Health Integrated Welcomes Denis Field, CPA, JD, LLM and David Friend, MD, MBA to Board of Directors
TAMPA, Fla., May 29 /PRNewswire/ — Health Integrated today announced that Denis Field, CPA, JD, LLM and David Friend, MD, MBA, have joined the company’s board of directors. Field is chairman and founding partner of executive search firm Gartner Partners LLC, and chairman, COO and CFO of women’s accessories retailer Laila Rowe. Dr. Friend is a managing director with Alvarez and Marsal, LLC, a leading global professional services firm.
“We are grateful to have both Denis and David as additions to our board,” said Shan Padda, Health Integrated’s chief executive officer. “To have individuals of their caliber join our board shows both the progress we have achieved and the potential that we have as an organization. Their insights and experience will be extremely valuable in further accelerating our company’s growth and helping to guide Health Integrated in the years ahead.”
“Denis brings a wealth of leadership, particularly in high-growth environments. His appointment brings an independent business leader who has served on a variety of boards and has a superb finance and accounting background,” continued Padda. “I am very pleased that Denis has agreed to chair Health Integrated’s audit committee.”
Prior to his current work, Field was chairman and CEO of BDO Seidman, LLP, the world’s fifth largest accounting firm, that also provided assurance, tax, financial advisory and consulting services. During his tenure, BDO Seidman revenue increased 60% over a 3-year period and average partner revenue more than doubled during the same period of time. Field also served as chairman of the partner compensation and partner matters committees. He was also a member of the financial oversight, strategy and long-term planning committees.
Field received a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Michigan Tech University, his JD from Thomas M. Cooley School of Law and his LLM from New York University.
“David is a physician executive and has a proven record for creating shareholder value. His appointment brings a wealth of experience in healthcare research, management, strategy, operation, finance, technology and medicine,” said Padda. “I am very pleased that David has agreed to chair Health Integrated’s compensation committee.”
At Alvarez and Marsal, Dr. Friend has most recently served as Senior Restructuring Executive of St. Vincent’s Catholic Medical Center of New York, a $1.8 B academic medical center, working in both the Office of the President and the Office of the Physician-in-Chief.
Prior to joining A&M, Dr. Friend was a senior partner and board member at Watson Wyatt Worldwide, where he managed its Global Healthcare Consulting practice and was responsible for all healthcare consulting assignments in Asia, the United States and Europe. During his nine years with Watson Wyatt, his clients included Fortune 500 Companies, academic medical centers and the public sector, including state, local and international governments. He also helped lead the turnaround of the firm itself, which resulted in its successful IPO, a twenty fold return on equity and recognition on Business Week’s list of Hot Growth Companies.
Dr. Friend holds a B.A. in Economics from Brandeis University, his MD from the University Of Connecticut School Of Medicine, and an MBA in Healthcare from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of the acclaimed book, Healthcare.com, which examines the use of technology to improve healthcare delivery.
Reflecting Health Integrated’s own growth, the Health Integrated Board of Directors has now grown to eight members.
About Health Integrated
Health Integrated, Inc. pioneers health and condition management programs, resulting in better mental and physical health for individuals across the care continuum. Driven by a strong entrepreneurial culture, Health Integrated combines behavioral health and modification expertise with advanced analytic and mass personalization technology to deliver tailored outcomes-driven behavioral, medical and disease management solutions for health plans, employers and government organizations. As a result, healthcare economics, quality of life, productivity and clinical outcomes are all improved. Founded in 1996, Tampa, FL-based Health Integrated is URAC Accredited for Disease Management, Case Management and Health Utilization Management programs. The company has also received National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Patient and Practitioner Oriented Accreditation for its award-winning Depression Care Coaching Program. For more information, visit http://www.healthintegrated.com/ .
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CONTACT: Mike Miniati of Health Integrated, +1-877-267-7577,mminiati@healthintegrated.com
Web site: http://www.healthintegrated.com/