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Our leadership team combines experience across the health care spectrum and a track record of building disruptive companies.

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Gene Huang

Executive Chairman

Gene has a 30+ year career building health care businesses, focusing on health services companies, health plans, provider organizations and most recently payment reform and value-based care initiatives.

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Vytas Kisielius

Chief Executive Officer

Prior to joining ReferWell, Vytas was CEO and co-founder of CMC. He built that business to include top utilities, credit card, real estate and student lender clients in North America, Europe and Australia.

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Jeff Bander, MD

Chief Medical Officer & Founder

Dr. Jeff Bander is an innovative and successful chief of cardiology at Mount Sinai West. Dr. Bander is acutely attuned to his patients’ needs and has built several successful offices in three New York City boroughs as a result of the growing demand for his medical care.

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Chad Baugh

Chief Revenue Officer

As ReferWell’s Chief Revenue Officer, Chad Baugh oversees all revenue-generating activities for the company, including sales, marketing, product pricing and customer strategy.

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Nir Z. Pengas

Chief Technology Officer

Prior to joining ReferWell, Nir was the co-founder and chief technology officer at OccumHealth, a micro-intervention monitoring and validation technology for the home setting with a specific focus on value-based health care in the US.

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David Lavander

Chief Financial Officer

In his role as Chief Financial Officer, David oversees all finance-related activities for ReferWell, including FP&A, accounting, treasury, forecasting and Board reporting.

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Dan Messina

Director

For the past 35 years, Dan has helped insurers find new strategies for managing total cost of care, from his time as vice president of finance at Cigna and then as chief financial officer at Aetna, overseeing several key acquisitions.

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Stephen Raggio

Director

Stephen has over 20 years of principal investing experience within both public and private equities as well as debt markets.

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Michelle Rawicz

Chief of Staff

As ReferWell’s Chief of Staff, Michelle Rawicz is responsible for internal operations and human resources (HR) within the company. She brings an extensive background in finance, business administration and HR.

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Dan Ross

Director

Dan has 20 years of experience as a business executive, entrepreneur and investor active in tech-enabled enterprises in the health care services sector. He is currently a partner at Health Catalyst Capital (HCC), a health care-focused VC fund.

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Rich Forristall

Head of Marketing

As the Head of Marketing at ReferWell, Rich is responsible for creating and accelerating the company’s overall marketing strategy and brand recognition.

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Janine Wakim

Chief Customer Officer

As Chief Customer Officer, Janine Wakim is keenly focused on the success and satisfaction of ReferWell’s customers.

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