Alumni in Residence with Sean Whelan (BBA/MAcc '94), Alumni Board of Governors
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Thursday, September 22, 2022
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Ann Arbor
The Alumni Engagement Office is happy to host In-Person Alumni in Residence sessions with members of the Ross Alumni Board of Governors on Thursday, September 22nd.
Submit your request below to meet one-on-one remotely with our Alumni in Residence and ABOG member, Sean Whelan to learn more about a career or industry, practice your networking and interview skills, learn how they manage teams and how they have gotten to where they are today.
Submit your request to meet in-person with Sean Whelan HERE by Friday, September 16th to be considered.
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Sean is the Chief Executive Officer of Encore Rehabilitation Services, based in Farmington Hills, MI. Encore is a leading provider of outcome-driven therapy services and associated compliance and revenue cycle support services, primarily to skilled nursing facilities across the U.S. Sean previously served as the company’s Chief Financial Officer from 2017 to 2018. Sean also presently serves on the Board of Directors of OptioRx, a private equity-backed specialty pharmacy. Sean has spent the majority of his career in the healthcare services industry, but has also spent time in consumer products, automotive and public accounting. He has held leadership positions in a variety of company types – public, private equity-backed, and founder-owned.
Prior to Encore, Sean served as CFO for Smile America Partners, Bedrock Manufacturing (Shinola and Filson brands), Diplomat Pharmacy (NYSE:DPLO) and InfuSystem Holdings (NYSE MKT:INFU). Sean was instrumental in leading Diplomat Pharmacy’s successful $200M IPO in October 2014. During his tenure, the company grew from a $375M private company to a $4.4B public company (subsequently sold to UnitedHealth Group’s Optum group). While at InfuSystem, Sean successfully completed a SPAC transaction and transitioned the firm to a public company. Prior to his various healthcare executive roles, Sean held senior finance positions with Ford Motor Company. Sean began his career with Deloitte, serving a diverse set of audit clients in the firm’s Detroit office.
Sean holds Bachelor of Business Administration and Master of Accounting degrees, both from Michigan’s Ross School of Business. Sean is a proud native of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, having grown up and attended high school in Marquette, MI. Sean and his wife, Kerie, have three children (Cate, Conor and Meg) and reside in Plymouth, MI. They also spend as much time as possible on Walloon Lake in Petoskey, MI.
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You will be notified by September 19th if you have been selected to meet in-person with Sean during his Alumni in Residence office hours. If selected, you will have 25 minutes to discuss industry, career, practice networking & interview skills among other topics you are interested in.
