James B. Edwards
Chief Executive Officer
James B. Edwards has been with Emergent Medical Associates since March 2006 when he joined the Company as its Chief Executive Officer.
Mr. Edwards was responsible for designing and implementing EMA’s operations and physician support services.
As the CEO, Mr. Edwards is responsible for leading the strategic development and the overall management of the Company.
Mr. Edwards brings over a decade of financial, marketing and operational experience to EMA.
Prior to joining EMA, he was a member of the Investment Banking Division of Lehman Brothers. Based in New York, he consummated transactions totaling more than $5 billion for leading companies including dj Orthopedics, InterActive Corp, Greenfield Online, Premier Retail Networks, Six Flags, Viasystems, YouBet.com, Sirius Satellite Radio and Google. Mr. Edwards has executed initial public offerings, follow-on offerings, restructurings and debt financings, as well as strategic, defense and M&A assignments for a broad range of Internet / New Media and Healthcare clients. While at Lehman, he served as captain of the Cornell Recruiting Team and was elected to the firm’s Global Advisory Council.
Mr. Edwards prior experience spans the consulting, investment banking and private equity industries with leading international companies including KPMG, U.S. Bank Libra & Caltius Mezzanine Partners. He currently sits on the Board of Directors for private companies including Hilltop Slate and Direct2Pro.
Mr. Edwards has been a speaker for the National Association of Seed and Venture Funds and led Investment Banking Workshops at Cornell’s Johnson Graduate School of Management. He is a Cornell Alumni Ambassador, Chair of the Johnson School Club of Southern California and a Member of the Board of the Cornell Club of Los Angeles.
Mr. Edwards graduated a Tradition Fellow from Cornell University in 1996 and received his MBA from Cornell's Johnson Graduate School of Management in 2003.