Richard Rakowski

Richard Rakowski 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 [cite press release | title = Entrepreneur and CEO Richard Rakowski to Address Lehman College Convocation September 13th | publisher = CUNY.edu| date = August 28, 2006 | url = http://www1.cuny.edu/forum/?p=823 | accessdate = 2007-12-13] and advocate for changes to the American health care system.cite web
url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1000614,00.html?iid=chix-sphere
title = Take Your Medicine
accessdate = 2007-12-13
author = Daniel Eisenberg
date = August 20, 2001
publisher = Time.com] He is the subject of a documentary film examining the effects of the Holocaust on his childhood.

Life and career

Richard Rakowski graduated from Lehman College in 1973 with a bachelors degree in political science. He then served as a Rotary Foundation ambassador of good will in Germany, where he studied the Holocaust. [cite web
url = http://www.lehman.edu/lehman/enews/2006_07_10/feat_convocation.html
title = Richard Rakowski ('73) to Address Lehman Convocation
accessdate = 2007-12-14
date = July 10, 2006
publisher = Lehman E-News] 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 served as President of Princeton Technologies, a food consulting group that provided public insight into the industry. [cite news
first = Trish
last = Hall
title = Changing Menu: U.S. Food Firms Face More Imports and Rise In Foreign Plants Here
publisher = The Wall Street Journal
date = November 18, 1986] [cite news
first = Trish
last = Hall
title = Steady Diet: What Americans Eat Hasn't Changed Much Despite Healthy Image
publisher = The Wall Street Journal
date = September 12, 1985] [cite news
first = Trish
last = Hall
title = When Food Firms Merge, Effects Reach Into Aisles of Supermarkets
publisher = The Wall Street Journal
date = June 13, 1985] [cite news
first = Eleanor
last = Johnson Tracy
url = http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/02/18/65627/index.htm
title = Here Come Brand Name Fruit and Veggies
publisher = Fortune
date = February 18, 1985] [cite news
first = Pamela G.
last = Hollie
url = http://select.nytimes.com/search/restricted/article?res=F20D14FA3E5C0C748CDDAB0994DC484D81
title = The Sugar Industry's Slide
publisher = The New York Times
date = December 7, 1984]

In 1986, he launched Evan Kristen Specialty Foods [cite news
first = Trish
last = Hall
title = Fresh Food: Today It Has Staying Power
url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE7D9143DF931A35752C1A96E948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1
publisher = The New York Times
pages = 3
page = 1
date = November 2, 1988] [cite news
first = Linda Susan
last = Dudley
title = When It's Hot, Serve What's Not
publisher = San Diego Union-Tribune
date = July 6, 1988] , which developed technology for washing, cutting and packaging fresh produce. This technology is now utilized across the value-added produce industry in mainstream products like pre-packaged salad.

From 1986 to 1989, Rakowski was a Partner at Marketing Corporation of America (now the GrowthPlatforms Institute, a part of the Interpublic Group) [ [http://www.interpublic.com/static/family/companyDetailPage.php?company=612 Interpublic Group Company Profile Page] ] , where he provided marketing counsel to Fortune 100 companies.

In 1992, he founded and led New Paradigm Ventures (NPV) [cite book
last = Pine
first = B. Joseph
coauthors = Gilmore, James H.;
year = 1999
pages = p. 71
title = The Experience Economy: Work is Theatre & Every Business a Stage
publisher = Harvard Business School Press
id = ISBN 0875848192] , 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. healthcare 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. [ [http://finance.google.com/finance?chdnp=1&chdd=1&chds=1&chdv=1&chvs=maximized&chdeh=0&chfdeh=0&chdet=1081454400000&chddm=332848&q=NASDAQ:HWAY Healthways historical stock prices] ] New Paradigm Ventures [cite news
first = Dana
last = Milbank
title = Managing Growth: McKinsey's Ballooning Size Challenges Own Guidelines
publisher = The Asian Wall Street Journal
date = September 9, 1993] developed new business ventures in conjunction with international brands such as Campbell Soup Company and General Nutrition Centers [cite news
first = Brad
last = Kuhn
publisher = Orlando Sentinel
title = General Nutrition Center Embarks on 'New Journey'
date = November 13, 1995] .

He served as President of American Healthways [cite news
first = Molly
last = Cate
coauthors = Moore, Roy
title = American Healthways acquires Connecticut research company
url = http://nashville.bizjournals.com/nashville/stories/2001/06/11/story7.html
publisher = Nashville Business Journal
date = June 8, 2001] (now Healthways, Inc.) (NASDAQ|HWAY), a $2 billion market cap [cite web
url = http://investors.healthways.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=91592&p=irol-stockquote
title = Healthways Inc. Investor Relations Page
accessdate = 2007-12-13
date = December 13, 2007
publisher = Healthways, Inc.] health care company based in Nashville, TN, which serves the needs of patients with chronic and acute health conditions. [ [http://www.healthways.com/NewsRoom.aspx?id=380 Healthways Inc. Company Profile] ] He founded Klinger Advanced Aesthetics [cite news
first = Chandler
last = Burr
authorlink = Chandler Burr
title = Beauty RX
url = http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/23/magazine/23beauty.html
publisher = The New York Times
pages = 1
page = 1
date = July 23, 2006
accessdate = 2007-12-13] (now Cosmedicine Companies), a company that focused on bringing medicinal clinical trials research to the beauty products market. His work in healthcare and aesthetics has been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Time Magazine, and other media outlets. [cite web
url = http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16190702/
title = Shop for shoes, see a movie, get a shot of Botox
date = January 18, 2007
publisher = MSNBC.com] [cite news
first = Natasha
last = Singer
title = Love the New Lips! From the Mall?
url = http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/26/fashion/26skin.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1
publisher = The New York Times
pages = 2
page = 2
date = October 26, 2006] [cite news
first = Booth
last = Hall
title = America, the beautified; Richard Rakowski has big plans to revolutionize the personal care industry
url = http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/661393031.html?dids=661393031:661393031&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+11%2C+2004&author=Booth+Moore&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&edition=&startpage=E.1&desc=Style+%26+Culture%3B+STYLE%3B+America%2C+the+beautified%3B+Richard+Rakowski+has+big+plans+to+revolutionize+the+personal+care+industry.
publisher = Los Angeles Times
pages = 1
page = 1
date = July 11, 2004] [cite news
first = Lauren
last = Weber
title = New York Salon Chain to Offer Plastic Surgery, Traditional Spa Services
publisher = Newsday
date = May 5, 2004] [cite news
first = David
last = Stires
title = From ICU To A Whole New You!
publisher = Fortune
date = October 13, 2003]

In 2007, he founded Intersection, LLC, [ [http://www.intersectionr3.com/Gui/Content.aspx?Page=Record Intersection, LLC] ] [cite news
first = Mike
last = Stobbe
title = Booming business helps patients navigate medicine
url = http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iZUJtPhVF-sowP7xXpT5O0AudnxgD924CH480
publisher = The Associated Press
date = July 24, 2008] a company that develops and funds new business strategies in the health care and renewable energy fields and c-India [ [http://www.c-india.org/Gui/Content.aspx?Page=Rakowski c-India] ] a new company designed to bring best practice clinical research to India while supporting Indian public health initiatives.

Rakowski and his father were recently featured in the documentary film "Mr. Rakowski", which premiered at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam and examines the affects of the Holocaust on his childhood and their relationship. [cite web
url = http://www.idfa.nl/industry/festival/films-a-z/film.aspx?id=33398
title = Mr. Rakowski
accessdate = 2007-12-14
date = 2007
publisher = International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2007]

ee also

*Health care

Notes and references

External links

* [http://www.intersectionr3.com Intersection, LLC]
* [http://www.cosmedicine.com Cosmedicine Companies]
* [http://www.healthways.com Healthways, Inc.]