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David Ricker is BroadJump LLC’s Chairman and CEO. David’s career in the healthcare industry spans three decades, having served most recently as President and CEO of Broadlane, one of the nation’s largest group purchase organizations. Under his leadership, the company’s explosive growth produced a 480% increase in shareholder value growing EBITDA from a loss of $20 million to earnings of $45 million at the time of its sale to MedAssets for $850 million.

As an industry leader, David is widely recognized for conceiving innovative services that change the healthcare supply chain landscape. He was elected Chairman of the Federation of the American Hospital Exhibitor Committee, and is a frequently sought speaker at industry events. David has served on the Advisory Board of Rendina Companies since August of 2010.

Education:
Bachelor of Arts in Communications
Rowan College 

Dan heads up technology as President and CIO, and serves on BroadJump, LLC’s Board of Managers. He has more than 20 years of experience as an executive in the healthcare and technology industries. Most recently, Dan spent five years as the Vice President of National Accounts for Medline Industries. While at Medline, he grew his business line to over $500 million in annual sales and successfully negotiated, secured and managed more than 80 contracts with purchasing organizations such as MedAssets, Kaiser-Permanente, and Ascension Health. Prior to Medline, Dan was co-founder and Senior Vice President of Business Information Services at Broadlane. Under his direction, Broadlane created BroadLink, a dynamic Business to Business e-commerce exchange in healthcare, as well as number of ground breaking technologies that included automated financial and contract management functions.

Before Broadlane, Dan co-founded a technology company called InetSolutions, which was a pioneer in the field of Internet-based software development. InetSolutions built custom software solutions for healthcare companies that included Tenet Healthcare and Premier, a national group purchasing organization. Prior to starting InetSolutions, Dan led the Data Solution division for Premier.

Dan is married and has two children in high school. He enjoys fishing, playing basketball, traveling with his family and supporting his children at their sporting events.

Education:
Business Degree Economics
Brown University 

Cheryl served in various healthcare client management and leadership roles for more than 20 years prior to joining BroadJump, LLC. Most recently, she was Regional Vice President of Client Management over Enterprise Accounts at MedAssets, a healthcare performance improvement company. Previously, she served as a regional Vice President of Client Management at Broadlane, a group purchasing organization. In earlier roles, she served as Director of Client Management for Broadlane and Director of Customer Support at Brim Healthcare Inc.

Cheryl previously served on the Acute Long Term Hospital Association (ALTHA), the Allied Council. She has presented on several occasions to Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) membership on pricing transparency in the healthcare supply chain, and she co-presented a case study on “Selecting Your Group Purchasing Organization.”

Cheryl has two children, a daughter who has graduated from college that also works in healthcare, and a son who is in high school. In her free time she enjoys genealogy, watching her son play sports, as well as attending every home University of Oregon football game.

Education:
Bachelor of Arts in International Affairs
Lewis and Clark College 

Dave is one of BroadJump’s co-founders and oversees all financial aspects of the company. Prior to BroadJump, he worked at Tenet Healthcare and Broadlane in various capacities of corporate finance and financial reporting.

In addition to finance, Dave is a writer. To date, he has had five articles published in various periodicals and newspapers. He is also fluent in Spanish. Dave has been happily married for more than 30 years. He and his wife currently live in Utah and enjoy spending time with their four children and three grandsons.

Education:
Master of Business Administration
Marriott School of Management at BYU

Bachelor of Arts, Economics
Brigham Young University

Prior to joining BroadJump, LLC, Joe led supply chain operations for Franklin Community Health Network in Maine, driving enduring bottom-line improvement through process optimization. Joe leveraged the supply chain as a conduit to improve the quality and cost of patient outcomes through physician and clinician engagement, strategic value analysis and revenue management. Previously, he managed manufacturing supply chain operations with Scott Paper Company and Kimberly Clark Corporation.

Joe has four children and enjoys competitive swimming, biking, golf and fly-fishing in his free time.

Education:
Master of Business Administration
Thomas College 

Bachelor of Science, Business Administration, cum laude
Ithaca College 

Wanda has three decades of healthcare experience, functioning in various capacities from bedside nurse to owner of a nursing consulting business. Her background includes roles as a clinical implementation specialist and a healthcare services vendor. Prior to her current role as Vice President of Client Management and Value Analysis Specialist for BroadJump, Wanda was the Value Analysis Manager for Regional One Health in Memphis, Tennessee.

Currently, Wanda holds a PhD in Organizational Leadership, focusing on generational communication and interactions in the workplace, as well as evolving generational issues. She speaks at national and regional events on a variety of topics including value analysis, team building, communication and generational influences on business practice. 

Wanda is married with a wonderful blended family, including six children and five grands. She loves walking on the beach and is an avid reader and writer. She is passionate about mentoring the youngest generation, addressing food insecurity in her community and working with the children of addicts and teens aging out of the foster system. She has plans to create a safety net system for these children and would like to set up a foundation to sponsor college scholarships for this group of at-risk young people. 

Education:
PhD, Organizational Leadership 
Northcentral University

Keith has over 35 years in the healthcare industry within multiple market segments. He has extensive experience in contract negotiations, marketing, sales management and strategic operational planning. Previously, Keith served in a leadership role developing, negotiating, implementing and managing strategic corporate business relationships with GPOs, IDNs, purchasing coalitions/regional buying groups, veteran affairs and other national healthcare parallel partners to execute strategic market expansion in the acute and alternate care environments. He has worked with multiple GPOs and led a purchasing department for a large, multi-located non-profit medical equipment organization.

Keith is a US Army veteran and is married with two children. He enjoys sports, spending time with his family and traveling with his wife.

Education:
Bachelor of Science, Healthcare Management
Park University 

Jim has served in a variety of roles during his 30-year career in healthcare. Prior to joining BroadJump, he was Senior Vice President of Operations for the group purchasing organization Provista, a $9 billion Vizient (formerly VHA) company. Before that, he ran a successful consulting practice and spent most of his time helping to launch two reference laboratory companies, Medfusion and ClearPoint Diagnostic Laboratories, where he worked as a subject matter expert concerning sales, marketing and website development. Jim also worked at Broadlane, a group purchasing organization, where he held numerous positions including Senior Vice President of Marketing, Senior Vice President of Business Development and Vice President of Medical, Surgical and Diversity Contracting. Prior to joining Broadlane, Jim worked his way up the corporate ladder at Johnson & Johnson, beginning as a sales representative and holding 12 different positions of increasing responsibility during his 16-year tenure.

Before entering the healthcare field, Jim interned as the Assistant Press Secretary to the Lieutenant Governor of Georgia. His work in journalism and public relations has been published in numerous newspapers and magazines. Jim has also been a featured speaker at numerous healthcare meetings and conventions.

Jim is the father of Benton, Logan and Sheridan, and with his wife Ellie through special provisions, shares in the care of Beth and Amanda. Jim and Ellie enjoy spending time with their children, attending and serving at church and searching for the “perfect” restaurant. In his free time, he is an accomplished guitarist and plays daily. When he gets the chance, he loves to ride his motorcycle.

Education:
Bachelor of Arts, Journalism; Emphasis in Public Relations
Auburn University

Professional Affiliations: 
Association for Healthcare Resource and Materials Management
Former Board Member, NCI
Activly involved in charitable organizations in the Dallas/Fort Worth area

Phil is the Vice President of Technology at BroadJump and manages the day-to-day operations of the technology team. Phil began his career at Code Authority (now Improving), a regional provider of cloud software consulting services. His years of experience and success with a diverse set of clientele there culminated in a position of Partner and Senior Architect.

Having worked with BroadJump on a consulting basis since the earliest days of the company in 2012, Phil has greatly enjoyed putting modern technology to work to make BroadJump’s product visions come to life from the ground up. Formally joining the company in 2019, Phil puts his talent, insight, heart and creativity into developing not only amazing applications for the company’s clients, but also developing the skills and capabilities of the in-house technology team.

In his spare time, Phil enjoys gardening, exercise and volunteering with the Dallas Red Foundation’s marketing committee.

Education:
Software Engineering
University of Texas at Dallas

Lauren began her career in healthcare with BroadJump, experiencing several aspects of the business as an analyst, operations manager and now as the Director of Product Development. She coordinates with stakeholders across the company and client base to identify, prioritize and execute strategic initiatives to better serve healthcare providers. Lauren is based out of BroadJump’s Dallas office.

In her free time, Lauren enjoys reading, traveling with her husband and visiting her hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Education:
Bachelor of Science, Mathematics
Kent State University

Jason Krogulski is the Vice President of Operations at BroadJump. Having spent more than 10 years of his career with BroadJump, Jason knows how to truly drive value for the company’s clients through their suite of applications. Jason supports BroadJump’s mission of improving patient care through expense management by taking on a variety of responsibilities, including product development, QA testing and custom analytics. He has experience building custom reporting using SQL and Power BI and is also tasked with managing the company’s local and cloud-based databases.

In his time at BroadJump, Jason has been a key member of multiple client engagements that have resulted in millions in savings for clients.

Education:
Currently pursuing his MBA
University of Illinois

Bachelor of Science, Business Administration, Finance concentration  
Queen’s University 

Lauren Horan Shahriar is incredibly passionate about the business of healthcare and with helping others. As BroadJump’s first employee, she has been instrumental in the development and population of BroadJump’s back-end technologies. In her current role, she is responsible for the development of BroadJump’s internal product log and categorization schema.

Lauren studied Human Development at Texas Tech University. After graduation, she became a Child Life Advocate, working with children in their early stage development. Lauren then moved to the business side of healthcare, working with MedAssets in their National Purchasing Center. Lauren worked directly with providers in the sourcing process and gained valuable insight into the healthcare strategic sourcing process.

Lauren recently relocated to California with her husband, but is a Texan at heart. She enjoys traveling, going out with friends and experiencing all the outdoor activities that Southern California has to offer.

Education:
Human Development
Texas Tech University

Kaylee is a Senior Analyst at BroadJump, where she supports the development of BroadJump’s medical-surgical solutions. Previously, she worked as an analyst responsible for data management and a variety of analytics projects using tools such as SQL and Power BI.

Kaylee was born and raised in Dallas. She enjoys rock climbing and watching the NFL.

Education:
Bachelor of Science, Human & Organizational Development
Vanderbilt University 

Haley is a Manager of Operations at BroadJump, a critical role in the day-to-day operations supporting BroadJump’s suite of solutions, including managing a team of business analysts. Prior to this position, she was a Senior Analyst, focusing on special projects designed to improve operational efficiencies. Previously within BroadJump, Haley assisted in uncovering cost savings opportunities for hospitals through data-driven projects. She also played a significant role in BroadJump’s Data Integrity and QA team, ensuring the accuracy of BroadJump’s catalog data, as well as being the primary point on the processing of quotes and proposals for the company’s hospital partners.

Haley is from Del Rio, Texas. Being from a border town, she enjoys Mexican food, spending time with family and staying active.

Education:
Bachelor of Business Administration, Energy Commerce
Texas Tech University  

Tahnee has twelve years of healthcare experience throughout her career. Before joining BroadJump, she assisted as a surgical technician in an abundance of surgical cases and implemented practices, procedures and culture in the opening of a surgical center.

She first got her start as a data analyst on the product integrity team for a largely known GPO, Vizient. In her previous role as Data Analyst with BroadJump, she specialized in healthcare product knowledge, helping refine practices, create new processes and maintaining projects for categorization on the Data Integrity & QA team. She has now taken on the role as Senior Analyst for Client Experience, where she aids BroadJump’s Client Managers in maintaining client accounts.

Tahnee enjoys traveling, fitness and baking. She also likes to volunteer at local charities in her free time.

Sarah is a Senior Analyst of Client Experience at BroadJump, where she focuses on coordinating efforts between Operations, Client Management and Clients to assist clients in managing their non-labor expense. Previously, Sarah was an Operations Analyst, focused specifically on processing quotes and proposals for clients, running reports in SQL and Excel and helping to maintain BroadJump’s internal product log.

Sarah was born and raised in Raleigh, North Carolina. She moved to Texas following graduation from UNC. She enjoys baking, walking her golden retriever and going to indoor spin classes.

Education:
Bachelor of Arts Public Policy
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill