
The Hippo™ Team
Delivering knowledge without boundaries™ to clinicians and around the globe.
FOUNDERS

PATRICK QUINLAN, MD.
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER & FOUNDER
Extensive history in healthcare delivery, medical administration, governance, governmental relations, international business development, and business transactions. CEO emeritus of the Ochsner Health System. Lead director for the PanAmerican Life insurance Group, board member of Pack4U, and Advisory Board member of TractManager, IBERIABANK, and Perkin Industries.Email me

BRIAN HAMILTON
PRESIDENT & FOUNDER
A recognized pioneer and leader in market acceptance and in the deployment of Internet of Things, augmented and virtual reality (AR and VR), and wearable computing technologies in healthcare, education, automotive, consumer packaged goods, oil and gas, power and utilities, transportation and logistics, IT and telecom, industrial manufacturing and entertainment. Experienced entrepreneur, Co-founder and Chief Revenue / Business Officer of RealWear, INC where he helped to establish a global sales force and ISV / Channel network in over 57 countries.Email me

WALE SULAIMAN, MD., PHD., FRCS(C)
CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER CO-FOUNDER
Dr. Sulaiman MD., Ph.D., FRCS (C) is an accomplished neurosurgeon and researcher, a proven leader, and successful entrepreneur. As co-founder of Hippo™ and founder and owner of RNZ, a medical management and service company in Nigeria, he is particularly well equipped to bring the power of virtual care to the people of Nigeria and Sub-Saharan Africa.Email me

CRAIG WILLIAMS
EVP, GENERAL COUNSEL & CORPORATE STRATEGY CO-FOUNDER
Craig Williams, Esq. serves as Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy and General Counsel for Hippo Technologies, Inc. Craig has experience as a senior executive level corporate and international business attorney having served in senior leadership positions with large institutional companies including John Hancock Financial Services, where he headed the corporate merger and acquisition committee, international operations expansion and federal and government relations efforts, Prudential Insurance Company, and Sanborn, Inc., where Craig served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel as a reporting executive leading the company through its initial public offering with a major investment bank. Craig has experience in start-up companies as well, and has provided strategic and legal advice in cross border and international transactions including acquisitions and joint ventures working through Holding Companies in Europe and Asia and closing transactions during the privatization processes of state-owned entities in Eastern Europe and Asia. Email me
ADVISORS

PATRICK QUINLAN, MD
CHAIR OF ADVISORY BOARD
Patrick has extensive history in healthcare delivery, medical administration, governance, government relations, international business development, and business transactions. CEO emeritus of the Ochsner Health System, Lead Director for the PanAmerican Life Insurance Group, board member of Pack4U, and Advisory Board member of TractManager, IBERIABANK, and Perkin Industries.

SCOTT BALLENGER
PRESIDENT, LOCKSMITH ADVISORS

GERY BARRY
PRESIDENT & CEO, BARRY GLOBAL STRATEGIC SERVICES
Gery is a seasoned insurance executive: past President and CEO of Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Louisiana; President and CEO of Liberty Mutual-Canada; and Chief Strategy Officer for Aetna (National). Previously, he was President and CEO, and founder of Med Impact International, a major pharmacy benefits management company in the US and abroad. He developed international business with extensive experience in China and the Middle East. Gery is currently on the Advisory Board of the Ministry of Health of Saudi Arabia for the redesign of healthcare in that country.

MAJ. GENERAL (RET) ELDER GRANGER, MD
BERG

Mildred Espinoza
CEO & FOUNDER, EBLA
Espinoza is a two- time Emmy-Award winning journalist and television executive that spent over 15 years in the broadcast industry in NYC. She is the recipient of a silver medal presented to her by the United Nations Correspondent’s Association for her coverage on sustainability, climate change and tourism in Honduras. Espinoza has been recognized as a leading business executive and newswoman by international media outlets. She was named “Newswoman of the Week” by CNN en Español and by the International Federation of Business and Professional Women. Mildred is now the Founder/CEO of Empowering Business Latin America – a creative agency based in Guatemala City, Guatemala.

SUSAN GROENWALD RN, PhD
PRESIDENT EMERITA, CHAMBERLAIN UNIVERSITY

JOE GUARISCO, MD
GUARISCO HEALTH MANAGEMENT
Joe recently retired as system head of emergency services for Ochsner Health System. He is nationally recognized for innovative services in the design and implementation of emergency services through the use of information technology to improve throughput and outcomes. He also has extensive experience in the remote management of patients, including offshore oil platforms, as Medical Director for Remote Clinical Operations/Gulf of New Mexico at Prime Occupational Medicine, Medic Systems and Chevron.

Ana Milena Hands, MD
VICE PRESIDENT, INTERNATIONAL HEALTH AND TRANSPLANT SERVICES – OCHSNER HEALTH

JOE ICHTER, PhD
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY INVESTMENT, PROVIDENCE HEALTH & SERVICES
Joe has extensive administrative experience in medical settings in the US (Providence Healthcare, University of Oregon Health and Sciences Center, Lovelace Medical System) and abroad. A senior health adviser to Palladium, an international consulting firm based in Washington DC and Dubai, he specializes in grant funding and public private partnerships. He also has extensive work experience in Africa and the Middle East including UAE, Iraq and Afghanistan.

MARK KESTNER, MD
CMO, TRACTMANAGER

ANDREW KITCHEN
HEALTHCARE INNOVATION SPECIALIST
Andrew is an innovative senior business development and consulting professional with over 21 years’ international experience and a demonstrable record of developing strategic and operational business solutions that have successfully delivered new products, services and enhanced business performance. As Market Development Leader for GE Healthcare, Andrew was responsible for GE Solutions market development across the Middle East working closely with functional leadership and commercial teams to bring together the GE technology portfolio, advisory services, marketing and strategic partners to provide end-to-end healthcare solutions to public and private clients.

DAVID LAWRENCE, MD
KAISER CEO & CHAIRMAN, RET.

JOHN LUCAS, MD
MEDICAL DIRECTOR, FAR EAST MEDICAL VENTURES
John is a five-time CEO of hospitals and medical systems, an innovative Population Health expert and Disease Management entrepreneur. He has extensive experience in large medical group management and leadership, and is a medical quality expert as a Baldridge examiner and Joint Commission International Inspector. His extensive international experience includes his current position as CEO of the International Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City. John has an MPH from Harvard with international work through the World Bank and a Canadian development authority with several years experience in Africa.

JAMES MARINUCCI
PRINCIPAL & CEO ALLEANZA GROUP

THOMAS MATTHEW, MD
JOHNS HOPKINS SUBURBAN HOSPITAL
Thomas L. Matthew, MD, is the Director of the Johns Hopkins Cardiothoracic Surgery Program at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland. He is board certified by the American Board of Surgery and American Board of Thoracic Surgery. Dr. Matthew has expertise in cardiac surgery, thoracic surgery and vascular surgery. He has surgical interests in complex coronary artery surgical revascularization, mitral valve repair, reparative cardiac surgery and aortic valve replacement including the TAVR procedure. He has also conducted medical missionary work in Rwanda.

DICK OLDS, MD
PRESIDENT, ST. GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY
An educator, physician, and administrator during a distinguished career spanning more than 30 years, Dr. G. Richard Olds has served as the President of St. George’s University in Grenada since August 2015. Dr. Olds is dedicated to the advancement of the University and its students, and collectively, hopes to help address the shortage and maldistribution of physicians in the US and around the world. Previously, Dr. Olds was the Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs and Founding Dean of the School of Medicine at the University of California, Riverside (UCR). Dr. Olds is a tropical disease specialist with extensive experience working in Asia and Africa. He chaired a large Gates Foundation health initiative in Tanzania, Uganda, and Francophone Africa, and currently serves on the expert committee of the WHO.

DIRK PEEK, MD
CEO, TESO TELEMEDICINE SOLUTIONS
Dirk is an Anesthesiologist – Pain Specialist and eHealth/Telemedicine consultant and entrepreneur. During his studies, he conducted a variety of research in the medical field and is an author of an extensive list of publications. Subsequently, he trained as an Anesthesiologist and Pain Specialist at University Hospital Maastricht in the Netherlands. For the past few years he has been involved in eHealth and Telemedicine projects as a Telemedicine consultant with a focus on Ambulance-based Telemedicine Systems and remote patient monitoring, for which he has won several awards.

CHRISTINE PETERSEN, MD MBA
CMO, SIERRA HEALTH RET.

JAKE POORE
PRESIDENT & CXO, ILS

ABE SHASHA
SOFTWARE SALES CONSULTANT

SOPHAGANIN TY WILSON, MD
CMO, NAVITI MANAGEMENT

LYNN WITHERSPOON, MD
OCHSNER RET.
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