LOS ANGELES, Calif. – February 8, 2008 – Morgan Samuels Company, a leading national management consulting firm specializing in executive recruitment, today announced the placement of Leonard E. Schiavone as vice president of operations at DaVita. DaVita is a publicly-traded, Fortune 500 company and is one of the largest providers of dialysis services in the United States for patients suffering from chronic kidney failure, also known as end stage renal disease, or ESRD.

Schiavone had most recently been the vice president and general manager at Tyco Fire and Security Services. Previous to that, Schiavone was the vice president of operation at Tyco Fire and Security Services. Schiavone received his MBA in Marketing from University of Pittsburgh and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and his BS in Business Administration from Youngstown State University and Youngstown, Ohio.