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Med1Online Executive Team Description
www.med1online.com, 2 July 2008 [cached]

SCOTT PATRICK CARSON - Founder and CSOScott Patrick Carson serves as co-president of Med1Online, a company hefounded in mid-2002.Med1Online is a distributor of new and reconditioned capital medical equipment (CME) to the health care industry and a provider of sales support services to medical equipment manufacturers.   Carson has more than 20 years of marketing, business development, sales and management experience.Most of his career has been focused on the medical equipment arena.He is a seasoned speaker, having presented on various topics at many industry trade association seminars.   In 1996, Carson founded, then sold in 1999, Denver-based US Medical, Inc., a leading distributor of capital medical equipment (CME) to the health care industry.Started in his basement, US Medical emerged 5 years later as a member of the Inc. 500.   Carson was named a finalist in the Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year Award competition in both 2000 and 2001.In addition,US Medical was named among the Inc. 500's fastest growing companies in 2001.One of his companies was named a "Company to Watch" in 2001 by both of Denver's daily newspapers.   Carson served as national sales manager for Synaptic Corporation, a manufacturer and distributor of medical equipment.From 1993 to 1996, he headed the substantial fiscal turnaround of that company, developing a national distribution pipeline through the creation of specialized sales seminars and field training programs, along with the implementation of comprehensive marketing strategies.He guided Synaptic in the acquisition of critical funding, via a successful Private Placement, and the assembly of a permanent management team committed to the same customer service and employee loyalty for which he helped the company become well respected.   Prior to his achievements with Synaptic, from 1989 to 1993,Carson pioneered and served as president and chief executive officer of Automotive Investment Group, Inc-a group of automotive service companies he acquired, reorganized, and redirected toward a common corporate focus.He assumed and styled the responsibilities of marketing, purchasing, asset management, P&L, human resources, operations, and diversification.After studying microbiology at Colorado State University, Carson enjoyed marketing and management successes at a number of corporations, while pursuing advanced professional training in marketing, customer service and corporate management.