Strategic clarity for complex integrations.
Bohannon Strategy Group partners with healthcare staffing organizations, private equity sponsors, and growth-stage operators to drive integration, operational excellence, and sustainable performance.
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Owner & Principal
Tommy Bohannon is a seasoned healthcare staffing leader with over 27 years of experience spanning permanent and contract recruitment, strategic planning, operational efficiency, and integration leadership across some of the industry's most demanding environments.
Tommy's career spans both sides of the acquisition table — an early employer was acquired by a major publicly traded healthcare staffing enterprise, and he stayed on post-close, ultimately rising to Vice President of Strategic Operations and Execution within a ~$750M division of that $5B organization. That trajectory gave him firsthand experience of what integration looks and feels like from the acquired company's perspective, and then from the acquirer's — a vantage point that directly informs how he structures and leads engagements today. In that senior role, he led operations for sales, delivery, account management, and sales coordination across a high-volume physician and leadership placement business, and oversaw multiple acquisitions from diligence through full integration and rebranding.
More recently, Tommy has served in a fractional COO capacity for an early-stage healthcare staffing startup — providing executive-level operational leadership across recruiting, process development, and technology buildout during a critical growth phase. He has also held a VP of Operations role with a UK-headquartered international healthcare staffing group operating delivery teams across South Africa and India, deepening his expertise in offshore staffing models, cross-cultural team leadership, and the complexity of globally distributed service delivery.
Tommy's advisory work is grounded in experience on every side of the equation — as an operator, an acquired employee, an acquirer's executive, and an independent advisor. That breadth is what allows him to anticipate problems others miss and build plans that hold up when they meet reality.
- $5B publicly traded healthcare staffing enterprise — VP, Strategic Operations & Execution; led a ~$750M division through growth, acquisition integration, and full rebranding
- Acquisition experience — both sides — began career at a firm that was acquired, stayed post-close, and rose through the acquirer's ranks; subsequently led multiple acquisitions from diligence through integration
- Fractional COO — early-stage healthcare staffing startup — embedded operational leadership across recruiting, process, and technology during critical growth phase
- UK-based international healthcare staffing group — VP of Operations with offshore delivery teams across South Africa and India; advisory expertise in offshore staffing model design
- Domain expertise — compensation models, contract negotiation, practice development, academic recruitment, and expert witness testimony
- Sector fluency — locum tenens, physician & leadership placement, allied health, travel nursing, and MSP/VMS strategy
Where BSG
adds value
BSG works with healthcare staffing organizations at pivotal moments — acquisitions, operational inflection points, leadership transitions, and technology transformations — where the right outside perspective can mean the difference between a plan and an outcome.
M&A Integration Planning
End-to-end integration leadership for healthcare staffing acquisitions — people, process, technology, and performance management — with particular expertise in earn-out-sensitive environments and PE-sponsored transactions.
Operational Performance
Workflow optimization, process definition, KPI framework design, and operating model transformation for locum tenens, physician placement, allied health, and travel staffing organizations.
Technology & ATS Strategy
ATS evaluation, configuration, and convergence planning — including credentialing workflow design, back-office integration sequencing, and VMS/MSP interface planning for staffing-led managed service strategies.
Fractional COO / Advisory
Embedded operational leadership for growth-stage healthcare staffing businesses — providing executive-level guidance on hiring, workflow, systems, and strategy without the cost of a full-time C-suite hire.
Change Management
Stakeholder assessment, change roadmaps, communications planning, and leadership alignment — structured to protect revenue-generating operations while moving organizations through meaningful transformation.
Strategic Planning & PE Advisory
Investment thesis alignment, KPI framework design for portfolio companies, exit-relevant metrics development, and operational due diligence support for private equity sponsors in the healthcare staffing sector.
A phased approach
built for real organizations.
Every engagement is scoped to the actual work — not a templated methodology. BSG structures projects in phases so clients have decision points, cost certainty, and clear deliverables at every stage.
Discover
Current-state assessment across people, process, technology, and performance. We validate what you know, find what you don't, and surface the real risks before they become problems.
Design
Future-state operating model, KPI framework, and integration roadmap — built at a level of detail that guides execution, not just conversation.
Execute
Operating model implementation, technology changes, people moves, and process transitions — sequenced to protect business continuity and deliver measurable results.
Sustain
KPI monitoring, leadership reinforcement, and behavioral embedding — ensuring new ways of working take hold and the organization doesn't revert under pressure.
Let's talk about
your situation.
Whether you're navigating an acquisition, evaluating a platform investment, or looking for an experienced operational partner — BSG works best when the engagement starts with an honest conversation about what you're actually trying to solve.