According to a report in Politico, the Trump administration has chosen a new Chief Technology Officer for the Department of Health and Human Services, the post originated by Todd Park and most recently held by health anthropologist Susannah Fox. Bruce Greenstein, the former head of the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, has been tapped for the post according to Politico.
Greenstein was indicted for perjury in 2013 during a probe into the state’s handling of Medicaid claims, but the case against him was dismissed by the state Attorney General. He does have a technology background: Prior to his government work he was a managing director at Microsoft and since he left government he served a short stint at behavioral health startup Quartet Health, according to his LinkedIn.
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CloudMine, which makes a connected, cloud-based platform to access, store, analyze and export data, has a new CEO. Stephen Wray, who recently served as CEO for life sciences services company MNG DIrect, will replace founder Brendan McCorkle, who will transition into the role of president and chief innovation officer.
"At the core, CloudMine enables healthcare organizations to operate at the nexus of innovation and compliance,” Wray said in a statement. “Today, healthcare and biopharmaceutical leaders are seeking to advance their mission by assimilating and leveraging innovative technologies. CloudMine’s Connected Health Cloud platform is increasingly recognized as a catalyst to achieve this goal. In a relatively short period, the CloudMine platform has demonstrated its value as an agile vehicle to the health cloud for a diverse set of customers. I am excited by the opportunity ahead and grateful to the entire CloudMine team for their many accomplishments to date.”
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Digital cardiac imaging and diagnostic company HeartFlow has hired Michael Buck in the role of executive vice president and chief commercial officer. A longtime healthcare veteran, Buck has held leadership roles at Cardinal Health, Abbott Laboratories, Novoste Corporation, Boston Scientific, and Smith & Nephew.
“Mike brings of wealth of valuable commercial leadership experience to HeartFlow at a pivotal growth time for the company,” CEO Dr. John H. Stevens said in a statement. “We are thrilled to be adding a professional of his caliber to our executive management team, and look forward to his help in bringing the HeartFlow FFRct Analysis to every physician and patient who could benefit from it in markets worldwide.”
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Healthcare market research company inVibe Labs has hired a new VP of Insights: Sunny Shah, who has been working in pharma marketing research and strategy, including stints at C Space Health, Kantar Health, and Symphony Health Solutions.
"Sunny's breadth of experience in healthcare research combined with his passion for solving client problems makes him a perfect addition to the inVibe team," CEO Fabio Gratton said in a statement. "He understands the many applications of our speech emotion recognition platform, and knows how to combine it creatively with other research methodologies. His approach brings an entirely new layer of insights to pharma companies, ensuring their strategies, messages and tactics fully connect and resonate with patients and physicians."
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HealthX, an Indianapolis-based digital engagement company that works with health plans, has added two new members to its executive team: Chief Financial Officer Jim Meer and Chief People Officer Ellen Humphrey. Both Meer and Humphrey have previously worked at Appirio and Salesforce in finance and human resources roles, respectively.
“I’m very excited about these new additions to our executive team, as they are both highly experienced and intensely dialed into the Indy tech community,” CEO Sean Downs said in a statement. “As the company is in a high growth phase, Jim and Ellen bring the leadership and experience needed to help grow the company, while both possessing the management style and personality that fits in neatly with our company culture.”
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Clarify Health Solutions, an AI-enabled patient engagement startup (not to be confused with recently FDA-cleared phototherapy company Clarify Medical) has tapped Dr. John Merenich as a strategic advisor. Merenich is an endocrinologist who recently retired from a long career at Kaiser Permanente Colorado where he served at various times as medical director of clinical informatics and decision support, director of variation analysis, medical director of the clinical pharmacy cardiac risk service, medical director of integrated cardiovascular health, and medical director of population health.
"Healthcare is truly at a tipping point and value-based care is redefining our industry. We're thrilled to welcome Dr. Merenich to our team of strategic advisors to help shape the future of care delivery," CEO Dr. Jean Drouin said in a statement. "Dr. Merenich is passionate about the work we're doing and even more importantly, he has been in the trenches. He has a first-hand understanding of the problems we're solving. We're confident that his partnership will prove to be invaluable as we advance our solution to reach more patients and change more lives."
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Integrity Applications, the noninvasive glucose monitoring company that changed up most of its executive slate at the end of March, has announced one more executive hire: David Podwalski is joining the company as Chief Commercial Officer. A 20-year pharma vet, Podwalski most recently served as a consultant at Ernst and Young. Prior to that he facilitated the launch of the Lantus Insulin Pen for Aventis.
“We are excited to have David join the Integrity Applications’ team,” CEO and Chairman John Graham said in a statement. “His extensive commercial and marketing background in diabetes, including driving sales and marketing for numerous new and relaunched products in the medical device industry, will be advantageous as we prepare to expand GlucoTrack commercial initiatives and implement strategies to capture a substantial portion of the market for non-invasive glucose monitoring in prediabetes and type 2 diabetes.”
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Mobile imaging company Calgary Scientific, which makes the ResolutionMD platform, announced four new hires on its sales and marketing teams. Dan Pierce will serve as VP of Corporate Accounts for North America; Josh Nash joins as VP of Strategic Alliances and Sales; Steve Sklepowich will take on the role of VP Marketing, leading the worldwide product marketing team; and Daniel Bankert will stay on as VP of Partner Sales and Services.
“We’re excited to have such a world-class sales, marketing and services leadership team,” Dave Waldrop, Chief Revenue Officer at Calgary Scientific, said in a statement. “With these recent updates to our team we are now better positioned worldwide for continued rapid growth in healthcare, as well as expanding opportunities with PureWeb-powered solutions in 3D reality and visualization.”
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Telemedicine company Zipnosis announced that its Chief Medical Officer Dr. Rebecca Hafner-Fogarty has been named to a one year appointment with the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) committee on ethics and professionalism.
"Ensuring that those of us in the medical profession are performing at a high standard is critical to maintaining a consistent quality of care delivery to patients across the country," Hafner-Fogarty said in a statement. "I'm honored to serve with colleagues to support the FSMB's mission to promote excellence in medical practice, licensure and regulation."
