Raphael Rakowski Explained

Raphael, formerly Richard, Rakowski (born 1952) is an American entrepreneur, investor and health care and energy consultant. He has had a 30-year career in sales engineering, process control consulting, and entrepreneurial start ups in health care services and renewable energy. He is a public speaker[1] and advocate for changes to the American health care system.[2] He is the subject of a documentary film examining the effects of the Holocaust on his childhood.

Life and career

Raphael Rakowski graduated from Lehman College in 1973 with a bachelor's degree in political science. He then served as a Rotary Foundation ambassador of good will in Germany, where he studied the Holocaust.[3] He began his career in Honeywell as a sales engineer. He then became an operations consultant to Fortune 100 clients in North America, South America and Europe working with over 100 manufacturing and distribution facilities.

From 1980 to 1986, Rakowski provided strategic and operating consulting services for Fortune 500 manufacturing companies.[4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

In 1986, he launched Evan Kristen Specialty Foods,[9] [10] which developed technology for washing, cutting and packaging fresh produce.

From 1989 to 1992, Rakowski was a partner at Marketing Corporation of America (now the Growth Platforms Institute, a part of the Interpublic Group),[11] where he provided marketing counsel to Fortune 100 companies.

In 1992, he founded and led New Paradigm Ventures (NPV),[12] a consulting and investment firm in the health care and food industry market. A study conducted by NPV on medical outcomes improvement resulted in the care enhancement strategy that Mr. Rakowski brought to American Healthways to respond to perceived gaps in the U.S. health care system. During his tenure, Healthways stock grew from $18 per share to a non-split-adjusted $53 per share on a roughly 10% increase in volume.[13] New Paradigm Ventures[14] developed new business ventures in conjunction with international brands such as Campbell Soup Company and General Nutrition Centers.[15]

He served as President of American Healthways[2] [16] (now Healthways, Inc.) (NASDAQ:), a large market cap[17] health care company based in Nashville, TN, which serves the needs of patients with chronic and acute health conditions.[18] He founded Klinger Advanced Aesthetics[19] (now Cosmedicine Companies), a company that focused on bringing medicinal clinical trials research to the beauty products market. His work in health care and aesthetics has been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Time Magazine, and other media outlets.[20] [21] [22] [23] [24]

In 2007, he founded Intersection, LLC,[25] [26] a company that develops and funds new business strategies in the health care and renewable energy fields and c-India,[27] a new company designed to bring best practice clinical research to India while supporting Indian public health initiatives.

In 2010, Rakowski led a team of engineers and clinicians in the creation of Clinically Home, the first commercially scalable model to enable safe hospitalization at home. A published clinical trial in 2015 validated the model. In 2017, Raphael and his team created a next-gen version of Clinically Home called Medically Home and joined forces with Atrius Health to bring the Program to market, where patients are being treated with the model today. In 2020, after his role as CEO and Founder, Raphael was named Executive Chairman of Medically Home Group, Inc. Medically Home operates in five states with a large number of strategic partners. He is a frequent speaker at healthcare events including the Digital Health Summit at CES in Las Vegas.

Rakowski and his father were featured in the documentary film Mr. Rakowski, which premiered at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam and examines the effects of the Holocaust on his childhood and their relationship.[28]

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Notes and References

  1. Entrepreneur and CEO Richard Rakowski to Address Lehman College Convocation September 13th . CUNY.edu. August 28, 2006 . 2007-12-13.
  2. Web site: Take Your Medicine. https://web.archive.org/web/20121021211558/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1000614,00.html?iid=chix-sphere. dead. October 21, 2012. 2007-12-13. Daniel Eisenberg. August 20, 2001. Time.com.
  3. Web site: Richard Rakowski ('73) to Address Lehman Convocation. 2007-12-14. July 10, 2006. Lehman E-News.
  4. News: Trish . Hall . Changing Menu: U.S. Food Firms Face More Imports and Rise In Foreign Plants Here . The Wall Street Journal . November 18, 1986.
  5. News: Trish . Hall . Steady Diet: What Americans Eat Hasn't Changed Much Despite Healthy Image . The Wall Street Journal . September 12, 1985.
  6. News: Trish . Hall . When Food Firms Merge, Effects Reach Into Aisles of Supermarkets . The Wall Street Journal . June 13, 1985.
  7. News: Eleanor . Johnson Tracy . Here Come Brand Name Fruit and Veggies . Fortune . February 18, 1985.
  8. News: Pamela G. . Hollie . The Sugar Industry's Slide . The New York Times . December 7, 1984.
  9. News: Trish . Hall . Fresh Food: Today It Has Staying Power . The New York Times . 1 . November 2, 1988.
  10. News: Linda Susan . Dudley . When It's Hot, Serve What's Not . San Diego Union-Tribune . July 6, 1988.
  11. http://www.interpublic.com/static/family/companyDetailPage.php?company=612 Interpublic Group Company Profile Page
  12. Book: Pine , B. Joseph . Gilmore, James H. . 1999 . 71 . The Experience Economy: Work is Theatre & Every Business a Stage . Harvard Business School Press . 0-87584-819-2 . registration .
  13. https://www.google.com/finance/?chdnp=1&chdd=1&chds=1&chdv=1&chvs=maximized&chdeh=0&chfdeh=0&chdet=1081454400000&chddm=332848 Healthways historical stock prices
  14. News: Dana . Milbank . Managing Growth: McKinsey's Ballooning Size Challenges Own Guidelines . The Asian Wall Street Journal . September 9, 1993.
  15. News: Brad . Kuhn . Orlando Sentinel . General Nutrition Center Embarks on 'New Journey' . November 13, 1995.
  16. News: Molly . Cate . Moore, Roy . American Healthways acquires Connecticut research company . Nashville Business Journal . June 8, 2001.
  17. Web site: Healthways Inc. Investor Relations Page. 2007-12-13. December 13, 2007. Healthways, Inc..
  18. http://www.healthways.com/NewsRoom.aspx?id=380 Healthways Inc. Company Profile
  19. News: Chandler . Burr . Chandler Burr . Beauty RX . The New York Times . 1 . July 23, 2006 . 2007-12-13.
  20. Web site: Shop for shoes, see a movie, get a shot of Botox. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305085830/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/16190702/. dead. March 5, 2016. January 18, 2007. NBC News.
  21. News: Natasha . Singer . Love the New Lips! From the Mall? . The New York Times . 2 . October 26, 2006.
  22. News: Booth . Hall . America, the beautified; Richard Rakowski has big plans to revolutionize the personal care industry . https://web.archive.org/web/20110524122455/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/661393031.html?dids=661393031:661393031&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+11,+2004&author=Booth+Moore&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&edition=&startpage=E.1&desc=Style+&+Culture%3B+STYLE%3B+America,+the+beautified%3B+Richard+Rakowski+has+big+plans+to+revolutionize+the+personal+care+industry. . dead . May 24, 2011 . Los Angeles Times . 1 . July 11, 2004.
  23. News: Lauren . Weber . New York Salon Chain to Offer Plastic Surgery, Traditional Spa Services . Newsday . May 5, 2004.
  24. News: David . Stires . From ICU To A Whole New You! . Fortune . October 13, 2003.
  25. http://www.intersectionr3.com/Gui/Content.aspx?Page=Record Intersection, LLC
  26. News: Mike . Stobbe . Booming business helps patients navigate medicine . The Associated Press . July 24, 2008.
  27. http://www.c-india.org/Gui/Content.aspx?Page=Rakowski c-India
  28. Web site: Mr. Rakowski. 2007-12-14. 2007. International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2007.

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