to education where he was a lab instructor at the City University of New York.  He then decided to enter medical sales, the field where he spent the remainder of his career spanning 40 years, working for Coulter Electronics, VWR Treck, and Diagnostic Technology before founding Ocean Medical Supply in 1988.  Nicholas is currently retired with his main home in the Polo Fields, a second home in New York City, and a third home in Vermont.