WAYNE,
Pa. and ORLANDO,
Fla., July 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Connect Life
Sciences ("CLS" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that
Mark Smith and Jerick Henley have joined its Board of
Directors, as Executive Chairman and Director, respectively. CLS, a
portfolio company of Argosy Healthcare Partners ("AHP"), is a life
sciences recruitment solutions company that serves pharmaceutical,
biotechnology, and medical device customers. Mark and Jerick
previously partnered with Paul
Barrett, AHP's Managing Partner, in scaling and exiting
their prior company, American Health Staffing Group ("AHSG"),
beginning in 2016 until its sale to Littlejohn & Co. in
2021.
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Mark and Jerick are serial entrepreneurs who previously
co-founded AHS Staffing ("AHS") in 2010. AHS, a temporary
healthcare staffing company headquartered in Edmond, Oklahoma, grew significantly, and Mark
and Jerick sold a majority stake in 2016 to a New York-based private equity firm dedicated
to healthcare where Paul Barrett
served as Managing Director, and AHS Board Member. Over the
subsequent five years, Mark, Jerick, and Paul rebranded AHS to
American Health Staffing Group ("AHSG"), executed four add-on
acquisitions, and built a technology-driven, healthcare workforce
solutions company, serving thousands of endpoints across health
systems, hospitals, and outpatient clinics in all 50 states. AHSG
achieved substantial growth and sold to Littlejohn & Co. in
2021. Prior to founding AHS, Mark started Foundation Medical
Staffing and sold it to CHG Healthcare in 2007, one of the largest
healthcare staffing companies in the US.
Paul Barrett commented, "working
with Mark, Jerick and AHSG was the most formative professional
experience of my career and I feel very fortunate that the stars
have aligned to allow us to team up again and support Jim Owens, Andrew
Doucet and CLS in achieving their vision. We are passionate
about healthcare staffing and believe there is tremendous
opportunity for CLS to become a preeminent provider of staffing
solutions to the life sciences industry."
Mark Smith and Jerick Henley stated, "we are thrilled to
partner again with Paul and lend our experience scaling first time
PE-backed healthcare staffing companies to Jim, Andrew, and the CLS
team. CLS has a strong foundation, services high growth end markets
in pharma, biotech, and med. device, and is well positioned to
scale."
"We are excited to welcome Mark and Jerick to our Board," said
Jim Owens, CLS CEO, "We are
embarking on a journey with AHP that Mark and Jerick successfully
executed previously, and we are fortunate to have their counsel as
we execute our growth plan. Their proven track records and staffing
industry expertise will be pivotal as we execute our strategic
initiatives and drive long-term value to our stakeholders."
Connect Life Sciences
Connect Life Sciences,
headquartered in Orlando, Florida,
provides a range of recruitment services from staff augmentation to
project-based services. CLS delivers full life cycle resourcing
solutions including contract staffing, contract to hire, direct
placement, and consulting services. CLS provides these services
from research to regulatory affairs with expertise in
biostatistics, data management, clinical monitoring, quality
assurance, IT programming, pharmacovigilance, regulatory affairs,
medical writing, and real-world evidence.
Argosy Healthcare Partners
Argosy Healthcare Partners
("AHP") is a lower middle market private equity firm dedicated to
healthcare. AHP partners with founder owned healthcare businesses
anywhere in the US with $1.0 –
$3.0 million of EBITDA and executes
control transactions. AHP is a platform built for founder-owned
companies to support their culture, reinvest in their business, and
help accelerate growth.
For further information, please visit:
Connect
Life Sciences: www.connectlifesciences.com
Argosy Healthcare Partners: www.argosyhp.com
Contact:
Connect Life Sciences
Jim Owens, CEO
jowens@connectlifesciences.com
Argosy Healthcare Partners
Paul Barrett, Managing Partner
pbarrett@argosyhp.com
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