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R. Shane Jackson is executive vice president of Jackson Healthcare, a provider of healthcare information technology, staffing and resources, and he is both president and CEO of LocumTenens.com, a full-service locum tenens recruiting agency. At Jackson Healthcare, Mr. Jackson is responsible for overseeing all investments, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures for the company. He also oversaw the start-up in 2009 of AdvancedPractice.com, a full-service recruiting agency specializing in placing nurse practitioners and physician assistants.

Mr. Jackson previously served as president of Patient Placement Systems, a healthcare technology company providing software for referring and placing patients that require care after leaving the hospital. In 2000, he co-founded and acted as president of NextStart Capital, where he oversaw and directed numerous fundraising and acquisition transactions.

Mr. Jackson earned an MBA, with honors, from Emory University, where he was one of a distinguished group of students selected for the institution's accelerated three-semester degree program. He also holds a BBA from Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas.

Mr. Jackson was named one of Atlanta's "Top 40 Under 40" by the Atlanta Business Chronicle in 2008. He also serves as board chair for Mission Predisan, a Christian, not-for-profit healthcare organization that provides health and educational services to the people of eastern Honduras through over 40,000 patient contacts annually.