Executive Impact Group

RONALD PION, M.D. is EiG’s Medical Advisor, bringing more than 40 years of experience and expertise in medicine. He is a nationally recognized pioneer in healthcare technology, telemedicine and ehealth. His passion is identifying and assisting companies which improve the patient’s health status and disease management by leveraging new technologies. He has had an illustrious career as a doctor, educator and entrepreneur. Ron is an experienced medical clinician who has been actively involved in the education of healthcare professionals and patients for the past 30+ years. Ron was the founder of Hospital Satellite Network (HSN), the nation’s first daily satellite-delivered television service providing programming for hospital-based health professionals and patients. Ron has worked in the development and production of television, radio and other interactive programming for healthcare professionals and for patients/consumers for more than three decades. He was a member of the turnaround team at Abbey Healthcare Group, Inc. where he served on Board of Directors until its merger with Homedco. In 1996, he founded Medical Telecommunications Associates, Inc. (MTA), a provider of advanced telecommunications services to healthcare markets nationwide. Dr. Pion graduated from New York University (BS, Phi Beta Kappa) and New York Medical College (MD. Alpha Omega Alpha). He is Clinical Professor at the UCLA School of Medicine, a Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and served on the board of the American Academy of Home Care Physicians. He has served on the faculties of the University of Washington and the University of Hawaii.

CHRISTOPHER POCH is an EiG Advisor in the area of financial, wealth management and global financing solutions. He has 25 years of leadership within world’s largest financial companies including CitiGroup, Smith Barney, LPL Financial, and Merrill Lynch. He recently served as CEO/Vice Chairman of The Private Trust Company, NA, a $60B OCC reglated trust company and Director of Wealth Management at LPL Financial. Previously he was Global Head of Citigold Global, International Personal Banking, with presence in 36 countries, $3B revenues and $150B AUM. Chris was with Smith Barney for 22 years in various leadership positions serving as Managing Director, Global Head of Private Wealth Management Smith Barney. During his tenure Chris founded its Ultra High Net Worth unit, Private Wealth Management and was awarded “High Net Worth Platform of the Year” - Private Asset Management - first recipient in 2002, ‘03, ’05 1998. Chris began is career with Merrill Lynch an as account executive. During his financial career he appeared leading financial and business publications and media including The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, International Herald Tribune, Dow Jones Newswire and Worth Magazine. Chris is Certified Investment Management Analyst , University of Pennsylvania, Wharton and graduated from Villanova University.

RON GOFF provides EiG with his experience and his long-term productive relationships in the healthcare industry. Over the last 25 years, he has built, managed and sold contract service companies and their service lines on behalf of physician group practices and hospital systems across the U.S. and Europe. Recently he has been founder and President and Director of Mdexchange that was acquired by Dictaphone Corporation. He has been Executive Vice President of $150 million NES Healthcare and NES International. He was Chairman and CEO of PhysicianOne Medical Management,Chairman and CEO of MDBillmasters, Inc., and EVP of Sheridan Healthcare/AMSA, Inc. In addition he served as Group Vice President of $1.5 billion Andrx Pharmaceuticals and four public companies, including MediConsult, Physicians On-Line Inc., AHT Technologies and Cybear. Ron is accomplished at building high-growth businesses with multi-state locations in both the product and service sectors and the managing of multiple sales teams and marketing initiatives and personal unit sales. Recognized for broad strengths in business development, sales closures, strategic planning, turnaround management, financial restructuring, sales management and building National Sales Teams. Ron offers a record of success in generating profits and increased shareholder value through establishing strategic partnerships and personal unit sales both here and abroad. His Masters is from The Johns Hopkins University. Ron has also attended Harvard’s Executive Development program and served as adjunct professor at the Wharton School of Business-University of Pennsylvania and is a former US Marine.

HADVA GLICKMAN, is an EiG Advisor for Eldercare services and Aging. Hadva has more than 30 years experience in the healthcare industry as a CEO, facility owner/executive, clinical provider and eldercare consultant. During her career she has developed, owned and managed numerous eldercare facilities, departments and hospital programs to meet the special needs of the growing geriatric population. For a decade she founded and served as Administrator of Executive Home Care in Woodland Hills, California. As a registered dietitian, she has served as clinical director for a 200-bed nursing and rehabilitation facility in Los Angeles. In addition, Hadva founded a regional referral and placement service company for elderly clients. She has extensive experience, knowledge and insights consulting with numerous Convalescent, Nursing Homes, Assisted Living, and Board and Care Facilities in California and nationally. She has developed large eldercare networks, relationships and contracts with facilities and administrators to represent and market their facilities. Hadva is a licensed Administrator, Care Facility for the Elderly by the State of California, Department of Social Services and she speaks, reads, writes and translates Hebrew.

DONALD FISCHER, JD is an EiG Advisor and is principal of Fischer & Associates. He is an expert in international trade, compliance and assisting multinational corporations and research institutions in developing comprehensive international trade compliance programs. He has technical expertise in U.S. Customs and Export Control regulations (ITAR, EAR and OFAC) and assists off-shore subsidiaries and suppliers comply with U.S. regulations as well as evolving country-specific export control regulations in Asia and the E.U.

Don works closely with universities and research institutions to assist in their compliance with regulatory export control exclusions (FRE and related exclusions), as well as required control applications domestically and for offshore collaborations. He is a recognized consultant in the area of technology control plans (TCP’s), bringing to clients benchmarked experience in developing TCP’s as well as external expert in Information Technology controls and all aspects of virtual and physical security consistent with ISO standards and approved Commerce and State Department standards for controlling foreign national access.

He served as the Managing Director of Pricewaterhouse Cooper’s World Trade Management Services practice, and global Export Controls Leader and Director of International Trade at Deloitte & Touche. He is the author of many articles on export control compliance, Customs valuation, and multinational trade planning for the Journal of Commerce.

Don holds a J.D. and LL.M from the University of Miami School of Law, and is a member of the State Bar of Georgia, the California Chamber of Commerce International Trade Committee, and is a frequent lecturer for the American Conference Institute on export regulations, C5 and SMI based in Europe, the National Conference of University Research Administrators (NCURA), and San Francisco State University.

BRENT HENLEY is an advisor with EiG. Brent is a practicing Industrial Psychologist emphasizing performance technology for rapidly changing businesses. He assists clients in increasing performance through people in sales, customer service, supervision, and leadership. He completed his undergraduate work in Sociology and Business from Centenary College of Louisiana, and his graduate studies at Louisiana Tech University. He is a Fellow of the Government Leadership Institute at the University of New Orleans, as well as, leading sessions at the Community Development Institute and several regional universities.

CAROL BRYDEN MOORE, MBA, is EiG Advisor for Federal Services & Strategy Development specializing in strategic planning, program evaluations and operational leadership. She has 30 years experience working with health care organizations in the areas of strategic planning, program evaluation, process improvement, economic impact evaluation, and capital decision modeling. Ms. Moore has provided services to federal and state agencies including Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), multi-hospital systems (Duke Health System, Innova Health, academic medical institutions, specialty hospital providers (RehabCare Group), and community based institutions. Ms. Moore was a senior manager for SAIC, directing a national health care project for the Department of Defense and Booz- Allen & Hamilton where she was involved in a national assessment for the National Institute of Health. She serves on the board of directors of several organizations, including the Volunteers of America National Services, Inc., Medstar Health/Visiting Nurses Association, and BB&T Bank. Ms. Moore has an undergraduate degree in biochemistry/mathematics from Monmouth College, and an MBA from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.

CARL YANKOWSKI Carl is an EiG Advisor with extensive experience in leading public companies and providing expertise to global corporations on change transformation, leadership and growth. He served as CEO of Palm, Inc. (PALM) and Reebok, COO/President of Sony Electronics, and executive roles at GE, P&G and Pespi-Cola. He is founder of Westerham Group and has degrees from MIT and Wellesley College.

RICHARD C. HSU Mr. Hsu is a Partner at the law firm of Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP in Palo Alto and Chair of the firm's Technology Transactions Practice. He has extensive experience in licensing, development, acquisitions, service, purchase and other partnering agreements for a variety of industries, including semiconductors, life sciences, medical devices, hardware, software, nanotechnology, entertainment, multimedia and telecommunications. Prior to joining Townsend, Mr. Hsu was a Senior Attorney at Venture Law Group and former general counsel at Cyrano Sciences, Inc. (acquired by Smiths Detection), a venture-backed company founded by Caltech Nobel Laureate Robert H. Grubbs. Mr. Hsu holds degrees from Columbia Law School (JD) and Caltech (BS).