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Invest in the Future of Healthcare

Global Health Impact Network offers an opportunity for clinicians, high net worth individuals, and organizations to invest in the leading edge of healthcare technology via our early stage, strategic venture capital funds. Our funds are physician-owned and our investment decisions are clinician led.

Individual investors

Our investor-focused model invests exclusively on behalf of our clinician investor network. We provide an opportunity for our clinician investors to participate in a diversified portfolio of early-stage healthcare technology companies.

Institutional investors

Our institutional fund invests in a diversified portfolio of healthcare technology companies that are revolutionizing the healthcare industry on behalf of our institutional partners.

How do we support our portfolio companies?

GHIF presents a team of Principals with over seventy-five years of experience in business and healthcare.

Our client firms gain access to support resources and business development opportunities through our network. Through these connections and yours, when you join us, we make it possible for competent solutions to achieve faster adoption. As our client companies grow, so does your portfolio value. We work hand-in-hand with our client management teams to build successful scalable business and revenue models. When our successful clients exit or are otherwise acquired, we all realize a quantum increase in financial value while shaping and accelerating healthcare innovation.

Founding Partners

General Partners

Advisors

Founding Partners

General Partners

Advisors

Our Partners

Michael Pocalyko

Michael Pocalyko is Chief Executive Officer of SI, a professional services firm and government contractor in the information technology, cybersecurity, investigations, and intelligence sectors, headquartered in the Washington DC metropolitan area, operating business units Special Investigations, SI Cyber, and Enterprise Applications. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the Global Health Impact Fund.

He has been chairman and CEO of five corporations: Monticello Capital LLC, Advanced Environmental Resources, Inc., Erdevel Europa S.à r.l., International Systems S.r.l., and Special Investigations Limited Company (SI); and non-executive chairman of the board of four corporations: Erdevel Europa in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Envambien S.A., TherimuneX Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and Enterprise Applications, Inc. before the company’s acquisition by SI.

He has been a corporate director in the financial services, medical, biotechnology, Internet services, steel, environmental, security, and engineering services industries. He has also been a university trustee. He is an experienced public company corporate director and audit chair, a Sarbanes-Oxley “audit committee financial expert,” an investigator, compliance agent, and a
certified fraud examiner (CFE). He is a Board Leadership Fellow of the National Association of Corporate Directors and a member of NACD’s teaching faculty for Finance and Accounting.

Mr. Pocalyko was a Navy commander who served in Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, and on the personal staff of the Secretary of the Navy. He was a resident Senior Fellow of The Atlantic Council. He twice commanded military operational units and as a Navy pilot flew in Beirut, Lebanon and the Persian Gulf.

A 1976 graduate of Muhlenberg College, Mr. Pocalyko earned his M.P.A. at Harvard and his M.B.A. at Wharton. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the International Institute for Strategic Studies, the Authors Guild, and the Cosmos Club.

As a Virginia public official he served appointed terms on the Commonwealth Competition Council and the Fairfax County Industrial Development Authority. He was once a candidate for the Virginia House of Delegates.

He is the bestselling author of the novel The Navigator from Macmillan Forge Books, “a stunning story of greed, modern politics, international intrigue, and ultimately affirmation . . .written by the consummate insider from both Wall Street and Washington.”

A native of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and at one time a union steelworker, he has been married since 1976 to Barbara Snelbaker Pocalyko, a certified public accountant who chaired the Commonwealth of Virginia Board of Accountancy.

Steve Lazer

Steven Lazer is a seasoned Healthcare IT Professional with more than 20 years of healthcare IT and over 30 years of technology experience. Mr. Lazer is currently the Global Industries CTO for Dell | EMC providing technical oversight for the Healthcare, Financial Services, Retail, Energy & Utilities verticals.

Executive leadership and product development project background includes: Healthcare enterprise data center architecture and design through client device and connectivity. As an enterprise architect, defining and developing technology architecture for over 200 healthcare systems. A unique perspective on combining ITIL service management and service delivery expertise integrated with data security, disaster recovery and business continuity as a part of enterprise IT architecture.

Strong management and project leadership skills with large teams with diverse backgrounds. Extensive technical background specializing in architecture combined with Unix and storage.Developed and implemented Epic business within EMC to an annual run rate of ~$1.2B through leadership, architecture and customer service skills.

Proven project management ability. Experience hiring, building and coaching teams of more than 40 professionals, delivering large-scale IT solutions and business process innovations.

NMHC Executive said: “Steve is a key member of our leadership team and has brought IT maturity to the organization. He has designed and developed a highly effective end-to-end infrastructure for our electronic medical record program.” Saved $70M+ by recovering lost compliance data while exceeding regulators timeline. Implemented storage environment with a $750K return on investment in under 6 months.

EXPERIENCE
Global Industries CTO: Dell | EMC Round Rock TX MA 2011 – Present
Technology executive and thought leader providing technology oversight for vertical industries of Healthcare, Financial Services, Retail, Energy & Utilities verticals. Manages the global technical relationship for the Epic partnership. Designs and implements new technology solutions for the delivery of healthcare applications. Designs reference architectures, technical, sales, and marketing documentation. Provides training to international sales and technical teams. Develops healthcare delivery teams and provide training to support them in the proper deployment of technology to support healthcare environments. Provide continued technical support to healthcare customer base throughout product lifecycles. Sales growth: expanded related sales from an annual run rate of $70M in 2011 to an annual run rate of over $1.2B.

Robert G Darling

Dr. Robert Darling is a founding principal and Chief Medical Officer for Patronus Medical Corporation, a company delivering healthcare and personalized wellness solutions to patients in virtually any location in the world through the use of advanced telemedicine and other cutting-edge technologies.

In 1996, Dr. Darling became the first board-certified emergency medicine physician to serve the President of the United States as White House Physician. Dr. Darling served President Clinton, Vice President Gore, their families, and other presidential support units at the White House, Camp David, various classified emergency relocation facilities, and aboard executive aircraft including Air Force One and Marine One. He also provided primary care, emergency care and protective medical support services in more than 40 countries with no advanced medical care. Dr. Darling played a key role in developing Top Secret emergency contingency plans bearing constitutional impact, countering the greatest threats to the continuity of the presidency.

After completing his tour as White House Physician, Dr. Darling served as emergency physician, flight surgeon, and Director of the Aeromedical Isolation Team (AIT) for the Operational Medicine Division of the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Fort Detrick, Maryland. In the latter role, he specialized in mitigating the medical consequences of biological weapons and bioterrorism.

Dr. Darling has also served as the Director of the Navy Medicine Office of Homeland Security, in the office of the Navy Surgeon General where he guided Navy Medicine in preparing for the medical and public health consequences of natural and man-made disasters in hospitals and clinics throughout the world.

CAPTAIN Darling retired from the Navy in 2006, after 25 years of service to the nation. He was then named Director of the Center for Disaster and Humanitarian Assistance Medicine (CDHAM) where he led healthcare reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan, prepared for pandemic influenza outbreaks, conducted HIV/AIDS educational programs in the Caribbean and South America, and prepared for and responded to humanitarian disasters worldwide.

In addition to Dr. Darling’s current work with Patronus Medical Corporation, he serves as Medical Director for Lead Health. He is also Medical Director of the Executive Health and Dignitary Protective Medicine Fellowship at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), Department of Emergency Medicine, Fellowship in Disaster Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Military and Emergency Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) in Bethesda, Maryland.

Dr. Darling holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology with honors from Adelphi University and a Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree from the USUHS. He completed his transitional internship at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland and his residency in emergency medicine at the Naval Medical Center in San Diego. He served as Carrier Air Wing Eight (CVW-8) Flight Surgeon aboard the aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN-71) and was back seat qualified in both the F14A and A6E tactical jets. He has numerous publications and has lectured around the world. He is Associate Editor of Ciottone’s Disaster Medicine, Elsevier- Mosby, 2nd Edition. He is a member of the American College of Emergency Physicians, the Institute for Functional Medicine, the American Telemedicine Association and the American College of Lifestyle Medicine.

Bruce Auerbach

Bruce S. Auerbach, MD, FACEP is an accomplished, Emergency Medicine physician and hospital administrator who has held a leadership position at Sturdy Memorial Hospital in Attleboro, Massachusetts since 1987, from which he recently retired as its President and CEO. He moved into that role in 2014 after 25 years as Vice President and Chief of Emergency and Ambulatory Services and a year as Chief Medical Officer. During his tenure at Sturdy, Dr. Auerbach built one of the State’s most well-respected professional emergency departments that enjoyed substantial growth taking the department from 32,000 to over 50,000 annual visits. He was also responsible for a significant growth in outpatient services, adding an outpatient cancer program that included chemotherapy, infusion and radiation therapy services, many single specialty outpatient clinics as well as multi-disciplinary clinics to address the needs of patients with multiple sclerosis and chronic non-healing wounds. During that time he also had responsibility for all facilities issues and oversaw the construction of over $60,000,000 of new in and outpatient facilities and services.

He has an appointment as Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine in the School of Medicine at the University of Massachusetts and is a consultant for the Annals of Emergency Medicine. From 2002 – 2014 he served on the Board of Directors for Coverys, the largest medical liability insurance company in Massachusetts, where he continues to serve as the medical expert on the company’s Reserve and Settlement Committee . He is vice chair of the state Department of Public Health’s Emergency Medical Care Advisory Board. He has numerous professional appointments and has received many regional and national awards for his leadership and dedication in the field of Emergency Medicine. A past president of both the Massachusetts Medical Society and the Massachusetts Chapter of ACEP (American College of Emergency Physicians), Dr. Auerbach has received several honors and awards including ACEP’s James D. Mills Outstanding Contribution to Emergency Medicine award in 2009 and a “Hero of Emergency Medicine” recognition in 2008 largely related to his work around clinical practice standard development, quality improvement and government affairs. Dr. Auerbach, working with several CEO colleagues, was responsible for the formation of the Massachusetts Value Alliance (for which he served as its President until his retirement), an Alliance of 14 hospitals from 10 independent health care organizations, established to aggregate resources to ensure the ongoing viability and independence of its member institutions. He currently serves in an advisory capacity to medical device start-up companies.

He served on the Board Executive Committee of the Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association, as its Treasurer until his retirement. He continues to serve on the Board of the National Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement Foundation. Dr. Auerbach received his medical degree from Temple University School of Medicine and completed his residency training in Emergency Medicine at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance, CA.

James Ernest (Ernie) Riddle

Riddle has extensive Board and Advisory experience and has served on global, public and private Boards. Previously he served as a member of the Board of Directors of AirNet Systems, Inc., Enterasys Inc., Danka Business Systems, PLC and Norrell Services, Inc. He has served as a Lead Director of Danka, PLC and AirNet Systems, Chairman of the Audit Committee and Chairman of the Compensation Committee. His experience includes work on Nominating Committees and Strategic Planning Committees. He has also served on numerous smaller private Boards including Astadia, Inc., CRM Manager, Inc., Virsys 12, HanGenix Solutions, EnablePath,LLC, CPG Toolbox and Axiom. Riddle worked as an active Board member and advisor involved in growth initiatives and Strategic alternative developments for these smaller companies.

Riddle has a broad experience base leading companies through major growth and transformational experiences. He serves as an Advisory Partner with Healthcare IT Leaders, a company focusing on consulting and staffing services for EMR, ERP and Cloud Platform technologies. Riddle most recently served as CEO of EnablePath, a boutique Cloud Computing Consulting firm where he led the company through a rapid growth phase and successfully positioned and sold the company to a Global Technology company. Riddle was also the Co-Founder and Former President/CEO of Astadia, Inc. in Atlanta, GA, a “Cloud Computing/SaaS” Consulting and Systems Integration Company. He grew the company, organically and with acquisitions, to $50M with operations in the US, EMEA, India and APAC. He led the company thru three rounds of funding totaling more than $16M and secured premier partner relationships with software companies including salesforce.com, Xactly, Eloqua, Google, Cornerstone and Workday. He established operational alliances with other consulting companies in Europe and Asia to serve larger global account needs and transitioned company leadership to a VC lead management team after the Series C funding was completed.

Previously, Riddle served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Norrell Services, Inc., a $1.6B outsourcing, information technology services, call center operations and staffing services company. In addition, Riddle served on the company’s Board of Directors. He was responsible for operations, sales and marketing and strategic planning for the United States, Canada, and the European expansion. Working with Goldman Sachs Norrell was successfully merged with Spherion and received a good return for Norrell shareholders.

Riddle’s experience includes work with Ryder Systems, Inc., a $5.2 billion international provider of logistics and transportation services, where he served as President of Ryder International, with operations in Mexico, South America, Eastern and Western Europe. While at Ryder, he also served as Executive Vice President of Marketing and Sales with responsibility for product development, market development, pricing, marketing services, advertising, sales support and Global Strategic Account Management.

Riddle began his career at Xerox Corporation, where he held a variety of senior management roles during his 25-year tenure, including Vice President of Marketing in the United States and Europe, and Vice President of Sales & Sales Operations for the U.S. Group. Additional responsibilities included product management and development, sales operations, training, sales compensation and VP Field Operations for the U.S. copier and printer organization.

Riddle previously served on the Board of Visitors of the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina; on the Board of Trustees of Brevard Collage in North Carolina and on the Board of Trustees of Florida Memorial College in Miami, Florida. He has guest lectured at Vanderbilt, Oklahoma State University, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Clemson, Florida Memorial College, Florida International University, Florida Atlantic University and Harvard University.

Riddle received his BS degree in Marketing from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and his MBA in Finance from Emory University.

Invest in the Future of Healthcare

Our investor-focused model invests exclusively on behalf of our clinician investor network. We provide an opportunity for our clinician investors to participate in a diversified portfolio of early-stage healthcare technology companies.

Our institutional fund invests in a diversified portfolio of healthcare technology companies that are revolutionizing the healthcare industry on behalf of our institutional partners.

How do we support our portfolio companies?

GHIF presents a team of Principals with over seventy-five years of experience in business and healthcare.

Gary Goldman, MD, DDS, MBA

Bob Sweeney, DA, MBA, MS

Chris Kager, MD, MBA

Gary Goldman, MD, MBA, DDS

Bob Sweeney, DA, MBA, MS

Chris Kager, MD, MBA

Sheetal Nariani, MBA

Martyn Eles

Mukesh Advani

Sheetal Nariani​

Richard Hirschinger

Michael Pocalyko

Steve Lazer​

Janet Goldman

Robert G Darling

Ray Wurapa

Kirk Heath

John Kwan

Brian Howard​

Walter “Buzz” Stewart

James H. Philip

Bruce Auerbach

Jason Fung

Gita Channan

Erkan Hassan

George Baloyra​

Abhita Batra​

Drew Albert

Nicholas Henderson

James Ernest (Ernie) Riddle

Jeffrey Gubbels

Nicholas Hyde

Gavin Winston

Our Partners

Gary A Goldman DDS MD

Robert “Bob” Sweeney

Chris Kager MD

Mukesh Advani

Sheetal Nariani

Richard Hirschinger

Michael Pocalyko

Steve Lazer

Janet Goldman

Robert G Darling

Ray Wurupa

Kirk Heath

John Kwan

Brian Howard

Walter "Buzz" Stewart

James H. Philip

Bruce Auerbach

Jason Fung

Gita Channan

Erkan Hassan

George Baloyra

Abhita Batra

Drew Albert

Nicholas Henderson

James Ernest (Ernie) Riddle

Jeffrey Gubbels

Nicholas Hyde

Dave Goldman

Sheetal Nariani

Steve Lazer

Brian Howard

George Baloyra

Abhita Batra