People are at the core of everything that has
     real value

Always under-promise and over-deliver

Integrity is everything -
    there are no “almost truths”

Life is too short for complacency;
     passion is rare – treat it with care

Be willing to lose to win

Always share

Rigor and creativity is a marriage that lastS

Meaningful enterprises
We focus on the creation and growth of financially sustainable business models that advance the social and environmental mission of healthcare services and renewable resources in our communities.

Disruptive and transformational enterprises
Our business models always involve the use of technology, new economic platforms, and a network of like-minded stakeholders that enable market adoption.

Financially attractive enterprises that align with our sustainability mission
At our core, we are highly energized by growth-driven financial success. It’s the fuel for job creation, innovation, optimism and true sustainability.

We develop and deploy seminal events to cause out-sized results.
Our track record and approach focuses on the creation of
large events (acquisitions, large contracts, alliances, disruptive technologies, and more) that can catapult an enterprise to
new heights.

www.samihealth.com
SAMI-Care ("SAMI”) strives to make use of the latest technology innovations to deliver real time, medical records access and useful healthcare information to care givers, patients, and family members more affordably, more quickly, and more effectively than anyone else. SAMI solutions can be directly involved in improving quality, in decreasing errors, and in saving lives. SAMI has developed a propriety search engine/business intelligence software that analyzes clinical data residing in any electronic medical record and pushes life-saving/improving information, on a
real time basis to any healthcare stakeholder (physician, patient, nurse, administrator and patients’ families).

www.crserecycling.com
Founded in 1994, Creative Recycling (CRS) is an award-winning global leader in the reuse and recycling of surplus and end-of-life electronics. Working with its worldwide partners, CRS is a pioneer in the development and utilization of state-of-the-art processing and separation technology, including the recovery of rare earth elements found in commercial and consumer electronics. Incorporating cutting-edge technology for the recycling of Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) televisions and monitors, CRS provides the United States with the best solution for the millions of tons of electronics that become obsolete every day. Intersection partnered with CRS in 2012. The company is headquartered in Tampa, FL and has recycling facilities across the United States.

Rich has relished the excitement, diversity, nourishment and insight from his 34-year career in sales engineering, process control consulting, strategy consulting, marketing consulting and entrepreneurial start-ups in food, health care services, renewable energy and resource recovery. He is a public speaker and advocate for changes to the American health care system. At his core, he is Andy’s partner. In his heart, he is a passionate advocate, declarer and student that knows how the world works and how to make things work (better) in the world. His actions are intended to inspire his children.
Rich graduated from Lehman College in 1973 with a bachelor’s degree in political science. It was at this time (in student government) that he discovered the power of advocacy. He then served as a Rotary Foundation ambassador of good will in Germany, where he studied the Holocaust. During this tenure, he was transformed in his beliefs and from this experience, he became convinced that one of the key lessons of the holocaust was that mass extermination of innocent souls was possible when people were placed in groups, so as to dehumanize them.
He began his formal career in Honeywell as a sales engineer. During his tenure there, he fell in love with engineering, technology and C-suite sales. He then became an operations consultant to Fortune 100 clients in North America, South America and Europe working with over 150 manufacturing and distribution facilities, where he took apart and redesigned production processes to improve quality, throughput and costs.
In 1986, he launched Evan Kristen Specialty Foods, which grew and marketed value added produce using unique technology for washing, cutting and packaging. This first entrepreneurial tour of duty provided a wealth of insight (and pain) into the unique requirements of early stage/transformational commercial ventures.
From 1989 to 1992, Rakowski was a partner at Marketing Corporation of America (now the Growth Platforms Institute, a part of the Interpublic Group) where he provided marketing counsel to Fortune 100 companies. His partners included the former VP’s of marketing from most of the top packaged goods companies. It was at this time that he discovered (and became enamored with) the power of brands.
In 1992, he founded and led New Paradigm Ventures (NPV), a consulting and investment firm in the health care and food industry market. A study conducted by NPV on medical outcomes improvement resulted in the care enhancement strategy that Mr. Rakowski brought to American Healthways to respond to perceived gaps in the U.S. health care system. During his tenure, Healthways stock grew from $18 per share to a non-split-adjusted $53 per share on a roughly 10% increase in volume. New Paradigm Ventures developed new business ventures in conjunction with brands such as Campbell Soup Company, Centrum, The Discovery Channel, GE, Nissan and General Nutrition Centers.
He served as President of American Healthways, (now Healthways, Inc.) (NASDAQ: HWAY), a large market cap health care company based in Nashville, TN, which serves the needs of patients with chronic and acute health conditions. This specific experience inspired him and passionately drew him into a focus in healthcare services.
In 2007, along with his partner and best friend, Andy Lipman, he founded Intersection, LLC with a business thesis founded upon the principles of insight, passion and declaration expressed through seminal events that meaningfully grow emerging/transformational business models. Andy and Rich’s relationship is a unique model in professional and personal intimacy that has been a large source of enrichment to each other (and to others).
Rich has extensively worked, lived and traveled internationally and deeply believes that our economy, human community and issues are global in nature.
Rich and his father were featured in the documentary film Mr. Rakowski, which premiered at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam and examines the effects of the Holocaust on his childhood and their relationship. Rich has been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Time Magazine, ABC News and other media outlets.

Andy Lipman has had the great fortune, beginning very early in both his childhood and his career, of being put into complicated situations and having to figure out how to survive, prosper and create successful outcomes. This “training” has enabled a calm and fearless approach that Andy brings to life and business. He is a business developer by nature. In his heart, he is a deeply caring soul who loves to nourish others and create a feeling of love and worth. His actions are intended to create harmony and inspire his wife and children.
Andy grew up in the northeast and graduated from Union College in 1989 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering. During this time, he also attended Cambridge University in England and Kansai Gaidai University in Japan, where he studied the Toyota Production System. This training on how to “decompose” an industrial process and “redesign/reassemble” a process in a manner that results in greater efficiency and outcomes became a core set of tools he has applied through his career.
He began his formal career with Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) where, at a very young age, he worked on operations strategy and manufacturing process redesign for clients that included a number of Fortune 500 industrial companies. At Andersen, he was also an early developer and implementer of methodologies and approaches used in business process re-engineering on behalf of large non-industrial companies. He subsequently joined The George Group, a boutique consulting firm specializing in Lean Manufacturing, business process reengineering and six-sigma, to continue to hone his skills and deliver out-sized value for clients.
In 1994, he joined Kidd, Kamm & Company, a well-established private equity firm based in Greenwich, CT and in 1996 co-founded the successor firm Kidd & Company. As a principal with Kidd & Company, Andy founded and was responsible for building and driving value for several companies, including Chatham Technologies, Medsource Technologies, Empower Health and Infinity Bio-Energy.
Andy’s role in each of these businesses has spanned from the initial idea/thesis through company formation, strategy development, acquisition sourcing, negotiation and closing, transaction financing, management team recruitment and oversight and strategy execution. While Andy also has deep transactional and financing experience (having closed over 30 acquisitions with companies that were not for sale and raised in excess of $1 billion in equity and debt financing), his passion and true value-add is in identifying and executing seminal/strategic events for these companies that have served to drive step function equity value growth and positioning for premium exits.
In 2007, along with his partner and best friend, Rich Rakowski, he founded Intersection, LLC with a business thesis founded upon the principles of insight, passion and declaration expressed through seminal events that meaningfully grow emerging/transformational business models. Andy and Rich’s relationship is a unique model in professional and personal intimacy that has been a large source of enrichment to each other (and to others). Andy has worked and lived internationally and has a deep interest in developing business models that can have a great impact in both the U.S. and other areas of the world that may be in greater need. He is an avid guitarist and aspiring (but aging) basketball player.

Stephen Terry has over a decade of experience in finance and private equity. Prior to joining Intersection, Steve worked with Andy and Rich as a Principal at Kidd & Company, a private equity firm based in Greenwich CT. At Kidd & Company Steve was responsible for sourcing and evaluating investment opportunities, developing and leading new investment strategies, and monitoring and assisting portfolio companies. During his time there, Steve led strategies and transactions across a broad array of industries and was involved in all facets of the strategy development and funding process. Prior to that, Steve worked at Capital One, an international banking and financial services firm, where he managed several areas of the consumer lending business. Steve is on the Board of Directors and is actively involved in the management of Creative Recycling, an industry-leading electronics recycling and refurbishment company. Steve also serves as a Board observer to iPacesetters, a global provider of CRM and BPO solutions. Steve earned both a Bachelors and a Masters Degree in Operations Research from Cornell University where he also competed on the varsity track & field team. He also received an MBA with distinction from Cornell's Johnson Graduate School of Management. Outside of work Steve enjoys playing many sports; his recent physical activity has mostly entailed chasing his two young children.

Paul Wolff is an entrepreneur who brings skills and resources for the development of high-concept strategic branded opportunities, which have included technology integration and system design in the financial services, medical device, retail and entertainment industries. He has managed various custom and high volume manufacturing environments, technology and entertainment marketing firms, integrating innovative technologies and systems to enhance consumer experiences around the globe.

His recent project, the Greenopolis Recycling System, is a holistic, closed looped recycling program that uses consumer engagement as a primer. The Greenopolis Recycling Kiosk, is an interactive kiosk that uses various 1D and 2D capture technologies to track consumers recycling behaviors and activities in on-line and on-street environments. This kiosk is a central element in the Greenopolis Recycling System, which includes material collection by Waste Management, the largest recycler of materials in North America, a robust rewards program, a system of material recovery and reprocessing facilities and integration in various device environments and platforms.

Paul is married with two children, is an avid gym rat and photographer.

Jennifer currently serves as the Intersection Office Manager and Assistant to its three Principals. She has a long history with the Intersection team, having started working with Richard Rakowski at Klinger Advanced Aesthetics on the Cosmedicine line, where she served as a Marketing Assistant and Office Manager, in addition to performing a variety of roles within Klinger's salons. Previously, Jennifer was a head buyer at the Charles Keath catalogue, based in Boca Raton. She scouted fashion shows nationwide to facilitate all women’s apparel purchasing, as well as organized layouts and photo shoots for the products she managed. Earlier, she was a production coordinator for Charles David shoes, where she handled the company's product line in Paris, and managed quality control, warehouse inspections and source material research. Jennifer holds a BA in fashion merchandising from the University of Miami.

Rick Bates has spent his career building and leading healthcare business. Rick is Executive Vice President, Market Segments of Catamaran (NASDAQ: CTRX, TSX: CCT), the nation’s fourth largest pharmacy benefits manager (PBM), and is responsible for creating and executing business strategies that drive shareholder value and establish Catamaran as a leader in delivering prescription drug cost savings to clients and consumers. As a key member of the company’s leadership team, Mr. Bates played a critical role in the creation of Catamaran, a $13 billion company that delivers pharmacy benefits to more than 25 million individuals, by leading the successful merger of two industry-leading PBMs – Catalyst Health Solutions and SXC Health Solutions.
Mr. Bates joins Catamaran from Catalyst Health Solutions where he served as President and Chief Operating Officer and was responsible for managing the firm’s overall operations, overseeing business development and client retention efforts, and leading merger and acquisition activities. During his tenure at Catalyst, Mr. Bates led the company’s growth agenda taking the company from $2.8 billion in revenue and a market capitalization of $1.1 billion in 2009 to $5.7 billion in revenue and a market capitalization of $4.5 billion in 2012. Mr. Bates joined Catalyst Health Solutions in 2009 as Executive Vice President and at that time he was responsible for leading sales, strategic initiatives, client services, marketing, clinical program management, corporate clinical pharmacy services, pharmacy benefits, pharmacy administration and financial business operations.
Prior to joining Catalyst, Mr. Bates ran the specialty business division at Coventry Healthcare where he was responsible for the behavioral health, dental, network rental and pharmacy businesses, along with business development for ancillary products and services. Mr. Bates was also a senior executive at United Health Group, Cigna Corporation and Oxford Health Plans.
Mr. Bates graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science from Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, and has also earned an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania

Stephen Garchik has spent his life developing and expanding successful businesses, maximizing his partners’ investments and giving back to the community. He understands how to create sustainable business opportunities that offer winning outcomes for all parties involved. He also understands the importance of helping the greater community and how such assistance benefits and strengthens everyone, not just those who are the direct recipients of the aid.
Steve has been a real estate developer and owner for 32 years. He and his partners at The Evans Company of McLean, Virginia and SJM Partners Inc. of Palm Beach, Florida have developed over 10 million square feet of office space, residential properties, self-storage projects, retail space and industrial projects. His clients have included the Army Corps of Engineers, National Science Foundation, Booz Allen Hamilton, the University of Maryland, K-mart, Sprint, Mobil Oil, Northwestern Mutual, Lehman Brothers, the Marriott family, the United States Postal Service and several residential golf course communities.
Steve is also a co-founder or original investor of the following enterprises: Cambridge Health Education, with three allied educational campuses located in Florida and Georgia; Pegasus Tower, a Virginia company which erects and leases cellular towers; Celcom, a consortium for a cellular company in Liberia and Guinea Conkray; Championship Golf Management, owner and manager of multiple golf courses in Florida and Pennsylvania; LISCR, the Liberian ship registry company; and New River Valley Radio Network, which owned and operated several Virginia radio stations.

Phillip C. Peckman was born in Des Moines, Iowa, the third son of Maynard and Lucille Pechman. He has a daughter Schafer, who was born in 2006. Mr. Peckman is an Attorney as well as a CPA. He has received Economics, and Political Science degrees from Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska, and Accounting from the University of Iowa, and a Juris Doctorate from Drake Law School in Des Monies, Iowa. He has been a resident of Las Vegas since 1980. Mr. Peckman has practiced law and was the Managing Partner of the Las Vegas office of McGladrey and Pullen, a national accounting firm. He joined the Las Vegas-based Greenspun family in 1990 as the Chief Operating Officer of the Greenspun Corporation, a Real Estate, Media and Gaming company. He left the Greenspun Corporation as the Chief Executive in November of 2006. Mr. Peckman is the CEO of The Peckman Company; a Las Vegas based consulting and investment company.