gloStream: EMR software and practice management solutions

Company Leaders

Michael Sappington: Chief Executive Officer

Since 2006, Mike has served as CEO of gloStream. Charting out the organization’s long term vision and developing its unique channel program and EMR and PM product roadmaps are Mike’s predominant responsibilities although he provides direction and input in virtually all areas of the company from operations and development to sales and marketing.

Mike’s 20-plus years' experience in information technology with fast growing companies as an entrepreneur, senior leader and visionary has given him key insight into the types of software and delivery methods needed to make a healthcare software company successful. He is intimately familiar with the logic and functionality within every piece of gloStream software. In addition, it was his vision and understanding of the healthcare segment that led to the development of gloStream’s partner program and its 100% partner driven model - the only one in the industry.

A decade ago, as partner and COO of Michigan-based Netrex Secure Solutions, Mike took part in pioneering and developing a platform for Web-based managed security services. At a time when businesses were just beginning to consider the implications of connecting to an online network, his vision positioned security as the enabler for the successful use of the Internet. Mike helped build Netrex into one of the world’s largest managed security services companies in the world. Netrex was eventually purchased by Internet Security Systems (ISS), which is now part of IBM. It remains one of the largest managed security services firms across the globe.

Prior to joining Netrex, Mike held sales and senior management positions at Aangstrom Precision Corp., a software development and services company for the oil and gas industry. While at Aangstrom, he serviced global industry leaders such as Shell, Texaco and Mobil.

Mike is an avid entrepreneur and investor and is also very active in his local community. He sits on the boards of several Southeastern Michigan-based companies and is a trustee at Detroit Country Day, one of the country’s finest private schools. Mike received a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant, Mich.

Piyush Khanna: Chief Information Officer

Piyush leads gloStream’s products and services team and directs all aspects of gloStream’s product lifecycle. He is responsible for the strategy, management, delivery, quality, deployment and support of all electronic medical record and practice management products. Piyush is also deeply involved with developing gloStream’s strategic product roadmap.

Prior to joining gloStream, Piyush served as a senior level business executive at Accenture where he worked with c-level executives at a variety of diverse, global Fortune 500 corporations – including software and hardware vendors – to maximize efficiencies and corporate value. Piyush has deep experience leading large teams in fast-paced IT environments, developing strategy and managing hundreds of millions of dollars in IT budget. His experience also includes aligning IT units with business strategy, and enabling solutions to drive cost and operational efficiencies while maximizing business value and customer satisfaction.

Prior to his time at Accenture, Piyush worked at Chrysler in IT supporting finance, engineering, human resources, and shared services organizations. While there, he developed a global application portfolio supporting all business units, stabilized application and infrastructure uptime and implemented outsourcing strategies by developing offshore delivery centers.

Piyush holds a Bachelor’s degree in electronics from Kurukshetra University and a Master's degree in computer applications from the Birla Institute of Technology in India.

Yaw Kwakye: Co-Founder and Chief Software Architect

As Chief Software Architect, Yaw is fully responsible for all product research, architecture and engineering. He oversees gloStream’s EMR and PM product development initiatives from design to execution and is wholly responsible for managing the software development team that brings gloStream’s products and services to life. Yaw’s vision, hard work and diligence led to the founding of gloStream in 2006.

A talented information technologist with a gift for translating ideas into technological reality, Yaw left Ghana, Africa, more than 12 years ago and came to the U.S. to study technology. Yaw worked in both sales and information technology for various organizations. He started with a Detroit-based software engineering company where he worked to bring multiple systems within the Detroit Medical Center into a single database forming the first hospital management system for the facility’s oncology department.

What Yaw saw early in his career has greatly influenced the developmental direction of gloStream products. Having spent time working with doctors who had difficulty using electronic medical record systems that were neither robust nor easy-to-use, Yaw had the vision to create the very first voice-enabled, Microsoft Word-based systems on the market.

Joe Crocenzi: Chief Financial Officer

As CFO, Joe oversees all accounting, tax, legal and financial matters for gloStream including investor relations, operational finance management, and strategic business plan development, deployment and reporting.

Joe began his finance and accounting career in 1991 when he joined a local Detroit-based public accounting firm performing tax, review and audit engagements. He moved to Deloitte in 1994 and then to PricewaterhouseCoopers in 1997 where he advanced to Senior Manager, delivering external audits and consulting services for clients in a diverse array of industries. In 2001 Joe became Joint Venture Controller for Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (“ECD”), providing financial leadership for their high-growth, alternative energy joint ventures. Joe also was named ECD’s Director of Risk Management and Internal Audit in 2003.

In 2004 Joe was selected to be controller for Cobasys, a 50% joint venture between ECD and Chevron Corporation. In this role he designed many of the financial systems that supported the Company’s revenue growth from $0 to $90 million and headcount from 100 to 450. In 2005 he was elected to the Company’s financial and administrative leadership position, where he oversaw the accounting, human resources, information technology and purchasing functions. He was a key member of the team responsible for the successful sale of Cobasys in 2009.

Joe holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accountancy from Walsh College (Troy, Michigan) and is a State of Michigan Certified Public Accountant.

Brenda Hodge: Executive Vice President, Partners and Practices

Brenda oversees gloStream’s sales, marketing and training teams and also has responsibility for helping chart out the overall strategy for gloStream. She is directly responsible for ensuring that gloStream is meeting all of its growth targets and works hand-in-hand with gloStream CEO, Mike Sappington.

Brenda came to gloStream from Allscripts/Misys where she was Vice President of Sales Operations. In that role she directed a 400-person sales organization and Partner channel and oversaw sales strategy and forecasting, lead generation, business development, training, product launches and territory planning. During Brenda’s tenure, Misys went from a company with declining sales to an organization with consistent revenue growth. She also was selected as a member of the Allscripts/Misys merger team.

Before working at Allscripts/Misys, Brenda served as Vice President of Marketing and Sales Operations at Peopleclick, the leading provider of talent acquisition software-as-a-service solutions. While there, Brenda was directly responsible for increasing brand awareness by introducing highly successful marketing campaigns, increasing sales productivity and establishing Peopleclick as a thought leader.

Brenda holds a Bachelor of Science Degree (with Honors) from Vanderbilt University and has also completed coursework at the Center for Creative Leadership.

Milind Ghyar: Co-Founder and Managing Director, gloStream Technologies

Milind, who co-founded gloStream with Yaw Kwakye, helps manage the gloStream Technologies team. He oversees the administrative area for the unit’s developers and also heads-up gloStream’s training and partner coordination functions.

Milind earned a diploma in computer engineering and a Bachelor of Engineering degree from the University of Pune. While still a university student, Milind started a training institute for Microsoft technology and also worked with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) as an affiliated training partner. He became a product development partner for TCS’s accounting software and later created a personal finance management software application called Personal Finance Assistant.

Subsequently, under a United Nations development program, Milind spent three months in Nairobi, Kenya, as an IT consultant for AAR Health Services. There he worked on a project to rebuild the company’s software program. This project laid the foundations for his interest in healthcare technology.