Who We Are
eCare21: Virtual care, anytime, anywhere, for better decisions and better outcomes
Who We Are
eCare21: Virtual care, anytime, anywhere, for better decisions and better outcomes
Every clinician wants to provide better care and health outcomes for patients. But it’s hard to make the most effective clinical decisions when faced with EMR and technology silos and other missing data, not to mention managing a disparate set of tools that only show part of the picture.
At the heart of the problem is a lack of visibility and communication.
Better care starts with better information and better communication among providers, patients, and caregivers. eCare21 bridges those gaps with a single solution that ties in EMRs, remote patient monitoring, virtual visits, and more, giving clinicians a complete record of patient data to make better decisions.
eCare21 facilitates patient and physician collaboration to improve patient health, raise efficiency, lower costs, reduce risk, and unlock additional revenue streams.
Leadership
Vadim Cherdak, Ph.D.
CEO/Founder
Vadim founded eCare21 in 2013 to improve practice management and care coordination. As CEO, he is focused on customer acquisition, technology development, and fundraising.
He has deep roots in both technology and healthcare across his 30+ year career, from technical roles at Motorola, Lucent, and Citigroup, to founding and managing a 200-employee Home Healthcare Agency from inception to acquisition.
Pete Stevenson
President & COO
A technologist at heart, Pete has a passion for solving big problems that dramatically improve people’s lives.
After an eleven-year career at Bell Labs building software systems for the telecommunications industry, Pete founded a network security technology company and led it from Inc. 500 recognition to an acquisition by IBM. Pete then led IBM’s Global Security SWAT team – an elite team of cybersecurity experts helping Fortune 500 customers implement solutions to protect their “crown jewels.”
After eleven years at IBM, in 2018, Pete jumped at the opportunity to join the mission at eCare21, where he has helped build what is now a leading Virtual Care solution that is transforming how healthcare and homecare are delivered.
Luis Andrade
CFO
Luis brings extensive experience in corporate strategy, corporate finance, organizational development, and implementation of complex programs in the private and public sector.
Formerly a Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company, where he worked for 25 years, Luis led the Financial Sector Institutions practice in Latin America, McKinsey’s largest in the region. After retiring from McKinsey, Luis founded the National Infrastructure Agency, an independent government agency in Colombia specialized in structuring, awarding, and supervising Public-Private Partnership (PPP) projects in the transportation sector.
He holds a Bachelor’s degree in industrial and systems engineering from the University of Florida and an MBA from the Wharton School.
Gary Holderby
Chief Revenue Officer
As Chief Revenue Officer for eCare21, Gary is focused on accelerating growth, he oversees all aspects of sales, marketing, and strategic partnerships.
With an extensive background in high growth, emerging technology, Gary has held multiple strategy and growth-oriented roles as CEO, COO, and CCO. He has worked across all verticals within the healthcare industry, building strong partnerships and solutions with payers, providers, non-profits, population health companies, pharma, investors, and market-leading technology providers.
Most recently, Gary worked with the American Heart Association to establish and grow its industry-leading Center for Health Technology and Innovation (CHTI). Through his extensive network, Gary continues to invest in innovative healthcare technology companies and is an active board and advisory member in the industry.
Rob Hoffpauir
Chief Security & Privacy Officer
Rob has over 30 years of experience in Information Technology and Security, Risk, Audit, and Compliance space, working in both the public and private sectors.
He has served as the Director of IT, Executive Security Advisor, Worldwide Policy Manager, subject matter expert, and member of the Security Tiger Team for organizations such as IBM, BluVector, Consul risk management, Blue Cross Blue Shield, and the Department of the Air Force.
Laura Schmidt, RN, BSN, MHR
VP of Clinical Services
Laura creates and implements individualized on-boarding processes for healthcare clients’ Chronic Care Management (CCM) and Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) programs, drawing on over 20 years of nursing education and leadership experience. Her vast experience in operations, clinical education, and clinical leadership and development is instrumental in successfully incorporating cultural beliefs and local resources to onboarding new processes.
She is an expert in developing education programs, organizing national meetings for healthcare professionals, producing staff and patient education materials, and facilitating clinical outcome improvement projects.
Key Advisors
Steve Lazer
Global Healthcare CTO, Dell Technologies Healthcare and Life Sciences
Steven leads healthcare solution development across Dell Technologies Healthcare and Life Sciences with more than 20 years of healthcare experience in production environments combined with more than 30 years in IT. Steven previously served as the Director of Technical Services at North Memorial Health Care and has provided business and technical leadership to accelerate time –to –solution deployment with current success metrics over 200 successful EMR implementations.
Steven brings robust Health IT competencies and management strategies for healthcare organizations ensuring successful Healthcare IT solution delivery. He drives technical strategy and solutions development for Healthcare and ISV technical relationships including joint solutions R&D, technical advisory, and technical escalation processes. Steven defines and develops cloud strategies for healthcare, translates healthcare organizational requirements into best practices IT strategies mapped to technology budgets including business continuity, application performance, and architecture scalability.
Jerry Kolosky
Senior Advisor, Healthcare Policy
Jerry Kolosky is a digital healthcare innovator and visionary working to help eCare21 successfully navigate the technical, business and policy challenges of the rapidly evolving healthcare landscape. Kolosky has deep experience in the clinical, business, and policy dimensions of the healthcare industry, and has pioneered efforts in the development and commercialization of virtual physician networking, electronic medical records, and telehealth technologies. In addition, he brings experience as an executive and consultant to startups and major technology companies such as 3M Health Information Systems & Panasonic.
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