Amy Kovach
Amy Kovach was diagnosed with breast cancer in March 2009, She went through 15 months of active treatment, and through that experience became active in social media. She will share some of her story and relate her experiences as part of an online patient support community. She is truly inspirational and will shed some real experiences into our conversation. She will also be available for TableStorming with our panelists.
Anthony Gold
CEO - Healthy Humans
Anthony is the CEO of Healthy Humans, a doctor-directed solutions provider developing software platforms to provide greater connectivity between physicians and patients. Healthy Humans is demonstrating spectacular health outcomes at greatly reduced costs, and has already touched the lives of many people. Anthony is also the President of the Open Solutions Alliance (OSA), a non-profit global organization focused on addressing the interoperability of open source amongst business infrastructures. Anthony was also recently chosen to chair the Healthcare Working Group for the Open Source for America coalition. Prior to this, Anthony was the VP/GM of the very successful startup Open Source Business within the $6 billion Unisys Corporation. Anthony was named as one of the “top business leaders who matter the most” by LinuxWorld magazine and regularly presents on the model of Web 2.0 & mass-collaboration and how they are changing all facets of business and the world. As well, Anthony is the chairman of the CIO Institute for the greater Philadelphia Alliance for Capital and Technology. Anthony holds eight patents around enterprise software design and is an Electrical Engineering graduate of Drexel University.
Anthony’s Blog: http://www.anthonygold.info
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.cominanthonygold
Lois Drapin
Founder & CEO, Drapin & Co.
Lois Drapin is the founder of Drapin & Co., an advisory firm for companies and investors in the pharmaceutical, Lois Drapin, Owner, Drapin & Co.technology, and healthcare sectors. A veteran innovator with both online and mobile expertise, some of Drapin’s career highlights include: founding or developing three innovation teams in pharma and technology companies; launching some of this country’s first DTC health products to the underinsured on behalf of managed care; and constructing online and mobile products from licensed and proprietary data sets for differentiated market entry. She has worked in various full-time, consulting and advisory capacities with WebMD, Wyeth, United Healthcare, Physicians Interactive, Skyscape, and emerging companies in social media, CME, and DNA testing. She currently serves on advisory boards for WEGO Health, Clinical Care Options, and I’m Too Young For This Cancer Foundation!. On a personal note, she is a devotee of international film and festivals.
Marijo Montgomery
Vice President Sales, RealAge, Inc.
Marijo Montgomery is a successful business strategist and proven master at the psychology of landing the "impossible" deal in any economic environment. During her 18 years of highly successful sales experience, she has consistently harnessed best practices to rethink traditional marketing approaches in order to achieve the highest possible ROI.
Marijo repeatedly creates profitable ventures by optimizing pharmaceutical and CPG campaigns and maximizing marketing plans to drive success metrics. An industry leader, she is an enthusiastic and tireless client advocate with a deep understanding of how to effectively bridge the gap between companies, doctors and patients.
Bob Brooks
Vice President, Product Development
WEGO Health
Bob Brooks is an expert in multi-channel marketing with over 20 years of experience in both the consumer and physician space. During his career, Bob has led innovative healthcare projects and teams within client, agency, and supplier-side businesses.
Bob is Vice President at WEGO Health, a different kind of social media company. WEGO Health is dedicated to empowering Health Activists by providing them a space to find and hone their voices, while helping life science organizations engage with these integral new healthcare influencers.
Formerly, Bob was Director of Integrated Marketing and Media at GlaxoSmithKline, where he created enterprise-wide interactive programs proven to drive top-line revenue for brand teams.
On the agency-side, Bob was co-founder and partner of ECHO Strategies Group, where he launched the first online Health Risk Appraisal in the industry, as well as The Six Senses, the first award program for health websites. ECHO Strategies Group was acquired by Omnicom and merged with AGENCY.COM.
Virginia Harris
President
ProActive for Patients Media, Inc.
Virginia Harris is the founder and president of ProActive for Patients Media, Inc., a unique media company that delivers co-pay and comprehensive patient education to patients at home from each patient's own physician using a proprietary office-visit follow-up system. She is a patient education and adherence specialist with over 20 years of experience.
Prior to launching ProActive, she served pharmaceutical clients at several agencies, including Roska Healthcare and TMPC. She is also the author of a series of CoffeebreakReaders (TM) novels that focus on milestones in women's history.
Meryl Weinreb
Board Member,
Philadelphia Affiliate, Susan G Komen For the Cure
Retired pharmaceutical marketer
Meryl Weinreb is a retired pharmaceutical marketing executive. Prior to her retirement, she was the global commercial voice on emerging neuroscience product development teams working on new treatments for cognitive impairment and pain AstraZeneca, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of prescription medicines. During Ms.Weinreb’s tenure at AstraZeneca, she also held the position of Director of Patient Programs for the firm’s US oncology therapies for lung, prostate and breast cancer where she lead awarding winning work in disease awareness and patient education.
Prior to joining AstraZeneca, she held progressively senior marketing management positions in such categories as eye care (Alcon Labs), OTC medications (Schering-Plough), and consumer package goods (General Mills).
Currently, Ms Weinreb serves on the Executive Board of the Philadelphia affiliate of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure, a non-profit organization that educates the community about breast cancer, and funds research, screening and support programs.
