About

Joseph has served in a variety of executive and senior management finance and accounting positions for over 20 years. He was CFO of Alere Health, LLC, and corporate controller of Matria Healthcare, Inc. and Air Serv Corporation. Joseph attended West Virginia University, where he earned an undergraduate degree in business administration with a major in accounting.

Kelly has a long history of business development in the hospital and healthcare industry. His experience includes medical devices, staff augmentation, physician relations, health information management, and EMR software and strategic initiatives. Previously, Kelly was an account manager at Accenture and a field operations advisor and physician recruitment consultant at Advocate Physician Partners. He has a B.S. degree from the University of Illinois Chicago and is director of educational programs and committee co-chair for the Greater Illinois chapter of HIMSS.

David is a creative, results-driven technology leader with over 26 years of proven experience—20 of which were spent founding, building and then selling award-winning companies.

David is a change agent and a problem-solver with a passion for healthcare technology. He lives the culture of his organizations and leads by example, spurring people to willingly give 110% effort and loyalty. David is a sci-fi and Star Wars nerd and a Florida state finalist for the 2014 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award.

Cassie Hancock is in human resources for Innovative. She has over 10 years of experience in the benefits/human resources field, during which time she has served as a human resource specialist and a benefits specialist. She has an associate degree in business from Gulf Coast State College.

Marc has over 25 years of experience in the HIT consulting industry and is known for his ability to cultivate and support strategic partnerships.

Marc has held leadership positions at Siemens and Vitalize Consulting Solutions where he developed the company’s PMO. In 2014, Marc founded Pursuit Healthcare Advisors as a managing partner and sold the business to Atos in 2017. More recently, he served as a board member and leadership team member for Jellyfish Health, LLC, which was sold to Millennia in May of 2021. Marc earned his MBA in healthcare administration from Eastern University, completed a post master’s program in MIS at Penn State, and received his PMP® from the Project Management Institute (PMI).

Blayne holds the position of vice president of operations and controller at Innovative. Previously, she was vice president of operations at Peoples First Insurance Services and director of contracting at Jellyfish Health, both in Panama City, Florida. She has degrees from Hiwassee College and the University of Montevallo.

Zach joined Innovative in 2024 as manager of technology solutions. Previously, Zach had been senior technical product manager at Millennia and he held product positions at Jellyfish Health before it was purchased by Millennia. Zach is a Certified Scrum Product Owner with experience in Agile methodologies and the Atlassian product suite. He works with both client stakeholders and Innovative development teams. Zach has a degree from Gulf Coast State College.

As vice president of client success, Rachel is responsible for overseeing the satisfaction, retention, and growth of Innovative’s customers and consultants. Prior to her current role, Rachel was an Innovative regional business development manager and vice president of sales and operations for more than eight years. Rachel is president of the Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Central & North Florida chapter.

Lauren is an experienced IT recruiter for Innovative, a position she’s successfully held since 2014. Her recruiting expertise includes Epic, Cerner/Oracle, PeopleSoft, Lawson, MEDITECH, Allscripts, eClinicalWorks, ServiceNow, Workday, Soarian, and McKesson. A graduate of Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania, she began her Healthcare IT career in sales and marketing for GMIS/McKesson and SMS/Siemens prior to moving into a recruiting position at MaxIT-VCS.

Chris brings senior executive, sales, operations, and strategy experience to Innovative. In addition to being general manager, healthcare IT solutions at Innovative, he is president of Acuitas Solutions. Chris was previously chief revenue officer at WellStack; president of Clearsense, LLC; executive vice president of sales at Jellyfish Health; and general manager, business development and solutions for iSirona. Chris holds a bachelor’s degree from Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business and an MBA from Widener University in finance and financial management services.

Mark has recently rejoined Innovative as a regional vice president. His experience includes being an account director at Nordic Consulting Partners and a director of healthcare consulting operations at Prominence Advisors. In addition, he was previously at Innovative for a decade as a regional account executive. Mark holds a business degree from the Wisconsin School of Business.

Tracy returned to Innovative, where she was regional vice president of sales from 2018 to 2020. She has a 13-year history of healthcare IT sales achievement and is highly experienced in managing all aspects of the sales cycle. She has helped clients with business development for EMR systems, IT project management, and legacy application support in addition to helping with staffing needs around project management, managed services, and technology education. Tracy was a regional vice president at HealthMarkIT Consulting and held sales positions at Axxess Technology, Verisys, Medestar, and AMN Healthcare. She holds an MBA from the University of Dallas.

Michael joined SV Health Investors in 2014 and is a managing partner. At SV, Michael is focused on digital health and healthcare services investments, including innovative services and technology-enabled solutions for healthcare providers, payers, patients/employers and pharmaceutical/life sciences companies.

Before joining SV, Michael was a general partner with Edison Partners, a growth equity investment firm, where he headed the healthcare IT practice. Previously, he was a general partner at Summit Partners. Michael’s operating experience included roles at IBM Corporation in sales and systems engineering for the healthcare industry. He earned a BA in engineering sciences from Dartmouth College and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

With decades of experience in healthcare, Jim has a deep understanding of the intricacies of the industry. He has had a distinguished 40-year career as a senior executive, recently retiring from his role as CEO of Nordic Consulting Partners. Jim has held senior leadership roles for a number of blue-chip healthcare consulting firms, including PwC, BearingPoint, Deloitte, EY, and Nordic. He is passionate about leveraging technology to streamline operations, reduce costs, improve security, and deliver better patient care.

Jim has a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science from the University of Mount Union. 

Tom Flynn joined SV Health Investors in 2011 and is focused on investing in growing healthcare companies, with a primary focus on healthcare services. His extensive investment background encompasses a diverse range of outpatient provider services and outsourcing businesses that support clinicians. Tom has held board seats at various companies including Aerocare, DPT, Health Payment Systems, Jet Health, Leiters, Maestro Health, myOrthos, Remita, Nordic, Schweiger Dermatology, Spectrum Professional Services, and Urgent Team.

Prior to his tenure at SV, Tom served as a partner at Ferrer Freeman & Co., specializing in healthcare-focused growth capital investments. During his time there, he contributed to the success of companies such as Aerocare Holdings, Amerita Inc., GeneraMedix, Genova Diagnostics, PHNS, Physicians Dialysis, and Vitalize Consulting Solutions. Before his role at Ferrer Freeman & Co., Tom held investment positions at GE Capital and Prudential Investment Corporation. He earned an AB in Economics with Honors from Holy Cross College and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Marc has over 25 years of experience in the HIT consulting industry and is known for his ability to cultivate and support strategic partnerships.

Marc has held leadership positions at Siemens and Vitalize Consulting Solutions where he developed the company’s PMO. In 2014, Marc founded Pursuit Healthcare Advisors as a managing partner and sold the business to Atos in 2017. More recently, he served as a board member and leadership team member for Jellyfish Health, LLC, which was sold to Millennia in May of 2021. Marc earned his MBA in healthcare administration from Eastern University, completed a post master’s program in MIS at Penn State, and received his PMP® from the Project Management Institute (PMI).

Cyndi is an entrepreneurial-minded executive and founder with more than 30 years of experience in managing and growing businesses. Currently working with CHIME on the governing Board for CHCIO certification, Cyndi has held a variety of executive positions across her career in healthcare information management. She has worked for companies including Siemens Medical Solutions, Vitalize Consulting Solutions, and Pursuit Healthcare Advisors, where she grew sales by $42M in 3 1/2 years. Cyndi is especially passionate about strategic and operational planning, brand development, and driving transformation and growth.

Mary Pat (Nespoli) Fralick has worked in healthcare IT for almost 40 years. In 1989, she co-founded DARCA, her first HIT consulting services company.  DARCA was recapitalized in 1997 by Summit Partners forming Elumen Solutions which was acquired by CTG in 1999. In 2002, Mary Pat co-founded Vitalize Consulting Solutions, which appeared on the Inc 500 list of Fastest Growing Private Companies five consecutive years before recapitalizing, doing three acquisitions and being acquired by SAIC/Leidos Healthcare. Currently serving as COO at Mediquant, Mary Pat is a recognized leading operator in the HIT professional services space.