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.
Greg serves as Chief Operating Officer for the Pixel Health portfolio and as President, oversees operations, sales, and new business development efforts for VertitechIT.
He has been at the forefront of the telecommunications and IT industries for more than 15 years. Before teaming with Michael Feld in founding the company, Greg 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.
Brad serves as President of Pixel Health. He has over 20 years of experience practicing law in both private practice and in-house counsel positions. In private practice, Brad gained a national reputation for negotiating complex IT and networking arrangements and helping to lead numerous companies through the merger and acquisition process. He has worked on numerous high-profile transactions involving health care entities as well as representing technology companies that provide services to the healthcare industry.
Bridging the technology gap between clinicians and the IT departments that support them is the primary responsibility for Pixel Health’s Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Neil 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). As CMO, Dr. Kudler also consults and provide guidance to clients in the areas of diversified health system operations, population health, and data analytics.
Gerry oversees a team of senior engineers and architects and is responsible for determining technology, scope, and level of effort for all company projects. He originally joined VertitechIT in 2013 bringing with him a wide variety of high-level IT experience across the whole stack including network engineering, monitoring and management, virtualization, system administration, and systems integration. His expertise in programming often brings a unique approach to problem solving, infrastructure automation, and data acquisition. The confluence of such skills lends itself perfectly to today’s age of software-defined-everything, DevOps, containers, and hybrid clouds.
As Chief Revenue Officer, Barbara manages all company marketing, sales, and customer success activity. 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 also serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Nectar Strategic Consulting.
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.
Mike was the co-founder and President of Software Logic before joining VertitechIT and Pixel Health as Executive Vice President, Business Development in 2016. He also serves as a member of the company’s Board of Directors.
For over two decades, he has developed technology solutions in a variety of industries including healthcare, financial services, and education, with specific expertise in the integration of Microsoft-centric hybrid cloud solutions. Mike has worked collaboratively with leading technology firms, such as Microsoft, HP, and Cisco, while establishing award winning sales and customer service programs. Prior to Software Logic, Mike served in a variety of CIO and Director positions at CGI, Cigna, and GE.