Team Bios
Anthony Sanzo
President & Chief Executive Officer
A hospital executive since the late 1970's, Mr. Sanzo brings a solid understanding of the operational challenges faced by hospitals. Since 1980, he has held senior and executive positions for two major academic medical centers and was named Chief Executive Officer for one of those institutions, for over a decade. Prior to joining TeleTracking, he co-founded two healthcare consulting companies, Ethos Capital, LLC, and Transition Management Group. In addition to his roles of President, CEO and Director of TeleTracking Technologies, Mr. Sanzo is active in the Pittsburgh technology community. He is Chairman of Net Health Systems, Inc., a health informatics company providing disease state management tools and Chairman of Advanced Vital Services, Inc., a wound care technology and services company providing tools for the early diagnosis of pressure ulcers. Mr. Sanzo is a graduate of Allegheny College and Duke University's Fuqua School of Business.
Kirk Stephen
Chief Financial Officer & Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Stephen is responsible for accounting, finance, product implementation and technical support and is a member of the Company’s Board of Directors. Prior to joining TeleTracking in 1999, Mr. Stephen spent more than 20 years in the banking industry where he held various management positions and was responsible for providing growth capital to small and medium-sized businesses. He also worked for one of the big four public accounting firms. He has a BS in accounting from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and an MSIA in finance and accounting from the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon. He holds an active CPA license in Pennsylvania.
Donald P. DeCorte
Vice President & Chief Technology Officer
With over fifteen years of active participation in healthcare-related Information Technology, Donald P. DeCorte specializes in the design and support aspects of software development. Most recently, DeCorte was Vice President of Application Product Design for Atlanta-based CareCentric where his focus was on homecare-related financial and clinical applications. He has extensive experience in new product planning, R & D planning & budgeting, product enhancement and third-party product integration. Mr. DeCorte holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
Lisa Romano, RN, MSN
Vice President & Managing Director of Avanti Patient Flow Services
Lisa directs TeleTracking's Avanti Division, which provides patient flow process redesign services to hospitals. She brings nearly 20 years of clinical nursing and hospital administrative experience and most recently was administrator of patient logistics at Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network. Lisa has published extensively on the subject of patient throughput and is a frequent speaker on the subject at professional conferences. She earned an RN from East Stroudsburg University and an MSN from De Sales University.
Joseph P. Gentile
Regional Vice President of Sales, Central
As a senior sales executive with several leading healthcare technology companies such as Philips Medical and GE Medical Systems, Mr. Gentile brings over 20 years of proven healthcare-related leadership, sales management and market-oriented skills to the company. Most recently, Mr. Gentile was Vice President of Sales at Merge eFilm, Inc. where his efforts helped grow margin contribution, reduced sales expenses and consistently exceeded sales quota year after year. Mr. Gentile received a BA from Penn State University.
Steven Hill, RN, CNOR
Regional Vice President of Sales, West
With over 20 experience in the healthcare industry, Mr. Hill has held many titles including director level responsibilities in the surgical services arena for University Hospital, University of New Mexico, and St. Luke’s Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona. His began his healthcare experience in the United States Army where he was certified as a Surgical Technologist and as a Flight Nurse (MEDIVAC). Mr. Hill is a veteran of the Gulf War in 1991, where he flew MEDIVAC. Most recently, Mr. Hill has worked on the vendor side of healthcare where he held a sales consulting position for McKesson Corporation and was a Regional Director for Omnicell, a healthcare automation company. He earned his nursing degree from the County College of Morris in Randolph, New Jersey and is certified as a CNOR.
Raymond Powell, Jr.
Regional Vice President of Sales, East
Since 1992, Mr. Powell has held key management roles within TeleTracking and currently serves as Regional Vice President of Sales for the Eastern US and Canada. With more than 15 years of business experience prior to joining Tele-Tracking, he has successfully served in similar senior-level capacities for other growth-oriented organizations. Mr. Powell holds an MBA and BS in Engineering from West Virginia University.
Christopher Anderson
Director of Marketing
Since 1990, Mr. Anderson has been involved in selling and marketing products and services to the healthcare industry. His experience with industry leaders such as Merck & Company, McKessonHBOC and WebMD Corp., and smaller start-ups in the area of healthcare information, electronic medical records and scheduling software, helps direct TeleTracking's strategic and tactical marketing initiatives. Mr. Anderson is a graduate of St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology and received a Masters in Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing from Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA.
Jason Baim
Director of Product Management
With more than 14 years of product management and product marketing experience, Jason Baim, Director, Product Management is responsible for managing the tactical and strategic product direction for TeleTracking's suite of industry leading patient flow solutions. His experience in strategic planning, end-to-end-product lifecycle activities and strong technical knowledge helps ensure that existing solutions and new products meet the patient flow needs of today's busy hospitals. Prior to TeleTracking, Jason held senior product management and strategic roles at EMC Corporation and Lucent Technologies, and Marketing and Business Development duties at FTP Software. Jason has a Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences from Wesleyan University and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Michigan.
Paul J. Dudeck
Director of Implementation
With over 18 years of experience as an Information Technologies professional, Dudeck has held diverse corporate responsibilities with small, private venture companies to a large Fortune 500 organization helping lead company's information technology strategic direction and growth, building and managing the Information Technology infrastructure and daily operations of the company. Most recently, Dudeck was Senior Consultant at Cambridge Technology Partners. Dudeck holds a B.A. in General Sciences - Applied Computer Science from The Pennsylvania State University and has extensive experience in IT project management and strategic consulting. In March of 2002 he earned the designation of Project Management Professional (PMP) from The Project Management Institute (PMI).
Blair Freer
Director of Technical Support
Prior to joining TeleTracking, Mr. Freer served in multiple roles - from Travel Agent to Service Performance Analyst to Operations Manager of three call centers supporting multi-national clients, to Travel & Technology Consultant performing on-site installations and training - for American Express. Mr. Freer has a BA from Taylor University, Upland, Indiana. He has secured professional certifications, including Cisco CCNA and Microsoft MCSE W2K, and is a CompTIA A+ Certified Technician.
Andrew J. Irlbacher, CPA
Director of Finance
Mr. Irlbacher has more than 20 years of experience in high growth-oriented organizations and five years of "Big Four" public accounting experience.He has served as Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Corporate Controller for several software-based product and services companies. He has a BSBA from Clarion University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Irlbacher is a member of the American and Pennsylvania Institutes of Certified Public Accountants. He obtained his CPA in 1983.
Beverly McGrath
Director of Human Resouces
With more than 20 years of human resources experience, Beverly McGrath, Director of Human Resources, is responsible for developing and implementing recruitment, talent acquisition and employee initiatives for the company. Prior to joining TeleTracking Technologies in 2003, Beverly held senior leadership positions in health care, utility and manufacturing facilities. She has a B.A. English from Edinboro University of PA., an M.A. Industrial Relations from St. Francis University and certification as a Senior Professional Human Resources (SPHR).
Kimberly Roberts, Esq.
General Counsel
Prior to joining TeleTracking, Ms. Roberts was associated with the Pittsburgh-based law firm Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, P.C., where she represented corporations, healthcare industry businesses and other organizations as a lawyer in its Corporate Group and Healthcare Consulting practice. She received her BA in Rhetoric and Communications from the University of Pittsburgh and her JD from Duquesne University's School of Law. Ms. Roberts is a member of the American, Pennsylvania and Allegheny County Bar Associations.
