Daversa Partners is pleased to announce Kimberly Labow as the new Vice President of Marketing for Zirmed. Ms. Labow has spent more than 20 years in marketing and sales management in a variety of industries. She specializes in helping small companies achieve their growth potential through an understanding of the industry, customer needs, and go-to-market best practices. Most recently, she served as the VP of Marketing at WasteZero. Previously, she Ms. Labow was the Chief Marketing Officer for NaviNet, Inc., a Boston-based healthcare technology company serving over one million patients nationwide. In this role she was responsible for setting and implementing corporate strategy and ensuring NaviNet was well-positioned in the market. Prior to joining NaviNet, Labow was Vice President, Marketing and Product Management, for Medfusion, where she led all direct marketing as well as solution utilization management programs. Prior to Medfusion, Ms. Labow was Vice President, Marketing and Product Management for Performix Technologies where she was an integral part of the management team that led the successful sale of the company to NICE Systems. Before Performix, Ms. Labow was at Progress Software where she built and managed teams for services marketing, offering management and product marketing. Ms. Labow holds a BA degree from Colby College and an MBA from Northeastern University.

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Mr. Dover has recently been named as the Chief Executive Officer for Health Catalyst. Brent has worked in the field of Healthcare Information Technology for 18 years and prior he served as Medicity’s President, responsible for company-wide operations. Previous to being promoted to President at Medicity, Mr. Dover held the position of EVP, Sales & Marketing. Prior to joining Medicity, Mr. Dover held the position of Vice President at Eclipsys Corporation and later took on added responsibilities as the General Manager for the Disease Management Division. Prior to Eclipsys, Mr. Dover served as an Area Vice President of Sales at Sunquest Information Systems, where he was responsible for the complete sales cycle for both new business and installed-base business for the eastern United States. Based in Salt Lake City, Health Catalyst (formerly Healthcare Quality Catalyst) delivers a proven, agile data warehouse platform that actually works in today’s transforming healthcare environment. Currently 81 hospitals caring for 20 million patients utilize Health Catalyst’s Adaptive Data Warehousing platform and solutions. Founded by healthcare veterans who developed their solution after struggling for years to try to make non-healthcare data warehousing solutions work, the Health Catalyst data warehouse utilizes an adaptive approach designed specifically to address the complex nature of healthcare data. Health Catalyst’s platform combines technology solutions and clinical expertise borne out of repeated successful implementations that significantly improved quality of care and reduced healthcare costs. Health Catalyst’s proven solutions are deployed at leading health systems including Allina Health, Indiana University Health, MultiCare Health System, North Memorial Health Care, Providence Health & Services, Stanford Hospital and Clinics, and Texas Children’s Hospital.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 8, 2013) — Audax Health™, an end-to-end digital health company, today announced the appointment of four industry leaders to its already robust executive team. Camille Watson, chief marketing officer; Tom Perrault, chief people officer; Dogu Celebi, senior vice president of informatics, and Phil Harker, senior vice president of client development and operations will aid the growth and development of the company as it continues to revolutionize the health care experience for consumers and industry stakeholders alike. Camille Watson brings nearly 20 years of marketing experience to Audax Health and will lead the company’s national marketing and branding efforts. With a proven track record in B2B and B2C marketing, Ms. Watson began her career in brand management for Proctor and Gamble and The Clorox Company. She subsequently held marketing leadership positions at several highly successful consumer Internet companies including Netflix, StubHub, and GameFly. Most recently, Ms. Watson was the vice president of marketing and communications at LivingSocial, where she was responsible for overseeing execution of the company’s marketing, communications and brand strategy on a global scale. As the chief people officer for Audax Health, Tom Perrault will leverage his strong background in organizational development and workforce management to oversee the company’s human resources operations and its quickly scaling employee base. As part of Mr. Perrault’s responsibilities, he will also spearhead recruiting initiatives to attract, maintain and develop new and existing talent for the company’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. and its San Francisco, Calif., office. He most recently served as the vice president of human resources at Meebo, a social networking company in Mountain View, Calif., that was acquired by Google. In addition, Mr. Perrault has held senior human resources positions at Glu Mobile, a mobile gaming company; ZipRealty, a technology-based real estate company; and Blue Shield of California, an independent member of the Blue Shield Association. Dogu Celebi, MD, MPH is a clinical epidemiologist and entrepreneur with more than 20 years of experience in managed care, health services research and medical informatics. In Dr. Celebi’s new role as senior vice president, informatics at Audax Health, he will draw upon his expertise in population health and care management, performance measurement, health risk assessment and clinical payment systems to help drive the company’s revenue strategy under the direction of Chief Customer Solutions Officer Brian Dolan. He joins Audax Health from OptumInsight, a leading health services business, where he focused on driving the strategic B2B growth of the company through the development of large-scale care and disease management programs and market-leading analytics and informatics tools for measuring health care quality, efficiency and outcomes. Prior to OptumInsight, Dr. Celebi held senior management positions at Ingenix, IHCIS and CIGNA. Phil Harker is a seasoned executive with more than 15 years of health care and consulting experience. Mr. Harker will serve as senior vice president, client development and operations at Audax Health and will oversee all customer relationships and operation executions. Throughout Mr. Harker’s career, he has focused on the deployment of new and innovative technologies to enable solutions for large-scale issues and initiatives in the health care industry. He spent the past 10 years at Optum/Ingenix in various senior leadership roles within the company’s payer solution practice group. Earlier in his career, he held leadership roles at TenFold Corporation and served as a senior consultant with Deloitte and in the national health care practice at Touche Consulting Group. He earned an MBA from Arizona State University and a BS from Brigham Young University. “Our most valuable asset is our talented, passionate and creative employees,” said Grant Verstandig, founder and chief executive officer of Audax Health. “I’m confident that the unmatched expertise of Camille, Tom, Dogu, and Phil in their respective fields will be instrumental to our company’s ongoing mission to create a more dynamic and engaging experience for individuals who wish to accomplish healthier outcomes.” For more information on Audax Health, please visit www.audaxhealth.com.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 8, 2013) — Audax Health™, an end-to-end digital health company, today announced the appointment of four industry leaders to its already robust executive team. Camille Watson, chief marketing officer; Tom Perrault, chief people officer; Dogu Celebi, senior vice president of informatics, and Phil Harker, senior vice president of client development and operations will aid the growth and development of the company as it continues to revolutionize the health care experience for consumers and industry stakeholders alike. Camille Watson brings nearly 20 years of marketing experience to Audax Health and will lead the company’s national marketing and branding efforts. With a proven track record in B2B and B2C marketing, Ms. Watson began her career in brand management for Proctor and Gamble and The Clorox Company. She subsequently held marketing leadership positions at several highly successful consumer Internet companies including Netflix, StubHub, and GameFly. Most recently, Ms. Watson was the vice president of marketing and communications at LivingSocial, where she was responsible for overseeing execution of the company’s marketing, communications and brand strategy on a global scale. As the chief people officer for Audax Health, Tom Perrault will leverage his strong background in organizational development and workforce management to oversee the company’s human resources operations and its quickly scaling employee base. As part of Mr. Perrault’s responsibilities, he will also spearhead recruiting initiatives to attract, maintain and develop new and existing talent for the company’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. and its San Francisco, Calif., office. He most recently served as the vice president of human resources at Meebo, a social networking company in Mountain View, Calif., that was acquired by Google. In addition, Mr. Perrault has held senior human resources positions at Glu Mobile, a mobile gaming company; ZipRealty, a technology-based real estate company; and Blue Shield of California, an independent member of the Blue Shield Association. Dogu Celebi, MD, MPH is a clinical epidemiologist and entrepreneur with more than 20 years of experience in managed care, health services research and medical informatics. In Dr. Celebi’s new role as senior vice president, informatics at Audax Health, he will draw upon his expertise in population health and care management, performance measurement, health risk assessment and clinical payment systems to help drive the company’s revenue strategy under the direction of Chief Customer Solutions Officer Brian Dolan. He joins Audax Health from OptumInsight, a leading health services business, where he focused on driving the strategic B2B growth of the company through the development of large-scale care and disease management programs and market-leading analytics and informatics tools for measuring health care quality, efficiency and outcomes. Prior to OptumInsight, Dr. Celebi held senior management positions at Ingenix, IHCIS and CIGNA. Phil Harker is a seasoned executive with more than 15 years of health care and consulting experience. Mr. Harker will serve as senior vice president, client development and operations at Audax Health and will oversee all customer relationships and operation executions. Throughout Mr. Harker’s career, he has focused on the deployment of new and innovative technologies to enable solutions for large-scale issues and initiatives in the health care industry. He spent the past 10 years at Optum/Ingenix in various senior leadership roles within the company’s payer solution practice group. Earlier in his career, he held leadership roles at TenFold Corporation and served as a senior consultant with Deloitte and in the national health care practice at Touche Consulting Group. He earned an MBA from Arizona State University and a BS from Brigham Young University. “Our most valuable asset is our talented, passionate and creative employees,” said Grant Verstandig, founder and chief executive officer of Audax Health. “I’m confident that the unmatched expertise of Camille, Tom, Dogu, and Phil in their respective fields will be instrumental to our company’s ongoing mission to create a more dynamic and engaging experience for individuals who wish to accomplish healthier outcomes.”

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Daversa Partners is pleased to announce Brad Wolfsen as the VP of Business Development for One Medical Group, a member-supported primary care medical practice that is redefining modern medical care by leveraging technology and innovative best practices to provide patients with affordable, high-quality care. Brad  most recently served as President for Safeway Health, a subsidiary of Safeway, Inc where he was  responsible for developing and delivering Safeway’s unique health benefits solution to self-insured employers. 

 

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Mark Mayo is the COO of Connect America and oversees all of operations as well as financials for the company. Prior, Mark served as CFO for HireRight of the USIS Commercial Services Division and became HireRight’s CFO following the merger of USIS and HireRight in August 2008. Before joining HireRight, Mr. Mayo spent 13 years in various financial management roles at General Electric (GE), including CFO of GE Trailer Fleet Services, CFO of GE Express Financial Solutions and CFO of GE Railcar Services Europe, during which time he adhered to public company accounting standards and played an instrumental role in the attainment of SOX compliance. Mr. Mayo also held a number of other key leadership positions while at GE including Pricing Manager, Finance Integration Black Belt and Senior Audit Manager. Mr. Mayo holds a Bachelors of Commerce in Finance from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada

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Marketing veteran Quinn Britt has joined Connect America as Chief Marketing Officer. With over 28 years of marketing expertise, Britt joins the Connect America team after ten years at The Scooter Store where he led generation and brand strategy/management. In addition, Britt oversaw all development and execution of DRTV, Direct Mail, Online and MedPro marketing strategies and programs. Britt also held senior marketing roles at USAA, Clarke American, and FedEx and is a graduate of the University of Memphis.

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Glenn Wada joins Accolade as the Chief Revenue Officer. Glen was prior the Senior Vice President and General Manager for SAP's $1.3B Global Line of Business Sales organization. Accolade is committed to improving the health care process. How? When your company works with us, we provide each of your employees with an Accolade Health Assistant™ that interacts one-on-one with them and their family. Any health care question they have is answered by making a call to their Health Assistant. Backed by a team of nurses, doctors, and health plan and benefits experts, the Accolade Health Assistant™ provides help on everything from benefits coverage to locating an in-network doctor to insight on a symptom and more—at no cost to the employee. Accolade simplifies the entire health care process, making it more friendly, efficient, and best of all, more of a benefit.

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Telehealth provider, TelaDoc, is happy to announce Mark Hirschhorn as its Chief Financial Officer beginning October 15th. With more than 15 years of financial executive experience, Mr. Hirschhorn most recently served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at RCS/Media Monitors. He brings to the company extensive experience in multinational corporations, public offerings, private placements, mergers/acquisitions, as well as significant experience with start-up entities and the implementation of financial controls, procedures and risk management. Prior to RCS/Media Monitors, Mr. Hirschhorn was the VP/ CFO of Datatec Systems Inc., VP/ CFO of BT Radianz, Ltd., and VP/ CFO of Skyaustion.com, Inc. Mr. Hirschhorn received a Bachelor of Arts from Rutgers University in 1986 and a Masters in Business Administration from Rutgers Graduate School in 1987.

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Social networking company, Alliance Health, is happy to announce Todd Miceli as its Chief Financial Officer beginning October 11th. Mr. Miceli brings more than 15 years of experience in finance and accounting to his role as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Miceli most recently founded and owned Volvo Rents Construction Equipment- New England Equipment Rentals. Prior to Volvo Rents, Mr. Miceli served as Chief Financial Officer of Ember Coporation and Chief Financial Offcer of Ximian, where he was instrumental in the sale of the company to Novell. Before Ximian, Mr. Miceli was the interim Chief Executive Officer and ChiefRead MoreFinancial Officer of Viveca, which was sold to OpenPages, and the Chief Financial Officer of e-STEEL, where he successfully raised over $110 million in four rounds of funding from top tier venture capitalists and investment firms. Prior to his involvement with technology startups, Mr. Miceli was in investment banking, having worked for GE Capital, Jefferies and Company, Southcoast Capital and Brenner Securities. Mr. Miceli graduated from Bentley College with a degree in Finance and received a Masters of Business Administration from the William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Rochester.

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Rapid genetic testing provider 23andme is happy to announce Neil Rothstein as its Vice President of Marketing. With nearly 20 years of marketing experience, Rothstein most recently served as the VP of Online Marketing at Netflix having joined Netflix in 2001. Prior to joining Netflix Neil held BD roles at RateItAll and roles as a financial analyst at Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (ACOG) and ESPN. Neil holds a BS from Brandeis University and an MBA from Emory University.

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Lumeris Corporation, enables accountable care between physicians, hospitals and payor. They are happy to announce Carol Murdock as its Chief of Marketing beginning on October 5th 2012. Carol Murdock, brings more than 20 years of experience in healthcare, focusing on strategic management, marketing and business development to her role as Chief of Marketing. Most recently, Ms. Murdock held the position of Chief Marketing Officer at HMS in 2009 and HealthTech Holdings, Inc. in 2010, where she was responsible for strategy and sales support including lead generation and management, communications, business intelligence and pricing. Prior to HMS, she was the Senior Vice President of Account Management and later Senior Vice President Marketing and Communications for Healthways, Inc. Ms. Murdock was also the President and CEO of Coactive Systems Corporation and the Senior VP of Business Development for OrNda Healthcorp. Ms. Murdock graduate from Texas Womans University with a degree in Biology and received a Masters of Business Administration from San Francisco State University.

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Dr. James Rundell is chief medical officer of aTherapy. He has dedicated his medical career to improving population health both nationally and internationally.

Dr. Rundell served most recently as vice chairman of psychiatry at Mayo Clinic. At Mayo, Dr. Rundell integrated psychiatric services into primary care clinics, leading to significant improvements in patient outcomes, patient satisfaction, physician satisfaction, documentation compliance, and overall medical cost.

Prior to Mayo, Dr. Rundell served in leadership roles in the United States Armed Forces where he operated large-scale integrated health care systems. Between June 2000 and June 2002, Dr. Rundell served as deputy commander for clinical services (DCCS) at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, the military’s largest overseas medical facility. In this role, he led the program to clinically triage and treat casualties and injured from Operation Enduring Freedom. He was the first Air Force DCCS ever at an Army-operated medical facility. In June 2002, Dr. Rundell began serving as medical director and chief, Healthcare Operations Division, for TRICARE Europe. In this role, he implemented a vigorous host nation health care quality-monitoring program, and led a theater-wide network adequacy analysis to prepare for health care operations during Operation Iraqi Freedom. In April 2003, he assumed the position of executive director, TRICARE Europe. Prior to his retirement from the military, Dr. Rundell volunteered to return to full-time clinical work taking care of psychiatric casualties from Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center.

Dr. Rundell is a member of the American College of Psychiatrists, an honor given to less than 1% of psychiatrists. He became a fellow in this organization in 2007. He is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, a fellow of the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine, chair of the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine Clinical Practice Committee, and is on the APM Council. He is currently Professor of Psychiatry at the F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, and at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine.

Dr. Rundell has mentored and supervised nearly 1,100 students, residents, and fellows in his role as Professor of Psychiatry. He has authored more than fifty peer-reviewed medical journal articles, eight textbooks, more than fifty book chapters or published abstracts, and has given more than 300 scientific presentations and lectures. He has been principal investigator or co-investigator on more than ten research protocols during his academic career.

A Louisiana native, Dr. Rundell received his BS in chemistry from Louisiana College and MD from Louisiana State University School of Medicine. He completed his psychiatry residency at Wilford Hall U.S. Air Force Medical Center, where he served as chief resident during his final year. 

 

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Camille comes to Audax as its first Chief Marketing Officer with a long career in consumer marketing. Most recently, she held leadership marketing positions at LivingSocial, Kobo Netflix, Gamefly and StubHub. Camille started her career in consumer packaged goods, where she served as brand manager on a variety of brands for both Proctor & Gamble and the Clorox Company. Since her CPG days, Camille has focused her work on consumer-centric, ecommerce businesses. She was responsible for all customer acquisition and brand strategy/execution for Netflix, and after many years with the company moved on to run the marketing departments for GameFly and StubHub. Camille earned both her BA and MBA degrees from Stanford University.

 

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Mary Creedon joins Accoldae as its EVP of Human Resources. Mary came from The Hartford where she was the Director of Human Resources. Accolade is committed to improving the health care process. How? When your company works with us, we provide each of your employees with an Accolade Health Assistant™ that interacts one-on-one with them and their family. Any health care question they have is answered by making a call to their Health Assistant. Backed by a team of nurses, doctors, and health plan and benefits experts, the Accolade Health Assistant™ provides help on everything from benefits coverage to locating an in-network doctor to insight on a symptom and more—at no cost to the employee. Accolade simplifies the entire health care process, making it more friendly, efficient, and best of all, more of a benefit. 

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Scott Hendrickson has recently been announced at the EVP and Chief Revenue Officer for CardonOutreach. Prior, Scott was a Senior Vice President at OptumInsightConsulting and lead the Health Care Solutions Delivery Practice. Mr. Hendrickson joined OptumInsight in 2009. He was responsible for the delivery component of consulting products and services in addition to functioning as a market leader in the hospital space. Prior to joining OptumInsightConsulting, Mr. Hendrickson was the Vice President of Consulting Sales for the Cerner Corporation. In this role, he was responsible for consulting sales and clinical automation delivery services for the consulting centers. Prior to that, Mr. Hendrickson was the Vice President of Revenue Cycle and Vice President of Consulting for Cerner Mid America. He has led several complex multi-disciplinary / multi-facility implementations, selling over $50 million in client solutions. Mr. Hendrickson obtained a Bachelor of Science Degree in Pre-Law at Arizona State University.

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MIAMI–June 6, 2012–CareCloud, a leading provider of web-based practice management, electronic healthcare record (EHR) and medical billing software and services, today announced that it has appointed Joseph P. Sawyer as Vice President of Marketing. In his new role, Mr. Sawyer will oversee CareCloud’s marketing and channel development efforts. He will be a member of the Company’s leadership team reporting to President and CEO Albert Santalo.
 
Joseph P. Sawyer, VP of Marketing at CareCloud“Joe brings tremendous experience in driving the development and launch of disruptive technologies and he will play a critical role as we continue to expand our scope of products and services in the market,” said Santalo. “A key element to our success will be our ability to continue refining our marketing engine and overall branding efforts as it relates to driving sales and differentiating CareCloud in the marketplace. It was clear Joe was the ideal executive to lead these efforts and we are thrilled to have him join the CareCloud team.”
 
Prior to his joining CareCloud, Mr. Sawyer was Vice President of Marketing at American Well, a leading telehealth technology company, where he was responsible for all corporate marketing functions, as well as its consumer marketing group, which brings telehealth services to end users, consumers, and providers in close partnership with customers.
 
“I am extremely excited to join such an innovative company and talented leadership team. I have spent my career developing and driving marketing initiatives across technology sectors and it’s clear that tools for medical groups are overdue for significant change,” said Sawyer. “CareCloud’s product design approach and expanding cloud-based platform is already overturning the status quo and poised to become a true leader in the healthcare technology market.”
 
Before American Well, Joe was responsible for industry business development for multiple strategic product lines at SAP. Joe joined SAP after several years at Accenture and Forrester Research, where he was one of the first analysts to shape the growth of consumer eCommerce. At Forrester, he authored several groundbreaking reports – including the first to predict the burst of the dot com bubble – and was regularly quoted in publications including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and Financial Times. Joe holds a BA summa cum laude from Bowdoin and a MBA from INSEAD in France and Singapore.

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Ryan  has recently been announced as the CFO for MedExpress. Prior Ryan D. Robinson was the Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of U.S. for BestBuy. He was promoted into that role in 2010. He served as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of U.S. Strategic Business Unit and Treasurer from 2007 through 2010. Mr. Robinson joined BestBuy in 2002 and served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of New Growth Platforms from 2006 to 2007, Senior Vice President of Finance and Treasurer from 2005 to 2006, and Vice President of Finance and Treasurer from 2002 to 2005. Prior to joining BestBuy, he spent 15 years at ABN AMRO Holding N.V., an international bank, where his most recent role there was senior vice president and director of its North American private equity unit. Mr. Robinson also held management positions in ABN AMRO Holding N.V.\'s corporate finance, finance advisory, acquisitions and asset securitization divisions. Mr. Robinson is a member of the board of directors of Children\'s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota.

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Dave Hodgson joins 1Life Heathcare as its Chief Technology Officer. Simply . . . a better health care delivery model. As physicians, we realized that the health care system was broken – from the inside and out.So we decided to build a next-generation system that would deliver higher quality care and service – while also lowering the total cost of care. Leveraging information technology and innovative process redesign, our modern primary care practices (One Medical Group) employ a select team of physicians that offer same-day appointments, longer visits that start on-time and a more comprehensive, preventive approach to health and wellness. In addition, our online and mobile solutions allow patients to access trusted professionals and services wherever they may be – at work and on-the-go. The result? Individuals who are healthier, happier and more productive. And an affordable system that finally works.

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California venture capital powerhouse Sequoia Capital    Sequoia Capital Latest from The Business Journals Lattice Engines kicks software sales, hiring into high gearRockYou taps .7 million, downsizes to San FranciscoLattice Engines revs up growth Follow this company has made its first hire on the East Coast, former Picis CEO Todd Cozzens, who becomes Sequoia's first venture partner dedicated solely to evaluating potential health care and health IT investments.

Cozzens had stayed on after Wakefield, Mass.-based Picis, which provides health IT services for the emergency department and intensive care units, was acquired in July 2010 by a UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) subsidiary, Optum (formerly known as Ingenix). Cozzens will continue to be based in Boston.

“Sequoia is really interested in game changers for the next-generation health care market,” Cozzens said in an interview. “Our current focus is enabling where health is going.”

Cozzens said that as health care systems move from “fee-for-service” to fee-for-value” payment systems, it creates a lot of white space. He said it could triple the number of health IT companies in the coming years.

While some VC firms are shying away from series A rounds in the health care field, Sequoia currently has one fund that is targeted exclusively to early-stage investments. Cozzens said he would tap that for potential new investments.

He said he has been on the job a little over a week and is already taking meetings with potential portfolio companies.

 

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Alliance Health Networks Names Digital Strategist Dan Hickey Senior Vice President of Products 

SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alliance Health Networks, the leading social networking company serving consumers and the healthcare industry, announced today that Dan Hickey has been named senior vice president of products. Hickey will oversee the company’s consumer-facing properties, including the design and application engineering for its growing portfolio of health communities. 

“Dan has a long-standing reputation for developing and cultivating online products that reach and engage large consumer audiences”

Prior to joining Alliance Health Networks, Hickey led the strategy and development of Meredith Corporation’s digital portfolio. Under Hickey’s leadership, the Meredith’s Women’s Network reached record levels of engagement, growing to 35 million monthly unique visitors. Most recently, Hickey was responsible for Meredith’s digital food strategy that resulted in Meredith becoming the No. 1 media company in the online food category. In this role, he was responsible for the strategy, development and monetization of Meredith’s food portfolio. 

“Dan has a long-standing reputation for developing and cultivating online products that reach and engage large consumer audiences,” said Stead Burwell, chief executive officer of Alliance Health Networks. “We are excited to have someone of Dan’s caliber join the company. His expertise will undoubtedly be critical as we continue to expand our offerings and empower people to navigate their personal health journeys.” 

During his tenure at Meredith, Hickey received industry recognition for innovation and teamwork. Hickey accepted the first Media Industry Newsletter (MIN) award for “Digital Team of the Year” after re-launching Meredith’s flagship brand, Better Homes and Gardens (BHG.com). He was also awarded the MIN “Social Media Superstar” award for launching the company’s first set of social networks including Momster.com and Mixing Bowl, an online community where consumers can share and discuss recipes. 

“It is an exciting time to join Alliance Health Networks as consumers are increasingly turning to social networks in order to improve their health and well-being,” said Hickey. “I am eager to help elevate and evolve Alliance Health Networks’ growing communities as trusted destinations where consumers can make better, more-informed health decisions for themselves and their families.” 

About Alliance Health Networks 

Alliance Health Networks is building a free and independent social engagement platform that gives people the power to Navigate their personal health journey. The company owns and operates more than 50 social networks and 20 mobile versions serving over 1.5 million registered members. Alliance Health leverages social networks to help consumers more actively manage their care through personal connections, powerful tools, and deeper insights. The company's investors include New World Ventures, Physic Ventures, Highway 12 Ventures, and EPIC Ventures

 

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David Kates has recently been announced as the General Manager of Product Management for Crimson, part of the Advisory Board Company. Prior, Dave served as the senior vice president of Product Management and Clinical Strategy at NaviNet, Mr. Kates was responsible here for defining the product strategy for the NaviNet solution suite, and ensuring the product vision was aligned with the Company’s goals and objectives. He established the direction for multiple product lines and identified market needs that NaviNet must address to advance the efficiency and quality of healthcare.Prior to joining NaviNet, Mr. Kates served as the senior vice president of Business and Product Strategy at Prematics where he was responsible for defining the strategic direction for Prematics’ products and services. He joined Prematics from Hx Technologies (HxTI), a health information technology and services company, where he was chief operating officer. Prior to Hx Technologies, Mr. Kates was vice president of Clinical Product Management at WebMD, now Sage Software, where he led the company’s ambulatory electronic health record system efforts. Earlier in his career, Mr. Kates was vice president and managing director for the Cerner Corporation, where he developed the company\'s ambulatory EMR business and led its professional services organization. In his role at Cerner, he also led the company\'s activities in Community Health Information Networks (CHINs), a precursor to Regional Health Information Organizations (RHIOs). 

Mr. Kates is an active contributor to government- and industry-led health information technology initiatives. He currently serves as co-chair for the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT), is a member of the Health Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP) and is a past board member of HL7. He has served in leadership positions within the Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), American Health Information Community (AHIC) and the national eHealth Initiative. Mr. Kates has also authored several publications on health information technology.

Mr. Kates received his Bachelors and Masters of Science in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his MBA from the Duke University Fuqua School of Business

 

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Angela has recently been announced as the CHRO for MedExpress, Prior Angela Cinefro was the Vice President of Human Resources for HP’s Enterprise Business Leadership & Development and Talent Management.  In this role, Angela was responsible for providing world-class learning solutions as well as identifying, assessing and developing the executive talent required to lead the Enterprise Business organization.  Prior to this, Angela was Vice President of Enterprise Business Workforce Planning and Operations where she was responsible for establishing and driving the labor strategy and labor cost forecasting for the Enterprise Business group and was the Director of Business HR for the worldwide Consulting and Integration Business group.Prior to joining HP in 2006,  Angela spent four years at Knightsbridge Solutions as the  Chief People Officer reporting to the CEO, where she was responsible for enterprise wide human resources, recruiting, learning and development.  Additionally, Angela led recruiting and retention for the Americas at PricewaterhouseCoopers and held global leadership roles at IBM.  Angela’s functional experience includes merger and acquisition leadership, development and implementation of strategic talent initiatives for services businesses including recruitment, learning, performance management, cost of the workforce, payroll, benefits strategy, employee relations, leadership and competency based development frameworks.  Angela has held both global and regional roles and has lead team sizes from 5 to 90+.

Angela was selected to participate in the Executive Council Director Rotation program at HP in 2008 and was the recipient of the IBM Leadership Award in July 2003.

Angela holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from Michigan State University.  She currently resides in the Chicago area with her husband and two children.

 

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Daversa Partners is pleased to announce Miles Reidy as the new Chief Financial Officer for Audax Health Solutions. Miles joined Audax Health from Network Solutions where he served as their  Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.  Mr. Reidy joined  Network Solutions from Sears Holdings Corporation where he was Executive Vice President and CFO.  During his tenure as CFO for Sears Holding Company, Mr. Reidy led the development of strategy and financial management for the multi-billion dollar retailer.  Prior to this role, he spent more than eight years at Capital One Financial Corporation, leading activities in banking integration, corporate planning and financial strategy.  In addition he served as the CFO for Capital One Credit Card and Bank.  Mr. Reidy’s experience also includes senior posts at a number of large commercial banks. Mr. Reidy received his Bachelor of Science in Finance from the Georgetown University and his Master of Science in Economics, from the Heinz School of Public Policy at Carnegie-Mellon University. Audax Health Solutions\' mission is to combine the power of social networking with provider-based clinical and plan-based benefit management information.

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Keith Koch is the chief technology officer of aTherapy. Keith is one of the nation’s leading experts on how people interact with virtual environments and one of the leading thinkers on how synchronous face-to-face interactions can also be delivered in asynchronous virtual environments – often with higher satisfaction and effectiveness. He has applied his deep understanding of user-centered design to lead three industries into large-scale, highly successful, digital business models.  

Prior to aTherapy, Keith served as vice president of online products and user experience at Capella Education Company. During his 11-year career at Capella, Keith was recognized as one of the top 10 innovators in higher education by The Chronicle of Higher Education, and the company won numerous awards for its virtual campus, classes, and processes, including the IMG Global Learning Consortium “Best Outcomes-based Learning Solution” award and numerous “Best in Class” online course and interactive media awards. Keith’s team designed, developed, and maintained an ever-expanding catalog of 1,700 online courses and a virtual campus which served over 37,000 students and 1,600 faculty members worldwide.

Before Capella, Keith led web design and e-commerce brand management at Fingerhut where he helped transform a traditional paper catalog business into one of the first large-scale online retailers. Trained in design, Keith was early to apply design principles to virtual environments – and continues to approach technology from a user-centered design perspective. After earning a Bachelor of Science degree in retail management from the University of Minnesota, Keith returned to the University of Minnesota for a Masters of Arts from the College of Design, where he focused on human interaction within virtual environments. His project thesis was a real-world application of his studies, creating the Brandon-Hall award-winning 2 Minute Advisor for Capella University.

 

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NEW YORK, Dec. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Weight Watchers International, Inc.(NYSE: WTW) today announced the appointment of Colin Watts as Senior Vice President, Wellness and Global Innovation, effective January 3, 2012.  Watts will oversee the Company's North American B2B/Healthcare business operations in addition to its Global Innovation and Consumer Insights teams.  Watts will report to David A. Burwick, President, North America.

Watts brings a broad range of experiences in general management, marketing and innovation from consumer and healthcare companies.  Most recently, he served as Corporate Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer at Walgreen Co. where he was in charge of the recently created Corporate Innovation Division.  Prior to this position atWalgreens, Watts had significant senior leadership roles at Johnson & Johnson as President of McNeil Nutritionals Worldwide and McNeil Consumer Healthcare Worldwide.  In these roles, he was responsible for building businesses such as Tylenol, Motrin, Imodium and Splenda.  Watts also had various marketing roles early in his career at both Johnson & Johnson and Nabisco.  He received his B.A. from Brown Universityand his joint MBA/Masters of International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania.

"Colin comes to us at a very exciting time in North America as we accelerate the growth of our B2B/Healthcare business, starting with large, self-insured companies and leading to new partnerships with payers, providers and physicians that will significantly expand the reach and affordability of our services," said Burwick.  "Colin's broad array of experiences and knowledge of the healthcare space and innovation development and commercialization make him uniquely qualified to transform our efforts in these critical areas."

 

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Daversa Partners has announced that Huyen Bui has joined Life Line Screening as Chief Technology Officer. Prior to Life Line, Mr. Bui was the CTO at Dicentral Corporation where he was responsible for the company’s strategic partnerships, product development processes, and new product initiatives.  His experience spans over 15 years in the technology industry.  Previously, he was Vice President of Engineering for the luxury travel division of Expedia, Classic Vacations.  Additionally, he was co-founder and Chief Technology Officer for Esurance.com, an online insurance company.  Mr. Bui holds a Master’s in Computer Science from Boston University, and a Bachelor’s in Mathematics and Computer Science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Life Line Screening (LLS) is the worldwide leader in consumer-driven prevention services.  Today, the company provides affordable, convenient, high-quality screenings that are essential to the early detection of risk for stroke, heart disease, diabetes, osteoporosis and other conditions.  LLS believes that preventive screenings and health promotion programs are the basic foundation to wellness and can improve an individual’s quality of life while reducing overall health care costs.

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Daversa Partners is proud to announce Frank Ambrose as EVP Platform and Technology for Audax Health Solutions. Ambrose has 20 years of experience in technology infrastructure development, data architecture and operations. Ambrose joins Audax from Linden Lab as SVP Global Technology. He also held several consecutive executive roles at AOL, the world's largest Internet service provider, where he spent nine years developing network and infrastructure services. Previously Ambrose was a senior manager at MCI Telecommunications. He holds a bachelor's degree in Finance from Siena College in New York, and was commissioned as an officer in the US Navy, serving in both active duty and reserve capacities from 1985-1998. Audax Health Solutions' mission is to combine the power of social networking with provider-based clinical and plan-based benefit management information.

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Jeffrey M. Nieman is currently the SVP Shared Services Deilvery for Accelion. Prior to this role, Jeff served as the Vice President of Operations for Conifer Revenue Cycle Solutions, a position he held (with Conifer and previously with Tenet Patient Financial Services) since 2007. In this role, he had full operations responsibility for $8 billion in centralized billing and collections operations, 8 centralized call centers, 1,700 employees, and a $170 million operating budget. Prior to this,Mr. Nieman served four years as Senior Director of National Programs. Before joining Conifer, he served as Director of Operations for Humana, Inc., in Green Bay, Wis., and also held leadership positions with HCA, Inc., in Bedford, Texas, and Louisville, Ky. Mr. Nieman graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Bellarmine University in Louisville. 

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Elizabeth Napolitano has been named the Executive Vice President of Operations for Accolade. Accolade is an outsourcing services provider created to significantly reduce large employers' total health care costs without limiting access. Napolitano comes to Accolade from Circles where she was most recently the Vice President of Customer Experience. Elizabeth worked to ensure that Circles remained customer centric and keenly focused on the needs of external and internal customers in order to drive the business forward. 

During her four year tenure at Circles, Elizabeth held multiple roles across the company including leadership of Service Delivery, Quality Assurance, Operations Support and Operations Development. She helped build the company’s initial customer service philosophy. 

Prior to joining Circles, Elizabeth spent more than eight years as an Area Director of Revenue Management for The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company. She participated in the company’s successful campaign to win a second Malcolm Baldridge Quality Award and served on several Six Sigma process improvement initiatives for the company. Elizabeth holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Georgetown University. 

 

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Dave Marchand has been named the CTO for Accelion. Accelion is an outsourcing services provider created to enable leading not-for-profit health systems to excel by achieving superior cost and quality outcomes through continuous innovation of home-based patient services. Dave comes to Accelion from Dell where he was the chief technology officer for the Healthcare & Life Science Services business. Here Dave focused on the development of solutions that benefit the global healthcare community. In his fifteen years with Dell Services, formerly Perot Systems, Mr. Marchand has held various senior-level positions ranging from technical roles, such as chief innovation officer and chief architect, to executive management roles, such as general manager and chief operating officer. Mr. Marchand’s service in the information technology industry for over 25 years has resulted in the development of advanced technology solutions for healthcare, energy, financial services, defense, aerospace, travel, and telecommunications. 

 Mr. Marchand received a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Notre Dame.

 

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TAMPA, FL--(Marketwire - Oct 13, 2011) - Acclaris, the leading SaaS provider of consumer-driven healthcare (CDH) reimbursement technology and services, announced the appointment of Jim Priebe to the newly created position of Chief Growth Officer. Priebe is a respected healthcare insurance industry veteran of more than 20 years. In his role as CGO, Priebe will be a member of Acclaris' Executive Team and directly responsible for Sales, Account Management, and Marketing. 

Prior to joining Acclaris, Priebe was with UnitedHealth Group's OptumHealth Financial Services as a member of their Executive Management Team. While at OptumHealth, Priebe contributed to the company's strategic direction as he built Sales, Relationship Management and Marketing teams. He was also responsible for directing and leading award-winning Health Savings Account communications programs.

Bob Lopes, CEO of Acclaris, commented that "We are very pleased to have someone of Jim's stature join us and help Acclaris continue to grow and innovate. Jim's experience and perspective will also add value to the Executive Team. The hiring of Jim is a significant step in strengthening our sales and relationship management capabilities. I'm excited to have him on the team."

Priebe, who also held senior positions with MMSI, part of Mayo Clinic Health Solutions, and employee benefits plan Third Party Administrator Sheffield, Olson & McQueen prior to OptumHealth, remarked, "I'm excited to join Acclaris in such a key role. With the strength of our technology, we have an incredible opportunity to continue our strong growth in the marketplace."

Priebe has a Bachelor's Degree from Concordia University.

 

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Loic Vienne has been announced as the new Vice President of Enterprise Systems for Weight Watchers.  He has proven experience in delivering transformation programs and achieving business & IT strategies.  Prior Loic has had 12 years of experience working for Global Fortune 500 companies, as well as “big-5” consulting firms.  Carol Bell, Partner at Daversa Partners commented on his new role, “Loic has a unique combination of client and technical skills that he will contribute to this global role.  He is an articulate technical spokesman who understands and relates to the business pressures and how technology can increase efficiency and support global business functions.”

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ServiceSource Expands Executive Team, Names John Boucher Executive Vice President of Global SalesSAN FRANCISCO, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 09/02/11 -- ServiceSource® (NASDAQ: SREV), the global leader in service revenue management, today announced the appointment of John Boucher as executive vice president of global sales. At ServiceSource, Boucher will lead the global expansion of the Company\'s customer acquisition team to drive momentum and expansion within existing and new markets. Boucher joins the ServiceSource leadership team with 19 years experience as leader of sales, acquisitions, business operations and customer service at Oracle Corporation, and comes with a proven record of building highly successful customer relationships.

\"John is a seasoned executive who has proven to be incredibly talented at building top-notch sales teams and growing successful long-term customer relationships,\" said Jeff Bizzack, president of ServiceSource. \"With his leadership, Oracle successfully grew its commercial business, acquiring and integrating best-in-class business application technology from market-leaders like Siebel, Hyperion and Agile. As business software and services continue to penetrate every industry and vertical, ServiceSource will greatly benefit from the addition of John\'s expertise and operational experience.\"

\"As the market leader in service revenue management, ServiceSource has cracked the code in solving a very difficult problem that a broad range of technology-based companies face. My background at Oracle has taught me that strengthening customer relationships, reducing churn and optimizing revenue from maintenance, support and subscription contracts are key to tapping this $160 billion industry,\" said Boucher. \"I\'m thrilled to join ServiceSource\'s outstanding sales team at this early stage in the company\'s growth to help drive customer acquisition and expansion in existing and new markets across the globe.\"

During his tenure with Oracle, Boucher was responsible for selling to and servicing nearly 7,500 commercial customers and leading over 1,000 dedicated sales and pre-sales professionals to focus on building long-term relationships with customers. John was also integral to the acquisition and integration of a variety of other business applications including Hyperion, G*Log, Demantra, Agile and Logical Applications.

Previously, Boucher was Group Vice President of Oracle\'s North America Commercial Applications sales organization for the Eastern half of North America. He also served as Oracle\'s Area Vice President - Northeast General Business and Regional Manager for New England. Prior to Oracle, he served as Vice President of Sales at Midway Data Center, a subsidiary of Midway National Bank in St. Paul, MN, where he was responsible for sales of multi-year core banking outsourcing relationships.

In support of continued company growth, ServiceSource\'s Matt Rosenberg has also been named senior vice president of strategic accounts. Over the past several years, Mr. Rosenberg has built a world-class, global sales organization, which has fueled ServiceSource\'s 35% compounded annual revenue growth in the past five fiscal years. Matt now moves into this new role to continue the company\'s growth trajectory with his proven ability to lead teams through complex sales environments and win large deals.

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Berk Smith has been named the CEO for Accelion. Accelion is an outsourcing services provider created to enable leading not-for-profit health systems to excel by achieving superior cost and quality outcomes through continuous innovation of home-based patient services. Accelion was created and is backed by Accretive Technology. Berk comes to Accelion from Dell where he was a co-leader of the Healthcare & Life Sciences business. In this role, Mr. Smith oversaw the global strategy, executive leadership, operations and business development. Mr. Smith has more than 23 years of experience in developing client relationships and deploying a unique combination of business, clinical and technology solutions for the healthcare industry.

 
Prior to this role, Mr. Smith served as executive vice president of the Perot Systems healthcare solutions group, where he helped to integrate a successful business unit that focuses on the needs of community hospitals. In this role, he was responsible for delivering consulting and managing solutions for more than 1,000 hospitals and he was responsible for business development. Using his broad healthcare expertise, Mr. Smith led Perot Systems in successfully creating relationships with major healthcare organizations. In his 10 years directing healthcare business development, his team delivered more than $6.5 billion in contracts, representing one of the most successful sales teams in the industry.

During his time at Perot Systems, Mr. Smith also initiated and directed multiple outsourcing relationships and was responsible for founding the Perot Systems payer consulting practice. He has strategically engineered and operated large clinical software development projects focused on creating more efficient healthcare environments. Mr. Smith is recognized in the industry as setting the benchmark for IT services in healthcare.

Prior to joining Perot Systems, Mr. Smith worked at Electronic Data Systems (EDS) as a systems engineer. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in business and computer science from the University of Kansas.

 

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Accretive Health, Inc. (NYSE: AH), a leading provider of comprehensive end-to-end healthcare revenue cycle management services and population health management services infrastructure, today announced that Joseph Bellini has joined the company as Chief Revenue Officer. In this role, he will be responsible for Accretive Health's business development activities. As a member of the senior management team, Bellini reports to the Company's Founder and Chief Executive Officer Mary Tolan. 

Bellini was most recently the Executive Vice President and Chief Sales Officer for TeleTech, a large business process outsourcing company with over 40,000 employees, serving a variety of industries including health care. Prior to TeleTech, Bellini had a leading role in creating and growing several companies including Symphony Marketing Solutions where he was founder and CEO; Brooks Automation as President and COO, and C-bridge Internet Solutions as Chairman and CEO. Before that, he managed sales organizations for leading global enterprises including Oracle, EDS and General Electric. 

"Joe is an exceptional addition to the Accretive Health organization" said Mary Tolan, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Accretive Health. "Joe's wealth of experience in fast paced, growing companies will bolster our strength in sales, business development and, new business creation." 

"I am excited to be part of the team that will take Accretive Health to new levels of growth and performance. I look forward to creating unique value propositions that deliver exceptional value to those we serve. We have the right company, in the right market, at the right time", said Bellini. 

Bellini holds both a BS in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mathematics and Statistics from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and was selected to the Harvard Program for Management Development (PMD) where he received the General Motors Fellowship Award. 

 

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CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Accretive Health, Inc. (NYSE: AH), a leading provider of comprehensive end-to-end healthcare revenue cycle management services and population health management services infrastructure, today announced that Andrew Appel has joined the company as Senior Vice President of Revenue Operations. In this role, he will be responsible for optimizing clients’ revenue cycle operations by reducing revenue cycle leakage and increasing revenue yield through Accretive Health’s proprietary technology, sophisticated processes and highly-skilled professionals. As a member of the senior management team, Appel reports to the company’s Founder and Chief Executive Officer Mary Tolan. 

Appel joins Accretive Health from Aon Corporation, where he served most recently as Chief Operating Officer. In this role, Appel developed and implemented a successful revenue growth plan for the company. He also led the team responsible for the $5 billion acquisition of Hewitt, solidifying Aon’s leading position in human resource consulting and outsourcing. Prior to this, Appel was Chief Executive Officer of two of the firm’s three global divisions: Aon Consulting, a leading benefits and HR consulting firm and Aon Benfield, the world’s largest reinsurance broker. Under his leadership, the divisions achieved operational excellence and improved financial results. Prior to joining Aon, Appel was senior partner at McKinsey and Company where over a 15-year career, he advised leading global financial institutions on a wide array of operational, strategic and organizational issues. 

“We are delighted that Andrew has joined our senior management team," said Mary Tolan, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Accretive Health. “Having Andrew on board reflects our commitment to attract the highest level of talent to Accretive Health. Andrew’s proven track record of strategic and operational excellence will be an asset as we continue to help our customers achieve tangible value and serve their patients distinctively.” 

Appel said, “I am proud to join a fast growing performance-oriented organization that has stayed true to its mission of value creation for its clients. I look forward to building on the company’s achievements and capitalize on what I believe are significant opportunities ahead.” 

Appel holds a B.S. in economics from the University of California, Los Angeles and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago, where he was the Henry Ford II scholar. 

 

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John Thomas has become the VP of Operations of aLabs, a company focused on managing labs for health systems. aLabs is backed by Accretive Technology, headed by lead investor, Michael Cline. Prior to assuming his current role, John was the Executive VP of Global Supply Chain Operations for Hertz, where he had full P&L responsibility for over $10B in global fleet assets, reporting directly to the CEO. John is a global operating executive who is successful in driving improved profits, margins, revenue growth, and operational excellence. He is a strategic innovator, and adept at creating and launching profitable new businesses and expanding markets. With strong analytical and problem solving ability John is effective at leading massive organizational change that significantly improves financial performance and makes a real, sustainable difference. John joined aLabs in June 2011.

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TAMPA, FL — Acclaris, the leader in consumer-driven healthcare (CDH) financial technology and integrated services, today announced the appointment of 25-year benefits-industry veteran Bob Lopes as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Lopes will lead the company's continued growth and expansion, ensuring that Acclaris provides customers the most flexible, robust and reliable technology and outsourced services in the CDH market.

"Our business is at an inflection point because of the increasing adoption of consumer-driven health plans," said Dipankar Mandal, president and founder of Acclaris. "Bob's experience in the benefits and human resources outsourcing industries will help us continue to expand, while positioning the company for continued success as the market evolves."

Most recently, Lopes served as executive vice president and practice director for human capital at Aon, a global reinsurance and consulting firm. Previously, he served as president and CEO of Veritude, a wholly-owned staffing company of Fidelity, and vice president of global client management for ExcellerateHRO, a former global HRO company of EDS. Lopes also held several senior-level positions during a 15-year tenure at Towers Perrin, including managing director for its global outsourcing business.

"Acclaris is at the forefront of a tremendous market opportunity given the shift to CDH plans," noted Lopes. "I'm joining the company at a critical juncture, and I plan to rapidly scale Acclaris to meet increasing market demand for our distinctive technology platform and service offering."

Ranked No. 259 Fastest Growing Company on the Deloitte 2010 Technology Fast 500, Acclaris' expanding customer list includes the nation's largest health plans, leading financial institutions, large HRO providers and top Third Party Administrators (TPA). Acclaris simplifies complex CDH requirements for benefits/HR administrators, financial institutions and health plans through a scalable platform that manages Health Savings Accounts (HSA), Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRA) and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) for more than 2.8 million people. Acclaris integrates a flexible Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform with onshore and offshore delivery services.

Lopes will have a seat on the Board, comprised of representatives from HarbourVest, Staley Capital, Trident Capital and Updata Venture Partners. President and founder Dipankar Mandal remains on the Board in his existing role and will support Lopes' vision for corporate expansion. In addition, former CEO Mark Whittington will remain on the Board and continue to provide his unique perspective to fuel Acclaris' continued growth.

Lopes earned a B.B.A. in Management Information Systems from the University of Notre Dame.

Acclaris simplifies the administration of consumer-driven healthcare for benefits/HR administrators, financial institutions and health plans. The company delivers financial technology and integrated services to manage HSA, HRA, FSA and other accounts for more than 2.8 million employees, retirees and individual participants. Acclaris offers clients an innovative approach to faster, more profitable growth, greater agility and higher member satisfaction. Visit our website at www.acclaris.com.

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Daversa Partners is proud to announce: Natalie Ingram has placed the Chief Technology Officer at Radisphere – Bernard Chien. He will report directly to the President and CEO, Scott Seidelmann.  Bernard was most recently with Athena Health.  Prior to Athena, Bernard was the SVP Technology at Intralinks where he drove growth through innovation.  With Intralinks, Bernard pioneered new markets, products and technology that drove a compound annual growth rate of over 50% from 2000 to 2008.  During his time with Intralinks, he directed product management, R&D teams, systems and operations personnel, and implementation teams.  Bernard earned his BS in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering from MIT. 

 

Radisphere (www.radisphere.net ) is reinventing the workflow of radiology.  The nation’s largest community hospitals rely on Radisphere to help them grow their business by delivering superior radiological services that leverage people, process and technology.  Radisphere has assembled the largest network of specialized Radiologists in the U.S., highly regarded in their respective areas of specialization. They’ve custom-engineered a technology platform to serve hospitals so they can get the most clinical value and most rapid final results out of each and every imaging exam. They’ve added a level of accountability, support and business acumen that far exceeds what hospitals have come to expect from local or regional radiology service providers.  The company is backed by Venture Capital firm Oak Investment Partners.

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Daversa Partners is proud to announce: Natalie Ingram has placed the Chief Technology Officer at TelaDoc, Inc. � Jeff Nadler. He will report directly to the CEO, Jason Gorevic. Jeff has over 25 years of experience in technology and business operations. Prior to joining TelaDoc, Jeff spent the past five years as the Chief Technology Officer for ActiveHealth Management, Inc, an independent subsidiary of Aetna, Inc. Previously, Jeff was the SVP, Enterprise Technology Group at Marsh & McLennan Companies. Earlier in his career, Jeff was a Director and Program Manager for Cambridge Technology Partners where he led full life-cycle custom software development projects for both financial and non-financial services clients. Beginning his career as an Engineer at IBM Corporation, Jeff went on to be the Founder and CEO of his own company, specializing in text retrieval software related to products and services, used by a number of Fortune 500 clients. Jeff received his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Union College in Schenectady, NY.

TelaDoc, Inc. is the leading telehealth provider in the United States, serving over 1.7 million members. Founded in 2002, and backed by Trident Capital, HLM, & Cardinal investors, TelaDoc is a convenient, cost-effective alternative to healthcare, providing direct access for consumers to high quality physicians. TelaDoc was an early advocate and pioneer of telehealth, formed by physicians, professionals, engineers and business executives who applied modern telecommunications technology to allow members to resolve their routine medical issues over the phone and internet. Now, with new leadership and funding in place, along with a stellar reputation for service, TelaDoc is poised to meet aggressive growth goals and market domination. Visit them at www.teladoc.com.

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Built out Sales and Business Development team for Tenet Hospitals in three of their primary markets (South Florida, Atlanta, Georgia, and Southern California). 

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Glenn Heath joined Accretive Health, a patient access and revenue cycle service company for health care providers, as Vice President Business Development.

Accretive Health’s business purpose is to help U.S. hospitals, physicians and other healthcare providers increase their operating margins and improve the satisfaction of their patients, physicians and staff. We accomplish this goal by providing comprehensive additional infrastructure such as people, process and technology with the entire fee structure 100% performance based to ensure improved financial results are recognized by the healthcare provider. 

Accretive Health has partnered with over 60 health systems delivering proven results averaging greater than a 2% improvement in annual net revenue during the first year. We have a proven history of delivering improved financial results for prestigious healthcare providers such as Henry Ford Health System, Ascension Health, Dartmouth Hitchcock and Fairview, University of Minnesota Medical Center. 

Glenn has more than 17 years of healthcare revenue cycle management experience focused on the sale and delivery of professional services including patient access, HIM, accounts receivable management and technology solutions. 

Prior to joining Accretive Health, Glenn served in a variety of leadership roles at Perot Systems, McKesson and IBM. 

Glenn holds a BA degree in Economics from Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

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Daversa Partners is proud to announce: Natalie Ingram has placed the Chief Information Officer at MedSolutions in Franklin, TN – Satish Dave. He will report directly to the President and CEO, Curt Thorne. Satish has over 20 years of experience in technology and business operations. Prior to joining MedSolutions, Satish spent the past three years as the CIO for Appleton Papers, a $1 B+ specialty paper and performance packaging company in Wisconsin. Previously, Satish was the Divisional CIO at Concentra Inc. (acquired by Coventry Health Care in 2007) in Nashville, TN, where he directed IT and product delivery for the Worker’s Compensation division of the $1.5 B healthcare company. Earlier in his career, Satish was a Global IT Leader for GE Insurance in Kansas City. Satish received his Bachelor of Engineering from the National Institute of Technology in India, and his Bachelor of Law (JD) from Nagpur University in India.

MedSolutions was founded in 1992, and has been a pioneer in the radiology benefits management space, helping healthcare payers control the soaring costs in radiology. Still privately-held, MedSolutions has taken the clinical knowledge, proprietary technology, and forward thinking they perfected in radiology management and applied it to other areas of healthcare where they see opportunity for significant improvement – cardiac imaging, oncology, and diagnostic accuracy - both in quality of care and in cost savings to health plans. The company has approximately 600 employees, and is based in Franklin, TN – a suburb of Nashville. www.medsolutions.com.

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TelaDoc Medical Services Selects Michael King as Chief Sales Officer. TelaDoc is a nationwide network of licensed, board certified primary care physicians, providing cross coverage services on demand. King comes to TelaDoc from Healthways, Inc. (NASDAQ:HWAY) where he was Senior Vice President for Innovation for this population health management company. In this role King was responsible for creation, implementation and execution of all sales business plans for Innovation projects and pilots. Prior to this role Mike held several executive leadership positions at Healthways including: Senior Vice President for Sales and Marketing, Vice President of Sales for ASO Markets, and Director Sales Health Plan Market. King Joined Healthways from CareSteps.com a neural network predictive modeling and health risk assessment start-up company, as Vice President of Sales. Before joining CareSteps.com, King was Senior Vice President Sales, Marketing and Account Management for WellPath Community Health Plans, a regional HMO owned by Duke University Medical Center, acquired by Coventry Health Care in September 2000. In this role King ran all Sales, Marketing and account management strategy and operations for the health plan. King came to WellPath from Doctors Health Plan of North Carolina, an Independent Physician Association Model HMO where he served as sales director for all sales and sales operations across North and South Carolina. King began his career with Aetna as an Account Executive responsible for all sales, account management, and renewals for the 10 to 1,000 life employer health insurance market. King holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Management from Michigan State University – East Lansing.

About TelaDoc   Founded in 2002, TelaDoc is a nationwide network of licensed, board certified primary care physicians, providing cross coverage services on demand. TelaDoc physicians have access to the member's (CCR-compliant) electronic medical record and can diagnose and treat minor non-emergency medical problems via the telephone. All TelaDoc physicians are carefully credentialed and covered by medical malpractice insurance provided by the TelaDoc Physician's Association. TelaDoc members have access to licensed physicians via the telephone 24- hours-a-day, 365 days a year. Contact: 800.835.2362 or www.TelaDoc.com.

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iHealth Technologies Names David Beaulieu As Chief Operating Officer

Atlanta, GA, June 28, 2010 - iHealth Technologies names David Beaulieu as Chief Operating Office.

Dave is responsible for assessing and architecting the internal operations of iHealth Technologies. Dave has over 31 years experience in health care, including Executive Vice President of Marketing, Sales & Business Solutions at DST Health Solutions, Chief Operating Officer at Amisys-Synertech, Managing Director of the Government Business Group at First Consulting Group and he spent 18 years at CIGNA Healthcare in various roles. Dave received his BA from Bates College.

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Accolade Names John Geiger As Vice President Marketing

John Geiger has been named the Vice President of Marketing for Accolade. Accolade is an outsourcing services provider created to significantly reduce large employers' total health care costs without limiting access.

Geiger came to Accolade from TV Guide where he was most recently the Vice President of Consumer Marketing. In this role, John was responsible for developing and executing all consumer marketing activity. He created profits in excess of $250K in year one and brand exposure to over 6.8M new customers every week. John was at TV Guide for 10 years.

Prior, Geiger was the Director of Sales Technology and Business Manager at Murdoch Magazines for 6 years. From 1988-1993 John was a Senior Financial Analyst at News America Publishing. He received his B.S. from Shippensburg University and his MBA in Management from West Chester University.

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The Provider Alliance just named Scott Herman as their Founding Executive. Most recently, Scott Herman was at Harden Healthcare as president of Auxi Health, Harden's home health subsidiary which now operates under the Girling Health Care umbrella. Herman was responsible for management of all of Girling Home Health operations. Herman has a 12-year history in the home health field. Prior to joining Harden, he was president and chief executive officer of Via Christi Home Care in Wichita, Kansas. He also previously served as president and COO of SCCS Health & Hospice, and chief operating officer of VNA Vermont/New Hampshire, among several other home health leadership positions.Via Christi Home Care was named to the Home Care Elite in 2006. In addition, the company was named Wichita's "Best Place to Work" in 2007. Herman earned his bachelor of science degree in nursing from Kansas Newman College. Prior to transitioning to the home health industry, Herman worked as a paramedic and EMS Lieutenant for several years.

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Maria Canfield has been named the VP of Client Service, Alliance Healthcare Information of Accolade. Accolade is an outsourcing services provider created to significantly reduce large employers' total health care costs without limiting access. Most recently, Maria Canfield was the Vice President of Call Center Operations and Client Services. In this role she was responsible for the management of the nurse-staffed medical call center, development of new business, expansion of current business, and ensuring client satisfaction and retention. Maria was responsible for overseeing over 50 nurses, doctors and pharmacists and also managed two client-based operations comprising of over 30 representatives. She had been with Alliance since 2006. Previously, Carol spent 11 years at Telerx Marketing as a Vice President and General Manager for Client Operations. While at Telerx, Maria directed the contact center and client services functions for 3 call centers and oversaw central fulfillment operations serving all 5 Telerx sites. Maria started her career at Board of Pensions, Presbyterian Church as the Director of Benefits Plan Services. She received her B.A. in English from Temple University.

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1Life Healthcare, a San Francisco-based network of boutique primary medical care, is pleased to announce that Sharon Knight has joined the organization as President reporting to Thomas Lee, 1Life's CEO. Sharon comes to 1Life from Electronic Arts where she served in both corporate finance and operations in North America and the UK, where she was involved in promoting Women in Gaming as a speaker and mentor. Most recently, Sharon was Senior Vice President for Central Development Services, which provides integrated development solutions in the areas of global localization, quality assurance, motion capture, art, and mastering to EA's studios worldwide. She also oversaw first party relations with Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo with regards to product quality. While at EA, Sharon gained considerable experience with captive shared service and outsourced solutions in emerging markets. Prior to EA, Sharon held senior management positions in finance with Gap Inc. and KFC; she started her career in commercial banking in Chicago. Knight has a BA from Smith College and an MBA from Kellogg Graduate School of Management. She is also on the board of Women's Initiative for Self Employment in San Francisco.

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Silverlink Communications^® Inc., the leader in healthcare consumer communications, today announced that Fred Karutz, former Corporate Vice President of Consumer Markets at Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC), joins Silverlink as General Manager, Health Plan Solutions. In this role, Fred will focus on developing solutions to help health plans more effectively connect with and engage their members to make better health decisions.

With more than 20 years in the healthcare industry, Fred brings deep expertise in the managed care, provider and supplier segments of healthcare. During Fred's tenure at HCSC, the fourth largest health plan in the country, he was responsible for all aspects of the consumer market business including strategy, planning, product development, sales and marketing, customer loyalty and operations as well as membership and financial performance for nearly one million members. His expertise also includes patient-centered care in the provider sector, more than 10 years developing consumer driven health plans in group and individual segments as well as leading roles with health services companies.

"With his experience running individual markets at HCSC, Fred understands first-hand the impact that millions of individual health decisions have on the business of managed care," said Stan Nowak, Silverlink's co-founder and CEO. "We are extremely excited to have Fred join our executive team. His understanding of how consumers interact with their plans and the strategies health plans need to execute to successfully impact behavior change is extremely relevant in the context of health care reform."

"Health plans have an imminent and sizable opportunity to participate in healthcare reform initiatives by motivating consumers to make healthy and cost-efficient decisions," said Fred Karutz. "Silverlink's mission of driving individual consumer behaviors, taken to scale, has the potential to save our country millions of lives and billions of dollars."

About Silverlink

Silverlink knows the healthcare consumer - and we know every point of contact offers a chance to impact their behavior. Our solutions are trusted by 80 of the nation's largest and most influential health plans, pharmacy benefit managers, and population health companies to build stronger relationships with consumers and dramatically lower costs.

Silverlink's unique approach combines real-time consumer interactions, behavioral insights and process innovation to unlock the value that consumers represent in healthcare's complex cost equation. To learn more about what makes Silverlink the leader in healthcare consumer communications, please visit www.silverlink.com, email info@silverlink.com, or call 1.781.425.5700.

Silverlink is a registered trademark of Silverlink Communications Inc. All other brand and product names contained in this release may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

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TelaDoc Medical Services Selects Jason Gorevic as Chief Executive Officer
Seasoned healthcare business innovator and strategist to direct growth and expansion of nation's leading telehealth company

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jason Gorevic, a prominent health care business executive has been named chief executive officer of TelaDoc Medical Services (www.teladoc.com), the nation's leading telehealth company. Throughout his career, Gorevic has pioneered the development of innovative health care services that evolved into mainstream offerings that simultaneously delivered meaningful value to customers and bottom-line business results.

"TelaDoc has been paving the way for telehealth," says Samuel Havens, member of the TelaDoc Board of Directors and former president of Prudential Health Care. "With Jason's outstanding leadership and experience, we will be able to leverage TelaDoc into a new phase of growth in which we anticipate across-the-board expansion, with accelerated adoption of the model amongst mid-large health plans, employers, unions, and channel partners."

Gorevic worked in various capacities at WellPoint, Inc., most recently as senior vice president, chief marketing and product officer where he was responsible for developing WellPoint's Growth Strategy to identify and prioritize opportunities for long term growth. In addition, he assumed the role of president for recently acquired Lumenos, Inc., and is credited with driving enterprise-wide adoption of its consumer-directed health plan, which subsequently became the company's fastest growing product. He also created and led the Innovation Incubator that conceptualized and implemented a partnership with Zagat Survey to enable consumers to rate their physicians, and acted as the company's spokesperson with top-tier media.

Prior roles at WellPoint include running a $7 billion P&L, where he consistently exceeded enrollment and financial targets. He was also responsible for a provider contracting team that managed approximately 200 hospitals and 80,000 physicians representing $6.5 billion of medical spend. From 2002 to 2005, Gorevic was a key member of Empire BlueCross BlueShield's leadership team that generated annual earnings per share growth of 15 to 20 percent resulting in a market cap growth of 300 percent from its 2002 IPO to the acquisition by WellPoint three years later.

"First and foremost, Jason Gorevic is an innovative business leader who has consistently delivered bottom-line results," says Kevin Williamson, chief marketing officer of TelaDoc. "Over the years, he has introduced products and services that have changed the competitive landscape. He has a proven track record for developing and executing successful corporate growth strategies and is an accomplished entrepreneur, having been a founder and executive in both the health care and technology sectors."

Gorevic has deep roots as a health care visionary. While at Oxford Health Plans, he designed, built, and managed a first-of-its-kind telephone medical advice service staffed by Registered Nurses to ensure appropriate utilization of health care resources. This model has now become the industry standard.

Gorevic received a B.A. in International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania. He is a two-time winner of the WellPoint Pinnacle Award for outstanding leadership and, at age 31, was named one of the 2003 Crain's New York Business "40 Under 40" top executives.

"I am tremendously impressed by the TelaDoc platform," says Gorevic. "It offers the most robust foundation in the telehealth space and is poised to deliver new capabilities that will answer unmet needs of health care consumers. I've been an executive in both entrepreneurial ventures and Fortune 50 companies, both in and out of health care, which gives me somewhat of a unique perspective. I look forward to applying my experience to expand the TelaDoc offering, and I expect to rapidly deliver products and services that deliver meaningful value to our customers."

About TelaDoc
Founded in 2002, TelaDoc is a nationwide network of licensed, board certified primary care physicians, providing cross coverage services on demand. TelaDoc physicians have access to the member's (CCR-compliant) electronic medical record and can diagnose and treat minor non-emergency medical problems via the telephone. All TelaDoc physicians are carefully credentialed and covered by medical malpractice insurance provided by the TelaDoc Physician's Association. TelaDoc members have access to licensed physicians via the telephone 24- hours-a-day, 365 days a year. Contact: 800.835.2362 or www.TelaDoc.com.

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Accretive Health, the leading provider of revenue cycle outsourcing for large hospitals, is pleased to announce the appointment of Jay Bradford as Vice President of Operations. Jay Bradford was most recently a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal, where he specialized in cash management, financial restructuring and business plan development for corporate turnarounds or reorganizations. His primary areas of concentration were formulating and evaluating operational performance, improving working capital management, implementing cash management tools, managing asset sale processes and developing and executing on restructuring plans for companies in manufacturing, distribution, utilities, energy and telecommunication industries. Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Bradford spent two years in Dallas in the Corporate Restructuring Group of a Big Five firm performing both creditor and debtor advisory work. His responsibilities included developing and or evaluating business plans, selling non-core assets of a paper company, and managing cash for a high-tech information provider. Previous to his graduate education, he worked for four years as an auditor for a Big Five firm. Mr. Bradford earned his bachelor's degree in Accountancy from the University of Illinois and he earned a MBA from the University of Texas at Austin. He was a Certified Professional Accountant CPA in Illinois. He is also a member of the Turnaround Management Association in Dallas-Fort Worth. Accretive Health is a privately held company, backed by Accretive Technology.

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Jack Stoddard has been named the Chief Operating Officer of Accolade. Accolade is an outsourcing services provider created to significantly reduce large employers' total health care costs without limiting access. Stoddard comes to Accolade from Optum Health where he was most recently Senior Vice President of Integrated Health Solutions. In this role, Stoddard led a team focused on leveraging the assets and capabilities across OptumHealth's distinct businesses to design and deliver scalable solutions to meet market needs. Stoddard was responsible for accelerating the pace of innovation and growth by collaborating with key functional and business leaders to ensure maximum value is delivered to customers. Before stepping into the Integrated Health Solutions business, Stoddard was Senior Vice President of Employer Solutions, responsible for acquiring, retaining and serving large employer customers. Under his direction, Stoddard's team provided health and productivity solutions to employers and their employees through personally relevant health guidance, technology and services. Stoddard has more than 15 years of sales and account management leadership experience. Prior to assuming his role with UnitedHealth Group, he worked for The Advisory Board Company, a Washington, D.C.-based health care consulting and research company. He also served as vice president of business development at Health Dialog, a Boston-based disease and care management company. Stoddard earned his bachelor's degree at Denison University with highest honors and his Master of Business Administration degree at Harvard Business School. Accolade is backed by Accretive Technology, a unique private equity firm with a distinctive track record of helping create industry-leading companies.

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TelaDoc is pleased to announce the addition of Kevin Williamson as Chief Marketing Officer. TelaDoc is a nationwide network of licensed, board certified primary care physicians, providing cross coverage services on demand. Williamson comes to TelaDoc from Wellpoint where he was Staff Vice President of Clinical Innovation and Strategy for their Health Management Corporation. In this role, Williamson was responsible for identifying, developing and launching product and member engagement innovations across business units. Prior to Wellpoint, Williamson spent two years as a Staff VP of Marketing for Wellpoint where he led a team to devise and execute enterprise marketing and account retention strategies. Kevin came to Wellpoint through the acquisition of Empire BlueCross BlueShield, where he spent 5 years in various marketing roles. Most recently at Empire, Williamson was the Regional Vice President of B2B and Senior Marketing. In this role he was responsible for advertising, branding, communications and direct response marketing initiatives. Williamson started at Empire as the Director of Web Product Strategy. He spent one year in a startup- ICON MediaLab, which was a full-service digital marketing agency network. Williamson spent 4 years at Ernst and Young as a manager and started his career at BellSouth Services. Williamson received his degree in Industrial Engineering from Georgia Tech and his Master of Science in Industrial Engineering with Health Systems Emphasis from Georgia Tech as well. TelaDoc is a privately held company backed by Trident Capital.

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Accretive Health, the leading provider of revenue cycle outsourcing for large hospitals, is pleased to announce the appointment of Jeff Bucklew as Vice President of Human Resources. Jeff came over to Accretive Health from GE, where he was focused on the GE leadership review process (Session C), talent identification, performance management and development & succession planning for GE executives worldwide. Jeff also had overall responsibility for executive development courses at GE. Jeff began his professional career in human resources in 1994 with Coach Leatherware. He joined GE in 1995 on the Human Resource Leadership Program (HRLP). While on HRLP, Jeff worked as Human Resources Manager for Auto Financial Services at their Chicago headquarters and then moved to Italy as the Integration Manager for a new GE acquisition - Filea Leasing. In 1997, he joined Commercial Equipment Finance (CEF) and assumed the role of HRM for an acquisition from ITT Financial Services based in St. Louis. Two subsequent roles with CEF were HRM roles, one for the International CEF businesses and another with an acquisition from MetLife in Seattle. In 2002, he joined GE Energy and was appointed HR Leader for a new acquisition, Bently Nevada, based in Lake Tahoe, Nevada. In 2004, Jeff moved to Houston to become the Global HR Leader for Aero Energy and remained in this role until he joined the corporate executive development team in January 2007. Jeff was born in Stoughton, Wisconsin and grew up in Missoula, Montana. He attended Ohio University, graduated with a B.S. degree in communications in 1992 and attended Rutgers University and earned a M.S. degree in human resource management in 1995. Jeff and his wife, Amy, have a daughter, Emilia (4), and a son, Jackson (2), and reside in New Canaan, CT. Accretive Health is a privately held company, backed by Accretive Technology.

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Accretive Health, the leading provider of revenue cycle outsourcing for large hospitals, is pleased to announce the appointment of Caroline Stockdale as Vice President of Operations. Caroline Stockdale most recently was Warner Music Group's (WMG) Executive Vice President, Global Human Resources. In this role, she was responsible for all areas of human resources for the company's worldwide employees, including compensation and benefits, staffing, organization, employee relations, new employee initiatives and productivity. Before joining WMG in 2005, Stockdale served as a senior human resources executive at some of the world's largest corporations. Stockdale was Senior Vice President, Relationship Leader Human Resources, at American Express Financial Advisors/Global Financial Services where she was the human resource leader for the Financial Services arm of American Express and its approximately 22,000 employees and Independent Financial Advisors. Before joining American Express Financial Advisors in 2002, Stockdale held a variety of human resources leadership positions at General Electric (GE) Capital Corporation in Europe and the United States. Stockdale rose to the level of Executive Vice President and Global Human Resources Leader at GE Capital Corporation's Aviation Services division, a $40 billion aircraft financing business operating in more than 65 countries. Stockdale is qualified as a chartered accountant and graduated with a B.A. Honors degree from the University of Sheffield in Sheffield, England. Accretive Health is a privately held company, backed by Accretive Technology.

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Indianapolis-based Interactions announces the hiring of Mike Iacobucci as CEO. Mike brings 30 years of technology industry leadership experience to Interactions, Inc. As president and CEO, Iacobucci is primarily responsible for shaping the company's core business goals, overseeing execution of its growth strategies, operational and technology leadership and go to market initiatives. With a strong mix of strategic, operational and financial experience, Iacobucci leads Interactions through the complex business issues facing fast-moving, high-growth technology/managed service companies. His proven success helping companies turn industry trends and evolving customer needs into competitive advantage is a valuable asset to the company. Prior to joining Interactions, Iacobucci was CEO of Idiom Technologies, a developer of enterprise level translation automation technology, servicing fortune 1,000 corporations which was acquired in 2008 by SDL Enterprise LTD a publically traded company. While at Idiom he was responsible for defining the company's core business goals and strategies and driving the execution. Prior to his role at Idiom, he was an executive in residence with Sigma Partners where he held a number of executive positions for a variety of technology companies. Prior to his role at Sigma, he was a founder of Books24x7.com, a provider of web-based digital, technical and business reference content acquired by SkillSoft. While at Books24x7, he played a lead role in the development of innovative electronic publishing strategies. He was also a key member of the team that drove the execution of the company's successful sales, customer relationship and partner programs. Iacobucci has also held senior management positions with Phoenix Technologies Ltd. and Cullinet Software.

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Workwell Systems Inc, announced the addition of Janis Moebus as Senior Vice President, Workforce Transformation. Workwell is a leading provider of integrated injury prevention, workers compensation management and early intervention stay-at-work/return-to-work programs for large employers. Janis was most recently the Vice President of Product and Outcomes for McKesson Health, where she had been since July 2006. In this role, she helped developed the product management structure for McKesson Health. Prior Janis was at SHPS as the Sr. Vice President of Strategic Relationships, where she was in charge of products ranging from Absence Management, Disability Management, Workers Compensation Claims and Health Risk Assessment. She also held the title of SVP of Healthcare Product Management. Janis came to SHPS through the acquisition of eBenX. She spent 4 years at eBenX in the role of Vice President of Absence and Disability Consulting. Janis also held roles at Corvel, an integrated disability management company and Kenfield Rehabilitation Services. Janis holds her Bachelor of Arts from Augsburg College in Minneapolis, Minnesota and her Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology from University of St. Thomas in St. Paul Minnesota. Workwell is backed by Mission Ventures.

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Workwell Systems, a leading provider of injury prevention and workers' compensation management software and services for businesses, announces the hiring of Doug Robinson as CEO. Previously, Mr. Robinson was at UnitedHealth Group's Uniprise as SVP Healthcare Transformation. While at Uniprise, he lead the explosive growth around consumer-driven healthcare (CDH) for UHG and has increased enrollment from 500,000 members to more than 2.4 million. Mr. Robinson also managed the large full-replace CDH plan sponsors (26 clients, 1.2 million members, ~ $1 billion in healthcare spend, ~ $250 million in revenue). Prior to joining United, Mr. Robinson led Deloitte Consulting's newly formed CDH practice from 2002-2005 which provided actuarial, change management and outsourcing consulting. From 2001-2002, Mr. Robinson served as SVP, National Practice Leader for SynHrgy, an outsourced provider of integrated HR services including Health & Welfare, Integrated Absence Management, Integrated Pension Administration, Workforce Administration and Compensation & Performance Management. From 1998-2001, Mr. Robinson was Director, Healthcare Consulting where he built a practice and managed the first "full-replace" CDH engagement from inception through installation until his division was sold to Mellon Financial. From 1987-1998, Mr. Robinson was at Buck and and Mercer. Mr. Robinson joined the workforce in 1984 as a senior account executive for Blue Cross of Washington & Alaska with sales and marketing responsibility. Mr. Robinson is a graduate of Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington with a Bachelor of Arts in Speech Communications and Marketing/Public Relations. He lives in Snoqualmie, Washington with his wife and six children. Workwell is a privately held company, backed by Trident Capital.

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Accretive Health, the leading provider of revenue cycle outsourcing for large hospitals, is pleased to announce two new appointments. Erik Hayes and Steve Walters have joined as Vice President, Process Reengineering. Mr. Hayes joined Accretive Health from GE Insurance Solutions where, since 2002, he held the role of Master Black Belt/Quality Leader. In this role, Mr. Hayes has demonstrated leadership of business growth and performance improvements thorough motivation, influence, and the application of analytical decision-making processes. Mr. Hayes joined GE in 1991 as a Field Engineer for GE Installation and Services Engineering. He was promoted in 1993 to lead the engineering team for GE Installation & Services Engineering that would improve customer productivity in GE Plastics. Mr. Hayes was promoted again in 1995 to GE Fanuc where he held several roles software applications and engineering roles. In 2000, Mr. Hayes, served as commercial Black Belt for GE Supply leading the implementation of national account dashboard measures and performance improvements. Mr. Hayes holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering Technology from Purdue University. He is a Black Belt and Master Black Belt Certified.

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Accretive Health, the leading provider of revenue cycle outsourcing for large hospitals, is pleased to announce two new appointments. Erik Hayes and Steve Walters have joined as Vice President, Process Reengineering. Mr. Walters is a former Vice President of Quality at Access Distribution. He has extensive Six Sigma expertise from various GE businesses, as well as proven success in leading highly complex engineering projects. Walters came to Access Distribution in 2002 from GE Power Systems' Quality organization where he was a customer quality manager supporting ComEd in Chicago. Leveraging his At the Customer, For the Customer (ACFC) background, he helped deploy the initiative at Access Distribution, while also focusing on process improvements within the company's sales organization as a Master Black Belt. He was promoted to Quality Leader in April 2003. Since being hired by GE in 1994, Walters has worked in various engineering capacities, including work with Monte Carlo analysis, nuclear core design, GE's Advanced Boiling Water Design and the introduction of GE's latest Nuclear fuel design into Asia. In 1999, he became a certified Black Belt supporting engineering, manufacturing and commercial process improvements. He is a graduate of the University of Illinois with a BS in Nuclear & Electrical Engineering and from North Carolina State University with a Masters in Nuclear Engineering.

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Accretive Health, the leading provider of revenue cycle outsourcing for large hospital systems, has announced the placement of Jay Bradford as VP of Sales. Bradford come from Alvarez and Marsal, where he was a Managing Director, specializing in cash management, financial restructuring and business plan development for corporate turnarounds or reorganizations. His primary areas of concentration include formulating and evaluating operational performance, improving working capital management, implementing cash management tools, managing asset sale processes and developing and executing on restructuring plans for companies in manufacturing, distribution, utilities, energy and telecommunication industries. Prior to A&M, Mr. Bradford spent two years in Dallas in the Corporate Restructuring Group of a Big Five firm performing both creditor and debtor advisory work. His responsibilities included developing and or evaluating business plans, selling non-core assets of a paper company, and managing cash for a high-tech information provider. Previous to his graduate education, he worked for four years as an auditor for a Big Five firm. Mr. Bradford earned his bachelor's degree in Accountancy from the University of Illinois and he earned a MBA from the University of Texas at Austin. He was a Certified Professional Accountant CPA in Illinois. He is also a member of the Turnaround Management Association in Dallas-Fort Worth.

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Steve Smith has joined Accretive Health, a patient access and revenue cycle service company for health care providers, as Senior Vice President of Revenue Cycle Services. A recognized leader in healthcare revenue cycle management, Mr. Smith brings more than 20 years experience transforming financial operations for many of the leading not for profit health systems in the United States . He led the development of the healthcare process improvement system, which quickly grew, to a $300 million worldwide consulting practice for $8 billion Cap Gemini Ernst & Young. Mr. Smith began his consulting career with Ernst & Ernst Consulting in 1974 where he rose rapidly from consultant to partner by 1984. As Partner of the Ernst & Young Healthcare Practice, Mr. Smith consulted on complete revenue cycle management services, including; patient access, billing, coding, pricing, collection, and documentation to improve days in receivable and eliminate denials. Under Mr. Smith’s leadership the healthcare consulting practice became the world leader in healthcare process improvement with revenues of more than $300 million annually. In 2000, Mr. Smith was selected to lead Cap Gemini Ernst & Young’s healthcare consulting operations in the Midwest region of this $8 billion international consulting firm following the merger between Ernst & Young and Cap Gemini. His primary focus was to provide revenue cycle management services to leading health systems nationally while managing consulting operations in the Midwest . In his role of Vice President, Mr. Smith was responsible for selling and leading one of the largest healthcare consulting engagements in company history, with estimated revenues of $25 million. Mr. Smith earned his Masters of Science in Health Services Administration from The Ohio State University in 1977. He was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Cornell in 1973. He is a Member of the Illinois chapter of the Healthcare Financial Management Association and a former President and Distinguished Alumnus of the Ohio State University Health Services Program Alumni Association.

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John Sparby has joined Accretive Health, a patient access and revenue cycle service company for health care providers, as director of client solutions. John joins Accretive Health from Stockamp & Associates, a mid-sized healthcare consulting firm, where his engagement experience focused on across key revenue cycle departments including Admitting/Registration, Utilization Management, Medical Records, Patient Accounting, Managed Care, and Information Systems. John joined Stockamp in 1998. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Healthcare Administration and Political Science from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota.

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Christine Rakoci joined Accretive Health, a patient access and revenue cycle service company for health care providers, as Senior Vice President of Revenue Cycle Operations. Previously Christine held the position of Vice President of Business Office Operations for Triad Hospitals Inc. and joined Columbia/HCA in 1995 through the HealthTrust/Columbia/HCA merger as the Director of Business Office Services for the Louisiana Division. Prior to that, she served as the Regional Director of Business Office Services for HealthTrust's Southern Region comprised of hospitals in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Georgia. Before joining HealthTrust in 1990 she was Vice President of Operations for an East Coast healthcare consulting firm with HCA and HealthTrust as clients. Christine has been in the healthcare industry for more than 30 years serving in various capacities in both non-profit and for-profit hospitals, including positions as Business Office Director, Physician Practice Manager, CFO and COO. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration, a Master's degree in Business Administration, and a Master's degree in Healthcare Administration, concentrating in Hospital Administration.

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Mary Tolan has become the chief executive officer of Chicago-based Accretive Health, a patient access and revenue cycle service company for health care providers. Prior to assuming her current role, Tolan spent 22 years with Accenture. She most recently served as Accenture's corporate development officer, where she focused on new business opportunities for the global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company. Tolan was also group chief executive of Accenture's resources operating group. She has acted as the chief strategist for Accenture and was a key designer of the company's reinvention agenda and led its global retail operating unit. Tolan serves on the council for the Graduate School of Business at the University of Chicago and on the board of the Lyric Opera. She received a bachelor of business administration degree from Loyola University and a master of business administration degree from the University of Chicago. Tolan was named to Crain's "Top 40 Under 40" list and Consulting magazine's "The Top 25 Consultants 2000 - The Profession's Most Influential People" list.

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