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The ConnectivHealth leadership team represents more than 70 years of combined health care media, information and transaction experience. The leadership team has collectively raised more than $100 million for venture-backed health care endeavors. Leveraging the Internet and other communication channels, the leadership team has successfully built a number of leading health information businesses that connect health care stakeholders and improves outcomes and efficiencies.


Scott McQuigg
Chief Executive Officer
ConnectivHealth
Scott McQuigg is the chief executive officer of ConnectivHealth. McQuigg partnered with Louisville-Ky.-based Chrysalis Ventures and Petra Capital Partners of Nashville, Tenn., in fall of 2005 to build a digital health media business. ConnectivHealth serves as the holding company for VerusMed, HealthTeacher and Discovery Hospital. McQuigg brings more than 20 years of health care information and media experience to ConnectivHealth.

Prior to joining ConnectivHealth, McQuigg was co-founder and CEO of Nashville-based HealthLeaders Inc, a leading health care business media and information company. During his tenure, HealthLeaders magazine won numerous industry awards for editorial and graphics excellence, including Magazine of the Year from the American Society of Business Publication Editors. Additionally, HealthLeaders’ research was widely recognized by industry and media for its metropolitan market analysis and health insurance data and analytics. During his tenure at HealthLeaders, McQuigg created an annual Top Leadership Teams recognition program to honor outstanding leadership teams at America's hospitals and health plans. McQuigg also raised venture and angel capital, and led the completion of four acquisitions and the subsequent sale of the business to Decision Resources, Waltham, Mass., in November 2004.

Prior to HealthLeaders, McQuigg gained experience with national media through his 10 years of service with American City Business Journals—the nation's largest publisher of local business news—as president and publisher of the Nashville Business Journal and as advertising director of the Tampa Bay Business Journal. McQuigg lives in Nashville with his wife of 18 years, Annie, and their two children.



Bob Kinard
Vice President & Chief
Financial Officer
ConnectivHealth
Bob Kinard is the vice president and chief financial officer of ConnectivHealth, responsible for overseeing financial strategies, corporate development, mergers and acquisitions.

Kinard’s professional background includes experience in mergers and acquisitions, strategic partnerships and health care corporate finance transactions. Previously, he served as chief corporate development officer with Passport Health Communications Inc., a health care information technology services company in Nashville. Before Passport, Kinard held the roles of director of business development and director of financial operations with PhyCor Inc., a national multi-specialty practice management company also in Nashville. Earlier in his career, Kinard served as a director in the health ventures practice of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, in Atlanta.

Kinard holds a bachelor's degree in finance from Florida State University and a master's degree in business administration from the University of Alabama. He also holds a CPA license.



Paul Mattioli
Vice President of Sales
ConnectivHealth
Paul Mattioli is the vice president of sales for ConnectivHealth, leading the sales efforts for all ConnectivHealth brands, including Discovery Hospital, HealthTeacher and VerusMed.

Most recently, Mattioli served as vice president of sales for Nashville based HealthLeaders-InterStudy, the managed care and health plan data company spin-off of HealthLeaders Inc., where he headed up sales for both the health plan intelligence product division and the media group whose products included HealthLeaders magazine and HealthLeaders.com. Prior to that Mattioli served as director of health care marketing and strategy for Atlanta-based Morrison Management Specialists, where he completed multi-million dollar sales and marketing programs targeting the hospital C-suite and other key decision makers involved in outsourcing facility management and employee/payroll management.

With more than 15 years of management experience in sales and marketing, Mattioli’s career also includes advertising, syndicated data and live event sponsorship sales for leading integrated media companies. Prior to joining ConnectivHealth in 2006, Mattioli held sales and marketing leadership roles at Dallas-based Epsilon Interactive, Forbes.com, The Weather Channel's weather.com, and Ziff-Davis, where he helped launch ComputerShopper.com, a groundbreaking direct-to-consumer e-commerce engine.

Mattioli has been honored with many sales and marketing awards and recognitions. He holds a BA in both English and Communications from Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pa., where he was a National Scholar Athlete, graduating Magna Cum Laude with honors. Mattioli, his wife and two daughters reside in Franklin, Tenn.


Steve NeSmith
Vice President of Interactive
ConnectivHealth
Steve NeSmith is the vice president of interactive for ConnectivHealth, leading the technology and product development efforts for all ConnectivHealth brands, including Discovery Hospital, HealthTeacher, Peerclip and VerusMed.

Most recently, NeSmith served as director of e-business for Nashville-based B&H Publishing, the tradebook publishing subsidiary of LifeWay, where he headed up new media marketing, e-commerce, and electronic product development. Prior to that, he served as director of new media for Florida-based Orlando Health, a nine-hospital not-for-profit health system, where he directed the system's internet business and marketing initiatives. NeSmith's career has also included healthcare public policy and managed care experience.

NeSmith earned his Masters in communication technology from Rollins College and his BS from Florida State University. NeSmith, his wife and two children reside in Franklin, Tenn.
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Jack E. Angel
Director
Jack Angel is president of Greenwich Communications (GCL), based in Greenwich, Conn., a health care communications and consulting firm. Prior to founding GCL, Angel served as executive vice president for Medical Economics Company, based in Montvale, N.J., a leading medical publisher. In addition, he served as president for Patient Care Communications, Inc., based in Darien, Conn., a health care information and education company dedicated to physicians and physician networks; president of International Thomson Technology Information Inc.; and publisher of Physicians Desk Reference (PDR) and Drug Topics.

Angel currently serves as a board director for Wicks Medical Information in New York, N.Y. and Global Edge Inc., in New York, N.Y.

Angel is active in several industry organizations and is currently the executive director of the Coalition for Healthcare Communications Education Foundation, based in New York, N.Y., a nonprofit educational foundation that conducts research on the quality and value of health care marketing communications. Additionally, Angel was one of the original members of the Working Group on Communication of Ethical Guidelines for Gifts to Physicians from Industry, and served as president of the Association of Medical Publications and the Pharmaceutical Advertising Council.

Angel holds a master’s degree in business administration from New York University in Manhattan, N.Y., and an M.E. degree from State University of New York in New York, N.Y.

Koleman E. Karleski
Director
Koleman Karleski joined Louisville-Ky.-based Chrysalis Ventures in 1997 and is currently a managing director. His focus is on health care services and technology, and business services. At Chrysalis, Karleski has worked with Aperture Credentialing (sold to a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group), Manorhouse Assisted Living (sold to LifeTrust Assisted Living), Primis (sold to LandAmerica Financial Group) and TechRepublic (sold to Gartner Group, Inc.). He currently serves on the Board of AfterBOT, Chronicity, HealthMedia and MedServe. Karleski also spearheads Chrysalis’ marketing and fundraising efforts.

Prior to Chrysalis, Karleski worked for Providian Corporation's Capital Management business unit, where he focused on strategic planning and business development. A native of Pittsburgh, Karleski earned a BSE from Princeton University, where he concentrated on operations research and financial engineering. In his civic capacity, Karleski volunteers for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kentuckiana and is president of the Princeton Alumni Association of Louisville.

Scott McQuigg
Director
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Robert A. Smith
Director
Robert Smith is a partner at Petra Capital Partners, a Nashville, TN based private equity firm that invests in the healthcare, business and information services industries. Since joining Petra in 1996, Smith has participated in the sourcing, execution and management of 35 investments totaling more than $100 million. Prior to joining Petra, Smith was an investment banker at Equitable Securities Corp., where he participated in numerous private and public company capital raising and advisory assignments predominately in the health care services industry. He earned his MBA at the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University and earned his BS in commerce at the University of Virginia. In addition to serving on the Board of ConnectivHealth, Smith currently serves on the board of directors for Petra portfolio companies T2 Systems in Indianapolis, IN and Mycroft in St. Louis, MO.