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HAGIT GLICKMAN, Ph.D., CEO, a nationally recognized innovative thinker, CEO advisor, and successful executive. Dr. Glickman's primary focus is on assisting venture capital backed biotech, technology and healthcare related companies in effectively managing change as it relates to human capital needs. Her expertise is in collaborating with investors, boards, CEOs and senior management teams in identifying critical organizational issues and implementing pathways that lead to success and increase the company's value. As a trained psychologist and experienced diagnostician and previous CEO, Dr. Glickman brings decades of hands on insight, knowledge, and humanistic expertise in getting results for clients that are experiencing change in their organization and cultures. Dr. Glickman has served as chief executive officer for five emerging companies during her career, and has consulted and worked with numerous startups and established organizations. Dr. Glickman was featured in Inc. Magazine's September 2000 cover story "A Network of Her Own" which highlighted her business achievements, entrepreneur skills and creating of networks in the technology world. She founded and served as CEO of MyPsych.com, which was one of the first companies accepted into the internationally acclaimed "Women's Technology Cluster" in Silicon Valley. MyPsych.com was created by Dr. Glickman to serve patients and clinical providers with an interactive online clinical support web portal. Her innovation and leadership has been recognized in Forbes ASAP, Salon.com, U.S. News & World Report, CNNfn, and Inc., magazines. As a licensed psychologist, Dr. Glickman brings unique insights into serving EiG business clients. For many years, she has been serving as a consultant to business leaders, CEOs and behavioral health practitioners regarding the intricacies of start-ups, sharing her "hands on" entrepreneur expertise to assist individuals and companies in defining and achieving personal and professional success. Dr. Glickman focuses on managing the “human” aspect of company and individual challenges to achieve winning and innovative solutions. Clinically, Dr. Glickman is the founder of a free-standing clinic which is focused on conducting complex psychological evaluations as well as training the next generation of psychologists to conduct these evaluations. In addition, she has served as an expert witness in trauma, child abuse and custody cases. She holds a degree from University of California - Irvine in Psychology. She also holds a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the Pacific Graduate School of Psychology.

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MICHAEL RYAN, MBA, FACHE, Chairman, has more than 25 years of leadership experience and expertise in e-health, technology and management. A seasoned CEO, he has successfully led medical centers, e-health technology companies and consulting firms. He is an expert both in starting up and turning around companies with complex difficulties. He has consulted with a wide range of world-class health companies, Fortune 100 and start-ups companies internationally. Michael served as the founding CEO of EnerLook Healthcare Solutions in Florida; was a CEO within the $20 billion HealthTrust (NYSE: HCA); CEO of TransCare Healthcare; and COO of Ryan Advisors, an international healthcare consulting firm - one of the first in the country. He served 10 years as a senior executive with the $10 billion Daughters of Charity National Health System (now Ascension Health) the largest not-for-profit health system in the US, and was instrumental in the success of turning around a hospital from $18 million in losses to $3 million in gains in 2 years. During his career, he has been involved in the start-up of more than 30 successful companies including serving as CEO of a $25 million healthcare company and vice president of administration for a $300 million holding company in Florida. He has served as an advisor, director and consultant to numerous companies and organizations including the Women's Technology Cluster in San Francisco, Aquave, American Red Cross, United Way, American Hospital Association and The White House. He has successfully guided startup and established companies in strategic development, sales, and fundraising. He is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE). He is a board certified healthcare executive and a licensed health and life agent. He holds an MBA from The George Washington University and degrees in Communications and International Relations from Regis University. He has served as a lecturer and preceptor at The George Washington University, Vanderbilt University, University of Florida, Tulane, University of Louisiana, Georgetown University, and University of California.

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Philip Chase, M.D., is an EIG Medical Advisor with a 30 year career in the management of hospital-based physician medical groups. He has three decades of clinical emergency medicine experience in addition to serving as senior vice president and CIO for TeamHealth West, a $150 million affiliate of $1.7 billion national physician-led emergency medicine, hospitalist, radiology and anesthesiology company. Phil developed hospital-based physician groups for emergency medicine, occupational and urgent care, negotiating service contracts with client hospitals, hiring and managing physicians and also serving on the company’s professional liability risk management team. He implemented innovative documentation systems and developed provider evaluation tools in working with hospital clients to improve patient care processes and implement triage and patient evaluation systems. He co-founded and managed Chase Dennis Medical Group that developed seven Northern California regional hospital contracts with over on hundred physician providers. Dr. Chase graduated from Harvard, and New York University School of Medicine (MD and Ph.D.)


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.

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.

THOMAS J. BUCKHOLTZ, Ph.D., is an EiG Advisor in the areas of technology, strategy and organizational outcomes. He has 30 years experience as a corporate executive, strategist, technology innovator, author, and speaker. He has served in leadership positions with PG&E, GSA, World Bank, Silicon Valley World Internet Center and Silicon Valley television. As an innovator, he directed operations for high-tech start-ups, helped pioneer three technologies including multi-participant computer games and simulations, automated libraries of document images, and hand-held computers. As a Commissioner in the US GSA, he led a $1 billion telecommunications and systems integration business unit, oversaw $20 billion per year of computing and telecommunications procurement, and served as co-chief information officer for the federal government’s Executive Branch and also as GSA’s CIO. Tom’s book Information Proficiency: Your Key to Information Age (English, Chinese, and Korean editions) provides a roadmap for the Information Age and features techniques for, and inspirational successes at, enhancing decision-making, leadership, processes, teamwork, learning, and the contributions of information systems and technologists. He is co-host for Issues Today, a Silicon Valley television program and he is profiled in Who’s Who in America and Who’s Who in the World. As a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow, Tom earned a Ph.D. in physics from the University of California, Berkeley and a B.S. in mathematics from the California Institute of Technology. He also completed executive business administration programs at Stanford University and the 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).

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