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Commenting on the appointment, Mr. Kaiser said, "I am pleased to announcethat, after an extensive search, we have been successful in identifying andbringing onboard an extremely qualified and talented individual to serve asCrdentia's Chief Operating Officer. Jean has spent her entire 20-year careerin the healthcare industry, with executive management responsibilities insales, business development and operations, often as part of a team managingdivisions greater in size than Crdentia today. Jean has extensive experiencein successfully managing multi-site healthcare operations and handling thechallenges of growing businesses in competitive markets. I look forward toworking closely with Jean to execute our strategy to expand our presencethroughout the attractive U.S. Sun Belt region, continually drive revenuegrowth and accelerate the path to profitability."
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Ms. Stewart joins Crdentia from TLC Health Care Services (recentlyacquired by Amedisys Inc.), a leading national provider of Medicare homehealth care services specializing in care for the elderly, where she served asDivisional Director of Sales. At TLC Health Care Services, Ms. Stewartsuccessfully reorganized her regional sales team and significantly grew annualWest Division revenue. Prior to this, she served as Vice President forIntelistaf Healthcare, Inc., a leading healthcare staffing company, where shewas responsible for multi-site management for up to 47 healthcare staffingoffices in 26 states. During her tenure at Intelistaf, Ms. Stewart wasinstrumental in winning and managing multiple large vendor managementcontracts with several hospital systems and led the firm's Seattle officethrough successful JCAHO certification as the first Intelistaf operation toapply for this standard. Prior to this, Ms. Stewart held management positionsin sales and operations at a number of different healthcare companiesincluding StarMed Staffing Group, Beverly Enterprises, Inc. and Olsten HealthServices. Ms. Stewart received a Bachelors degree in health sciences fromChapman College and an MBA from Loyola Marymount University. She is aRegistered Nurse licensed in California.
About Crdentia Corp.
Crdentia Corp., one of the nation's leading providers of healthcarestaffing solutions, is focused on recruiting talented national andinternational healthcare professionals to meet the ever-increasing employmentneeds of over 2,300 clients. Crdentia is one of the few companies that canprovide quality temporary staff for all healthcare industry positionsincluding local nurses, travel nurses, allied health, locum tenens and homecare professionals. For more information, visit http://www.crdentia.com.
Forward Looking Statements
Statements contained in this release that are not historical facts areforward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Among theimportant factors which could cause actual results to differ materially fromthose in the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, thosediscussed in "Risk Factors" in the Company's Forms 10-K, Forms 10-Q, and otherfilings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Such risk factorsinclude, but are not limited to, a limited operating history with no earnings;reliance on the Company's management team, m
