Matthew Salmon, COO, SALMON Health and Retirement
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Westborough-based SALMON Health and Retirement has promoted Mathew Salmon to Chief Operating Officer. Salmon started as a physical therapist with the family business in 1995 and later took on management positions. In this Q&A he talks about coming home to Central Massachusetts, hoping for changes to the state budget, and not being the head trainer for the Patriots.
Vital Stats:
Age: 39
Residence: North Grafton
Family: Married to Kimberly Malloy-Salmon, director of rehabilitation services for Salmon Health and Retirement; two children
Education: Bachelor's degree, master's degree, and MBA from Northeastern University
Previous job: Vice president of programs, quality and innovation, Salmon Health and Retirement
Start date at new job: July 1
Q. How are you settling in at your new office?
A. My office hasn't changed. I work out of our Westborough campus which is where our central offices are located. New responsibilities, same desk.
Q. What challenges do you see in your new position?
A. I already have company-wide responsibilities, so the workload isn't much of an adjustment. The challenge is going to be keeping myself organized so that I can manage all the information coming into my office. I was surprised to see the increase in e-mail, phone calls and inter-office mail. It's going to be an adjustment and the better organized I am, the more successful I should be.
Q. What's your favorite thing about Central Massachusetts?
A. I grew up in Northbridge and went to St. John's in Shrewsbury, so Central Massachusetts is home for me. After living and working in other parts of the country, I fully appreciate the recreational and cultural opportunities we have available so close to home.
Q. How close is this to what you imagined in high school you'd end up doing?
A. This is about as far away as I could get. I never saw myself working for the family business -- or working in an office, for that matter. In high school I decided I wanted to become a physical therapist. My ultimate goal then and throughout college was to become the head trainer for the New England Patriots.
Q. What could local and state governments do to make things better for your business?
A. The short answer is to restore the $27.2 million in supplemental funding for nursing home care in the 2011 state budget. Removing that from the state budget is going to make it a very difficult year for providers in Central Massachusetts.
Q. Where's the best place to get lunch near your new location?
A. The Crossways Café at the Willows right on our own campus serves a great lunch. If I need some place to go for a business lunch, Tavolino in Westborough is terrific.
Q. Do you have any hobbies outside of work?
A. That would be triathlon training. I work out most mornings before going to the office. On the weekends, I try to squeeze in training sessions between family commitments.
Q. What's on your to-do list for the next couple of days?
A. First off, my regular meetings and a couple of performance reviews. The big one would be sitting down with our CEO Phil LaCasse and CFO Gary Sacon to map out a plan for meetings and reporting moving forward.
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