Meet our Team
Like most companies, we are going to show you some flattering photos of our founders and top executives and give you a quick rundown on their very impressive backgrounds. In fact, you can scroll down to that right now to learn more about who we are and how we think.
Alex Bitoun
Alex is currently leading Sagely, a digital health company focused on keeping elders happy, healthy, connected, and independent. Co-founder of EosHealth, Trilliant Technology Group, and an early member of the upper management team of DiabetesAmerica as CTO, Alex has been on the cutting edge of bringing technology to health care delivery for the past fifteen years. In 2008, he co-founded EosHealth (rebranded as Livongo Health in 2014) and served as Chief Technology Officer to develop a new platform going beyond traditional disease management, allowing patients living with chronic conditions to aim for better health.
Alex is currently leading Sagely, a digital health company focused on keeping elders happy, healthy, connected, and independent. He is now focused on expanding Sagely's suite of successful products for senior facilities to start offering a completely new approach to address the needs of our growing senior population that combines the latest technology with care navigation.
He has been heavily involved with technology in the health care space—working with health providers, hospitals, insurance groups and health consumers—giving him valuable expertise of the various aspects of health care delivery.
Co-founder of EosHealth, Trilliant Technology Group, and an early member of the upper management team of DiabetesAmerica as CTO, Alex has been on the cutting edge of bringing technology to health care delivery for the past fifteen years.
In 2008, he co-founded EosHealth (rebranded as Livongo Health in 2014) and served as Chief Technology Officer to develop a new platform going beyond traditional disease management, allowing patients living with chronic conditions to aim for better health.
Graham Calder
Graham started out in Engineering and the Oil industry before transferring to Telecommunications in 2000. Since then he has built 20 years of knowledge and experience across many sectors of how to use digital and consumer technology to transform business.
Graham is a acknowledged leader in the practice of using cutting edge digital technology to deliver business benefit. During a career spanning more than 30 years including companies such as Orange, Sky, Pearson, Ladbrokes Coral Group and Babylon Health, Graham has applied his digital skills to deliver meaningful commercial impact to both disruptors and the disrupted. Graham has held technology executive positions at market leaders in the Communications, Media, Entertainment, Gaming, Education and Healthcare sectors. In each case Graham has brought leadership, transformation skills and diverse experience to the question of how to use technology to deliver ever better outcomes for both the customer and the company.
Graham started out in Engineering and the Oil industry before transferring to Telecommunications in 2000. Since then he has built 20 years of knowledge and experience across many sectors of how to use digital and consumer technology to transform businesses and has specialised in modernising companies that are faced with digital disruption within their sector.
Graham has held Executive positions at market leaders in the Communications, Media, Entertainment, Gaming, Education and Healthcare sectors and has proven operational expertise in the remediation, management and security of large-scale mission critical technology platforms delivering £5Bn+ per annum revenue, supporting 50M+ customers and securing large volumes of highly confidential data within the worlds most demanding legal jurisdictions including USA, Europe and China.
Sitting on a number of advisory boards and panels Graham has helped shaped both the product and thinking of global platform providers and has become a sought-after public speaker and advisor on the market dynamics of the emerging data economy and how to use digital technology and product development techniques to transform all aspects of business in the age of default connectedness and global markets.
Allen Finkelstein
Dr. Allen Finkelstein, the Chief Executive Officer of Bedford HealthCare Solutions is the former Chief Dental Officer of AmeriChoice/United Health Group insuring over 3.5 million lives in dental government coverage.
In 2009, Dr. Finkelstein was awarded a Doctor of Humane Letters degree from the A.T.Still University and in 2011 was awarded the Dr. Harry Strusser Memorial Award from New York University, College of Dentistry. In 2012, Dr. Finkelstein received the Alpha Omega International Dental Fraternity highest honor, the Meritorious Service Award. In 2016, Dr. Finkelstein was honored by Temple University with initiation into the Gallery of Success.
Dr. Allen Finkelstein, the Chief Executive Officer of Bedford HealthCare Solutions is the former Chief Dental Officer of AmeriChoice/United Health Group insuring over 3.5 million lives in dental government coverage.
Dr. Finkelstein is a 1965 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh with a Bachelor of Science degree. In 1969, he graduated with honors from Temple University School of Dentistry in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where he was awarded a Doctor of Dental Surgery degree. In 2009, Dr. Finkelstein was awarded a Doctor of Humane Letters degree from the A.T.Still University and in 2011 was awarded the Dr. Harry Strusser Memorial Award from New York University, College of Dentistry. In 2012, Dr. Finkelstein received the Alpha Omega International Dental Fraternity highest honor, the Meritorious Service Award. In 2016, Dr. Finkelstein was honored by Temple University with initiation into the Gallery of Success.
Dr. Finkelstein is currently an adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatric Dentistry at New York University, College of Dentistry, Associate Clinical Professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, Senior Advisor for Oral Health Strategies adjunct facility member of the Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health AT Still University, a member of the Harvard University School of Dental Medicine Dean’s Advisory Board, a member of Drexel College of Medicine Student Advisory Board, a member of the Visitor’s Board of the Kornberg School of Dentistry at Temple University, a member of the University of Buffalo School of Dental Medicine’s Advancement
Council, a member of Al Quds University Advisory Council, a member of the Dean’s Advisory Board University of Buckingham, a member of the Dean’s Advisory Council University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine and serves on the Board of Governors of Tel Aviv University.
Matthew Holt
Matthew Holt is best known as the founder of The HealthCare Blog and (with Indu Subaiya) the Health 2.0 conferences, he now splits his time between them, Catalyst @ Health 2.0 (not owned by HIMSS), and the SMACK.health Advisory service for health tech startups,
During his career he has spent nearly 30 years in healthcare and health care IT as a generalist forecaster and strategist, having worked for renowned forecasting (IFTF) and polling (Harris) organizations, conducted several groundbreaking in-depth studies about many aspects of healthcare and delivered several keynote addresses all over the world. He knows a few people too. Holt is also on the board of the Society for Participatory Medicine
Holt is best known as the founder of The HealthCare Blog and (with Indu Subaiya) the Health 2.0 conferences, he now splits his time between them, Catalyst @ Health 2.0 (not owned by HIMSS), and the SMACK.health Advisory service for health tech startups,
Health 2.0 is the leading conference series showcasing frontier technologies in health care. In April 2017 HIMSS bought the conference side of Health 2.0 which he continues to work on.
The Catalyst @ Health 2.0 division (not part of HIMSS) runs challenges, code-a-thons, innovation programs, and market intelligence, and owns the SourceDB which has more health tech companies in it than you can imagine!
The HealthCare Blog has been a leading source of opinion, news and interviews about health and health technology since 2003. It also features his short but sweet "Heath in 2 point 00" videos with Jessica DaMassa.
And at SMACK.health he advises over 25 startups navigating the healthcare world.
During his career he has spent nearly 30 years in healthcare and health care IT as a generalist forecaster and strategist, having worked for renowned forecasting (IFTF) and polling (Harris) organizations, conducted several groundbreaking in-depth studies about many aspects of healthcare and delivered several keynote addresses all over the world. He knows a few people too. Holt is also on the board of the Society for Participatory Medicine
Gennadiy Borisov
Senior Executive with 20+ years of experience in Operations, Web & Mobile & IoT Product Development, Digital Media, and Telecommunications with Fortune-500 and start-up companies in US and Europe.
Senior Executive with 20+ years of experience in Operations, Web & Mobile & IoT Product Development, Digital Media, and Telecommunications with Fortune-500 and start-up companies in US and Europe.
Global experience in management of technology and product teams, strategic outsourcing and cost reduction, Consumer and Industrial IoT, big data management and visualization, global video delivery and analytics, new revenue generation, on-the-spot solution finding. Results-driven player with strong entrepreneurial instincts, leadership qualities and team building abilities.
Entrepreneur, liaison and a consensus builder with a strong technology and execution backbone, someone who enjoys contributing on many levels. Responsible for growing digital businesses maximizing the combined benefit of technology, business models and content.
Saranne Rothberg
From stage IV cancer patient to ComedyCures CEO, Saranne Rothberg is a sought-after healthcare thought leader, speaker, patient advocate, and health and happiness expert, and is regularly featured on CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX & PBS.
Saranne consults and collaborates with Fortune 500 companies, leading medical centers, The World Health Organization, The United Nations, The National Cancer Institute, The American Association for Cancer Research, The U.S. Military, many prestigious universities, healthtech startups, and non-profits. She creates innovative global wellness-related programming in all media formats, collaborating with a myriad of healthcare professionals, thought leaders, researchers, and entertainers to start conversations, share ideas at healthcare conventions, stimulate research and find solutions across healthcare and many industries.
During the pandemic, Saranne has already created many digital experiences: "The 5-Day Laughter Summit", "The Mindset & Metastatic Cancer Research Study", "Developing Your Comic Perspective for Frontline Workers", JokeFest: The Funniest Game Show", "Finding The Funny", and The 31-Day "Can We Laugh At Cancer?" 'Tumor Humor' Comedy Challenge. These events have generated several hundreds of millions of impressions and brought her signature ComedyCures joy around the globe to many of all ages, especially the ill and underserved.
Saranne launched The ComedyCures Foundation from her chemo chair in 1999 and today is cancer-free, helping people at more than 1900 live and digital events worldwide rediscover their funny bone, mojo, and purpose. ComedyCures.org is an acclaimed non-profit organization that brings joy, hope, laughter, and therapeutic edu-tainment to patients, caregivers, and those who need it most.