Management Team
Jerry Brager | Chairman & CEO
Brief Career History:
- Founder, 1-800-Doctors, Inc.
- Founder, HealthSTAR Communications, Inc. in 1997
- Co-founder of Physician's Computer Network (PCN) in 1983
- Founder of Strategic Medical Communications, Inc. (SMC) in 1982
- Sales, marketing and strategic planning positions at Baxter-Travenol and Becton Dickinson & Co.
Business Interests:
- Pioneer in the pharmaceutical marketing services, health information and direct-to-consumer promotion
Myron Holubiak | President
Brief Career History:
- Senior Partner and Director, 1-800-Doctors, Inc.
- President and COO of HealthSTAR Communications
- President of Roche Laboratories, Inc.
- Co-founder and CEO of Emron, Inc., a strategic marketing firm serving the pharmaceutical industry
- Early supporter and contract manager of the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP)
- Member of the Board of Directors for BioScrip, Inc., and Ventrus Biosciences, Inc.
Business Interests:
- Architect of the local marketing concept for the healthcare industry and has applied that concept in both planning and execution
Peter Cossman | Vice Chairman and General Counsel
Brief Career History:
- Senior Partner and Director of 1-800-Doctors, Inc.
- Co-founder, EVP-Operations and Chief Legal Officer of HealthSTAR Communications, Inc.
- Managing Director and General Counsel of Technology Management & Funding, L.P. – a technology commercialization
- limited Partnership
- Founded and managed a regional New Jersey real estate development company
- Founded and served as Senior Partner of a regional New Jersey law firm
- "Of Counsel" to the law firm of Couter, Kobert & Cohen (www.ckclaw.com)
Business Interests:
- Healthcare technology and intellectual property
- Consumer choice in healthcare
Jamie Price | COO & Executive Vice President
Brief Career History:
- UBS – Member, UBS AG Group Managing Board
- Head, Wealth Management Advisor Group Americas, UBS
- President and COO Prudential Securities, Inc.
- Shearson Lehman Hutton
Business Interests:
- Finance and economics with emphasis in business restructuring, wealth management, and investor relations
Jay Smith | Executive Vice President
Brief Career History:
- Senior Vice President, Sunovion
- Vice President Sales & Marketing, Novartis
- Director Sales & Marketing, Janssen
Business Interests:
- General management with a focus on start-ups, biotech and consumer healthcare initiatives
- Passion for leadership in the areas of professional and consumer sales and marketing
Scott Roeth | Executive Vice President
Brief Career History:
- EVP and COO of EMMI Solutions
- Senior executive positions at US Surgical, Solectron, Carethere, and the First Consulting Group
- VP, US Territory and VP Worldwide Business Development, Digital Equipment
- VP, Healthcare Industries at IBM
- BBA and MBA, University of Kentucky
- UK Fellow and member of the President’s Development Council
Business Interests:
- Information Technology in healthcare
- Strategic planning, product management, marketing and sales
Hughes Bakewell | General Manager, Consumer Services | President, PracticePlus, LLC.
Brief Career History:
- Division President, Quebecor World, Inc.
- Division GM and VP Marketing, Quest Diagnostics
- President & CEO, Kickstart.com
- Managing Director, The Integer Group
- Director, Hallmark Cards
- Brand Manager, Pepsi-Cola & Frito-Lay
- B.S., Finance, University of Virginia McIntire School of Commerce
- MBA, Northwestern University Kellogg Graduate School of Management
Business Interests:
- Versatile general management executive with B-to-C and B-to-B background at start-ups and large companies, client-side and agency-side; Healthcare, Internet, and Consumer industries.
Doug Snelson | SVP, Business Development – Sponsorships
Brief Career History:
- President of Global Newsline, a developer of closed circuit TV programming and communications programs for medical associations.
- Executive Vice President, pharmaceutical sales and marketing, at Physician Computer Network
- Co-founder and Vice President of Marketing of SCP Communications
- BS in Communications from The Newhouse School at Syracuse University and received his MA in Communications from William Paterson University
Business Interests:
- Healthcare communications including publishing, video, and technology based applications for consumers and doctors
Donna Weber | SVP Marketing and Implementation
Brief Career History:
- Principal, Centrix Marketing, a strategic marketing and consulting firm
- Co-founder and EVP-Corporate Marketing of HealthSTAR Communications, Inc., a healthcare marketing services company
- President, Strategic Medical Communications, a medical advertising agency in Denver, CO
- VP Marketing, TransLogic Corporation in Denver, CO
- Regional Manager, Sales, Infomed Corporation, Texas
- Medical Sales and Sales Manager, REMEL, Inc., Texas
- Supervisor Microbiology Laboratory (MT, ASCP) Doctors Hospital, Texas
Business Interests:
- Healthcare marketing and public relations