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This list showcases the top United States based Founder operating in the Hospital space. If you think a Founder is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.us.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Fatima Dicko
Founder & CEO of Sugar
Prior to founding Jetpack at Stanford University, Fatima worked as the youngest senior engineer on a product innovation team at Procter & Gamble focusing on products 3-10 years away from market. Having been awarded several corporate innovation awards such as ‘Most Transformative Product Design’ and the ‘P&G Global Innovation Seed Fund’, her key competencies include designing simple solutions to complex problems. Fatima holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from Columbia University, where she received a Gold King’s Crown Leadership Award and an MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
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About Sugar: Sugar builds community and transforms the residential experience by integrating with technology stacks that power modern buildings.
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Zachariah Reitano
Co-Founder and CEO of Ro
Zachariah is the CEO and cofounder of Ro. Founded in 2017, Ro is a healthcare technology company with a mission to provide personalized healthcare to everyone on the planet. Ro has three end-to-end verticals: Roman (men’s health), Rory (women’s health), and Zero (fighting addiction). As CEO and cofounder, Zachariah leads all medical and regulatory operations and oversees all verticals. Zachariah was named Inc. Magazine’s 30 Under 30, Business Insider’s 30 Under 40 in Healthcare, and a finalist in EY’s Entrepreneur of the Year. Ro was named #2 in Wellness in Fast Company’s World’s Most Innovative Companies 2019.
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About Ro, Roman: Ro is a telehealth startup that operates digital health clinics for men’s and women’s health, along with smoking cessation.
Rob Schutz
Co-Founder, Chief Growth Officer of Ro
Rob Schutz is a Co-Founder at Ro.
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About BarkBox, Ro, Roman: Ro is a telehealth startup that operates digital health clinics for men’s and women’s health, along with smoking cessation.
Saman Rahmanian
Co-Founder, Chief Product Officer of Ro
Saman Rahmanian is the co-founder of Ro, a mission-driven healthcare technology company, and Managed by Q, the smart office management company. Saman also holds a partner role at Prehype, a venture development firm that incubates new businesses together with large corporations. Before Prehype, Saman started his career in advertising agencies around the world, where he became the 5th most awarded creative around the globe.
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About Ro, Roman: Ro is a telehealth startup that operates digital health clinics for men’s and women’s health, along with smoking cessation.
Ed Park
Co-Founder & CEO of Devoted Health
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About Devoted Health: Devoted Health is a healthcare company serving seniors and giving them a health care plan with personal guides and world-class technology.
Jasen Trautwein
Chief Visionary Officer and Co-Founder of Pathway Partners Vet Holding
Jasen Trautwein, DVM, founded Pathway Partners Vet Holding LLC in 2012 and also serves as its Pathway Partners Vet Holding LLC. Mr. Trautwein is the Owner of Veterinary Medical Associates, Austin, TX. Mr. Trautwein is an Owner of Austin Vet Care since 2003. He has been Consulting Veterinarian and Board Member at Capital of Texas Zoo since 2003. He direct zoo staff in vaccination schedules and parasite control; Perform Annual USDA inspections and responsible for medical zoo population. He was Associate Veterinarian of Anderson Mill Animal Clinic, Austin, TX from 2000 to 2003. He was responsible for care of hospitalized patients; performing routine small animal surgeries and Diagnosis and treatment of outpatients. He is a Member of VMG-1. He was the President of Capital Area Veterinary Medical Association from 2006 to 2010. He serves as a Member of Veterinary Advisory Board at Trupanion, Inc. He is a Member of TVMA, AAHA, CAVMA, AVMA and VECCS. He is a Texas A&M Student Chapter IAAAM President in 1997. He holds Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University in 2000. He holds Bachelor of Science in Zoology from The University of Texas in 1996.
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About Pathway Partners Vet Holding, Veterinary Growth Partners: Pathway Vet Alliance is a veterinary hospital owner and operator.
Shawn McVey
Chief Culture Officer and Co-Founder of Pathway Partners Vet Holding
Shawn is an open, honest person who will push all the right buttons to get you to work together as a team and realize your full potential as a leader. He combines his background as a psychotherapist with 20 years of in-the-trenches experience building specialty and emergency practices to show you what “is” in your practice, along with what “could be.” He knows how to get you there—to a workplace that’s more team-oriented, flexible, happy, respectful, and productive. Shawn advises and trains veterinary practice teams approximately 50 times per year, and he would love to talk with you about how he can work magic in your practice.
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About Pathway Partners Vet Holding, Veterinary Growth Partners: Pathway Vet Alliance is a veterinary hospital owner and operator.
Rick Blatstein
Founder & CEO of OTG
Rick Blatstein, founder and CEO of OTG Management, found his calling putting gourmet cuisine, swanky design and high-tech integrations into the drab world of airport terminals. OTG’s innovative approach to creating an “experience” is delighting travelers and catching the attention of airlines and airport operators.
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About OTG: OTG Management is a operator of airport food and beverage concessions
Ryan Simonetti
CEO & Co-Founder of Convene
Ryan is the Co-Founder and CEO of Convene, commercial real estate’s first workplace-as-a-service platform. His unique expertise in real estate acquisitions, development, and structured finance has helped catapult Convene to become a pioneer in the industry.
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About Convene: Convene designs and services premium places to work, meet, and host events.
Brad Packer
Founder and CEO of Vitality Medical
Brad is the brains behind it all. Brad started Vitality Medical in 2000 shortly after completing his graduate degree from Medical College of Virginia. While employed as a registered nurse Brad recognized the need for online medical supplies and seized the opportunity to start Vitality Medical. Working weekend nights as a nurse and weekdays as entrepreneur Brad and his team of dedicated co-workers have created one of the foremost leading companies in the online medical supply market.
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About Vitality Medical: Vitality Medical provides quality home medical supplies and hospital equipment.
Susan Ho
Founder & CEO of Journy
Susan has helped build some of the fastest growing companies in NYC, including Fab.com, DigitalOcean, Blue Apron, and LearnVest. Susan graduated from Wharton and was a consultant at BCG before startups. She met Leiti nearly a decade ago while dancing on speakers in Shanghai.
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About Journy: Journy is a personalized travel planning service that pairs travelers 1-on-1 with their own personal trip designer.
Dot Bustelo
CEO/Founder of Loupe
Dot Bustelo, CEO/Founder of Apple TV visual art streaming platform Loupe, recognized as a Creative Technologies/Entertainment Software Strategist. She developed Loupe in 2016 as a visual complement to streaming music platforms, featured by Apple and reaching #1 Lifestyle app around the world. An internationally-recognized Apple Logic Pro consultant, music producer, Emmy Award-winning sound designer, author and stage demonstrator of Apple software, Dot formerly worked on Apple’s Worldwide Product Team introducing Apple product software techniques to A-list artists, engineers and their producers such as Maroon 5, The Killers, John Legend, One Republic, T. Pain and M.I.A. After Apple, she went on to author #1 Amazon best-selling books on Apple software and online courses for Lynda.com and consulted to iOS and Mac audio app companies. An electronic music producer herself with licenses to Sony PlayStation, NBC, VH1, CBS, and MTV, she serves on the Recording Academy’s National Advisory Council of the Producers & Engineering Wing. In her spare time, Dot writes science fiction.
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About Loupe: Pioneering service transforming how art is experienced; #1 Lifestyle app in 64 countries on AppleTV/Fire TV/Android/PlutoTV/Samsung/Comcast
Waleed Mohsen
Founder & CEO of mynurse.ai
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About mynurse.ai: a digital health program to help seniors with chronic conditions live their best lives.
Eddie Lou
Co-Founder of Shiftgig
An active problem-solver and strategist, Eddie guides Shiftgig from an idea to an expanding technology business. He is also a co-founder and executive board director of One Goal, an education nonprofit, and has invested in and advised start-up entrepreneurs. He was formerly a General Partner at OCA Ventures and holds an MBA and a B.S. in Engineering from Washington University. A relentless competitor, Eddie did the Louisville Ironman, placing 2nd in the Janus Charity Challenge.
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About Shiftgig: Shiftgig helps staffing firms empower their workforce to browse and claim work that fit their skills and schedules.
Jamie Hodari
CEO & Co-Founder of Industrious
Jamie Hodari is the Co-Founder and CEO of Industrious. Prior to Industrious, Jamie was the CEO and Co-Founder of Kepler, a rapidly growing experimental university that Scientific American called a “daring global experiment” to bring “top-tier instruction to the neediest parts of the planet.”Jamie previously ran the education non-profit Generation Rwanda, analyzed investments at the hedge fund Birch Run Capital and was a project finance lawyer at the law firm Sullivan & Cromwell. He started his career as a journalist at the Times of India. Jamie holds a J.D. from Yale Law School, an M.P.P. from Harvard University, and a B.A. from Columbia University.
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About Industrious: Industrious is a premium flexible workspace provider that redefines the workplace experience.
Justin Stewart
President & Co-Founder of Industrious
ustin is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Industrious. Previously Justin served as Director of Acquisitions and Operations at Windham Development and Windham China, where he headed their US Real Estate operations. He was previously a Vice President at Madison Realty Capital, but his career highlight will forever be the time he worked for the writing team at the Late Show with his childhood idol, David Letterman. He is the childhood next-door neighbor of Industrious co-founder Jamie Hodari, allowing them an early start dreaming about the future of office space. Justin can be found living with his fiancé in New York’s Lower East Side, along with their dog, confusingly named Chicken. Justin holds a Graduate Certification in Real Estate Finance and Development from NYU and a B.A. from Indiana University.
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About Industrious: Industrious is a premium flexible workspace provider that redefines the workplace experience.
Cary Gunn
CEO & Founder of Genalyte
Dr. Cary Gunn — who drives Genalyte’s strategic vision, direction, culture and success — has been blazing trails in the technology community for almost 30 years. Prior to leading Genalyte, Cary served as co-founder and chief technical officer of Luxtera, a developer of innovative optical solutions; his military career includes almost 10 years in the United States Air Force, where he was responsible for launching GPS satellites. Holding 81 (and counting) issued U.S. patents, Cary has been recognized in publications including the MIT Technology Review, which named him a Top Young Innovator in 2003. Five years later, Cary’s achievements in silicon photonics were awarded with the Optical Society of America Adolph Lomb Medal and the Berthold-Leibinger Foundation Innovation Prize. He received his bachelor’s degree in applied physics and organic chemistry from the United States Air Force Academy and his PhD in electrical engineering from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). At Genalyte, Cary is proud to pioneer technology that has “a positive impact on life and human health.”
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About Genalyte: Genalyte is a life sciences company developing and commercializing innovative next-generation multiplexing technology.
Jason Feldman
Co-Founder & CEO of Vault Health
Co-Founder & CEO at Vault Health.
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About Vault Health: Vault Health is a telehealth company that leverages diagnostics, specialty telehealth capabilities, and technology infrastructure.
Corey Ashton Walters
Founder & CEO of Here
Corey Ashton Walters is the Founder & CEO of Here, a revolutionary online marketplace that enables anyone anywhere to invest in vacation rentals online and earn passive income—without ever lifting a finger. Prior to founding Here, Corey, a seasoned entrepreneur, brand builder, and college dropout, has founded multiple successful companies over the last 15 years. Most recently in 2017, Corey co-founded Homeworthy, a venture-backed first-of-its-kind fully remote home selling experience available to homeowners located in more than 900 cities across the Pacific Northwest.
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About Here: Here makes investing in vacation rentals as easy as buying stocks.
Chrissa McFarlane
Founder and CEO of Patientory
Chrissa McFarlane is the CEO of Patientory, a global currency and population health management service that regulates and secures patient data, Named as one of the top women “leaving their mark on the medtech field” by Becker’s Hospital Review, Chrissa launched Patientory in December 2015 after seeing the need in the market for a more personalized and secure population health management solution. She resides in Atlanta and Tweets at @ChrissaTanelia. Chrissa exudes creativity and is a high-performing strategic thinker and excellent team-builder. She’s an entrepreneur with a passion for creating cutting-edge healthcare products that transform the face of healthcare delivery in the US and abroad. She brings over 10 years in the healthcare industry conducting research and managing teams. She holds notable international published research in healthcare and has helped create breakthrough digital health companies that have provided services to companies such as Tumblr, Blue Apron, Casper and Meetup. Her passion for health care began as early as high school, where she conducted microbiology research at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and won top honors at the Otto Burgdorf Research Competition. Later at Cornell University, Chrissa worked with organizations such as the United States Department of Agriculture-Robert Holey Center for Agriculture and Health and Cayuga Medical Center. After teaching Math and Science for a year in an underserved community inside the Atlanta Public School system, Chrissa decided to pursue business school. She holds a Bachelor of Arts, cum laude from Cornell, and a Masters in Management from the Wake Forest University School of Business. Chrissa resides in Atlanta and Tweets at @ChrissaTanelia.
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About Forbes Magazine, Patientory, StartUp Health: Patientory is a global population health management software that gives users access to their health data.
Ravishankar Gundlapalli
Founder, President & Chief Solutions Officer of MentorCloud
Ravishankar Gundlapalli is the Founder, Executive Chairman, President, and Chief Solutions Officer at MentorCloud.
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About Founder Institute, MentorCloud: MentorCloud is a cloud-based mentoring platform for enterprises to accelerate digital transformation, employee engagement and retention.
William Cameron Powell
President, CMO and Co-Founder of Airstrip Technologies
An obstetrician by training, Dr. Cameron Powell stopped practicing in 2008 to focus full-time on the business of developing AirStrip, which he co-founded with Gene Powell and Trey Moore. It is that real-world medical experience that drives the continued development and expansion of the AirStrip healthcare solution suite.
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About Airstrip Technologies, San Antonio Academy, WellAware: AirStrip Technologies provides a platform that delivers critical patient information directly to a doctor’s smartphone, laptop or desktop.
Amrou Manaseer
Co-Founder and CEO of The Madera Group
Amrou Manaseer drives the overall vision and strategy for Tocaya Organica. He plays an active role in leading the senior executive team, and is responsible for the company’s business planning and development, including organizational design, legal framework and project management for the group’s continuous improvement and constraint optimization activities. Prior to Tocaya Organica, Manaseer served as a partner at Jump Trading, one of the world’s largest and most successful proprietary trading firms.
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About The Madera Group: The Madera Group is a hospitality company
Scott Kubly
Founder & CEO of Cabana
Scott Kubly is director of the Seattle Department of Transportation. Appointed by Mayor Ed Murray in July 2014, Scott oversees transportation policy, capital project delivery, transportation and maintenance operations, transit and mobility improvements, and management of the City’s right of way. He led the creation of the award winning Move Seattle Plan, which outlines Mayor Murray’s 10-year vision for transportation in Seattle, and delivers a comprehensive strategy for connecting and enhancing the city’s many ways to travel. Scott was also a lead architect of the voter-approved Levy to Move Seattle, which provides $930 million to improve safety, maintain streets and bridges, and invest in reliable, affordable travel options for a growing city. Scott additionally serves as the vice president of the National Association of City Transportation Officials.
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About Cabana: Cabana is a travel startup that turns vans into bookable mobile hotels.
Adam Harris
CEO and Co-Founder of Cloudbeds
Adam Harris is the Co-founder and CEO of Cloudbeds. Together with Co-founder Richard Castle, Adam has led Cloudbeds from a small startup to an award-winning company that powers over 20,000 properties in 135 countries worldwide.I have a diversified finance, transmedia marketing, and web technologies background ranging from being a technology investment banker, a technology consultant to emerging business, and the founder of numerous technology start-ups.
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About Cloudbeds: Cloudbeds is a vertical SaaS business that creates cloud-based hospitality management software.
David Adair
Founder & Chairman of Glenveigh Medical
C. David Adair, MD (Chairman and CSO) is a board certified maternal-fetal medicine specialist and president of Regional Obstetrical Consultants, an MFM practice with over 50 employees and offices in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Dr Adair is Professor and also serves as Vice-Chairman, Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Tennessee College of Medicine. He has more than 50 publications and more than 20 teaching/research awards, including 4 Best Research Awards for Clinical Obstetrics. Dr Adair received his undergraduate degree in biological sciences at Morehead State University, his medical degree from Marshall University, residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Florida Health Science Center, Jacksonville, and fellowship in Maternal-Fetal Medicine at Wake Forest University. He received extern training at Henry Ford Hospital, National Maternity Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, and at the Renal Unit Mass General Hospital.
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About Glenveigh Medical, Solas BioVentures: Glenveigh Medical is a life science and medical technology company that focuses on advancing the practice of obstetrics.
Clinton Phillips
Founder of 2nd.MD and Medici & CEO of Medici
Clinton Phillips is the founder and CEO of Medici and launched the company in early 2017 with a vision to create technology that would revolutionize the way doctors provide care to their patients and to build a next generation virtual health+care system that gives patients access to a personal medical team made up of exceptional doctors, nurses, and specialists right from their phone.
As a serial-entrepreneur Clinton previously founded 2nd.MD in response to frustrations he had experienced when seeking medical care for his daughter, Gabi, who had suffered a stroke shortly after birth. 2nd.MD has since helped thousands of people in over 45 countries gain access to high-quality second opinions with outcomes that has saved lives and lowered healthcare and recovery costs for patients, providers and carriers. Clint sold 2nd.MD to Accolade in 2021.
Before this, Clinton served as a consultant to The Vitality Group working to lower healthcare spending through employee education and engagement programs. Clinton is also a certified Chiropractor and founded the successful Colorado-based Aspen Back & Body, a non-surgical rehabilitation clinic for people with back problems. Originally from South Africa, Clinton and his family now reside in Austin, Texas.
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About 2nd.MD, Medici: Medici is a mobile technology platform that provides text, video, and voice chats between patients and doctors.
Reggie Aggarwal (CEO and Founder)
Founder & CEO of Cvent
Reggie Aggarwal is the CEO and Founder of Cvent, the leader in meetings, events and hospitality software. A lawyer by trade, Reggie founded Cvent in 1999 as a two-person startup, with the goal of making meeting planning easier for his peers in the business community. Reggie was named the #1 SaaS CEO by The SaaS Report in their 2019 Top 50 SaaS CEO list and Entrepreneur of the Year for the Washington, DC area by Ernst & Young. He was also named the most admired CEO in the Washington, DC area by the Washington Business Journal, one of the 100 most Intriguing Entrepreneurs by Goldman Sachs, and a rising star by Forbes Magazine. He has been featured in publications such as The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Forbes and Business Week. He has also been interviewed on CNN, MSNBC, the BBC and several other popular news shows.
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About Cvent: Cvent delivers the most comprehensive event marketing & management platform, maximizing the impact of in-person, virtual, and hybrid events.
Chuck Ghoorah (Co-founder)
Co-Founder & President of Worldwide Sales & Marketing of Cvent
Chuck Ghoorah is the co-founder and President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing at Cvent. Chuck has been instrumental in Cvent’s growth from a two-person startup to an industry-leading global organization. Cvent has helped its more than 30,000 customers manage millions of events.
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About Cvent: Cvent delivers the most comprehensive event marketing & management platform, maximizing the impact of in-person, virtual, and hybrid events.
David Quattrone
Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer of Cvent
David Quattrone has been with Cvent since the company’s founding, bringing a wealth of expertise in designing and developing large-scale Internet applications. David designed and supervised the development of Cvent’s original beta product as well as all of Cvent’s subsequent product releases, upgrades and redesigns. Prior to co-founding Cvent, David worked at First Consulting Group, a leading provider of information-based consulting, integration, and management services. There, David specialized in large-scale custom Internet/Intranet application design and development. David’s clients included BlueCross/BlueShield Association, United States Postal Service, and MCI. He was also a Consultant with E.J. Bell Systems, a software integration and application development firm, where he helped found the company’s Internet/Intranet development practice. Prior to E.J. Bell Systems, David co-founded Network Resources Group, a New York based firm specializing in Internet software integration and application development. At Network Resources Group, David created the Online Gaming Review, an online publication subsequently acquired by Air Age publishing.
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About Cvent: Cvent delivers the most comprehensive event marketing & management platform, maximizing the impact of in-person, virtual, and hybrid events.
Andy Zhang
Founder of Caviar
Andy Zhang is the founder at Caviar.
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About Caviar, Munch On Me: Caviar is a delivery solution for consumers to order food from local eateries with the ability to live-track the order on a map.
Geoff McFarlane
Co-Founder and CEO of Winc
Geoff McFarlane is the Co-Founder and CEO of Winc. He is an entrepreneur incorporating over seven years experience in project management and finance. Proven track record in building highly customized projects and successful businesses. Has successfully acquired unsuccessful businesses and made them profitable, while creating an effective business model. His specialties: Skills include budgeting, financial analysis, and management of construction process.
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About Winc: Winc is a winery company with a direct connection to the consumer, building a portfolio of brands for the next generation of wine drinkers.
Xander Oxman
Chairman & Co-Founder of Winc
Xander Oxman is a Co-Founder of Winc.
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About Winc: Winc is a winery company with a direct connection to the consumer, building a portfolio of brands for the next generation of wine drinkers.
Brian Smith
Co-Founder, Chief Wine Officer of Winc
Brian is President, COO and Co-Founder of Winc.
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About Winc: Winc is a winery company with a direct connection to the consumer, building a portfolio of brands for the next generation of wine drinkers.
Donald Stephens
President & Founder & Executive Committee Member of Mercy Ships
Don Stephens founded Mercy Ships in 1978 with the purchase of the Anastasis. As president, Don continues to direct and lead a workforce of over 1,000 professional volunteers from 45 nations with offices in 16 countries. In addition to this role, Don is the voice of “The Mercy Minute”—a radio broadcast aired on over 840 stations daily—and the author of three books: Trial by Trial (1985); Mandate for Mercy (1995), and Ships of Mercy (2005). In 2009, he was awarded the International Humanitarian of the Year award from Variety International, a children’s charity, in London.
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About Mercy Ships: Mercy Ships is a global charity operating a fleet of hospital ships in developing nations.
Ron Vianu
Co-Founder & CEO of Covera Health
Ron is a serial entrepreneur and problem-solver by nature. He’s spent the last 20+ years founding ventures in the healthcare, technology, and insurance spaces. Ron studied Chemistry and Philosophy at NYU. Prior to Covera Health, Ron founded Spreemo in 2010. Under his leadership, Spreemo became the fastest growing referral management platform in the occupational medicine space, growing from six employees to a team of over 200 across offices in NYC and Dallas, and earning the company Deloitte’s Fast 500 award two years in a row for the fastest growing technology businesses. Spreemo, which received venture funding from a multi-billion dollar institutional investor, successfully exited to a strategic acquirer in 2017. In his spare time (and he has little), Ron enjoys biking down the East River and running up the West Side Highway, but rarely at the same time.
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About Covera Health: Covera Health is a provider of analytics-based programs intended to reduce medical misdiagnoses and improve quality of care.
Raz Winiarsky
Co-Founder & Medical Director of Covera Health
Raz is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon, Medical Director at Brooklyn Premier Orthopedics, and Director of Joint Reconstruction at Hudson Regional Hospital. Raz received his M.D. degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine, underwent his orthopedic surgical training at University of Pennsylvania, and completed his fellowship in Joint Reconstruction at Hospital for Special Surgery, rated by U.S. News as the #1 Orthopedic Hospital in the U.S. In addition to running one of the largest orthopedic groups in NYC, Raz is also a part-time chauffeur for his three children, transporting them to and from events all around the city.
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About Covera Health: Covera Health is a provider of analytics-based programs intended to reduce medical misdiagnoses and improve quality of care.
Evan Roberts
Founder & COO of Phreesia
As VP of Customer Solutions and co-founder of Phreesia, Inc., Evan is the technical visionary responsible for driving Phreesia’s initiative to pioneer patient self-service registration and educational solutions, at a low cost to clinicians in their medical practices. Prior to founding Phreesia, Evan was a Senior Sales Engineer at Spotfire, a leading provider of interactive analytics software, where he helped to penetrate new markets including pharmaceutical sales and marketing, resulting in significant net new revenue. In that capacity he developed innovative applications, and trained and managed his team to support and nurture these new markets. He began his career at Spotfire as a member of the Professional Services team. Evan holds a degree in Computer Engineering from Tufts University.
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About Phreesia: Phreesia automates the patient check-in process by collecting personal health information on the PhreesiaPad.
Yatin Patel
Co-Founder of Reservations.com
Yatin Patel has over 20 years of successful internet technology/e-commerce business experience as an entrepreneur, designer, founder, investor, and operator; focused most significantly in the hospitality industry. Patel is a Co-founder of Reservations.com. Patel has built, owned, sold, invested and operated numerous companies, including: HotelReservations.com, SelectCovers.com, HotelSavings.com, BoostCTR.com, iOutdoor.com, RugsNow.com. Patel’s core expertise resides in buying effective digital media, then converting it into a positive ROI on e-commerce transactions. Yatin Patel has been recognized for 2019 Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business award. Patel has a Master’s Degrees in Industrial Design ((National Institute of Design- India), a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering (Gujarat University-India) and ongoing Executive MBA from Harvard Business School. Patel is an active and philanthropic member of the Orlando community, and has served as a board member with: OnePULSE Foundation, The Dr. Phillip Performing Art Center, University Club of Orlando, and the Orlando Film Festival. He is an active member of PathNorth (Washington DC based Leadership Organization), YPO (Young President Organization) & CEO. Patel is a nationally recognized photographer, currently exhibiting his collection entitled SUTRA (yatinpatel.com). Lending his artistic talents to philanthropic causes, he has hosted art gallery fundraising events both locally and nationally. Patel is married to LeAnn Patel ( LeAnnPerman.com) and has 2 children, Aemy (18) and Dave (13). In his leisure he enjoys fly fishing around the world.
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About Reservations.com: Our Mission is to bring the human-touch back into the world of travel. With a vision to provide personalized experiential travel planning
Alex Broeker
CEO & Founder of UNION
Alex Broeker is the CEO & Founder at UNION POS.
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About Samplr Technologies, TabbedOut, TabbedOut, UNION: UNION, a hospitality engagement platform that leverages data to deliver exceptional experiences for consumers, venues, and brands they enjoy
Joe Fraiman
Co-Founder and President of Lyric
Joe is a Founder & President of Lyric. He is a professional nomad, adventure traveler, a certified BBQ judge, and interior design junkie. Over the last 15 years he’s lived in countless apartments across the country — and he obsessively designed each one. Along the way he hiked 1000 miles on the Appalachian Trail, crossed Asia on the Trans-Siberian Railway, and climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro. Joe has worked in construction in Alaska, developed top-secret defense software in San Diego, and raised money for the world’s largest hedge fund in Connecticut. He studied computer science and philosophy at Dartmouth College and NYU.
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About Lyric: Lyric is a tech and data-powered real estate and lifestyle hospitality company for the modern business traveler.
Andrew Kitchell
CEO & Co-Founder of Lyric
Andrew Kitchell is a Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Lyric and Wheelhouse. He is a former CEO & Founder at Beyond Pricing and Founder, Product Design at 30 Words. Mr. Kitchell studied at Duke University.
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About Lyric, Wheelhouse: Lyric is a tech and data-powered real estate and lifestyle hospitality company for the modern business traveler.
Jonathan Keidan
Founder & Managing Partner of Torch Capital
Jonathan is the Founder of Torch Capital. A long time entrepreneur and investor, he has spent his career at the intersection of the media, technology and entertainment industries. He is the Co-Founder of digital media company InsideHook and has spent a decade as an active early stage investor and advisor to a number of New York and LA’s top start-ups.
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About The Council on Foreign Relations, Torch Capital: Torch Capital is an early-stage consumer-focused venture capital firm.
Pete Ginsberg
Founder & CEO of Onaroll
Peter Ginsberg is the Founder and the Chief Executive Officer at Onaroll.
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About Onaroll: Onaroll is an employee rewards app that incentivizes productivity and longevity.
Rattan Chadha
Founder & Chairman of CitizenM
Rattan is the founder and CEO of citizenM, a transformational hotel concept. He arrived in Holland from India in the early 70’s, an entrepreneur with a Business Management Degree, he founded fashion company Mexx (1986, sold 2004). In 2000, Rattan was knighted by the Queen of the Netherlands as a Ridder for his entrepreneurial success. In 2004 he won the Grand Seigneur Award of the Netherlands, the highest award for excellence in branding and lifestyle marketing and in 2008 awarded the China Trader Award for his lifetime achievements developing trade relations between China and the Netherlands.
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About CitizenM, KRC Capital: citizenM is a new breed of hotel now in Amsterdam, Glasgow and London, and coming soon to New York, Paris.
Jim Kaplan
Founder, Managing Partner of Chasella
Jim Kaplan is the co-founder of CHASELLA, a private equity firm that specializes in real estate investment and development, and in supporting new products and services across a variety of industries that range from smart-home technologies to financial services and consumer retail. He is an advisor to a number of early-stage firms, and works closely with their teams to help maximize efficiency and growth. In addition, he is a dedicated member of the Board of Advisors to Kids Need More, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that helps children and families afflicted with cancer.
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About Bevi, Chasella, Thnks: A results oriented private equity and early stage investment firm that is predicated on value-creation through innovation and trust.
Carey Cooper
Co-Founder & CEO of L3 Hospitality Group
Carey is our CEO Extraordinaire. His early success as president of Redi Cut Foods, the largest regional processor of vegetables, made him a supply chain expert. His entrepreneurial spirit has only grown since then and nothing has brought him as much professional joy as becoming a restaurateur. We refer to him as Mr. Positive. He’s the go-to guy in his community and at work… not to mention he can tell you the origin of an avocado by the way it spins on the table.
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About L3 Hospitality Group: L3 Hospitality Group is a restaurant operating company.
Nathan Cooper
Co-Founder & Partner of L3 Hospitality Group
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About L3 Hospitality Group: L3 Hospitality Group is a restaurant operating company.
McArthur VanOsdale
President, CEO & Co-Founder of myNEXUS
McArthur co-founded myNEXUS after extensive entrepreneurial experience in developing and managing services and technology platforms across healthcare. Prior to myNEXUS, McArthur served as Chief Development Officer for SunCrest Healthcare where he successfully developed SunCrest into one of the top 10 in-home providers nationally. Previously, McArthur co-founded Harpeth Consulting, a management consulting and strategic advisory firm. Through his leadership, Harpeth exceeded a 70% year-over-year growth rate servicing payer, provider and technology clients. McArthur also served in various senior level roles for AIM Healthcare and Navigant Consulting focused on technology enabled cost containment services for payers & providers. Through his experience in healthcare, McArthur specializes in home care operations, telehealth & post-acute alignment partnerships, payer claims technology, data mining, revenue cycle technology, managed care contracting, and hospital operations.
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About myNEXUS: myNEXUS is a healthcare management system that enables doctors to remotely monitor their patients’ health.
John Dant
Co-Founder of myNEXUS
Wally brings an extensive home care and hospital management background to myNexus. Most recently, he was the Chief Executive Officer of SunCrest Healthcare, developing this home care and hospice company from start-up to $100 million in value, selling to Almost Family, Inc. in December, 2013. Previously he was a director with Navigant Consulting, a leading healthcare consulting firm. Prior to Navigant, Mr. Dant served as senior vice president-operations for HCA’s home care operations at the time when HCA had more than 400 home care locations generating over $1 billion in revenue. Mr. Dant also has an extensive background with hospital operations and managed care contracting, having worked for both hospital management and insurance companies. Mr. Dant holds a bachelor’s degree from Purdue University and a master’s in business administration from the University of Louisville. Wally also serves on the Foundation Board of the largest non-profit senior services organization in middle Tennessee, Fifty-Forward.
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About myNEXUS: myNEXUS is a healthcare management system that enables doctors to remotely monitor their patients’ health.
Jess Levin Conroy
Founder & CEO of Carats & Cake
Jess Conroy is the Founder and CEO of Carats & Cake, the leading provider of digital solutions for sales and marketing in the events industry. Prior to founding Carats & Cake Jess worked as an Associate at Burch Creative Capital where she helped manage investments and brand development for the firm’s portfolio. Jess is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania with degrees in Economics and Spanish and earned her MBA from NYU’s Stern School of Business.
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About Carats & Cake: Carats & Cake is the first integrated marketing and sales solution for venues and property groups
Kirk Posmantur
Founder & CEO of Axcess Worldwide
Kirk Posmantur is the Chairman & Founder of Axcess Worldwide, a partnership development company that creates inspired ideas and connects extraordinary brands and people. With over 20 years of experience generating hundreds of millions of dollars in contracted revenue for many of the world’s top brands in the luxury and lifestyle, consumer mass, and hospitality and travel sectors, Kirk is widely recognized as the pioneer and innovator of partnership development. Axcess currently represents over 50 of the world’s leading brands. Kirk is greatly involved in multiple charities and has served as the Chairman of the Board for the Atlanta chapter of After School All-Stars since 2000, raising over $20 million for his charity’s chapter. Kirk earned his undergraduate degree at the William F. Harrah College of Hotel Management at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
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About 25Madison, Axcess Worldwide: Axcess Worldwide are Axcess Worldwide, and Axcess Worldwide are the world’s first partnership development company.
Chris Herndon
Co-Founder of The Guild
Chris Herndon is the Co-Founder of The Guild. He is a serial entrepreneur and amateur investor that is jamming on some hare-brained schemes that he hopes will someday dent the universe. Chris was the Co-Founder of Apartment List and served as President from 2011 to 2015. Prior to Apartment List, Chris spent several years as an investor at GTCR Golder Rauner and Goldman Sachs. He is a co-founder of the 40 Acres Group, an Austin-based real estate investment firm. He is also a co-founder of Philanthropedia, an online resource for strategic donors that was acquired by Guidestar in 2011. Chris has an MBA from Stanford University and a bachelors from the University of Texas at Austin. Hook ’em Horns!
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About Homestead Partners, The Guild: The Guild is a hospitality company that offers full-building managements and turns upscale apartments into tech-enabled hotel suites.
Brian Carrico
Co Founder, CEO of The Guild
Brian Carrico is the Co-Founder of Chief Executive Officer of The Guild and a Partner at Alexa Management.
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About Alexa Management, The Guild: The Guild is a hospitality company that offers full-building managements and turns upscale apartments into tech-enabled hotel suites.
Shankar Somasundaram
CEO & Founder of Asimily
Shankar Somasundaram is currently the CEO of Asimily. Asimily is a data driven, non-invasive medical device monitoring solution for healthcare providers and medical device manufacturers solving for asset management, risk, cybersecurity and operational use cases. Previously Shankar led the Internet of Things business unit at Symantec. In this role, he oversaw the Enterprise Internet of Things business unit that focused for multiple verticals, including Healthcare, Industrial Control Systems (manufacturing, utilities, etc.) and Facilities (buildings) . Before that Shankar was part of the business and corporate development teams driving deals in the enterprise storage and security space. Prior to joining Symantec, Shankar held engineering, strategy and product management roles at companies like Qualcomm, InterDigital and British Telecom. Shankar also established and operated startups in enterprise software and security arenas and holds 50+ granted patents across networking and security.
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About Asimily: Asimily’s IoMT risk remediation platform holistically secures the mission-critical healthcare devices that deliver safe and reliable care.
Michael Bronfein
CEO & Co-Founder of Curio Wellness
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About Curio Wellness: Curio Wellness is a hospital and healthcare center that offers natural treatment and provides safe, reliable, and effective products.
Rob Wilder
Co-Founder/ViceChair/Chief Strategy Officer of Think Food Group
Rob Wilder is co-founder with José Andrés of ThinkFoodGroup (TFG), the innovative management company responsible for renowned dining concepts in Washington, DC, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami and Puerto Rico including Jaleo, Zaytinya, Oyamel, minibar by José Andrés, Beefsteak, The Bazaar by José Andrés at the SLS Hotels, China Poblano at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, and Mi Casa at the Ritz Carlton Reserve in Dorado Beach. TFG also handles José’s additional creative endeavors encompassing cookbooks, food products, television programming, education, concept consulting, and new restaurant projects. Recently Rob also founded the investment group “FoodTech Angels” to grow innovative early-stage companies that have the potential to disrupt our food systems. As part of his effort to support promising entrepreneurs Rob serves as a Mentor at the Halcyon Incubator and 1776.
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About FoodTech Angels, Halcyon Incubator, Think Food Group, WineGame, World Central Kitchen: ThinkFoodGroup, LLC is company that provides catering services and publishes cookbooks.
Nitin Nanda
CEO,Founder & Chairman of Aligned TeleHealth
Dr. Nitin Nanda, founder of Aligned Telehealth, is a respected physician, entrepreneur, leader, and educator. Since founding the Company in 2000, Dr. Nanda has grown Aligned Telehealth into one of the largest behavioral health specialty practices in the US. He built a successful practice model based on clinical expertise, compassion, operational efficiency and fiscal responsibility. He is Assistant Clinical Professor at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine and Clinical Assistant Professor in Medicine at the USC Keck School of Medicine. Dr. Nanda is Chief of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at the Los Angeles Jewish Home. He also serves as Medical Director of the Lisa and Ernest Auerbach Geriatric Psychiatry Unit at the Joyce Eisenberg-Keefer Medical Center in Los Angeles. Dr. Nanda obtained his medical training in India and served briefly in Africa, where he worked with community hospital and clinics, caring for the very ill and underserved. He then joined UCSF School of Medicine’s Clinical Research department. Later, Dr. Nanda completed an Internship and Residency at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, where he was nominated Chief Resident. With a deep interest and passion in caring for seniors, Dr. Nanda pursued a Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship at UCLA.
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About Aligned TeleHealth, Amwell: Aligned Telehealth is a provider of a SaaS-based platform used to offer telemedicine and healthcare management services.
Lonny Reisman
Founder & Chief Executive Officer of HealthReveal
Lonny Reisman, M.D., is Executive Vice President and Aetna’s Chief Medical Officer. Appointed to this role in 2008, he is responsible for the company’s clinical strategy to improve the health of Aetna’s members and to help build a better health care system supported by evidence-based accountability by every participant. He leads health care system change through Aetna’s clinical thought leadership, Innovation Labs, clinical policy and integrated system design. Dr. Reisman is a recognized leader in health information technology, patient safety and evidence-based medicine, and he has published numerous clinical, peer-reviewed articles. He has spent his career confronting the challenges in health care and emphasizes that issues related to cost and quality must be addressed by supporting greater adherence to evidence-based standards of care. By replacing traditional information silos, Dr. Reisman has focused on new ways for information to be easily used and easily shared throughout the health care system. Drawing on expertise from across the health care and technology industries, Dr. Reisman helps align Aetna’s capabilities in clinical research, payment reform, health information technology, health information exchange, and patient and provider collaboration to drive innovations that lead to better health outcomes and lower costs. Prior to his CMO position, Dr. Reisman was Chief Executive Officer of ActiveHealth Management. He co-founded ActiveHealth Management, now an Aetna subsidiary, following nearly 20 years of experience as a physician and consultant to large employers concerned about health care quality and costs. Dr. Reisman led the development of the ActiveHealth CareEngine® System, a clinical decision support technology platform that received a U.S. Patent in 2004. Dr. Reisman is a member of the Harvard Medical School Health Care Policy Committee; the New York eHealth Collaborative Board of Directors; the RCHN Community Health Foundation, Inc. Board of Directors; and the East Coast CMO Executive Summit Committee. From 1991 to 1998, Dr. Reisman was a principal in the Managed Care Group of William M. Mercer where he led numerous consulting engagements with Fortune 500 corporations, health care providers, suppliers and payers that focused on managing the demand for health care resources. Dr. Reisman was an attending physician at New York Hospital and St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center between 1987 and 1999, and was a cardiology fellow at the University of Chicago from 1985 to 1987. He received his undergraduate degree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and his medical degree from Tel Aviv University.
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About Aetna, HealthReveal: HealthReveal provides a cloud-based clinical analytics platform designed to preempt the avoidable consequences of chronic disease.
Marcela Sapone
CEO & Co-Founder of Hello Alfred
In 2014, the founders of Hello Alfred won the TechCrunch Disrupt SF pitch competition–becoming the first all-female founder team to do so–after wowing judges with its vision of an on-demand concierge service that connects customers with a professionally trained home manager to complete workaday household errands like cleaning, laundry, and pet care.
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About Hello Alfred: Alfred is the largest and most advanced residential management platform.
Jessica Beck
COO & Co-Founder of Hello Alfred
Jessica Beck is a COO & Co-Founder at Hello Alfred.
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About Hello Alfred: Alfred is the largest and most advanced residential management platform.
Terren Peizer
Founder & CEO of Ontrak
Mr. Peizer is an entrepreneur, investor, and financier with a particular interest in healthcare, having founded and successfully commercialized several healthcare companies. Mr. Peizer is the founder of Catasys, Inc., a leader in behavioral and mental health management services. He has also served as the Company’s Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO since the Company’s inception in 2004. Mr. Peizer also is the Founder, Chairman and CEO of NeurMedix, Inc., a biotechnology company with a focus on inflammatory, neurological and neuro-degenerative diseases. NeurMedix’s lead compound NE3107 has shown efficacy in 11 pre-clinical and 6 human studies. These studies resulted in publications in peer-reviewed journals. Mr. Peizer is Chairman of Acuitas Group Holdings, LLC, his personal holding company that is the owner of all of his portfolio company interests, including Catasys, Inc. Through Acuitas, Mr. Peizer also owns Crede Capital Group, LLC, an industry leader in investing in micro and small capitalization equities, having invested over $1.2 billion directly into portfolio companies. Mr. Peizer has been the largest beneficial shareholder, and has held various senior executive positions with several other publicly-traded growth companies, including Chairman of internationally renowned Cray, Inc., the industry’s leading supercomputer company. Mr. Peizer has a background in venture capital, investing, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, and previously held senior executive positions with the investment banking firms Goldman Sachs, First Boston, and Drexel Burnham Lambert. He received his B.S.E. in finance from The Wharton School of Finance and Commerce. Raised in Beachwood, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland, Peizer has been the largest beneficial stockholder and has held various senior executive positions within several technology and biotech companies. He has assisted companies by assembling management teams, boards of directors and scientific advisory boards, formulating business and financial strategies, and investor relations. Mr. Peizer has a background in venture capital, investing, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, and previously held senior executive positions with the investment banking firms Goldman Sachs , First Boston and Drexel Burnham Lambert . Mr. Peizer received his B.S.E. in Finance from The Wharton School of Finance and Commerce. Over the years, Terren Peizer has frequently noted the importance of his family and his Ohio upbringing in various interviews. He has stated that his half brother’s problems with addiction spurred him to found Hythiam, and has named his investment companies after his hometown and home street. Although he has been called “One of Wall Streets top players” Peizer has also exhibited a humble and modest lifestyle consistent with his Midwestern upbringing. It is believed that he still lives in the same condominium home he first purchased in the 1980s when he moved to Los Angeles, California You can follow more of Terren at his personal site: http://www.terrenpeizer.com
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About BioVie, Ontrak: Ontrak provides health management services for health plans, employers and unions through a network of licensed healthcare providers.
John S. Shriber
Co- Founder & CEO of Roomster
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About Roomster: The leading multi platform roommate matching & shared housing application. IOS, Android & fully responsive design
Aaron Sherman
Co-Founder & CEO of SevenFifty
Aaron Sherman is a co-founder and the Chief Executive Officer of SevenFifty. With over a decade in the industry and extensive experience as a sommelier, beverage manager and industry consultant, Sherman brings a breadth of knowledge and passion to his position. As CEO of SevenFifty, Sherman plays the executive lead and oversees overall company vision and growth. Prior to co-founding SevenFifty, Sherman worked as a sommelier and beverage manager for New York restaurants WD-50 and L’Artusi. He was also the beverage director at the SLS Hotel in Los Angeles, where he was responsible for running the beverage programs of their multi-outlet venue, including Jose Andres’ restaurant The Bazaar. Sherman holds a Diploma of Wine and Spirits from the Wine and Spirits Education Trust and is a Certified Sommelier with the Court of Master Sommeliers.
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About SevenFifty: SevenFifty helps importers, producers, distributors, and retail buyers connect with each other and do business in a modern world.
Neal Parikh
CTO, Co-Founder of SevenFifty
Neal Parikh is a co-founder and the Chief Technology Officer of SevenFifty.With experience as a data scientist, seasoned technologist, and cocktail enthusiast, Parikh brings a diverse range of talents to the SevenFifty team. As CTO of SevenFifty, Parikh oversees the company’s engineering team, platform design and product development. When Parikh joined SevenFifty, he led a nimble team of engineers to create a revolutionary digital platform to facilitate the wholesale buying and selling of wines and spirits. Today, SevenFifty’s robust, searchable database stands as the digital backbone of the alcohol industry. Prior to co-founding SevenFifty, Parikh worked as a senior quantitative analyst on Wall Street, and is an expert in machine learning, convex optimization, statistics, big data systems and artificial intelligence.
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About SevenFifty: SevenFifty helps importers, producers, distributors, and retail buyers connect with each other and do business in a modern world.
Gianfranco Verga
Co-Founder and President of SevenFifty
Gianfranco Verga is a co-founder and the Chief Operating Officer of SevenFifty. With extensive experience in multiple areas of the beverage industry, Verga is widely considered to be a leading expert in the field. As COO of SevenFifty, Verga oversees the company’s day-to-day operations, including the external client management of over 700 distributors and 30,000 buyers, as well as the internal management of SevenFifty’s sales and customer care teams. Prior to co-founding SevenFifty in 2012, Verga managed operations and development at Tippling Bros, a beverage consulting firm that curates spirits portfolios for buyers and distributors. Before joining Tippling Bros, Verga worked as the Beverage Director and General Manager of Louis 649, building one of the most established beverage programs in New York City. Prior to his time at Louis 649, Verga worked as a Marketing Associate at Domaine Select Wine Estates. Verga is B.A.R. Smarts certified by the Beverage Alcohol Resource and has been featured in numerous food and beverage publications.
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About SevenFifty: SevenFifty helps importers, producers, distributors, and retail buyers connect with each other and do business in a modern world.
Lixiao Wang
Founder, Chairman, and Board of Directors of Urotronic
Lixiao Wang is the Founder, Chairman, and Board of Directors of Urotronic, Inc.
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About Urotronic: A Minnesota based, medical device company, making an exciting innovation in urethral stricture treatment.
Eric Ethans
Co-Founder of Suja Life
Eric Ethans is the Co-Founder at Suja Juice.
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About Suja Life: Suja is a producer of cold-pressed juices that help people transform their lives through conscious nutrition.
Arram Sabeti
Founder & Chairman of the Board of ZeroCater
Arram Sabeti is the founder of ZeroCater, a startup that makes it easy for companies to feed their employees. Arram became obsessed with tech startups when he was 20 years old and as an experiment, he decided to totally commit to the goal of building a successful technology company.
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About ZeroCater: ZeroCater is a provider of office meals and snacks, bringing employees together to build culture and foster community.
Jon Staff
Founder & CEO of Getaway
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About Favecast, Getaway: Getaway is a wellness hospitality company that offers cabin rentals in natural landscapes.
John Heil
Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO of Imalogix
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About iFusionLabs, Imalogix: Imalogix assists hospitals and imaging centers by transforming imaging data into actionable information to improve patients’ safety.
Elia Wallen
Founder & CEO of Hotel Engine
Elia Wallen is the founder & CEO of Hotel Engine.
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About Hotel Engine: Hotel Engine connects companies, travelers, and hotel partners to an exclusive membership platform.
Ken Botsford
Founder, Chief Medical Officer of NaviHealth
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About NaviHealth: NaviHealth partners with health plans, health systems and post-acute providers to manage the entire continuum of post-acute care.
Marc Oshima
Co-Founder & Chief Marketing Officer of AeroFarms
Marc co-founded AeroFarms with the intention of making healthy, delicious food more accessible to the urban communities around the world. Marc has an extensive marketing background in retail, brand management, and media with leading companies including Toys R Us, L’Oreal, and Turner Broadcasting. He headed up marketing for The Food Emporium, a supermarket chain in the Northeast and for Citarella gourmet markets, that has been recognized as one of the Top 50 Specialty Food Retailers in the United States. An established leader in marketing, he has developed award-winning marketing campaigns that have been recognized by AdWeek, AdAge, Creativity, AICP, and Webby. Marc is a member of the United Fresh Marketing Merchandising Council and the Marketing Advisory Committee of the Food Bank for NYC. He has a B.A. from Columbia College and a M.B.A. from Columbia Business School.
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About AeroFarms: AeroFarms is an urban cleantech company that provides aeroponic growing systems to produce plants without sun or soil.
David Rosenberg
Co-Founder & CEO of AeroFarms
David, a serial entrepreneur, co-founded and leads AeroFarms, a clean-technology company that builds and operates advanced vertical farms in urban environments. AeroFarms has been recognized as a Circular Economy 100 company, won the World Technology Award for most impactful Environmental Company, was voted Most Innovative Company at the Future of Agriculture conference, the Best Growth Company to invest in at the Wall Street Journal’s ECO:nomics conference, and was a finalist for The Circular Awards of The World Economic Forum. David is also the founder of Hycrete, Inc., a nanotechnology cleantech company.
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About AeroFarms: AeroFarms is an urban cleantech company that provides aeroponic growing systems to produce plants without sun or soil.
Amanda Szabo
Founder & CEO of ResortPass
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About ResortPass: ResortPass is an online booking platform for access to resorts and hotels for the pool, spa, fitness, and amenities.
Vish Bhatia
Co-Founder & President of Hotelsoft
Vish has over 18 years of experience in revenue management and hospitality investments sectors. Prior to founding Hotelsoft Inc., Vish was the Vice President of Revenue Optimization at Aston Hotels & Resorts overseeing revenue management and distribution function for 29 hotels, resorts and condominium collection properties, with over 4,500 rooms in Hawaii and mainland USA. Previously, he held leadership positions in revenue management and distribution at Oberoi Hotels & Resorts, a 30 hotel luxury chain in Asia, Morgan’s Hotel Group, Miami and The Plaza Hotel, New York, a Fairmont managed hotel. He was also instrumental in raising a $585 million fund at Everstone Capital, a $1.7 billion private equity and real estate fund. Vish served on the Revenue Management Advisory Board of HSMAI and was a member of the Chief Revenue Officer roundtable from 2011-2013. Vish holds a Masters degree from Cornell-ESSEC university and enjoys painting and golf in his spare time.
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About Alpha Revenue Strategies, Hotelsoft, The New Amsterdam Group: Software solutions and services to independent and chain scale hotels.
Chuck Wiggins
Co-Founder of Remedy Partners
Chuck Wiggins is the Co-Founder at Remedy Partners.
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About Remedy Partners: Remedy Partners collaborates with healthcare organizations to launch bundled payment programs.
Anthony Diaz
Founder and CEO of Health Hero
Anthony Diaz is Founder and CEO of Health Hero.
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About Health Hero: Health Hero enables organizations to do smart automated follow up via phone and text messages for patients and employees.
Vinay Menda
Co-Founder of Blank Street
Vinay Menda is the Co-Founder at Blank Street.
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About Blank Street, Reshape, VGO Ventures: Coffee, closer to you.
Issam Freiha
Co-Founder of Blank Street
Issam Freiha is the Co-Founder at Blank Street.
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About Blank Street, Reshape: Coffee, closer to you.
Geoff Price
Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder of Oak Street Health
Geoff Price is the Chief Operating Officer at Oak Street Health.
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About Oak Street Health: Oak Street Health is a network of primary care centers for adults on Medicare.
Stewart Bainum
Founder of HCR ManorCare
Stewart W. Bainum Jr. (born March 25, 1946) is an American businessman and politician. Bainum is chairman of Choice Hotels International, Inc. Since the 1980s, Bainum has led a number of enterprises including four current or former publicly listed companies: Choice Hotels; HCR Manor Care, which operates nursing and assisted living facilities; Vitalink Pharmacy Services; and Sunburst Hospitality. Bainum has also held political office, having served as a Democrat in the Maryland General Assembly. Bainum was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from 1979 to 1982 and the Maryland Senate from 1983 to 1986.
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About HCR ManorCare: HCR ManorCare is a provider of short-term, post-hospital services.
Jeffrey Thramann
Co-Founder & Director of Lanx
Jeff Thramann is a serial entrepreneur who was the founder and chairman of Lanx, a spinal implant company sold to Biomet, US Radiosurgery, an oncology services company sold to Alliance Healthcare Services (NASDAQ; AIQ), ProNerve, an intraoperative monitoring company sold to Waud Capital Partners and American Physicians, a hospitalist company sold to Towerbrook Partners. Prior to pursuing entrepreneurial endeavors, Thramann was the founder of Boulder Neurosurgical Associates in Boulder, CO. Thramann is the named inventor on over 50 U.S. and international issued and pending patents. He completed his neurosurgical residency and complex spinal reconstruction fellowship at the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, AZ. Medical school was completed at Cornell University Medical College in NYC and his undergraduate degree was earned at the United States Military Academy at West Point.
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About Lanx: Lanx employs its proprietary technology to develop spinal products for surgeons.
Sumer Johal
Founder & CEO of Agralogics
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About Agralogics: Agralogics offers SaaS-based applications and services that provide geo-referenced big data analytics for the hospitality industry.
Anna Chukaeva
COO and Co-Founder of Carta Healthcare
Anna spent over seven years in data analytics. She started as a mathematician and hold a master’s degree in economics. She spent three years doing business development for Credit Suisse Fixed Income derivatives department. After starting her first company in art education space she got her MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.
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About Carta Healthcare: Carta empowers hospitals to personalize the delivery of care to the individual needs of each patient.
Jake Kohl
CEO, Co-Founder of NurseDash
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About NurseDash: NurseDash is the on-demand healthcare marketplace for providers that need staffing support and qualified candidates looking for open shifts.
Andy Chen
CEO, Co-Founder of NurseDash
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About NurseDash: NurseDash is the on-demand healthcare marketplace for providers that need staffing support and qualified candidates looking for open shifts.
David Barber
Founder & Managing Partner of Almanac Insights
David is the Founder and Managing Partner of Almanac Insights. He is also a co-owner of Blue Hill–a working farm, restaurant, and consulting company supporting agriculture that positively contributes to the world’s food system. The 138-acre farm in Great Barrington, Massachusetts has been in the Barber family for four generations. Blue Hill restaurant has locations in Greenwich Village and Pocantico Hills, New York. David is a founding partner of the Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture in Westchester County. This unique nonprofit advances community and ecologically based food production-demonstrating alternative ways to farm and eat. Stone Barns Center works in association with Blue Hill’s second restaurant located on the campus. Blue Hill (NYC) received the James Beard Outstanding Restaurant Award in 2013. Blue Hill at Stone Barns received the same honor in 2015 and was added to the San Pellegrino World 50 list. David is an early stage investor in the food and hospitality space through Almanac Investments and advisor to S2G Ventures and Acre Investments. He serves on the Board of BlueCart Corp, and is a Trustee for Stone Barns Center, Caramoor Center for the Arts and the Collegiate School in New York City.
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About Almanac Insights, Blue Hill: Almanac Insights is a food and tech venture fund seeking companies making a positive, transformative impact on food systems.
Kevin Nazemi
Co-Founder & CEO of Renew Health
CEO & Co-Founder at Done.
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About Renew Health: Renew Health’s mission is to fundamentally transform how medications are managed in the health care system.
Premtim Gjonbalic
Founder of Butler Hospitality
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About Butler Hospitality: Butler Hospitality is an on-demand platform for room service and amenities.
Kishau Rogers
Founder & CEO of Time Study
Kishau Rogers is a technology entrepreneur using computer science, systems thinking, and common sense to create intelligent human-centered solutions. As the Founder and CEO of Time Study, Kishau is one of the first Black women in the state of Virginia to raise millions in venture capital to scale her tech startup. Headquartered in New York City, Time Study is a platform that uses artificial intelligence to help enterprises understand the impact of how their employees spend their time. Time Study is used by four out of the top 10 hospitals in the United States as ranked by the U.S. News and World Report. Kishau’s work has been featured in Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, Entrepreneur, and Black Enterprise. She holds a Computer Science degree and has over 25 years of technology and entrepreneurial leadership experience.
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About Time Study, Websmith, Inc: Our platform makes complex time tracking easy. We proudly serve the largest hospital systems.
Brad Bostic
Founder, Chairman & CEO of hc1
Brad Bostic has been founding, leading, and investing in high-growth technology companies for the past 25 years. Frustrated by the prevalence of one-size-fits-all, trial and error patient care, Brad founded hc1 to save lives, save money, and eliminate wasteful practices with precision health insights that empower patients, providers, and health plans to make tailored care decisions. Today, the hc1 Platform analyzes billions of live data points across 20,000 provider locations to personalize care, improve outcomes, and eliminate waste for tens of millions of patients each year. By transforming lab and prescription data into personalized healthcare insights with cloud computing and machine learning, hc1 is the leader in critical insights, analytics, and solutions for precision health. Brad is among the top innovators in healthcare according to Becker’s Healthcare and was recognized as the 2020 Dynamic Leader of the Year by the Indiana Chamber of Commerce.
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About hc1, Health Cloud Capital: Hc1 enables real-time lab stewardship and precision prescribing for health systems, laboratories and physicians.
Vincent Lopez
Founder & CEO of LCA Vantage
Vincent Lopez is the founder & CEO of LCA Vantage Healthcare d/b/a Parker Health an innovative biotechnology company advancing healthcare into the next century. At Parker Health he is the chief visionary leading strategy & government affairs working closely with Congress and the National Coordinator for Health information Technology office to inform their results to economize spending, minimize legacy technology costs and inefficiencies, enhance patient care, and deploy the latest healthcare technology.
He is the founder of the Lopez Foundation, Inc., a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit. In 2015, he was nominated to the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) Board of Governors by Governor Tom Wolf (D-PA), He’s the former student body president of Indiana University of Pennsylvania and chairman of the PASSHE Board of Student Government Presidents. He completed a Fellowship with an emphasis on STEM education in minority communities (7th Ward, Washington, DC), with then-President Obama’s Organizing for Action. He has worked for the US. Department of Homeland Security.
A native of Sacramento, California, Mr. Lopez was raised in Arlington, Virginia. He studied at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where he majored in English. He’s an avid golfer, and a fan of Formula 1 racing, horse racing, and fishing.
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About LCA CORP, LCA Vantage, The Lopez Foundation,Inc.: Electronic Health Records, Remote Physiological Monitoring, Biometrics, FHIR Complaint, Health Subscriptions
Benoit Lam
Founder & Co-CEO of UPPERKEY
Entrepreneur for 10 Years | Investing in Talent | Life Enthusiast Passionate about human connections, real estate and hospitality. Key Highlights of UpperKey: 1. A fast-growing PropTech iRenting company disrupting the traditional hospitality industry one rental at a time. 2. Established business run by the founding owners, supported by a multi-disciplinary international management team, 3. A highly scalable platform requiring only minimal incremental investment to expand in new cities around the globe.
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About UPPERKEY: Hospitality Tech Company
Kevin MacDonald
Co-Founder of Innovative Health
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About Innovative Health: Innovative Health introduces a high-impact Cardiology program to realize possible savings from using reprocessed single-use devices.
Sascha Mornell
Co-Founder & CEO of GetMyBoat
Sascha Mornell is a serial entrepreneur. He is the Co-Founder of GetMyBoat, ZigAir, and Phacil. Previously, he worked for register.com, where he served as SVP of Sales & Marketing. Mr. Mornell also worked at the National Basketball Association and Dreyer’s, Japan in Tokyo. Mr. Mornell has served as an advisor/investor to several small businesses, including Osmio (acquired by Aramark), Markmonitor, AW Media and others. Mr. Mornell graduated cum laude from UC Berkeley and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.
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About GetMyBoat, SaraGEO, ZigAir: GetMyBoat is the marketplace for boat rentals, yacht charters, and on-the-water experiences.
Raf Collado
Co-Founder of GetMyBoat
Rafael Collado is a serial entrepreneur. He is the Co-Founder of GetMyBoat, ZigAir, and Phacil. Mr. Collado has founded, built, managed and sold three companies, including: Inabox, a web-based software company dedicated to web site creation tools acquired by register.com in 2000, BERN Associates, Inc., a company that provided Internet consulting, network services and content development tools to telephone companies that was acquired by Prime Cellular in 1996, and Sigma Research, a software company acquired by FastComm Communications in 1993. Mr. Collado also founded and was CEO of Protocom Devices, which he took public in 1985.Mr. Collado was an Associate Professor in the Electrical Engineering Department of The Cooper Union Institute in New York, and he attended the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn where he majored in Electrical Engineering.
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About GetMyBoat, Protocom Aviation, SaraGEO, ZigAir: GetMyBoat is the marketplace for boat rentals, yacht charters, and on-the-water experiences.
Nelson Nigel
Founder and CEO of Kidmoto Technologies LLC
Nelson Nigel is a serial immigrant entrepreneur. His family emigrated from Guyana to Corona, Queens NYC when he was young. In 2016 He founded Kidmoto Technologies, The Kidmoto app connects parents to a network of professionally trained drivers who provide secured child car seats for safe airport transportation.
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About Kidmoto Technologies LLC: Mobile app connecting families with young children seeking car seat taxi transportation with drivers providing installed child seats.
Jonathan Murray
Co-Founder & CEO of MyVR
Co-Founder/CEO of MyVR. Co-Founder/CEO of Lift Media (acquired). Former GE manager and Six Sigma guru. Stanford MBA.
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About MyVR: MyVR, a Guesty company, is a cloud-based, multi-channel management platform for vacation rental businesses.
Ivan Thai
Co-Founder, Lead Product & Software Developer of Voyajoy
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About Voyajoy: AI Powered Platform for Short Term Rentals
