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David Cocke, MBA Vice President Operation
Mr. Cocke brings over eight years direct experience in the general management of entrepreneurial
companies, coupled with an outstanding background in corporate finance.
For the last seven years, David has been Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of NuPak Medical, Ltd., an
ISO 13488-certified contract manufacturing company based in San Antonio, TX. At NuPak, he is responsible for all aspects of management, including sales, finance and operations. David was the
company's first employee and built the company from a Greenfield to ISO certification in seven months.
In addition to his employment at NuPak Medical, David has an active consulting
practice working with start up to middle market companies in the areas of finance and operations.
Prior to his involvement with NuPak, Mr. Cocke was Senior Director, Finance and
Operations for NuTech, A KCI Company. NuTech was a technology incubator for its parent company, Kinetic Concepts, a $300 million public company. At NuTech, David was responsible for all of
the business's operational aspects (including customer service, accounting, manufacturing, service and distribution) and had significant involvement in the formulation and execution of the
company's sales and marketing strategy. While at NuTech, he was responsible for dramatically improving the company's financial performance - more than doubling the company's Return on Assets
(to triple digits), and increasing free cash flow by $8.9 million even as sales increased $9.6 million (a sales increase of 131%).
Before entering management, Mr. Cocke was employed by
GE Capital in its Corporate Finance Group (financing middle market companies) and Salomon Brothers Inc in its Dallas Investment Banking office (providing financial advisory services as well
as debt and equity underwriting).
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