Audaire Health

About

Team

Andy Berg, PharmD Co‑founder and CEO	Andy co-founded Audaire Health in 2015 with the idea of simplifying the patient experience and ensuring patient access to all medications. He holds a PharmD and Finance degree from the University of Iowa. Prior to starting Audaire Health, Andy worked in community pharmacy, for a pharmacy focused healthcare startup and as a consultant to both large health systems and small critical access hospitals.
Tom Giesberg, BS, MS Co‑founder and CTO	Tom co-founded Audaire Health with Andy in 2015 and shares the vision of building great technology to simplify the patient experience. Tom holds a B.S. in ChemE from Texas A&M University and an M.S. in CS from the University of Texas at Dallas. He has experience as an engineer and technical leader at start-ups, nonprofits and Fortune 500 companies in industries from healthcare to high tech to energy. A serial entrepreneur used to wearing many hats from hardware engineer to database administrator to web and mobile app developer. In addition to building products, he has built and run numerous technical teams.
Chris Hogan, BS, MBA Payer Relations Lead	Chris is the president of Hogan Healthcare Consulting. In his prior role, Chris served as the Vice President & Chief Pharmacy Officer at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona for 25 years. Throughout his tenure he accomplished positive results in the areas of health insurance/pharmacy administration, contract negotiations, clinical pharmacy policy, and human resources including a focus on Diversity.

Advisors

James Jorgenson, MS, RPh, FASHP	Jim is CEO of Visante where he leads national and international programs for medicines management improvement in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada. His more than 30-year career includes pharmacy oversight of very large health systems and their network associations, as well as academic leadership in graduate pharmacy education. Prior to joining Visante, Mr. Jorgenson was Vice President, Chief Pharmacy Officer for Indiana University Health (IU Health), the largest and most comprehensive state-based healthcare system in Indiana with 18 hospitals and over 5,000 beds. Prior to joining Indiana University Health, he was Administrative Director of Pharmacy Services for the University of Utah Health Care and Associate Dean for Pharmacy at the University of Utah College of Pharmacy in Salt Lake City. He also directed pharmacy services for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City. Mr. Jorgenson’s leadership has also extended to professional organizations and societies where he has served on numerous councils and committees for the American Society of Health System Pharmacists (ASHP) and is a faculty member for the ASHP Foundation Pharmacy Leadership Academy. In 2008, he received the ASHP Award for Distinguished Leadership of Health-Systems Pharmacy Practice.
Ed Pezalla, MD, MPH	Dr. Pezalla is a leading innovator in payer strategy for pharmaceutical and device manufacturers, and CEO/founder of Enlightenment Bioconsult, LLC. He focuses on unlocking the value of innovative pharmaceutical products by developing industry-leading approaches to incorporating payer requirements into development programs, technology assessment plans, and value frameworks. He works with a variety of policy and industry groups on cutting edge coverage policy, innovations in value-based payments, and adaptive regulatory and market entry pathways. Dr. Pezalla is the former Vice President for Pharmaceutical Policy and Strategy in the Office of the Chief Medical Officer at Aetna.

James Jorgenson, MS, RPh, FASHP

Jim is CEO of Visante where he leads national and international programs for medicines management improvement in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada. His more than 30-year career includes pharmacy oversight of very large health systems and their network associations, as well as academic leadership in graduate pharmacy education. Prior to joining Visante, Mr. Jorgenson was Vice President, Chief Pharmacy Officer for Indiana University Health (IU Health), the largest and most comprehensive state-based healthcare system in Indiana with 18 hospitals and over 5,000 beds. Prior to joining Indiana University Health, he was Administrative Director of Pharmacy Services for the University of Utah Health Care and Associate Dean for Pharmacy at the University of Utah College of Pharmacy in Salt Lake City. He also directed pharmacy services for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City. Mr. Jorgenson’s leadership has also extended to professional organizations and societies where he has served on numerous councils and committees for the American Society of Health System Pharmacists (ASHP) and is a faculty member for the ASHP Foundation Pharmacy Leadership Academy. In 2008, he received the ASHP Award for Distinguished Leadership of Health-Systems Pharmacy Practice.

Ed Pezalla, MD, MPH

Dr. Pezalla is a leading innovator in payer strategy for pharmaceutical and device manufacturers, and CEO/founder of Enlightenment Bioconsult, LLC. He focuses on unlocking the value of innovative pharmaceutical products by developing industry-leading approaches to incorporating payer requirements into development programs, technology assessment plans, and value frameworks. He works with a variety of policy and industry groups on cutting edge coverage policy, innovations in value-based payments, and adaptive regulatory and market entry pathways. Dr. Pezalla is the former Vice President for Pharmaceutical Policy and Strategy in the Office of the Chief Medical Officer at Aetna.