Comprehensive Care hires new president

TAMPA — Comprehensive Care Corp. has promoted Ramon Martinez as its president and elected him to its board of directors.

In April, Martinez was named president of CompCare Pharmacy Solutions Inc. Prior to that appointment, he served as the company's senior management adviser focusing on building and refining the infrastructure necessary for the company's pharmacy-cost containment program.

Martinez previously served a 20-year military career in the U.S. Air Force. His positions included test director and program manager of inter-continental ballistic missiles, assistant professor of philosophy at the U.S. Air Force Academy and deputy secretary of the Inter-American Defense Board, among others.

He entered the private sector as vice president of the Genetics & IVF Institute in Virginia. He also served as assistant director of strategic planning at the South Florida Workforce Board, adjunct professor of philosophy at Miami-Dade Community College and as a consultant working on Homeland Security issues. He also previously worked as president/CEO of Progreso Latino Inc., a Rhode Island-based Latino empowerment community organization.

“As a team builder, strategist, manager, and man of sound character, Colonel Martinez is an excellent choice for president of Comprehensive Care Corp. and a member of its board,” Clark Marcus, Comprehensive Care Corporation's chairman and CEO, says in a press release. “Not only has he been an effective leader in introducing our innovative pharmacy plan to the commercial/union and government markets, he has also reorganized, streamlined and motivated our staff to focus with laser precision on the overall health, attitude and success of the company.”