Through a combination of embedded operations and “standard” consulting services, Pixel Health practices assist hospitals in creating the IT infrastructural, operation, and financial changes that must be embraced to succeed in today’s competitive healthcare industry landscape.
As a Founder of the company, Michael has provided telecommunications leadership, IT consulting, and engineering support for healthcare providers, telecommunications carriers, as well as mid and large sized businesses for more than two decades. A recognized innovator in the field, he has managed the company’s meteoric growth and remained on the bleeding edge of technology innovation, while maintaining his unique “personal” touch to client relationships.
As interim CTO for University of Chicago Medicine, former CTO at Temple University Health System, and as Executive Consultant to Baystate Health and Lancaster General Health System, Michael has been central to the roll-out of modern, foundational technologies such as hyper-converged architecture, desktop virtualization, VoIP/unified communications, advanced storage, and the networking infrastructure needed to support EMR deployment. His significant IT and management experience outside the medical world has allowed clients to utilize proven and successful technologies and designs in a medical context, further increasing financial and operational efficiency, total systems availability and resilience, and overall improvements in clinical performance.
Pixel Health co-founder Gregory Pellerin serves as the Executive Vice President of Business Development focusing on providing innovative solutions for healthcare organizations. As a senior healthcare operations and sales engineering executive Pellerin leverages his 20+ years of experience to connect the client’s need to the most efficient solution.
Before teaming with Michael Feld in founding Pixel Health, Pellerin served as the Director of Commercial Sales for regional ISP Javanet, Director of Commercial Voice and Data Services for national broadband service provider RCN, and Director of Service Delivery for Connecticut Telephone, a Hartford Connecticut-based CLEC.
With a passion for community service and philanthropy, Pellerin serves as President for the Board of Directors of Montague Catholic Social Ministries.
Pellerin holds a Bachelor of Arts in Physics from SUNY Geneseo.
Brad Mondschein, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Legal Officer, focuses on improving and simplifying the operational experience for Pixel Health clients, colleagues, partners, and other stakeholders. In addition to his duties within Pixel Health, Mondschein often consults with Pixel Health clients to achieve energy and sustainability goals as well as providing assistance with managing risks related to regulatory compliance issues.
Mondschein has 25+ years of experience practicing law in both private practice and in-house counsel positions. In private practice, he gained national reputation for negotiating complex IT and networking arrangements. His experience also includes 25 years in the Energy industry leading some of the largest alternative energy installations in New England.
Brad Mondschein has a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Union College and a JD, Law from Western New England University School of Law.
Robert “Red” Smith brings 40 years of technology services leadership and entrepreneurial expertise to Pixel Health Technology Services.
Prior to Pixel Health, Red was the CEO at SkyCentrics, an IoT/SaaS based energy solutions company serving US-based electric utility companies. Previously, Red served as President of Kirsen Technologies, a global leader in location-based and integrated sensor solutions serving the logistics, automotive, and public transit industries. There, he expanded the company’s technology reach by entering the electric scooter/shared micro-mobility market, launching Clevr Mobility in multiple cities beginning in late 2018. Prior, Red spent 12 years as the CEO of ContainerTrac, a navigation and sensor IT solutions company. Before ContainerTrac, Red was SVP and GM at Callisma, a professional services firm that designed, implemented, and managed IT solutions for business enterprises. He also spent 4 years as a Vice President and General Manager at Entex Information Services, which at the time was the largest US value added reseller and managed services provider to the Fortune 500. His 13 years at Pacific Bell (now AT&T) included many operational and sales roles throughout California.
Red earned his MBA from UC Berkeley and a BS in Finance from the University of Southern California.
As President, Consulting Services, Barbara leads the consulting team to help solve healthcare organizations biggest challenges. Having played an integral role in shaping the worldwide healthcare strategy for Cisco and serving as a strategist and business adviser to healthcare, managed care, and Fortune 500 technology companies for two decades, she is verst at helping healthcare organizations transform to be the most efficient and effective they can be driving better patient outcomes.
As the Global Healthcare Leader for Cisco, Barbara conceived of, built, and led the company’s healthcare focus into a multi-billion-dollar business. Prior to joining Cisco, she was charged with corporate strategic planning at HCA, Inc. where she facilitated the company’s broad Consumer and Patient Experience strategy and served as a consultative resource to the Central Group (55 hospitals in the Central US and 6 hospitals in London) and its divisions’ senior management teams.
Dr. Neil Kudler has served as Chief Medical Officer for Pixel Health from 2020. In this role, Dr. Kudler bridges the gap between clinicians and IT departments within healthcare organizations. He oversees Pixel Health’s clinical strategy, consulting with clients in the areas of diversified health system operations, population health, and data analytics.
Dr. Kudler is a nationally recognized physician who transferred his clinical experience into the many healthcare leadership roles he has held. Dr. Kudler is the former Chief Medical Information Officer for Baystate Health and the former Senior Healthcare Innovation Strategist for TechSpring (Baystate Health’s Technology Innovation Center).
Dr. Kudler received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Colgate University and Doctor of Medicine, MD from New York University School of Medicine.
EVP of Pixel Health, Mike Machulsky has over 25 years of information management experience, including 20+ years of proven leadership experience. Machulsky leads the partner initiatives at Pixel Health, focusing on finding and building relationships with best of breed companies solving for healthcare organizations largest technology pain points.
Previously, Mike was President and CEO of Software Logic. As a division Chief Information Officer at CGI, he led all information technology and application development initiatives. He has also held management positions at CIGNA, GE, and Penn State.
Mike received degrees in Electrical Engineering, with highest distinction, from the Pennsylvania State University’s Schreyer Scholars Program. He is a graduate of GE’s world-renowned Information Management Leadership Program (IMLP).
Dave serves as Chief Financial Officer for Pixel Health. Dave has more than 20 years serving as CFO or founder in tech enabled healthcare companies funded by private equity or venture capital organizations. Dave’s successful track record in building high growth, acquisitive organizations through his strategic and tactical approach, has generated substantial exits.
Dave is particularly focused on the operational components of profit optimization, key requirements for a successful rapid growth strategy. He focuses on scaling financial systems and processes, creating effective teams through best practices in organizational design and technology adoption.
Bringing over 20 years of customer focused and technical experience both in the Human Services and IT Managed Services Industry, Jennifer has a unique understanding of a client’s needs from the end user through the C level staff. In addition to previously running her family owned Managed Services company, she brings experience in coordinating an organization for growth while implementing the security needs of today’s IT environments. As Senior Director of Operations, Jennifer ensures that baytechIT is focused on the needs of the staff and clients in a proactive manner. She is committed to ensuring that the core values of baytechIT are in place at all times, healthcare technology from a human perspective.
Jennifer’s focus in addition to work, are her children, husband and extended family. Her favorite quote is “every day is mothers’ day.” Cooking and walking for the National Breast Cancer Foundation are near and dear to her heart. Jennifer is an FTC Robotics Mentor and a high school rec basketball coach.
Meet Gerry Gosselin, the VP of Data Management and Engineering at Pixel Health. With decades of experience in software development, IT infrastructure administration, and network monitoring, he is a seasoned professional in his field. In his role, he oversees all engineering and IT managed services work, ensuring that the company’s operations run smoothly and efficiently. His expertise in data management and engineering has been instrumental in driving Pixel Health’s success in the market.
Jessica Ryder joined Pixel Health in 2010 and was named Director of Operations & Systems in January of 2023. In this role, she leads the Operations and Systems teams and is responsible for connecting the right tools and technology with the people and processes they support.
Ryder’s 20+ years of experience in the telecommunications and IT industry spans from holding key support positions with RCN, Connecticut Telephone, and One Communications (Earthlink). Ryder was formally trained to be an educator, is actively an amateur food blogger, a skilled Project Manager and Business Analyst.
Ryder holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in American History from Westfield State University.
Having worked bedside as a nurse and in other clinical roles, Patrick Allen knows how important a digital strategy is to patients and clinicians. He knows how strategy, turned into action, can change patient outcomes and improve operational efficiency. Patrick is leading the effort to advise and enable clients to transform patient and clinician experiences by enhancing accessibility and affordability via technology and operational improvement. Prior to his new role, Patrick started and led the healthcare consulting practice EPAM Continuum, a digital transformation and software development firm. There, he and his team helped payors, providers and technology clients reimagine their digital goals and then meet and oftentimes exceed them through EPAM’s engineering capabilities and Patrick’s leadership. His experience in digital transformation reaches further back than EPAM. He was Vice President at Lumeris, where he was tasked with getting payors to embrace volume-to-value-based operating models – no small task. In this role, he helped initiate almost a dozen provider-sponsored Medicare Advantage plans. In addition, Patrick was instrumental in building and expanding North Highland’s change management consultancy and healthcare practice, acting as a clinical subject matter expert.
Teresa Troyano leads the marketing team at Pixel Health and is passionate about creating content that helps drive healthcare organizations to advance patient centricity in their institutions. Her marketing leadership experience spans from the life sciences and healthcare technology industries to the banking sector.
As an accomplished marketer, Teresa led the account-based marketing (ABM) program at Covance and was recognized by Oracle as a CXHero for her innovation in ABM. At Medidata, she led the mid-market demand marketing team, executing on strategic programs to help pharmaceutical companies understand how technology could transform patient outcomes.
Troyano holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Fairleigh Dickinson University and a Master of Arts degree in Public and Corporate Communication from Monmouth University.
