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Kelly T. Hughes is a results-driven leader and innovative financial strategist with over 15 years of broad industry experience in the areas of manufacturing, healthcare and service-related businesses. Kelly is highly skilled in strategic financial planning and developing business models and operational improvements for companies in distress.
In a recent role, Kelly served as a Director for a financial and operational advisory firm, where he led workout and liquidation initiatives, negotiated strategic acquisitions and new equity/debt infusions and provided financial strategy expertise to clients in a wide array of industries. Among his many accomplishments, Kelly developed and implemented a costing system for a railcar manufacturer, resulting in a significant credit line increase from the Company's secured lender. Kelly's diverse workout experience includes roles such as directing the daily operations of the largest private bottler in Canada, in contrast to securing a rare policy waiver from Medicare, allowing resumption of payments to a hospital in Chapter 11.
Kelly has marked expertise in implementing workout strategies for healthcare clients. His healthcare experience includes serving as an Operations Improvement Specialist to several hospitals and physician practice groups. Kelly is well-versed in developing and implementing resource allocation models, Fast Tract Surgery Scheduling Programs, physician-hospital integration strategies, financial forecasting & capital budgeting models, and turnaround plans for healthcare service providers.
Kelly graduated with honors from the University of Illinois - Chicago with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Finance. He holds a Graduate Level Managed Care Certificate from Benedictine University.
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