Who are our clients?
- Ambulance Services
- Fire Departments
- Rescue Services
- Municipal, County & State Governments
- Hospitals & Health Districts
- State EMS Agencies
- Conference Coordinators
- Healthcare Organizations
Bob Holdsworth, President
Entrepreneur – Paramedic
Call it what you will, (his wife does have a name for it) a mind that never stops looking for alternatives, a passion for building successful EMS organizations or just an overwhelming desire to develop and test a constant flow of ideas…these are the things that motivates Bob.
Bob’s been leading customer-focused organizations since he was 18 (a while now). In each position, he’s been responsible for overseeing high performance operations, producing maximum revenue, building solid teams, new member orientation and education as well as motivating folks to provide high levels of customer service in demanding, fast-paced, people-focused environments.
Talk about a crazy and diverse work history beginning with a stint as a news broadcaster, TV cameraman and on-air disc jockey in college. After that came positions as unit managers for two large national food service corporations, and then just for diversity, he spent 4 ½ years in prison…as a Corrections Officer, medic and trainer for the Connecticut Department of Corrections where he worked in a maximum security facility.
Bob has also spent over 30 years in emergency medicine serving in a variety of roles including General Manager of a large private ambulance service that experienced 418% profitable growth in a four year period and the Emergency Medical Services Coordinator at one of Connecticut’s busiest hospital Emergency Departments.
His responsibility as EMS Coordinator was to develop and maintain relationships with more than 35 area response agencies as well as the implementation of a regional paramedic response service providing advanced level patient care to 11 municipalities. This unique non-profit agency has successfully integrated paid and volunteer staff and has been a model for many similar agencies around the country.
In 1988 he founded Holdsworth & Associates, Inc. a consulting/billing practice that has grown into a multimillion dollar business working with clients across the country and internationally.
The practice was split into two separate companies in 2008 the consulting company, The Holdsworth Group and the original billing company Holdsworth, Pelton & Associates.
As a coach/consultant, Bob and his team have had the privilege to work closely with leaders from more than 810 organizations in 41 different industry segments, and trained more than 6,400 folks in areas of business building, leadership, marketing effectiveness, team building and the process of turning customers into clients.
Bob is still active as a volunteer paramedic working with the hospital based program that he helped to develop. He has presented to numerous regional, state and national conference audiences since 1988 and has been honored as a biographee in Who’s Who in Healthcare and Who’s Who in the World.
