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Bruce J. Tarzy, M.D.
CEO and Chief Medical Officer
bruce.tarzy@medikeeper.com
Bruce Tarzy, M.D. practiced obstetrics and gynecology for over 25 years until
retiring in 2002. Originally from New Jersey, Dr. Tarzy has been a resident of
San Diego County since 1972. He has been active within both the medical and
local communities, and twice served as Mayor of Poway, California.
Dr. Tarzy received his B.A. degree from Johns Hopkins University, and graduated
from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He completed his residency
at the University of California, San Diego Hospital in Obstetrics and Gynecology, where
he served as President of the Interns and Residents Association.
While maintaining an active clinical practice, Dr. Tarzy served in numerous positions of
leadership and responsibility. He spent two and one-half years on the Board of Directors
of Palomar/Pomerado Health System and later eight years on the Poway City Council. Dr. Tarzy
has also served on the Boards of Directors for several medical corporations where his area
of expertise included finance and contract negotiations. He has served on the Board of a
corporation that had a successful public offering with a present day value of $100M.
Additionally, Dr. Tarzy served as general partner for two major commercial construction projects.
Dr. Tarzy retired from clinical practice in May 2002. He also consulted as a medical expert for
several large medical-legal firms.
In April 2003, Dr. Tarzy was asked to join the Audit and Investigation Division of the
California Department of Health Services in the Medical Review Branch. He served with distinction
in this role until June 2004 and continues to serve as a consultant.
In May 2003, Dr. Tarzy joined with George Schwartzman to co-found MediKeeper, Inc., and originally
served the company as its Executive Vice President and Medical Director. In February 2006, Dr. Tarzy
assumed duties as CEO and Chief Medical Officer.
Dr. Tarzy and his wife Beth are the parents of one adult son and reside in Poway, California.
He is avid connoisseur of wine and passionate Padres fan.
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Ryan C. Tarzy
President
ryan.tarzy@medikeeper.com
Ryan Tarzy has distinguished himself as a specialist in business operations, healthcare information technology, web-based technologies, and the development of new ventures.
Mr. Tarzy graduated cum laude from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois in 1998 with degrees in both Economics and Applied Mathematics. He also graduated from Northwestern's Honors program in Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences, during which he specialized in academic subjects such as game theory, deterministic optimization, and econometrics. Also during his college years, Mr. Tarzy served in numerous leadership positions and received several honors for his scholarship and leadership including being awarded as one of the 20 most influential members of his class.
Mr. Tarzy began his career with Ernst & Young Management Consulting where he first honed his technical skills working for a major commercial products client. Subsequently, Mr. Tarzy worked with Mercer Management Consulting, and later with the leading strategy consulting firm Bain & Company. During his tenure with Bain, he worked on a variety of projects involving a broad range of clients--from internet start-ups to world leading Fortune 50 companies--and across many industries. Mr. Tarzy also had the opportunity to work in a diverse set of business problems including business plan creation, procurement strategy, corporate strategy, and merger integration.
In November 2001, Mr. Tarzy decided to apply his diverse business and technical expertise by returning to San Diego and founding Sedona Management Consulting. The firm specialized in providing business technology consulting to medium-sized healthcare and non-profit organizations. Ultimately, his firm expanded and began to build web-based custom applications for health care firms. In July, 2003, Sedona Management Consulting contracted with MediKeeper, Inc. to build the MediKeeper website and web application. In September of 2004, Mr. Tarzy brought in a partner to take over the day-to-day operations of the firm. The firm has been reformed as Sedona Ventures, and now focuses on the development of web-based ventures.
In August 2003, Mr. Tarzy agreed to join in the establishment of MediKeeper, Inc., and previously served as Director of Operations and Senior Vice President of Operations. In February 2006, he was promoted to Chief Operations Officer.
Ryan Tarzy is a wine connoisseur and is pursuing a certificate in The Business of Wine at San Diego State University. He is also a sports enthusiast who enjoys skiing and golf and an avid baseball fan. Mr. Tarzy is single, and resides in San Diego.
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David Nguyen
Chief Technology Officer
david.nguyen@medikeeper.com
David Nguyen has extensive IT experience consulting for and serving top Fortune 500
companies such as Wal-Mart, General Electric, FedEx, and Marriott. In addition, he also
has consulted and deployed backup and disaster recovery solutions for enterprises
and institutions such as Yahoo!, Dow Jones, and the US Courts.
Mr. Nguyen holds a Bachelor’s of Science degree from the University of Maryland
with a major in Electrical Engineering and a minor in Mathematics. He also
completed a Master’s of Science degree from Johns Hopkins in the Management of
Information Systems.
In December, 2000, Mr. Nguyen relocated to San Diego when he co-founded BakBone Software, Inc., a
leading data protection solution provider of data backup, restore, and disaster recovery software
for network storage and open-systems environment. Mr. Nguyen helped build from the ground up, a
complete IT and QA infrastructure. Mr. Nguyen then moved on to manage the company’s Integration
Services department in which he masterminded and deployed disaster recovery strategies for companies
such as Wal-Mart and Yahoo!.
In May of 2005, Mr. Nguyen joined MediKeeper to serve as the Vice President of Technology. Mr. Nguyen
resides in San Diego and is passionate about racing cars and motorcycles.
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Dew-Anne Langcaon
Senior Financial Advisor
dewanne.langcaon@medikeeper.com
Dew-Anne Langcaon has over 20 years of financial and business experience with over a decade in finance,
operations and strategic business development in the healthcare industry. Dew-Anne also previously worked
as a Certified Public Accountant with Deloitte and Touche. Dew-Anne joined PacifiCap in February of 2006
and she leads the overall financial organization, and portfolio company monitoring, as well as managing
deal flow and due diligence for PacifiCap’s healthcare related investments.
Dew-Anne also brings to PacifiCap a depth of experience in being an entrepreneur herself as a co-founder
of Ho’okele Personal Health Planners, LLC a Hawaii based patient advocacy and care management services firm.
Prior to joining PacifiCap, Dew-Anne was the Executive Vice President and Chief Strategic
Officer for Hawaii Pacific Health (HPH), the state’s largest health care provider. In her role, she
provided senior executive leadership for system-wide strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions, joint
venture activities, organizational risk management, research, quality and risk management, captive
insurance company operations and academic affiliations.
Before entering the healthcare industry, Dew-Anne spent six years as a CPA with Deloitte & Touche in
Honolulu, leaving the firm in 1993 as an Audit Manager. Her areas of specialty were in healthcare, real
estate, mergers and acquisitions and automotive dealerships.
Born and raised in Hawaii, Dew-Anne graduated from St. Andrew’s Priory as well as the University of
Hawaii at Manoa where she earned a Bachelors degree in Business Administration and a Masters degree in
Accounting. Dew-Anne maintains a strong commitment to the community and volunteers her time and leadership
skills to many Boards in the community including: St. Andrew’s Priory School; the American Red Cross, Hawaii
Chapter; Aloha United Way; YWCA; the Foundation for Research and Medical Education; the Hawaii Science and
Technology Council; and Enterprise Honolulu.
Dew-Anne is a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives, the Hawaii Society of
Certified Public Accountants, the American Institute of CPAs and is a Fellow with the Healthcare
Financial Management Association.
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Stanley M. Grube
Director, Healthcare Sales
Stanley M. Grube, MBA, FACHE, is a leader in healthcare management and development of health care
services and facilities. He is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives having this
status conferred to him in the minimum time recognized by the College. He was elected as the
American College of Healthcare Executives, Regent for the Magic Kingdom Area of Southern
California, and is a Charter Member of the Board of Directors of the Health Care Executives of
Southern California. He is also a Member of the CEO Circle of the American of Health Care Executives. Mr. Grube received his MBA in Health Care Management from the School of Government and Business of The George Washington University, Washington, DC
Mr. Grube has extensive experience in the healthcare environment ranging from his role as
President/CEO of Morris, Marion Associates, Inc., a National Healthcare Management Consulting Firm, with
offices in Washington, DC and Corona, California, and as President and CEO of Versacare, Inc., a
National Not-for-Profit health care system.
During his term as President and CEO, of Versacare, Inc., the corporation grew from a small health
care corporation to a National Not-for-Profit Healthcare System with a presence in five states. The
Corporation was recognized for its leadership in developing innovative approaches to acute patient
care, sub-acute and skilled patient care, residential care, and adult day health care services. The
development of these services were recognized and lauded as a Model for healthcare providers, and this
model has been replicated at numerous sites throughout the healthcare environment.
Mr. Grube served as the President/ CEO of Corona Community Hospital, an acute care, Non-Profit
hospital. Under his leadership, the hospitals patient care services were continually expanded to meet
the growing needs of the community. And, the revenues and income were doubled in the first five years
followed by continued growth in scope and services.
From his desire to provide additional service and contribute to his community, Mr. Grube, Stan as he
prefers, has received many awards including: House of Representatives Recognition, from Congressman.
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