Ronald F. Meadows, President, previously enjoyed a career as a corporate executive and management consultant where he had substantial involvement in all aspects of business merger, acquisition and divestiture. Such M & A work included selecting corporate acquisition targets, soliciting potential sellers and/or buyers, and structuring and closing transactions.

Prior to coming to the Low Country, he founded a pioneering health care company in Southern California. He raised $4 million in private venture capital and then led a public offering of the company’s shares. Some years later, he merged the company with another after targeting and evaluating numerous companies as merger or acquisition candidates.

Earlier he held several top management positions with Johnson & Johnson, one of America’s largest corporations. He was President of Invacare Corporation, a Johnson & Johnson company, and ultimately managed the process of selling the company to private investors. He was also Vice President, Marketing and Sales, for J & J’s medical imaging company, Technicare, and Vice President, Business Development for another Johnson & Johnson operation.

Mr. Meadows' initial involvement in the process of selling and acquiring companies came as a management consultant with McKinsey & Company, the world’s premier management consulting firm. He directed consulting work for clients over a period of years in the United States as well as Great Britain, Australia and Canada. The major focus of his work was assisting large corporations in the development of business strategies, organization structures, new product development programs and the identification and evaluation of acquisition candidates.

Earlier he was an Account Executive and then Director of Media and Research for Marsteller, Inc., a New York-based advertising agency, and its sister public relations firm, Burson-Marsteller. These companies are now part of Young & Rubicam.