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Joe McCarthy, Vice President Purchasing & Logistics, manages Centrad vendor relationships and directs all vendor contract negotiations. Joe has over 25 years of experience in the area of purchasing and inventory control including over 10 years in the healthcare sector. Before co-founding Centrad, Joe served as Vice President, Purchasing for APS for five years. Preceding that, he held several inventory control, purchasing, and production management positions with Nissan Forklift Corporation. Joe has a BA in Psychology from Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa. All of Centrad purchasing functions are centrally located in the company’s General Offices located in Naperville, Illinois. Purchasing contracts are negotiated directly with manufacturers and all negotiated pricing is then passed through to Centrad’s Wholesale Distributor, McKesson, which provides distribution services on a contract pricing plus basis. Centrad’s key vendors include Ross Labs, Novartis, Sunrise Medical, McKesson, Respironics, Nestle, Kendall and Crown Therapeutics. Cost efficiencies are achieved through the company’s strategic alliances with select manufacturers and distributors who are used to ship products direct to the end user. | 