Laurence (Larry) Woolhiser is a results-driven senior financial executive with over 25 years of financial leadership experience with entrepreneurial, high growth, and transitioning healthcare and technology companies. Over the course of his career, Mr. Woolhiser has had a track record of being a catalyst for change, innovation, and growth.  He has a solid history of partnering with operational leaders in transforming robust business goals into strategies for unlocking value and driving strong bottom-line results.  Additionally, Mr. Woolhiser is an expert at creating and realigning financial infrastructures to meet the strategic and tactical growth objectives in small, emerging and mid-cap companies.

As an experienced CFO/Controller, Mr. Woolhiser has gained solid, hands-on experience in all aspects of leading and managing a business from start-up, through the high growth phase to a successful strategic exit.  Over the span of his career, Larry has obtained significant experience in all aspects of financial management and leadership, including financial planning and analysis, budget modeling, strategic planning, cost management, cashflow optimization within a leveraged environment, financial system selection and implementation, audit preparation, healthcare revenue cycle, private equity and debt financing and acquisition integration.

Currently, he is serving as part-time CFO at:

• Polaris Quantum Biotech, a biotech company that  specializes in integrating quantum technology into various business pipelines.
• BodyLase, a luxury medical spa
• Lane & Associates, a family dentistry
• Insoma Bio, a biomedical company leveraging nature’s own designs to develop unique products for reconstructive plastic surgery
• Calla Health, a biotech company developing optical devices that help health care professionals diagnose cervical cancer
• Disruptive Process Solutions, a technical process engineering company serving the food and beverage industry
• Gateway Bio, Inc., a biotech company developing a rapid onset anticoagulant.

Prior to joining Rankin McKenzie, Mr. Woolhiser served three years as the CFO of United Medical Systems (UMS), a private equity backed healthcare service provider.  During his tenure with UMS, Larry led the integration of five acquisitions and was the key liaison with senior lenders for incremental debt financing supporting the Company’s acquisition strategy.  From an operational perspective, Larry lead a team that designed and implemented a new tablet-based medical treatment data collection system and deployed an operational management dashboard and reporting tool for real time tracking of case volume, employee efficiency and billing automation.  Prior to UMS, Larry served in senior financial executive roles with Fresenius Medical Services, a nationwide healthcare service provider, and several private start-up and publicly-traded technology companies focused on communications and video/data delivery.

Mr. Woolhiser is a licensed CPA in North Carolina and Texas. A native of Louisiana, Larry attended Louisiana Tech University where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Louisiana State University where he earned an MBA with a concentration in Finance.