John joined the board in April of 2007 and was elected Chairman and special adviser at that time. He was previously a Vice Chairman at PricewaterhouseCoopers where he had responsibility for their lines of service, marketing and operations. He spent 33 years at PwC and had previously served as the head of the US audit practice and managing partner of the Boston office. He led the development of PwC's Health Industries practice, a leading provider of services to the healthcare industry. He serves on the board of Aspect Medical Solutions and is a Trustee at Dana Farber Cancer Institute.
John Murphy is a partner in Clarence Ventures, an early stage fund focused on start-up technology companies. In this role, he has been actively involved in launching seven new companies. John is an accountant and financial manager by training and experience. Immediately prior to his involvement with Clarence, he was a senior executive and member of the Board of Directors of Software 2000, Inc. (Infinium Software), now a part of SSA Global. John held the positions of Chief Financial Officer, Vice President of Sales Operations and Managing Director of an independent business unit. Prior to Software 2000, he spent fifteen years in healthcare administration and financial management. John has an undergraduate degree from Babson College and a Masters degree from Western New England College, both in Business Administration. He has taught courses in healthcare and financial management at the graduate level at Lesley College and Western New England College. He currently sits on the boards of five private companies and several charitable organizations.
Dr. O'Toole worked as a surgical pathologist for forty years. After attending the University of Notre Dame and Johns Hopkins Medical School, he worked for several major research hospitals and institutions, and served on the faculty of Georgetown and Harvard Medical Schools. Dr. O'Toole spent the final 30 years of his career as Chief of Pathology at Cape Cod Hospital. Among other accomplishments, as MEDITECH's first customer, he pioneered the use of laboratory information systems to improve the quality of laboratory medicine and pathology.
Donald Emery was an executive at Software 2000/Infinium. He was the Vice-Chairman of the Board and early investor in the company. Sandwiched around a ten year career on Wall Street as an investment banker, the majority of his professional career has been spent as an entrepreneur. Don is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Business School and his forte is corporate finance and business strategy. He has been an entrepreneur and private investor in startups for more than thirty years, beginning with the startup of importer-retailer Pier One Imports, a New York Stock Exchange Company.
Hal has over 40 years experience in the worldwide healthcare information systems field including sales, marketing, development, consulting, implementation, and strategic planning. He has an extensive knowledge of the healthcare informatics market including hardware, software, product requirements, and healthcare and laboratory information systems vendors. He was Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Advanced Laboratory Systems, Inc., and Director of Product Marketing for HBOC. He is currently the President of Weiner Consulting Services, which he founded in 1998. He writes the monthly Newsbytes column for CAP Today and is a speaker at healthcare conferences and symposiums.
Mr. Winsten's uniquely diverse background encompasses over 35 years with computers, including 30 years in the application of computer systems to healthcare. He holds Bachelor's degrees in engineering and physics from the University of Arizona and Penn State University. His Master of Science degree in educational psychology was earned at the University of Southern California (USC). In addition, post-graduate work included emphasis on computer science and completion of course requirements for a Ph.D. in statistics and research design at the University of Minnesota. He has served as a healthcare system analyst, designer and developer, product and strategic planner, marketing director, and consultant for both users and vendors of laboratory, radiology, physician networks, data repositories, and other clinical information systems. He has served as Clinical Systems Editor for Healthcare Informatics and Clinical Laboratory Management Review (CLMR) and is on the editorial board for Advance for Laboratory Administrators. Prior to founding Dennis Winsten & Associates, Inc., Mr. Winsten held management positions with various healthcare systems firms including Sunquest Information Systems, Custom Systems, Inc., Honeywell, DNA/Avnet, Medical Systems Technical Services, and TRW Systems.