Meet Our Team
Meet our Team of multi-disciplinary industry experts who ensure we stay one step ahead of compliance requirements and industry best practice.
Neal Long,
Founder & CEO
Neal Long is a global Life-Sciences executive with extensive experience in medical devices and information technology. Long has extensive experience with industry giants: GE, Marquette, Philips, and Draeger GmbH, where he was General Manager, Business Unit Head, and CEO, respectively. Most recently, Neal was CEO of Cardiac Science Corporation. He is a growth-oriented executive with background in business transformations, turnarounds, and startups.
Mike Krenzke, Chief Technology Officer
Mike Krenzke is a platform architect with over 20 years of experience developing healthcare IT solutions for Marquette Medical Systems, GE Healthcare, RF Technologies, CartaNova, and NightHawk Radiology. In addition to his healthcare IT expertise, Krenzke developed innovative and secure financial software at his most recent appointment with Wells Fargo.
Karen Mellin,
VP of Sales
Karen Mellin brings over 20 years of healthcare technology sales leadership to her role as Vice President of Sales at ConsortiEX. Throughout her career, she has partnered with healthcare organizations to implement solutions that improve patient care and operational efficiency, with expertise spanning pharmacy automation, healthcare software, and medical technology.
Karen’s career has taken her from McKesson, where she spent over a decade building relationships with hospital systems and retail pharmacies, to leadership roles at companies like Swisslog Healthcare, DrFirst, and GE Healthcare. She’s passionate about building strong teams, fostering authentic partnerships, and helping organizations navigate complex technology decisions.
Most recently at McKesson Pharmacy Automation, Karen managed strategic relationships across the East Coast, always focusing on understanding her clients’ unique challenges and finding solutions that truly fit their needs.
When she’s not working, Karen enjoys experimenting in the kitchen (with varying degrees of success!), exploring new destinations with her husband, and relaxing with a good book and her dogs. She’s an avid music lover and believes that great conversations often happen over a home-cooked meal.
Karen is based in Warwick, Rhode Island.
Tom Karakosta, VP of Strategic Marketing & Compounding
Tom Karakosta joined ConsortiEX after successfully leading the strategic marketing team for infusion technology at Fresenius Kabi USA. In his most recent role, Karakosta was responsible for developing the North American requirements for a next generation infusion system, currently installed in more than 30 countries. His areas of focus included the development and commercialization of the medication safety management suite: dose error reduction and infusion data analytics software. Prior to his role at Fresenius Kabi, he spent time in various management positions within hospital, and independent community, pharmacies. Karakosta holds a Bachelors of Science and a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Nova Southeastern University, where he graduated as a member of the Rho Chi Honors Society.
Wyn Gary Jr., VP of Health System Supply Chain
Wyn Gary Jr. is a dynamic product development leader with extensive experience across a wide range of healthcare devices and systems applications. He comes to us from Eaton Corporation, where he was the Product Owner for Eaton Brightlayer Industrial, and subject matter expert for IoT (Internet of Things) Hardware and Software Solutions including edge devices and cloud to mobile applications and interfaces.
In addition to Eaton Corp., Wyn made critical contributions as VP of Engineering at Whirlpool Corporation, RF Technologies, Carta Nova, GE Marquette Medical Systems, General Electric Medical Systems, and McDonell – Douglas Corporation.
Kate Edwards, VP of Operations
Kate Edwards has 10+ years of experience in customer relations and marketing communications. Kate came to ConsortiEX in 2015, from Delphi Automotive, where she was a Communications Specialist, and Shows and Events Coordinator. Prior to her current role as Support Manager, Kate was the Director of Marketing for ConsortiEX from 2015-2019. Kate holds a B.A. from Michigan State University.
April Menz,
VP of Finance
April Menz, has 10+ years of experience in financial reporting and technical accounting. Prior to joining ConsortiEX in 2021, she was a Corporate Accounting and Financial Reporting Manager for Jason Group, headquartered in Milwaukee, WI. She is responsible for developing the annual budget, preparing financial and cashflow forecasts, and all aspects of accounting, billing and collections, and financial reporting. She holds a BBA in Accounting and Economics Minor from University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.
Jennifer Belavic, Director of Customer Experience
Jennifer Belavic, PharmD, MBA, BCPS, DPLA, FASHP.
Dr. Jennifer Belavic’s career has spanned across the
pharmacy world, where she started as a clinical pharmacist at Albert Einstein
Medical Center and progressed through management where she ultimately held the
role of Regional Director of Pharmacy at UPMC.
Following that, she was the Director of Clinical Consulting at
Omnicell. Throughout this time, she also
worked as a per diem retail pharmacist.
Dr. Belavic is a graduate of the University of the Sciences in
Philadelphia where she earned her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy. She
also graduated with an MBA in Healthcare Administration and an MBA in
Healthcare Informatics, in addition to being a Board-Certified Pharmacotherapy
Specialist and a Fellow of ASHP. She now serves as Director of Customer
Experience for ConsortiEX.
Anne Rapp, Manager of Customer Success
Anne Rapp, Manager of Customer Success, has 20+ years in customer service and customer experience. Anne came to ConsortiEX from Roastar, Inc. As the Manager of Customer Success, Anne leverages the connections she made during her 7 years leading implementations and her almost 10 years in the DSCSA world to provide top-tier support and guidance to our customers. Anne enjoys helping users understand how to best utilize our solutions and helped to found ConsortiEX University online learning. Anne holds a B.A. from Mount Mary University.
Jeff Karrels,
IT Systems and QA Director
IT Systems and QA Director
Jeff Karrels, IT Systems and QA Director, has 20+ years of IT experience. Prior to ConsortiEX, Jeff worked for Strong Funds and Wells Fargo where he held positions in system monitoring, system automation, software engineering, product implementations, business continuity planning, and project management. Jeff also serves the Advisory Board at Waukesha County Technical College, where he earned an Associates Degree in Web and Software Development.
Neal Long, Founder & CEO
Neal Long,
Founder & CEO
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Neal Long is a global Life-Sciences executive with extensive experience in medical devices and information technology. Long has extensive experience with industry giants: GE, Marquette, Philips, and Draeger GmbH, where he was General Manager, Business Unit Head, and CEO, respectively. Most recently, Neal was CEO of Cardiac Science Corporation. He is a growth-oriented executive with background in business transformations, turnarounds, and startups.
Mike Krenzke, Chief Technology Officer
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Mike Krenzke is a platform architect with over 20 years of experience developing healthcare IT solutions for Marquette Medical Systems, GE Healthcare, RF Technologies, CartaNova, and NightHawk Radiology. In addition to his healthcare IT expertise, Krenzke developed innovative and secure financial software at his most recent appointment with Wells Fargo.
Karen Mellin,
VP of Sales
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Karen Mellin brings over 20 years of healthcare technology sales leadership to her role as Vice President of Sales at ConsortiEX. Throughout her career, she has partnered with healthcare organizations to implement solutions that improve patient care and operational efficiency, with expertise spanning pharmacy automation, healthcare software, and medical technology.
Karen’s career has taken her from McKesson, where she spent over a decade building relationships with hospital systems and retail pharmacies, to leadership roles at companies like Swisslog Healthcare, DrFirst, and GE Healthcare. She’s passionate about building strong teams, fostering authentic partnerships, and helping organizations navigate complex technology decisions.
Most recently at McKesson Pharmacy Automation, Karen managed strategic relationships across the East Coast, always focusing on understanding her clients’ unique challenges and finding solutions that truly fit their needs.
When she’s not working, Karen enjoys experimenting in the kitchen (with varying degrees of success!), exploring new destinations with her husband, and relaxing with a good book and her dogs. She’s an avid music lover and believes that great conversations often happen over a home-cooked meal.
Karen is based in Warwick, Rhode Island.
Tom Karakosta, VP of Strategic Marketing & Compounding
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Tom Karakosta joined ConsortiEX after successfully leading the strategic marketing team for infusion technology at Fresenius Kabi USA. In his most recent role, Karakosta was responsible for developing the North American requirements for a next generation infusion system, currently installed in more than 30 countries. His areas of focus included the development and commercialization of the medication safety management suite: dose error reduction and infusion data analytics software. Prior to his role at Fresenius Kabi, he spent time in various management positions within hospital, and independent community, pharmacies. Karakosta holds a Bachelors of Science and a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Nova Southeastern University, where he graduated as a member of the Rho Chi Honors Society.
Kate Edwards, VP of Operations
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Kate Edwards has 10+ years of experience in customer relations and marketing communications. Kate came to ConsortiEX in 2015, from Delphi Automotive, where she was a Communications Specialist, and Shows and Events Coordinator. Prior to her current role as Support Manager, Kate was the Director of Marketing for ConsortiEX from 2015-2019. Kate holds a B.A. from Michigan State University.
Wyn Gary Jr., VP of Health System Supply Chain
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Wyn Gary Jr. is a dynamic product development leader with extensive experience across a wide range of healthcare devices and systems applications. He comes to us from Eaton Corporation, where he was the Product Owner for Eaton Brightlayer Industrial, and subject matter expert for IoT (Internet of Things) Hardware and Software Solutions including edge devices and cloud to mobile applications and interfaces.
In addition to Eaton Corp., Wyn made critical contributions as VP of Engineering at Whirlpool Corporation, RF Technologies, Carta Nova, GE Marquette Medical Systems, General Electric Medical Systems, and McDonell – Douglas Corporation.
April Menz, VP of Finance
April Menz,
VP of Finance
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April Menz, has 10+ years of experience in financial reporting and technical accounting. Prior to joining ConsortiEX in 2021, she was a Corporate Accounting and Financial Reporting Manager for Jason Group, headquartered in Milwaukee, WI. She is responsible for developing the annual budget, preparing financial and cashflow forecasts, and all aspects of accounting, billing and collections, and financial reporting. She holds a BBA in Accounting and Economics Minor from University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.
Jennifer Belavic, Director of Customer Experience
Jennifer Belavic,
Director of Customer Experience
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Jennifer Belavic, PharmD, MBA, BCPS, DPLA, FASHP.
Dr. Jennifer Belavic’s career has spanned across the
pharmacy world, where she started as a clinical pharmacist at Albert Einstein
Medical Center and progressed through management where she ultimately held the
role of Regional Director of Pharmacy at UPMC.
Following that, she was the Director of Clinical Consulting at
Omnicell. Throughout this time, she also
worked as a per diem retail pharmacist.
Dr. Belavic is a graduate of the University of the Sciences in
Philadelphia where she earned her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy. She
also graduated with an MBA in Healthcare Administration and an MBA in Healthcare Informatics, in addition to being a Board-Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist and a Fellow of ASHP. She now serves as Director of Customer Experience for ConsortiEX.
Anne Rapp, Customer Operations Implementation Manager
Anne Rapp, Manager of Customer Success
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Anne Rapp, Manager of Customer Success, has 20+ years in customer service and customer experience. Anne came to ConsortiEX from Roastar, Inc. As the Manager of Customer Success, Anne leverages the connections she made during her 7 years leading implementations and her almost 10 years in the DSCSA world to provide top-tier support and guidance to our customers. Anne enjoys helping users understand how to best utilize our solutions and helped to found ConsortiEX University online learning. Anne holds a B.A. from Mount Mary University.
Jeff Karrels, IT Systems and QA Director
Jeff Karrels,
IT Systems and QA Director
IT Systems and QA Director
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Jeff Karrels, IT Systems and QA Director, has 20+ years of IT experience. Prior to ConsortiEX, Jeff worked for Strong Funds and Wells Fargo where he held positions in system monitoring, system automation, software engineering, product implementations, business continuity planning, and project management. Jeff also serves the Advisory Board at Waukesha County Technical College, where he earned an Associates Degree in Web and Software Development.
A Comprehensive Multi-Disciplinary Team
Our Advisory Board is made up of key players from across the pharmaceutical industry and pharmacy operations. Our Advisory Board members are highly experienced and well known for their expertise and successes in the pharmacy, IT, and healthcare industries. With more than 200 years of combined experience, our Advisory Board plays a pivotal role in ConsortiEX business and product planning.
Advisory Board
Ernest Anderson
Ernest Anderson has over 37 years of leadership experience in all aspects of health-system pharmacy. Anderson has given countless presentations on financial management and authored a chapter in Sterile Products in Hospital Pharmacy Administration. Widely recognized for his expertise in the financial arena, he has designed and implemented, clean rooms, clinical pharmacy programs and is a known leader in securing reimbursement for clinical services. As the former VP of Pharmacy for the Steward Health System, Anderson led efforts to establish a committee and formulary which would standardize physician order entry, policy, and procedure. During his time as the Director of Pharmacy for Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Anderson implemented inpatient and outpatient pharmacy automation as well as reimbursement for patient care service in an at-risk model. He is recognized locally and nationally for his leadership skills and has served nationally in ASHP and the Association of Community Cancer Centers.
Charlotte Smith
Charlotte Smith is a consultant in the area of pharmaceutical waste management, new business startup management and is a Senior Regulatory Advisor for PharmEcology Services, a business unit of Waste Management Healthcare Solutions, Inc. (WMHS), a Waste Management company. She founded PharmEcology Associates, LLC in 2000 and sold the company to WMHS in 2009. She co-founded Capital Returns, Inc., a nationally known pharmaceutical reverse distributor in 1991. Smith is a registered pharmacist who received her BS in Pharmacy and MS in Continuing and Vocational Education from the University of Wisconsin. She is a member of the Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin, the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, and the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP).
Marianne Ivey
Dr. Marianne F. Ivey, Pharm.D., M.P.H., is Immediate Past President of the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) Hospital Pharmacy Section, where she also served as VP for the Americas and was a key contributor to the FIP Global Conference on the Future of Hospital Pharmacy. She is a former ASHP President, Treasurer and Chair of the ASHP House of Delegates. She currently serves as a member of the Board of Pharmacy Specialties and on the St. Louis College of Pharmacy President’s Advisory Council. She is on the Advisory Board for the University of Cincinnati Master’s Degree in Pharmacy Leadership. Dr. Ivey has received the FIP Distinguished Pharmacy Practice Award, Harvey A. K. Whitney Lecture Award, the Donald E. Francke Medal, and more.
David Kvancz
David Kvancz has more than 30 years of experience as a strategic pharmacy leader and senior healthcare executive. Throughout his career, Kvancz has designed and implemented innovative and contemporary pharmacy facility designs, workflow systems, pharmacist practice models, inpatient medication use systems and leading-edge technologies. Most recently, Kvancz served as the Vice President of the National Pharmacy Programs and Services for Kaiser Permanente, and the Chief Pharmacy Officer at Cleveland Clinic. Kvancz has also served in leadership positions at local, state, and national pharmacy organizations including the chair of the Practice Managers Section of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists and the President of the Arizona Society of Health-System Pharmacy. He also previously served as the Chairman of the Premier GPO National Pharmacy Executive and Advisory Committee. He has published several articles and given multiple presentations at local, state, and national meetings covering a variety of pharmaceutical topics.
Robert Smaglia
Robert Smaglia is a successful senior healthcare executive with more than 25 years experience in developing and managing in the high-growth home infusion industry. He is a systems oriented leader with exceptional operations experience in taking two home-care companies from inception to a market leading national presence. His professional experience includes roles as VP of Operations and VP/GM of such companies as: Clinical Care America, Critical Care Systems, and Chartwell Home Infusion. He was a Home Infusion surveyor for The Joint Commission. His other professional roles include: Healthcare Safety Consulting, NH Board of Pharmacy Task Force on Compounding Rules, ASHP Advisory Group for home infusion, and Adjunct Faculty at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy.
William Churchill
William Churchill is the former Chief Pharmacy Officer of the Department of Pharmacy Services at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA. Mr. Churchill also served the pharmacy profession as the founder and Council Chairperson of the Partners Healthcare Chief Pharmacy Officer’s Council and as the Vice Chair and Council Chairperson of the UHC/Vizient National Pharmacy Council. He held appointments as an adjunct Clinical Professor of Pharmacy Practice at Northeastern University, Bouve College of Health Sciences and as Professor of Pharmacy Practice at the University of London School of Pharmacy. For his efforts in improving medication safety worldwide, he was awarded the 2007 American Society of Health System Pharmacists’ (ASHP) Distinguished Leadership Award. In 2008 he was selected as the Massachusetts Health System Pharmacist of the Year and has authored or co-authored over 42 publications in peer reviewed medical and pharmacy journals.
Thomas Thielke
Thomas Thielke has over 20 years of pharmacy experience including serving as the Vice President of Professional and Support Services, and Director of Pharmacy at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics (UWHC). While at UWHC, Thielke was responsible for consulting pharmacy services, overseeing the home-care pharmacy division, and managed multiple outpatient pharmacies and pharmacy services. As an active member of pharmacy associations, he is former chairman of the ASHP House of Delegates, President of both ASHP and the Wisconsin Society of Health-System Pharmacists, founder and former chairman of the Board of Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin, and clinical professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Pharmacy. He served two terms as the Vice President of the Hospital Pharmacists Section of the Federation of International Pharmacists, where he served as president from 1998-2002. As an accomplished author of numerous professional publications, he has given more than 100 presentations at state, national and international pharmacy conferences.
Todd Cozzens
Todd Cozzens is a managing partner at Leernik Transformation Partners. He has more than 25 years of experience in the healthcare technology and information systems industry; focusing on investing in early and growth stage healthcare technology service companies, and advises companies currently under investment. Most recently he was a partner at Sequoia Capital. Prior to joining Sequoia, Cozzens founded, and led, high acuity information system leader Picis, where it was Cozzens’ original strategic vision that drove the company to a 50% annual growth rate over a 10-year span and to over 2,300 hospital clients. Prior to Picis, he held several senior executive positions with Marquette Medical Systems, now GE Healthcare. He is on the board of directors for Health Catalyst, MedExpress, Natera, PerfectServe, Zirmed, and chairs the board of AirStrip and SVBio. Cozzen’s also has recently served in an advisory capacity to Optum, TPG, TelCare, and the Carlyle Group. He is a graduate of Marquette University and the Harvard Business School Executive Program for Management Development.
Board of Directors
Neal Long
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Neal Long is a growth-oriented executive with background in business transformations, turnarounds, and startups. He is a global Life-Sciences executive with extensive experience in medical devices and information technology with industry giants: GE, Marquette, Philips, and Draeger GmbH, where he was General Manager, Business Unit Head, and CEO, respectively. Most recently, Long was CEO of Cardiac Science Corporation.
Kevin Lindsey
Kevin Lindsey held positions as the Vice President of Finance Marquette Medical Systems, an equity executive with the Endeavors Group, and was formerly with Arthur Andersen, a Big Five accounting firm based in Chicago.
Richard Griffin
Richard Griffin is currently a Chairman & Trustee at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, a serial entrepreneur, and the former President and CEO of Critical Care Systems for Home Infusion Compounding.
Dennis Beard
Dennis Beard, a Managing Partner with Serra Ventures of Champaign, IL, has built a successful career in financial services, healthcare services, and technology. He offers professional services to emerging technology enterprises and is a Managing Partner of Serra Capital, a family of micro-venture capital funds.
Jim Schultz
Jim Schultz is the founding partner of Open Prairie Ventures, a successful Midwest-based venture capital and private equity fund management firm. Schultz has over 30 years of entrepreneurial and investment experience spanning a diverse array of industries, including agriculture, healthcare, life sciences, and technology.
George Roberts
George Roberts is a Venture Partner at OpenView, where he applies his management experience to their expansion stage portfolio.
Over the last 17 years, George has served on the board of several fast-growing venture capital funded software companies, including ScriptLogic Corporation and Fieldglass Inc.
Andy Nunemaker
Andy Nunemaker is currently the Senior Vice President of Benefits Solutions at Applied Systems. He was a co-founder, and CEO, of Dynamis Software Corporation and has held several executive roles with GE Healthcare; including CEO of GE Healthcare for Australia, New Zealand and Southeast Asia.
Advisory Board
Ernest Anderson
Ernest Anderson
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Ernest Anderson has over 37 years of leadership experience in all aspects of health-system pharmacy. Anderson has given countless presentations on financial management and authored a chapter in Sterile Products in Hospital Pharmacy Administration. Widely recognized for his expertise in the financial arena, he has designed and implemented, clean rooms, clinical pharmacy programs and is a known leader in securing reimbursement for clinical services. As the former VP of Pharmacy for the Steward Health System, Anderson led efforts to establish a committee and formulary which would standardize physician order entry, policy, and procedure. During his time as the Director of Pharmacy for Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Anderson implemented inpatient and outpatient pharmacy automation as well as reimbursement for patient care service in an at-risk model. He is recognized locally and nationally for his leadership skills and has served nationally in ASHP and the Association of Community Cancer Centers.
David Kvancz
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David Kvancz has more than 30 years of experience as a strategic pharmacy leader and senior healthcare executive. Throughout his career, Kvancz has designed and implemented innovative and contemporary pharmacy facility designs, workflow systems, pharmacist practice models, inpatient medication use systems and leading-edge technologies. Most recently, Kvancz served as the Vice President of the National Pharmacy Programs and Services for Kaiser Permanente, and the Chief Pharmacy Officer at Cleveland Clinic. Kvancz has also served in leadership positions at local, state, and national pharmacy organizations including the chair of the Practice Managers Section of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists and the President of the Arizona Society of Health-System Pharmacy. He also previously served as the Chairman of the Premier GPO National Pharmacy Executive and Advisory Committee. He has published several articles and given multiple presentations at local, state, and national meetings covering a variety of pharmaceutical topics.
Thomas Thielke
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Thomas Thielke has over 20 years of pharmacy experience including serving as the Vice President of Professional and Support Services, and Director of Pharmacy at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics (UWHC). While at UWHC, Thielke was responsible for consulting pharmacy services, overseeing the home-care pharmacy division, and managed multiple outpatient pharmacies and pharmacy services. As an active member of pharmacy associations, he is former chairman of the ASHP House of Delegates, President of both ASHP and the Wisconsin Society of Health-System Pharmacists, founder and former chairman of the Board of Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin, and clinical professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Pharmacy. He served two terms as the Vice President of the Hospital Pharmacists Section of the Federation of International Pharmacists, where he served as president from 1998-2002. As an accomplished author of numerous professional publications, he has given more than 100 presentations at state, national and international pharmacy conferences.
Charlotte Smith
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Charlotte Smith is a consultant in the area of pharmaceutical waste management, new business startup management and is a Senior Regulatory Advisor for PharmEcology Services, a business unit of Waste Management Healthcare Solutions, Inc. (WMHS), a Waste Management company. She founded PharmEcology Associates, LLC in 2000 and sold the company to WMHS in 2009. She co-founded Capital Returns, Inc., a nationally known pharmaceutical reverse distributor in 1991. Smith is a registered pharmacist who received her BS in Pharmacy and MS in Continuing and Vocational Education from the University of Wisconsin. She is a member of the Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin, the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, and the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP).
Robert Smaglia
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Robert Smaglia is a successful senior healthcare executive with more than 25 years experience in developing and managing in the high-growth home infusion industry. He is a systems oriented leader with exceptional operations experience in taking two home-care companies from inception to a market leading national presence. His professional experience includes roles as VP of Operations and VP/GM of such companies as: Clinical Care America, Critical Care Systems, and Chartwell Home Infusion. He was a Home Infusion surveyor for The Joint Commission. His other professional roles include: Healthcare Safety Consulting, NH Board of Pharmacy Task Force on Compounding Rules, ASHP Advisory Group for home infusion, and Adjunct Faculty at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy.
Todd Cozzens
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Todd Cozzens is a managing partner at Leernik Transformation Partners. He has more than 25 years of experience in the healthcare technology and information systems industry; focusing on investing in early and growth stage healthcare technology service companies, and advises companies currently under investment. Most recently he was a partner at Sequoia Capital. Prior to joining Sequoia, Cozzens founded, and led, high acuity information system leader Picis, where it was Cozzens’ original strategic vision that drove the company to a 50% annual growth rate over a 10-year span and to over 2,300 hospital clients. Prior to Picis, he held several senior executive positions with Marquette Medical Systems, now GE Healthcare. He is on the board of directors for Health Catalyst, MedExpress, Natera, PerfectServe, Zirmed, and chairs the board of AirStrip and SVBio. Cozzen’s also has recently served in an advisory capacity to Optum, TPG, TelCare, and the Carlyle Group. He is a graduate of Marquette University and the Harvard Business School Executive Program for Management Development.
Marianne Ivey
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Dr. Marianne F. Ivey, Pharm.D., M.P.H., is Immediate Past President of the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) Hospital Pharmacy Section, where she also served as VP for the Americas and was a key contributor to the FIP Global Conference on the Future of Hospital Pharmacy. She is a former ASHP President, Treasurer and Chair of the ASHP House of Delegates. She currently serves as a member of the Board of Pharmacy Specialties and on the St. Louis College of Pharmacy President’s Advisory Council. She is on the Advisory Board for the University of Cincinnati Master’s Degree in Pharmacy Leadership. Dr. Ivey has received the FIP Distinguished Pharmacy Practice Award, Harvey A. K. Whitney Lecture Award, the Donald E. Francke Medal, and more.
William Churchill
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William Churchill is the former Chief Pharmacy Officer of the Department of Pharmacy Services at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA. Mr. Churchill also served the pharmacy profession as the founder and Council Chairperson of the Partners Healthcare Chief Pharmacy Officer’s Council and as the Vice Chair and Council Chairperson of the UHC/Vizient National Pharmacy Council. He held appointments as an adjunct Clinical Professor of Pharmacy Practice at Northeastern University, Bouve College of Health Sciences and as Professor of Pharmacy Practice at the University of London School of Pharmacy. For his efforts in improving medication safety worldwide, he was awarded the 2007 American Society of Health System Pharmacists’ (ASHP) Distinguished Leadership Award. In 2008 he was selected as the Massachusetts Health System Pharmacist of the Year and has authored or co-authored over 42 publications in peer reviewed medical and pharmacy journals.
Board of Directors
Neal Long
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Neal Long is a growth-oriented executive with background in business transformations, turnarounds, and startups. He is a global Life-Sciences executive with extensive experience in medical devices and information technology with industry giants: GE, Marquette, Philips, and Draeger GmbH, where he was General Manager, Business Unit Head, and CEO, respectively. Most recently, Long was CEO of Cardiac Science Corporation.
Kevin Lindsey
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Kevin Lindsey held positions as the Vice President of Finance Marquette Medical Systems, an equity executive with the Endeavors Group, and was formerly with Arthur Andersen, a Big Five accounting firm based in Chicago.
Richard Griffin
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Richard Griffin is currently a Chairman & Trustee at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, a serial entrepreneur, and the former President and CEO of Critical Care Systems for Home Infusion Compounding.
Dennis Beard
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Dennis Beard, a Managing Partner with Serra Ventures of Champaign, IL, has built a successful career in financial services, healthcare services, and technology. He offers professional services to emerging technology enterprises and is a Managing Partner of Serra Capital, a family of micro-venture capital funds.
Jim Schultz
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Jim Schultz is the founding partner of Open Prairie Ventures, a successful Midwest-based venture capital and private equity fund management firm. Schultz has over 30 years of entrepreneurial and investment experience spanning a diverse array of industries, including agriculture, healthcare, life sciences, and technology.
Andy Nunemaker
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Andy Nunemaker is currently the Senior Vice President of Benefits Solutions at Applied Systems. He was a co-founder, and CEO, of Dynamis Software Corporation and has held several executive roles with GE Healthcare; including CEO of GE Healthcare for Australia, New Zealand and Southeast Asia.
George Roberts
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George Roberts is a Venture Partner at OpenView, where he applies his management experience to their expansion stage portfolio.
Over the last 17 years, George has served on the board of several fast-growing venture capital funded software companies, including ScriptLogic Corporation and Fieldglass Inc.