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Upfront Team

At Upfront, our people fuel the mission to revolutionize the patient experience. Our lifelong dedication to healthcare, creative brain power, deep technology expertise and advanced data and behavioral science knowledge allow us to solve real-world healthcare challenges, shaping the future of health.

18
Avg. years in healthcare
14
Avg. years in technology
15
States and countries of residence

Meet the Founders

Ben Albert Rt

Ben Albert

Ben Albert is the CEO and co-founder at Upfront. An established entrepreneur, Ben has spent more than 25 years building and leading healthcare organizations that disrupt the industry status quo to successfully activate patients, while improving clinical, financial, and operational outcomes for providers.

Carrie Kozlowski

Carrie Kozlowski, OT, MBA, is the COO and co-founder at Upfront. Over a career spanning 25 years, Carrie has combined real-world clinical experience with strategic thinking and an entrepreneurial drive to lead strategy, operations, and talent development at forward-thinking organizations focused on population health.

Carrie Kozlowski

Leadership

Anurag Juneja

Years in healthcare: 15

Areas of expertise:

  • Cross-functional leadership
  • Innovation at Speed

Anurag Juneja, PhD

Chief Product Officer

Bob Leonard

Years in healthcare: 35

Areas of expertise:

  • Collaborative Selling
  • Growth Strategy

Bob Leonard

Chief Commercial Officer

Nick Patel

Years in healthcare: 25

Areas of expertise:

  • Clinical Care
  • Digital Transformation & Governance

Nick Patel, MD

Chief Transformation Officer

Manisha Sharma

Years in People Leadership: 21

Areas of expertise:

  • Sustainable Process & Automation
  • Organizational Design & Agility

Manisha Sharma

Chief People Officer

Stephanie St Clair

Years in healthcare: 5

Areas of expertise:

  • Financial Planning
  • Culture Creation

Stephanie St. Clair

Senior Vice President, Finance

Jan Berger

Years in healthcare: 35

Areas of expertise:

  • Clinical Care
  • Patient Trust

Jan Berger, MD, MJ

Advisor

Casey Albertson

Years in healthcare: 38

Areas of expertise:

  • Psychographic Segmentation
  • Predictive data analysis

Casey Albertson

Senior Vice President, Psychographics

Trevor Anderson

Years in healthcare: 16

Areas of expertise:

  • Implementation and support services
  • Project Management

Trevor Anderson

Senior Vice President, Client Success

Rakesh Barak

Years in healthcare: 11

Areas of expertise:

  • Product Strategy
  • Global Team-Building

Rakesh Barak

Senior Vice President, Innovation & Global Engineering

Kumar Bisht

Years in healthcare: 15

Areas of expertise:

  • Solution Design
  • Healthcare data and integration

Kumar Bisht

Vice President, Implementation & Technical Services

Shashin Chokshi

Years in healthcare: 8

Areas of expertise:

  • Solution Design
  • Interoperability

Shashin Chokshi

Vice President, Solution Architecture

Patrick Dienes

Years in healthcare: 13

Areas of expertise:

  • Consultative, strategic selling
  • Return on Investment Modeling

Patrick Dienes

Vice President, Sales

Jason Eisenmenger

Years in healthcare: 5

Areas of expertise:

  • Information Security
  • Software Engineering

Jason Eisenmenger

Vice President, Technology & CISO

Margy Enright

Years in healthcare: 9

Areas of expertise:

  • UX + Human-Centered Design
  • Digital Experience

Margy Enright

Vice President, Brand Strategy & Experience

David Floyd

Years in healthcare: 6

Areas of expertise:

  • Software Architecture and Development
  • Business and System Requirements

David Floyd

Senior Vice President, Engineering

Rajeev Goel

Years in healthcare: 11

Areas of expertise:

  • Team Building
  • Problem Solving

Rajeev Goel

Managing Director

Rob Jennetten

Years in healthcare: 25

Areas of expertise:

  • Implementation planning and execution
  • Key Performance Initiative Achievement

Rob Jennetten

Vice President, Client Strategy

Bart Lewis

Years in healthcare: 11

Areas of expertise:

  • Enterprise platform development
  • Product and process improvement

Bart Lewis

Senior Vice President, Product Management

Paul Prikazsky

Years in healthcare: 15

Areas of expertise:

  • Client Success
  • Business Transformation

Paul Prikazsky

Managing Principal, Client Strategy

Lisa Rhind

Years in healthcare: 30

Areas of expertise:

  • Process Management + Optimization
  • Cross-vertical delivery

Lisa Rhind

Vice President, Partnerships and Sales Operations

Mike Schiller

Years in healthcare: 30

Areas of expertise:

  • Building rapport
  • Win-win negotiation

Mike Schiller

Senior Vice President, Sales

Brent Walker

Years in healthcare: 30

Areas of expertise:

  • Psychographic segmentation
  • Marketing Strategy

Brent Walker

Senior Vice President, Marketing

Lindsay Zimmerman

Years in healthcare: 14

Areas of expertise:

  • Social Determinants of Health
  • Practical application of data

Lindsay Zimmerman, PhD, MPH

Vice President, Bartosch Patient Activation Institute

Our Board

Ben Albert

CEO & Co-Founder, Upfront

Rob Coppedge

CEO, Echo Health Ventures

Justin Dearborn

Former CEO, PatientBond

Keith Figlioli

General Partner, LRV Health

Jim Pavlik

General Partner, Baird Capital

Jon Phillips

Managing Director, First Trust Capital Partners

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