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This list showcases the top United States based Manager operating in the Medical space. If you think a Manager 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.
Audra Knight
Sr. Manager, Employer Branding of Foundation Medicine
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About Foundation Medicine: Foundation medicine is a molecular information company developing clinical diagnostic tests that facilitates personalized cancer therapies.
Courtney Sunna
Global Community Investment & Philanthropy Manager of AstraZeneca
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About AstraZeneca: AstraZeneca is a global pharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets prescription medicines.
Rajeev Shah
Portfolio Manager and Managing Director of RA Capital Management
Rajeev Shah is a Partner at RA Capital Management, which has been investing in healthcare companies since 2002. Prior to joining RA Capital, Rajeev worked as a Senior Project Leader at Altus Pharmaceuticals, a spin-off company of Vertex Pharmaceuticals. At Altus, he assessed business processes and implemented system solutions for all science areas. Rajeev graduated from Cornell University, where he majored in Chemistry with a concentration in Economics. He is an active member of the Big Brothers of Massachusetts Bay program.
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About RA Capital Management: RA Capital Management is an investment advisor specializing in the life-sciences and drug development sectors.
RJ Fitch
Vice President Operations & General Manager of WuXi AppTec
Innovative senior management leader Raymond J. “RJ” Fitch possesses more than two decades of experience in the biotech and global healthcare industries. As the Vice President of Operations & General Manager for WuXi AppTec Advanced Therapies, Mr. Fitch leverages his knowledge of site operations and supply chain functions to oversee logistics operations, biological testing services, engineering, and other operations at the company’s Philadelphia location. RJ Fitch is responsible for three facilities within the Philadelphia site. Mr. Fitch began his career more than 20 years ago, graduating from Philadelphia University with a bachelor of science in biology. After working for Merck & Company, he joined Sanofi Pasteur as a director of vaccine aseptic filling & formulation. He stayed with the company for seven years, rising through the ranks to become the senior director of influenza viral manufacturing. Mr. Fitch later served as the associate vice president at Genzyme, a Sanofi company, and vice president of Sanofi Pasteur in Toronto, Canada. During his time with Sanofi Pasteur, RJ Fitch returned to school to earn an executive MBA from the New York University Stern School of Business.
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About WuXi AppTec: WuXi AppTec provides a broad portfolio of R&D and manufacturing services that enable companies in the pharmaceutical.
Joseph Lewarski
Senior Vice President/General Manager, Clinical Care & North America Manufacturing of Drive Medical
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About Drive Medical: Drive Medical is one of the fastest growing global distributors of durable medical equipment.
Perry Frederick
Academic Research Manager, GE Healthcare – UCSF and Stanford University of GE Healthcare
As a regional Academic Research Manager at GE Healthcare at UCSF and Stanford, Perry develops research relationships with key U.S. luminary accounts in the Western U.S. He acts as the primary contact for site/investigator/project identification and selection, as well as scientific/legal/regulatory and compliance approvals associated with both GE-Sponsored and Investigator-Initiated research engagements. Joining GE in 1988, Perry has held several key, cross-functional roles in both domestic and overseas markets. A native of greater Chicagoland, Perry lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, and holds a Master’s Degree in both Electrical Engineering and Business Administration.
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About GE Healthcare: GE Healthcare provides transformational medical technologies and services that are shaping a new age of patient care.
Neal Sandy
General Manager & Monitoring Solutions of GE Healthcare
Neal Sandy is the General Manager & Monitoring Solutions at GE Healthcare.
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About GE Healthcare: GE Healthcare provides transformational medical technologies and services that are shaping a new age of patient care.
Aaron Goryl
Zone Service Sales Manager of GE Healthcare
As the Commercial General Manager of In-House and On-Demand Service for GE Healthcare in the United States, Aaron Goryl is responsible for driving the go-to-market strategy and growth initiatives for one of the largest growth areas, Healthcare Technology Management and On-Demand Services. Aaron leads a diverse team dedicated to creating innovative solutions to help North American customers navigate the challenges of building and optimizing in-house service models within a healthcare system in transformation. Aaron has held leadership roles within GE Healthcare for the past 17 years. Most recently, he served as GE Healthcare’s Zone General Manager for Service Sales in the western United States. Before joining GE Healthcare, he led commercial efforts within a variety of third party service and parts providers. Aaron lives in Cave Creek, Arizona, with his wife, Carolyn, and children, Aidan and Payton. His interests include Krav Maga, Spartan Race, hiking and time with family.
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About GE Healthcare, GE Healthcare: GE Healthcare provides transformational medical technologies and services that are shaping a new age of patient care.
Rajan Patel
Lead Product Manager of GE Healthcare
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About GE Healthcare: GE Healthcare provides transformational medical technologies and services that are shaping a new age of patient care.
Kristel Vite
Global Social Media Manager of Cigna
Kristel Vite is a global social media manager at Cigna.
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About Cigna: CIGNA Corporation operates as a health service company that helps people to improve the health, well-being, and peace of mind.
Vivek Narayan
Senior Product Manager of The Pill Club
Founder at GorMonjee.
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About The Pill Club: The Pill Club provides online birth control prescription and at-home delivery services.
Mara Perman
Senior Manager, Partner Development of Honor
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About Honor: Honor is a senior care network and technology platform that offers personalized care to improve the in-home care experience.
Anand Shah
Product Manager of Butterfly Network
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About Butterfly Network: Butterfly Network designs a medical imaging device that reduces the cost of real-time and three-dimensional imaging and treatment.
Holly Ormseth
Product Manager of Whisper
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About Whisper: Whisper develops AI-enabled, updateable hearing aids for people with hearing loss.
Barry Hanen
Manager, Payments & Card Services of Walgreens
Barry Hanen is the Manager, Payments & Card Services at Walgreens.
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About Walgreens: Walgreens provides multi-channel access to consumer goods and cost-effective pharmacy, health, and wellness services.
Luke Rauch
Group Vice President, Customer Experience & General Manager, Owned Brands of Walgreens
Luke Rauch is the Group Vice President, Customer Experience & General Manager, Owned Brands at Walgreens.
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About Walgreens: Walgreens provides multi-channel access to consumer goods and cost-effective pharmacy, health, and wellness services.
Ivan Hyep
Senior Finance Manager of Third Rock Ventures
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About Bicara Therapeutics, Third Rock Ventures: Third Rock Ventures invests in transformational life science companies that show high growth potential
Greg McGraw
Accounting Manager of Third Rock Ventures
Greg McGraw joined Third Rock Ventures in 2014. He focuses on financial operations of the management company, fund reporting and analysis, as well as assisting portfolio companies with accounting needs. Prior to joining Third Rock, Greg was a tax manager at Deloitte Tax, LLP. There he provided tax compliance and consulting to various hedge fund, private equity and venture capital clients. Greg holds a B.S. from Bentley University and is an Enrolled Agent (EA). In his time off, Greg frequently drives 15 hours to his favorite beach in North Carolina.
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About Third Rock Ventures: Third Rock Ventures invests in transformational life science companies that show high growth potential
Linda Heath
Manager of Operations and Administration of Third Rock Ventures
Linda Heath joined Third Rock Ventures in 2009. She manages operations and facilities, as well as managing the administrative staff and providing support to a number of our Partners and portfolio companies. Prior to joining Third Rock Ventures, Linda has held numerous senior operations management and administrative roles for over 25 years, supporting leaders in the biopharmaceutical industry such as Biogen, ImmuLogic Pharmaceuticals and Millennium Pharmaceuticals. Linda supports Mark Levin, Kevin Starr Kevin Gillis and John Maraganore.
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About Third Rock Ventures: Third Rock Ventures invests in transformational life science companies that show high growth potential
Shannon Richey
Vice President & General Manager, Asterand Bioscience Detroit Operations of BioIVT
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About Asterand, BioIVT: BioIVT is a worldwide provider of biological and in vitro products to pharmaceutical and biotechnology organizations
Johanna Kincaid
Data Scientist, Manager of Virgin Pulse
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About Virgin Pulse: Virgin Pulse, part of the famed Virgin Group, is passionate about inspiring and engaging employees to live better every day.
Pat Saxman
General Manager Health Systems of Zocdoc
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About Zocdoc: Zocdoc is a digital marketplace company that connects healthcare patients and doctors.
Peter Stradinger
Manager, Study Team of Evidation Health
Peter leads the technology and engineering teams at Evidation Health. Previously, he spent five years as a software engineer and team leader at RightScale Inc, a pioneering cloud computing management company where he implemented cloud support for AWS, OpenStack, GCE and Azure. Earlier in his career, Peter was a Senior Software Engineer at GreenSherpa, where he built the company’s financial management product from the ground up. Peter started his career as a production specialist responsible for database management at Warp9 and later as a data analyst for Callwave, one of the first internet-based unified communication networks. During this time, he was an instructor for database languages at UC Santa Barbara’s Extension Program. Peter has a BA in English Literature from Whitworth College.
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About Evidation Health: We enable and empower everyone to participate in better health outcomes.
Aditya Misra
Senior Manager of Corporate Internal Audit of Johnson & Johnson
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About Johnson & Johnson: Johnson & Johnson engages in the research and development, manufacture and sale of a range of products in the healthcare field.
Lona Vincent
Sr. Manager, Insights & Experience Strategy of Johnson & Johnson
Lona is currently working in strategy and design thinking at Johnson & Johnson where she leads a team working across the healthcare, pharmaceutical, and medical device businesses. A former management consultant and researcher, Lona seeks to bring her background in strategy, operations, business development, partnerships, business modeling, human centered design, and product development to the innovation sector. Prior to J&J, Lona was a Senior Associate Director at the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research where she led a number of strategic initiatives, including a ground-breaking mobile health and wearable technology program, and was a technology fellow with Columbia Technology Ventures and the Department of Defense. Lona has a Masters in Public Health from Columbia University and is a StartingBloc Fellow for Social Innovation.
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About Johnson & Johnson: Johnson & Johnson engages in the research and development, manufacture and sale of a range of products in the healthcare field.
Chet Damania
Senior Manager, Customer Solutions of Johnson & Johnson
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About ETHICON,Inc., Johnson & Johnson, Johnson & Johnson: Johnson & Johnson engages in the research and development, manufacture and sale of a range of products in the healthcare field.
Rajiv Tiwari
Global IT/Digital Manager of Johnson & Johnson
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About Johnson & Johnson: Johnson & Johnson engages in the research and development, manufacture and sale of a range of products in the healthcare field.
Carolyn Chu
IT Manager – Janssen R&D Advanced Computing of Johnson & Johnson
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About Johnson & Johnson: Johnson & Johnson engages in the research and development, manufacture and sale of a range of products in the healthcare field.
Wilma Lam
Insights & Experience Strategy Manager of Johnson & Johnson
At Johnson & Johnson’s design group, Wilma leads healthcare and consumer innovation projects focused on new business model and value exchange creation. She partners across design, technology, R&D, marketing, and outside partners to identify new opportunities, prototype solutions, and bring them to market. Projects have included new brands, connected device ecosystems, digital services, and business transformation. Previously, Wilma was Head of BD and Marketing at Design.Co, founded the digital platform Rememory Stories, and worked at LumenLab, MetLife’s Innovation Center in Singapore. She has an MBA from the Yale School of Management with a focus on Design and Innovation and a BA from Cornell University.
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About Johnson & Johnson: Johnson & Johnson engages in the research and development, manufacture and sale of a range of products in the healthcare field.
Jonathan Archer
Senior Manager Business Analysis of Johnson & Johnson
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About Johnson & Johnson: Johnson & Johnson engages in the research and development, manufacture and sale of a range of products in the healthcare field.
David Deupree
PLM Manager of Johnson & Johnson
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About Johnson & Johnson: Johnson & Johnson engages in the research and development, manufacture and sale of a range of products in the healthcare field.
Kimberly Denman
IT Sr Manager, R&D IT PLM and Business Analyst of Johnson & Johnson
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About Johnson & Johnson: Johnson & Johnson engages in the research and development, manufacture and sale of a range of products in the healthcare field.
Kimberly Denman
IT Sr Manager, R&D IT PLM and Business Analyst of Johnson & Johnson
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About Johnson & Johnson: Johnson & Johnson engages in the research and development, manufacture and sale of a range of products in the healthcare field.
David Deupree
PLM Manager of Johnson & Johnson
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About Johnson & Johnson: Johnson & Johnson engages in the research and development, manufacture and sale of a range of products in the healthcare field.
Sam Khander
Product Manager of VoyagerMed
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About Saks Fifth Avenue, VoyagerMed: A medical tourism marketplace faciliating access to life changing medical innovations from trusted doctors around the world.
Kate Lemasters
Content Manager of VoyagerMed
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About VoyagerMed: A medical tourism marketplace faciliating access to life changing medical innovations from trusted doctors around the world.
Kate Lemasters
Content Manager of VoyagerMed
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About VoyagerMed: A medical tourism marketplace faciliating access to life changing medical innovations from trusted doctors around the world.
Michael Morotti
National Accounts Manager of Abbott
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About Abbott: Abbott is engaged in pharmaceuticals and manufacturing healthcare products.
Yazan Amro
Product Manager of Abbott
Yazan Amro serves as the Chief Marketing Officer at Mira.
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About Abbott: Abbott is engaged in pharmaceuticals and manufacturing healthcare products.
Ravi Arikapudi
Global Program Manager – SAP ERP (ECC, S4 Hana, Leonardo), Blockchain, IOT of Abbott
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About Abbott: Abbott is engaged in pharmaceuticals and manufacturing healthcare products.
Michael Wuollett
Project Manager of Abbott
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About Abbott: Abbott is engaged in pharmaceuticals and manufacturing healthcare products.
Kathleen Thrush
Section Manager, Clinical Operations of Abbott
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About Abbott: Abbott is engaged in pharmaceuticals and manufacturing healthcare products.
Curtis Sasaki
VP of Ecosystems and iOT General Manager of Samsung Strategy and Innovation Center
Curtis Sasaki is the vice president of ecosystems for Samsung Strategy and Innovation Center (SSIC). He leads new business creation and is responsible for driving growth and innovation through product, technology and ecosystem development. He works with entrepreneurs and startups in Silicon Valley and other global technology hotspots, focusing on Smart Health, Big Data and the Internet of Things. Prior to SSIC, Curtis was Senior Vice President of Samsung Media Solutions Center America (MSCA), where he oversaw the development of Samsung’s media services that work with Samsung Smart TVs, smartphones, tablets and other connected devices to deliver the best apps and content to the connected consumer. At MSCA, he also lead the Innovation Lab, a team that focuses on developing pioneering cloud services, the Developer Relations team that drove the Samsung Developer Conferences, as well as the North American Content Services team, which focuses on content partnerships and strategic partner relations.
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About Samsung Strategy and Innovation Center: SSIC is a global organization within Samsung’s Device Solutions division focused on identifying and nurturing new technologies
Andy Schmeltz
Global President & General Manager of Pfizer
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About Pfizer: Pfizer provides access to safe and effective and affordable medicines and health care services.
Padmadhar Madupu
Technical Manager of Pfizer
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About Pfizer: Pfizer provides access to safe and effective and affordable medicines and health care services.
Meghan Rowles
Manager, HR Advanced Analytics of Pfizer
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About Pfizer: Pfizer provides access to safe and effective and affordable medicines and health care services.
Ivo Toptchev
Global Manager Software Engineering of Pfizer
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About Pfizer: Pfizer provides access to safe and effective and affordable medicines and health care services.
Marc Voorhees
Sr. Manager Data Analyst Lead of Pfizer
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About Pfizer: Pfizer provides access to safe and effective and affordable medicines and health care services.
Arminda Montero
Program Manager, Global Supply Chain QA of AbbVie
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About AbbVie: AbbVie is a pharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, and markets both biopharmaceuticals and small molecule drugs.
Kyle Harper
Lead Engineering Manager of Cerner
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About Cerner: Cerner is a supplier of healthcare information technology solutions, services, devices, and hardware.
Ryan Stevenson
Senior Program Manager, Facility Maintenance and Operations of Intuitive Surgical
Head of Real Estate at Plug and Play Tech Center.
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About BrandFolium Corporation, Intuitive Surgical: The da Vinci Surgical System is changing the experience of surgery for patients around the world.
Oden Warren
General Manager of Bruker
Dr. Oden L. Warren was the President and Chief Technology Officer at Hysitron, Inc. He received his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry in 1993 from Iowa State University of Science & Technology, where he studied as an Amoco Foundation Fellow. His graduate research on surface crystallography of reconstructed thin films earned him an Alpha Chi Sigma Research Excellence Award. Thereafter, he conducted postdoctoral research at Sandia National Laboratories-New Mexico, and at The University of Western Ontario, in the area of interfacial force microscopy. After joining Hysitron in 1998, he led the development effort for the TriboIndenter® nanomechanical test instrument, the company’s flagship product. In 2005, his concept of a three-dimensional nanomechanical tester received a Nano 50 Award from Nanotech Briefs for the physically realized 3D OmniProbe™ product. He is the Principal Investigator for Phase I (completed successfully in 2005) and Phase II (ongoing) SBIR grants awarded by the US Department of Energy for the development of quantitative nanoindentation in-situ to a transmission electron microscope. He also represents the company in drafting ASTM and ISO standards for instrumented indentation. He has been issued 11 US patents, given more than 30 invited talks, and has co-authored more than 70 papers, on nanomechanics, nanotribology, and surface science. Oden’s papers have been cited over 2500 times with an h-index of 25. In 2015 Oden received Iowa State University’s John V. Atanasoff Discovery Award, awarded to alumni who have significantly advanced scientific knowledge through laboratory accomplishments and/or management. His latest research interests include optimizing feedback-controlled nanoindentation, enhancing the role of nanoindentation in combinatorial materials science, and understanding fundamental deformation mechanisms through quantitative nanoindentation coupled to transmission electron microscopy. His technical expertise spans the range of nanomechanics, scanning probe microscopy, instrumentation and software development, capacitive transducer and piezoelectric actuator design, and ultra-high vacuum surface science.
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About Bruker: Bruker is a manufacturer of analytical and medical instruments covering NMR, ESR, FT-IR, X-RAY spectroscopy.
Scott Tarran
Service Operations Manager of Bruker
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About Bruker, Bruker: Bruker is a manufacturer of analytical and medical instruments covering NMR, ESR, FT-IR, X-RAY spectroscopy.
Scott Tarran
Service Operations Manager of Bruker
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About Bruker, Bruker: Bruker is a manufacturer of analytical and medical instruments covering NMR, ESR, FT-IR, X-RAY spectroscopy.
Michel Mikhael
Engineering Manager Company Name of Nicolette
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About CHOC Children’s, Nicolette, UC Irvine, UC Irvine: Nicolette operates as a patient empowerment company.
Jake Le
R&D Manager of Blockade Medical
Jake Le is the Director of Research & Development at Balt.
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About Balt, Blockade Medical: Founded in 2011, Blockade Medical is a privately held company dedicated the development of catheter based therapeutic devices for the
Tamer Almasri
Account Manager of HCR ManorCare
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About HCR ManorCare: HCR ManorCare is a provider of short-term, post-hospital services.
Jared Hook
Marketing Manager of Stryker
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About Medtronic, Stryker: Stryker is a medical technology company that offers products and services in orthopaedics.
Toniel Speidel
Senior Manager, Product Engineering of Stryker
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About Stryker: Stryker is a medical technology company that offers products and services in orthopaedics.
Bob Moore
Associate Project Manager of Stryker
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About Stryker: Stryker is a medical technology company that offers products and services in orthopaedics.
Bob Moore
Associate Project Manager of Stryker
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About Stryker: Stryker is a medical technology company that offers products and services in orthopaedics.
Bryce Mariano
Product Manager of Pathos Health
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About Pathos Health: Pathos Health is building the future of patient education.
Jules Lajeskie
Product Operations Manager of Noyo
Jules Lajeskie currently works as Product Operations Manager at Noyo.
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About Noyo: Modern infrastructure for health insurance
Robert Xu
Enterprise Applications Solutions Manager – Technology and Mobility of Varian
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About Varian: Varian Medical Systems is a manufacturer of medical devices and software for treating cancer and other medical conditions.
Patrick Joda
Vice President and General Manager of Varian
Patrick Joda assumed the role of vice president and general manager of Varian’s Oncology Systems Customer Support Services in November 2011. Joda joined the company in 2005, as senior director of Oncology Systems (OS) manufacturing. In 2006, he was promoted to the position of vice president, OS worldwide operations. In 2009, he assumed the responsibility for OS worldwide engineering.
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About Varian: Varian Medical Systems is a manufacturer of medical devices and software for treating cancer and other medical conditions.
Crystal Sumner
Operations Program Manager of Sequoia
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About Sequoia: Sequoia Benefits Group is a consulting company that provides payroll, risk management, and benefits solutions for employers.
George Winston
Senior Vice President / General Manager Acute Care Division of Sommetrics
33 years in healthcare commerce, including sales, sales management, marketing, marketing management, with Sorenson Research, Abbott Laboratories and Hospira Worldwide and 5i Sciences. This experience spans across several medical device product lines for the hospital critical care, CV surgery, and CV anesthesia markets. The product lines include physiological pressure measurement, continuous mixed venous oxygen saturation monitoring, electronic infusion devices, airway management, sleep apnea and CV Surgery devices. Net result of the assignments is a thorough understanding of the acute care hospital market, with special knowledge of physician and nursing technology needs along with designing and selling products into the anesthesia, critical care and CV surgery areas. Currently V.P. Marketing, 5i Sciences, a medical device start-up with a focus on OSA and airway management in sedated patients, undergoing medical procedures. Experienced in partnership and financial discussions with major potential corporate partners and investors. Areas of experience include: Establishment of a regional critical care sales force with top and bottom line sales accountability, establishment of a KOL referral program, development of sales and product training materials and participation in the product design process, with focus on product usability to enhance clinician acceptability. Education: 1972 – 1975 Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida Marketing and business, 1969 – 1971 Miami – Dade College, Miami, Florida A.A.S., Aeronautical Technology. FAA flight certifications include Commercial license, Flight instructor, Instrument flight instructor.
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About Adela Health Inc., Keiretsu Forum, Sommetrics, TruPosture: Sommetrics is focused on improving health and well-being by optimizing sleep quality.
Elise Brownell
Manager of The Angels’ Forum
Elise Brownell, PhD. has spent the last 32 years in the bio/pharmaceutical arena where she has played key roles in Discovery, Development and Opportunity Assessment to drive innovation. After completing her doctorate, Elise’s career started at SUNY Stony Brook where she made discoveries relating to genetic evolution in the great apes. She continued her interest in comparative molecular biology during her tenure at Frederick Cancer Research Facility where she discovered a gene that is a human counterpart to a gene which, in some lower animal species, can become highly cancerous. Elise expanded her facility with molecular genetics while in various functions at Bayer Healthcare. She played a pivotal role in directing discovery research in the areas of asthma, allergy, and immunology and continued her dedication to innovation by managing extramural collaborations for Bayer’s Biotechnology unit. Her efforts were widely recognized by promotion to Director, Project Management, where she led global cross-functional teams to bring several of Bayer’s biopharmaceuticals from bench to clinic. Her award winning performance at Bayer was followed by becoming a member of the founding team of a venture-backed spin out (Aerovance, Inc), where she became head of project management. During her tenure as Senior Director, Aerovance garnered over $ 60 MUSD, completed six clinical trials in 3.5 years, and built a right-sized matrixed organization. In 2008, she co-founded ZephyrBiotech, LLC, a consulting practice that provides project leadership, management and planning to entrepreneurial life science companies, especially those that are early-stage, venture-backed entities. She is also the publisher of ZephyrScope, a weekly report that distills global investment activity in the life sciences into actionable information. Under her guidance, ZephyrBiotech has completed assignments both domestically and internationally. Elise serves as committee Chair for several organizations including VC Task Force, Women in Consulting and Women in Bio (San Francisco Chapter). She is a highly regarded mentor/advisor for entrepreneurial programs conducted through Astia, UC Berkeley BPlan and the NCI/SBIR Investor Forum. Elise received her MS, MPhil and PhD from Yale University, and her BS from Allegheny College. She is particularly proud of her Preparatory Diploma from Eastman School of Music in piano.
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About The Angels’ Forum: The Angels’ Forum is a hybrid venture/angel firm that invests in Software, Technology, and Life Sciences.
Elise Brownell
Manager of The Angels’ Forum
Elise Brownell, PhD. has spent the last 32 years in the bio/pharmaceutical arena where she has played key roles in Discovery, Development and Opportunity Assessment to drive innovation. After completing her doctorate, Elise’s career started at SUNY Stony Brook where she made discoveries relating to genetic evolution in the great apes. She continued her interest in comparative molecular biology during her tenure at Frederick Cancer Research Facility where she discovered a gene that is a human counterpart to a gene which, in some lower animal species, can become highly cancerous. Elise expanded her facility with molecular genetics while in various functions at Bayer Healthcare. She played a pivotal role in directing discovery research in the areas of asthma, allergy, and immunology and continued her dedication to innovation by managing extramural collaborations for Bayer’s Biotechnology unit. Her efforts were widely recognized by promotion to Director, Project Management, where she led global cross-functional teams to bring several of Bayer’s biopharmaceuticals from bench to clinic. Her award winning performance at Bayer was followed by becoming a member of the founding team of a venture-backed spin out (Aerovance, Inc), where she became head of project management. During her tenure as Senior Director, Aerovance garnered over $ 60 MUSD, completed six clinical trials in 3.5 years, and built a right-sized matrixed organization. In 2008, she co-founded ZephyrBiotech, LLC, a consulting practice that provides project leadership, management and planning to entrepreneurial life science companies, especially those that are early-stage, venture-backed entities. She is also the publisher of ZephyrScope, a weekly report that distills global investment activity in the life sciences into actionable information. Under her guidance, ZephyrBiotech has completed assignments both domestically and internationally. Elise serves as committee Chair for several organizations including VC Task Force, Women in Consulting and Women in Bio (San Francisco Chapter). She is a highly regarded mentor/advisor for entrepreneurial programs conducted through Astia, UC Berkeley BPlan and the NCI/SBIR Investor Forum. Elise received her MS, MPhil and PhD from Yale University, and her BS from Allegheny College. She is particularly proud of her Preparatory Diploma from Eastman School of Music in piano.
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About The Angels’ Forum: The Angels’ Forum is a hybrid venture/angel firm that invests in Software, Technology, and Life Sciences.
Ryan Welch
Manager – Trial Capabilities of Eli Lilly
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About Eli Lilly: Eli Lilly engages in the discovery, development, manufacture, and sale of products in pharmaceutical products business segment.
Sewa Bhatt
Manager LRL Medicine Development IT – Regulatory Affairs & Patient Safety of Eli Lilly
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About Eli Lilly, Eli Lilly: Eli Lilly engages in the discovery, development, manufacture, and sale of products in pharmaceutical products business segment.
Nag Rayapureddi
Manager, Portfolio Finance & Investment Banking of Eli Lilly
Nag Rayapureddi joined Lilly Ventures in August 2012. Nag brings over 12 years of experience in life sciences research and healthcare investments to the team. Prior to joining Lilly Ventures, Nag worked as a Consultant for Lilly Ventures. Previously, he was an Associate at CHV Capital, the venture capital arm of IU Health. Prior to that, he was a Biotech equity research associate at the healthcare investment bank, Rodman & Renshaw. Nag’s previous experience also includes working as an Associate Intern at BrightPath Capital, a private equity firm in Indianapolis, as well as working in the New Product Planning unit of Elanco, the animal health division of Eli Lilly and Company. Nag’s post-doctoral and junior faculty work included studying eye development proteins, thyroid cancer dynamics and mitochondrial protein transduction at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, University of Cincinnati and Indiana University School of Medicine respectively. His research findings were published in many prestigious scientific journals including a first author publication in Nature. Nag received his PhD in Biochemistry from Visva-Bharati University and his MBA and Masters in Accounting from Indiana University, Kelley School of Business.
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About Eli Lilly: Eli Lilly engages in the discovery, development, manufacture, and sale of products in pharmaceutical products business segment.
Jenny Lester
Research Manager of Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Jenny Lester, MPH, CCRP, is the Research Manager for the Women’s Cancer Program, Prevention and Control, and Survivorship in the Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. She graduated from the University of Georgia with a Bachelor of Science in health promotion and education and then earned her Master of Public Health degree from Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia. She focused the first seventeen years of her career in HIV education, prevention, and testing locally, nationally, and internationally. She began working at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in the field of cancer research in 2007 and now manages over 150 IRB approved studies. Since 2013, she has been working to integrate technology into the research arena in order to improve access to research studies for participants, decrease the amount of time to open new trials, and to improve the regulatory processes related to clinical research.
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About Cedars Sinai Medical Center: Cedars-Sinai is a non-profit, academic, community-centric medical center in Los Angeles, California.
Anoushka Durve
Manager, Analytical Science of Boehringer Ingelheim
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About Boehringer Ingelheim: Boehringer Ingelheim is a global group of companies embracing many cultures and diverse societies.
Charles Mastroni
Associate Director, Global Sourcing Manager of Boehringer Ingelheim
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About Boehringer Ingelheim, Boehringer Ingelheim: Boehringer Ingelheim is a global group of companies embracing many cultures and diverse societies.
Aaron Perreira
Sr. Marketing Manager of Kareo
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About Kareo: Kareo delivers cloud-based software that helps independent practices run a successful business and provide better patient care.
Holly Hankinson
Sr. Program Manager of Carefusion
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About BD, Carefusion: CareFusion Corporation (CareFusion) is a global medical technology company.
Wenqi Yue
Manager, Program Development of Acera Surgical
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About Acera Surgical: Develop a portfolio of fully synthetic surgical materials that act as nano-scale scaffold for tissue regeneration.
William Entriken
General Manager of Pacific Medical Training
William Entriken, also famously known on GitHub as fulldecent, is the main author of ERC-165 and ERC-721. ERC-721 was made famous by CryptoKitties and it is the non-fungible token (“NFT”) standard that powers other blockchain platforms such as Decentraland and OpenSea. William is the main author of the last two Ethereum Request for Comments (“ERC”) standards and is a blockchain developer who continually contributes to the Ethereum open source project. William’s main focuses are on language design and interoperability and his other interests include corporate development and security research. William plays an active and significant role with BLMP advising on technology strategy, technical design, ERC-721, and Ethereum smart contracts.
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About 0xcert, Pacific Medical Training: A health care job training and medical certification company
Natasha Azar
Senior Manager of University Relations of OUP (Osage University Partners)
Natasha joined Osage as a University Relations Manager in 2016 where her focus is maintaining and enhancing relationships with current and potential institutional partners. Previously, Natasha was a Communications and Government Affairs Specialist at Siemens Corporate Technology, the company’s central research & development unit. She became interested in working with universities and relationship management through her volunteer role as the Pennsylvania Alumni Ambassador for the University of Exeter. Natasha has a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Villanova University, and a Master of Arts in Creative Writing from the University of Exeter. She resides in Philadelphia and enjoys playing classical piano and golf.
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About OUP (Osage University Partners): OUP is a venture capital fund investing in start-ups that commercialize university research.
Jaimie Testai
Best Practices Manager of OUP (Osage University Partners)
Jaimie Testai is the Best Practices Manager at Osage University Partners.
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About OUP (Osage University Partners): OUP is a venture capital fund investing in start-ups that commercialize university research.
Jovin Cronin-Wilesmith
Lead Product Manager of GoodRx
Jovin is the Lead Product Manager of GoodRx and Principal at Startup Artclub. He was the Senior Product Manager of Platform at Dave and the Co-Founder and Vice President of Product Development of Stem Disintermedi.
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About GoodRx: GoodRx collects drug prices from pharmacies across the U.S. and helps users find the cheapest option for the medication they’re seeking.
Michael Demurjian
Manager, Founder, Chairman & CEO of Aspargo Laboratories
Michael Demurjian is a Manager, Founder, Chairman & CEO of Aspargo Laboratories. He is a successful biotech entrepreneur who has founded and successfully built several technology companies; co-founder of Tyme Inc. (Nasdaq: TYME) a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing metabolic-based cancer therapeutics.
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About Aspargo Laboratories: Aspargo Laboratories commercialize the rights of an oral suspension spray formulation of erectile dysfunction medication Sildenafil citrate.
John W. Campo
Executive Account Manager / Field Sales Trainer of Smith & Nephew
Jack Campo is the Chief Legal Officer of Smith & Nephew plc, a global medical technology business with leadership positions in Orthopaedic Reconstruction, Advanced Wound Management, Sports Medicine and Trauma & Extremities. Smith & Nephew has around 15,000 employees and a presence in more than 100 countries. Annual sales in 2015 were more than $4.6 billion. Smith & Nephew is listed on the London and New York Stock Exchanges and is a member of the FTSE100. Jack manages a global legal team of more than 50 professionals and works closely with a compliance team of similar size. Before joining Smith & Nephew in 2008,Jack was employed by General Electric Company for 14 years in a variety of roles in the USA and Asia, including Transactions & Finance Counsel at the parent company; Senior Transactions Counsel at GE Healthcare and then General Counsel & Director of government affairs at GE Healthcare Asia; and Senior Managing Director & General Counsel, GE Equity. Before joining GE, Jack was Associate General Counsel at Biogen, Inc. in Cambridge, MA and Senior Counsel at Bank of New England Corporation in Boston, MA. While working with GE, Jack served on the Corporation Law Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York and on the Association’s Special Commission on Campaign Finance Reform. While working in Boston he served as Chair of the Boston Bar Association’s International Law Section and as a member of the Association’s Council and trustee of the Boston Bar Foundation. Jack earned his college and law school degrees at Georgetown University in Washington D.C. and began his legal career at Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York and Paris.
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About Smith & Nephew: Smith and Nephew is a manufactures and markets orthopedic devices, sports medicine and ENT technologies.
Kesha Patel
Web Analytics Group Manager of The Clorox Company
Kesha Patel thrives on data and analytics. She is the Web Analytics Group Manager at Clorox where she has been paving the path of site analytics for the past 5 years. Her data driven mindset has provided the various teams within the organization to leverage data in ways they previously hadn’t thought to use it. She believes the digital world is colliding and platforms are shifting to keep up, and we as individuals need to do the same.
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About The Clorox Company: The Clorox Company (NYSE: CLX) is a leading multinational manufacturer and marketer of consumer and professional products.
Jon Balousek
Senior Vice President and General Manager of The Clorox Company
Jon Balousek is senior vice president – general manager, Specialty Division and has responsibility for the Litter, Food, Charcoal, Brita® and Glad® business operating units. He assumed this role in 2013. Prior to this, Balousek served as vice president – general manager, Litter, Food and Charcoal. Balousek’s previous roles included vice president – Marketing, Cleaning Division, and vice president – domain leader, Kitchen/Around the Home. Balousek joined Clorox in 1991 as an associate marketing manager and then served as a brand manager until 1998. He rejoined Clorox in 2001 in the role of Marketing and Sales planning manager. Balousek has since held positions of increasing responsibility in which he has grown mature businesses through both product innovation and commercial innovation. He has also been responsible for recruiting, retaining and developing key talent across the core functions. Balousek has held leadership positions on several nonprofit boards, including the East Bay Zoological Society Board of Trustees, the Multi-Cultural Institute of Berkeley and the St. Isidore School Foundation. Balousek has a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications from the University of California – Los Angeles.
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About The Clorox Company: The Clorox Company (NYSE: CLX) is a leading multinational manufacturer and marketer of consumer and professional products.
Kendall Hill
Manager, Telehealth Solutions of Life365
Responsible for the day to day marketing and social media of Life365, as well as heading up the customer experience team to make sure the patient and customer experience is seamless throughout the journey. Kendalls is responsible for Press Releases, Marketing / Ads, Tradeshows / Events, User Material, Social Media, Award and Grant proposal, aid in UI/UX development, Customer Experience, Training and much more.
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About Life365: Life365 is a virtual care platform for remote patient monitoring.
Kendall Hill
Manager, Telehealth Solutions of Life365
Responsible for the day to day marketing and social media of Life365, as well as heading up the customer experience team to make sure the patient and customer experience is seamless throughout the journey. Kendalls is responsible for Press Releases, Marketing / Ads, Tradeshows / Events, User Material, Social Media, Award and Grant proposal, aid in UI/UX development, Customer Experience, Training and much more.
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About Life365: Life365 is a virtual care platform for remote patient monitoring.
Shari Angell
Operations Manager of ICAN Autism
Colleges: Bellevue College, Renton Technical College Degrees/Certifications: Associates in Applied Sciences, CCS-P, MAA, CMBS Shari’s past experience has been providing direct client service for the past several years with management, marketing and sales. The last few years Shari has been working in the health care industry. She is excited to be part of LCA and is always happy to assist families with any insurance inquiries. She is a native to the area, growing up in Newcastle Washington. Shari would not rather live anywhere else than the beautiful Puget Sound area. Her and her family love to get out in nature, kayak, and hike and spend time together.
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About ICAN Autism: ICAN is an organization with a vast number of employees meeting the needs of individuals with communication disorders in the community.
Chris Koyama
Global Brand Manager of WHILL
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About WHILL: WHILL designs and creates personal mobility products for indoor and outdoor applications.
Craig Vermeyen
Sr. Manager, Packaging Engineering of Kite Pharma
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About Kite Pharma: Kite Pharma is a development-stage biotechnology company designing and developing immune-based therapies to treat cancer indications..
Andrew Pawson
President & General Manager, Global Vision Care Franchise of Alcon
Andy Pawson is the President & General Manager, Global Vision Care Franchise. Mr. Pawson joined Alcon in January 2018 and brings more than 30 years of experience to the role. Over his career, he has driven growth for some of the world’s most well-known brands in highly competitive categories. Prior to joining Alcon, he was Chief Marketing Officer & Vice President, Global Marketing & Sales, for Kimberly-Clark’s Professional Division, where he led the Marketing and brand building transformation for a $3.4 billion global business. Before moving to the United States, Mr. Pawson was Vice President, Marketing, Brands and Innovation, for Kimberly-Clark’s European Consumer division. During his 25 years at Kimberly-Clark, he progressed his career in several senior roles across Marketing, Strategy, Regional General Management, Sales and Manufacturing. Mr. Pawson began his career with Unilever Frozen Foods, as an operations manager, where he held development roles in Engineering, Operations, Marketing and Research & Engineering. Mr. Pawson holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from University College London in the United Kingdom.
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About Alcon: Alcon specializes in developing and manufacturing innovative medicines and devices to serve the full life cycle of eye care needs.
Marc Ayers
Manager and Chief Executive Officer of Romark Laboratories
Marc Ayers is a co-founder of the company. Prior to founding Romark, he spent seven years as a certified public accountant in the tax consulting practice of KPMG Peat Marwick in Tampa, Florida, and then five years as an investment banker, where he gained experience in working with the pharmaceutical industry. Mr. Ayers studied accounting, economics and finance, graduating summa cum laude with a Master’s degree in Taxation from the University of Alabama in 1981.
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About Romark Global Pharma, Romark Laboratories: Romark Laboratories discovers, develops and commercializes small molecules for treating infectious diseases and cancers.
Erik Adamonis
Digital Media Manager of League Network | MyPracticeCares | FundMyTeam
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About League Network | MyPracticeCares | FundMyTeam: Fundraising fintech for dental practice Patient Compassion Funds and team sports.
Aninda Chowdhury
Product Manager of Doctible
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About Doctible: Doctible is a healthcare SaaS platform for engaging patients and automating back-office workflow to help practices and health systems grow.
Alaka Iyengar
General Manager of Operations of Acupera, Inc.
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About Acupera, Inc.: Acupera offers healthcare provider organizations with digital health solutions to provide a better service for their patients.
Tim Skinner
Information Security Manager of Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Tennessee
Currently Information Security Manager at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee. Team responsible for information security systems and controls integration with enterprise applications and processes. 18 years of experience in information security and identity management systems. Graduated from Iowa State University in 1993
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About Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Tennessee, Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Tennessee: BlueCross BlueShield is a health benefit plan company and an independent organization governed by its own directors.
Robert Tucci
Manager of Houston Health Ventures
Robert Tucci is the Managing Director at Texas Halo Fund.
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About Houston Health Ventures, Texas HALO Fund, Texas HALO Fund, Yardley Group: HHV is a seed-stage healthcare investment fund focused on health IT.
Huan Le
Manager of Houston Health Ventures
Co-Founder, HHV Managing Director
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About Houston Health Ventures: HHV is a seed-stage healthcare investment fund focused on health IT.
David Franklin
Manager of Houston Health Ventures
Co-Founder, HHV Managing Director
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About Houston Health Ventures: HHV is a seed-stage healthcare investment fund focused on health IT.
James Tao
Manager of Houston Health Ventures
Co-Founder, HHV Manager
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About Houston Health Ventures: HHV is a seed-stage healthcare investment fund focused on health IT.
