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Key ingredients of a successful pharmacy operation include: 1. Assembling the best team, 2. Articulating a clear vision, and 3. Challenging and
inspiring each team member to achieve their full potential. Photo by Rafael Saavedra
out of school. He felt really good about his decision. He
started working there and learned so much working with
great people. “I really developed professionally and began to
understand what I wanted to do and what I wanted to be in
business,” reflected Kenny.
After working for the company for a number of years, Kenny transitioned to a smaller company in the same space.
“More possibilities, smaller firm”, expressed Kenny, “called
Energy Solutions.” From Energy Solutions, he transitioned
to a company called Accenture and worked for them up
until 2010. He would go into different companies to solve
complex business problems using technology, business
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strategy, operations, management techniques, or whatever
needed to happen. Around 2004, he was placed on a project
in Boston; a very large company was in the process of doing
two billion dollar plus acquisitions and he was part of that
team. They needed to wrap their heads around how that
was supposed to actually happen and then integrate those
companies into their portfolio.
Kenny spent about two years helping them work through
all of those things and ultimately came to the conclusion
that he wanted to be either buying or selling companies and
not just be a consultant. He called that “aha” realization his
“watershed moment. “I realized that I’m on the wrong side