“Thanks to the functionality within gloEMR, I have the capability to see a healthy load of patients when I’m in the clinic and still finish all of my charts so that I can leave by 4:30pm. I’m saving time and money, providing great care and have peace of mind that my practice is in great shape.”
–Dr. Shivajee Nallamothu, D.O.
“What’s even better, though, is that my staff can send me a message through the gloEMR messaging system telling me that I need to review something. This saves us a ton of time. The workflow built into gloEMR is exceptional and has really helped my practice become more efficient.”
–Dr. Renato Albaran, M.D.
“Since we instituted gloEMR, not only has it made our office run more efficiently, it has saved me time. Every day that I am in the office I am leaving on time instead of an hour or more after the last patient like I used to before gloEMR. This is a savings that can't easily translate into money, but is huge.”
–Dr. Edward Lis, Jr., D.O.
“We went live with gloEMR on a Monday and four days later we were already up to our full patient load. It’s so intuitive and easy to use - it’s simply phenomenal.”
–Amanda Wood R.T.(R)(M)(BS) - Practice Manager
“We’re saving time and money, but more importantly, we have much more meaningful interaction with our patients because we don’t have to flip through paper charts which can be difficult to manage and easily misplaced. I’ve got a powerful yet easy to use system, happier staff and tremendous peace of mind.”
–Dr. Thomas Perkins, D.O.
“Since implementing gloEMR, we’ve removed virtually all paper from our office and the chart chase has come to an end. Because information is where we want it and need it, I can spend much more time focused on communicating with my patients directly, rather than looking at a chart while they speak to me.”
–Dr. John Samani, M.D.
“It’s clear to us that gloStream’s product development team really thought through the natural progression of the patient visit. We’ve been able to streamline processes within our office and that’s lead to a level of productivity and efficiency we just didn’t have before we began working with gloStream.”
–Dr. Dominick Roto, M.D.
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 product roadmap 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.
Kirk Aubry - Chief Operating Officer
As gloStream’s Chief Operating Officer, Kirk oversees the company’s daily operations ensuring that the Sales, Marketing, Business Development and Training teams, in particular, are meeting their goals and advancing the company’s long-term vision. Kirk works closely with CEO Mike Sappington to establish strategic, near and long term objectives and ensure the organization is on track to meet those goals.
Having worked for leading global brands in a variety of diverse industries, Kirk has more than 20 years of proven leadership experience. That experience made him a unique fit to help coach CEOs at some of the country’s most well known businesses as a partner at the CEO Project. This unique organization helps companies with process re-engineering and “big idea” thinking that’s necessary to realize true productivity and efficiency in today’s technology-driven business climate.
Before the CEO Project, Kirk served as COO of Cadence Innovation, a $1 billion global automotive supplier where he was responsible for almost 6,000 employees in more than 30 facilities around the world. He also served as vice president of Textron Inc., a $12 billion tier one Fortune 500 company. While there, Kirk led an enterprise-wide effort to improve the culture, structure, operation and composition of this multi-industry company. He successfully led the company’s transformation from a holding company to a networked enterprise – enhancing the value of each of the individual operating units and increasing the overall value and performance of the organization. Textron’s value tripled during Kirk’s tenure at the company.
Prior to his work at Textron, Kirk was the CEO of TRIO, a provider of integrated marketing, communications and strategic services. While there, he pioneered a product launch process that aligns traditional marketing disciplines with other critical launch functions. Kirk and his team successfully introduced products, services and processes for clients such as Kmart, General Motors, Consumers Energy and Ford Motor Company.
Kirk has served on boards of both public and private companies and has written a number of articles. He also is the author of the soon-to-be-published book “The Emperor’s Tailor—A Story of Transformation.”
Kirk holds a bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences from The University of Western Ontario.
John Bamberger - Chief Channel Officer
As the CCO, John manages gloStream’s physician consultant sales force and also is responsible for growing and maintaining gloStream’s partner network. He spends much of his time working alongside sales team members with partners and with doctors to keep the sales process moving while simultaneously working with the client support team to ensure client satisfaction remains high.
Recognizing significant market potential in reselling vendor products to small and midsized companies, John founded SequoiaNET.com in 1991. The company specialized in designing, installing and maintaining e-commerce infrastructures and Web-based applications. Under his leadership SequoiaNET.com grew from a one-man entity to a 600-consultant organization in just nine years, and was named Microsoft's Partner of the Year. John also was named Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year for his efforts.
In 2000, John sold SequoiaNET.com to Analysts International, a leading publicly traded e business application developer and network solutions provider. He first served as the company's senior vice president of sales and operations before becoming its chief operating officer and senior vice president. In these roles, John developed and managed a dynamic sales force whose efforts brought fast and profitable growth to Analyst’s bottom line.
John is very active with local Southeastern Michigan charities and philanthropic institutions. John holds a bachelor’s degree from Michigan State University.
Paul Dobbins - Vice President, Product Management
As vice president of product development, Paul’s main focus is working with other senior leaders to set the vision and strategy behind gloStream’s product roadmap. This includes deciding which next generation technology to employ and which functions and features to include in future products. Paul’s team also has responsibility for setting product requirements, and he works closely with the training team to ensure that gloStream partners are up to speed on the latest gloStream technology and equipped to successfully deploy the company’s products at client sites.
A seasoned IT veteran, Paul has spent more than 20 years in healthcare business software development and product management. He has deep knowledge of the top-level relationships associated with the definition, development and installation of software and support systems including electronic medical records and practice management applications.
Most recently, Paul served as director of development for Sage Healthcare R&D where he oversaw the development team and team members for enterprise-wide R&D efforts. He spearheaded integration and operations efficiency improvement projects and oversaw activities associated with Intergy EHR, electronic data exchange, practice portal, interoperability, Rx systems and Web-based applications.
Before working at Sage, Paul held similar development director positions at WebMD Practice Services and Medical Manager Corporation. For both organizations, Paul was responsible for product design and architecture that were attributed to increased sales and system reliability.
Paul graduated from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas.
Milind Ghyar - Co-Founder and Managing Director, gloStream Technologies
Milind, who co-founded gloStream with Yaw, 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.
Gregg Hammerman - Team Leader, Product and Business Development
A graduate of the University of Michigan’s undergraduate program and business school where he earned a B.S.E in engineering and an M.B.A., respectively, Gregg serves as liaison between gloStream’s development and enablement teams. On the product development side, Gregg is responsible for managing product enhancement requests and testing new products and services. On a day-to-day basis he works closely with Yaw to develop product roadmaps and implementation strategy. As business development team leader, Gregg is responsible for managing gloStream’s current relationships with industry groups such as the Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) and the Electronic Health Record Association (EHRA), while simultaneously looking for additional partners and revenue streams.
Prior to joining gloStream, Gregg co-founded and served as President of TechStreet, a Web site that provides engineers, librarians and technical professionals with efficient, convenient, reliable access to mission-critical industrial codes and standards. Techstreet's Web-based tools and services help users efficiently acquire and manage information resources. Through an e-commerce Web site and Web-based subscription service, customers can freely access an online database of over 300,000 industry codes and standards aggregated from 350 of the world's leading Standards Developing Organizations (SDOs). As president, Gregg planned growth strategy, had the vision to automate the business and managed cash resources so the business could maintain a strong financial position.
The direct result of Gregg’s efforts was the eventual sale of TechStreet to Thomson Reuters, a global organization with shares listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: TRI), Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: TRI), London Stock Exchange (LSE: TRIL), and Nasdaq (NASDAQ: TRIN). Thompson Reuters is the world’s leading source of intelligent information for business professionals. The organization combines industry expertise with innovative technology to deliver critical information to leading decision makers in the financial, legal, tax and accounting, scientific, healthcare and media markets.
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 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 Masters degree in computer applications from the Birla Institute of Technology in India.
Todd Krieger - Team Leader, Marketing and Communications
As team leader for the marketing and communications group, Todd is responsible for developing and executing all branding initiatives, marketing campaigns, providing trade show support and supporting partners and physician consultants with all of their marketing needs. He also has been intricately involved in developing and maintaining gloStream’s unique culture and helping develop and define the gloStream sales process.
Prior to joining gloStream, Todd spent more than 10 years in various public relations and communications positions. Most recently, he directed teams serving information technology, professional services and healthcare accounts at Airfoil Public Relations, one of the country’s leading boutique public relations agencies. Also while at Airfoil, Todd was co-lead of the team that provided local and regional public relations support to Microsoft’s Small and Medium-Sized Solutions and Partners Group. In that role, he became intricately familiar with Microsoft’s partner philosophy and the inner workings of the Microsoft partner network.
Todd also served as communications manager at Quicken Loans/Rock Financial, the nation’s largest online mortgage lender and Michigan’s largest mortgage company. In that role, Todd worked closely with senior management such as the company’s chief economist, CEO and chairman Dan Gilbert, who is also majority owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers, to execute public relations initiatives which included negotiating and preparing for interviews with national media outlets such as CNBC, CNN, Reuters, the Associated Press and USA Today.
Todd holds a B.A. from the University of Michigan as well as a master’s degree in mass communication and a law degree from Boston University.
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 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 2005.
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. After receiving his degree in computer science from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, 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.
Dan Loch - Team Leader, Client Service
Dan leads gloStream’s client service team which means ensuring the highest levels of physician satisfaction at all times. From managing gloStream’s technologists who are in the field, to managing implementation with gloStream partners, Dan is the day-to-day contact for any physicians or partners who need assistance with gloStream products and services. Dan also works closely with the development team on product road mapping, quality control and product enhancement requests.
Prior to joining gloStream, Dan served as a team leader and project manager at Chrysler Corporation where he directed developer teams that provided round the clock support to assembly plants throughout the U.S. He worked very closely with suppliers and others to test new software applications, redesign existing infrastructure and ensure quality in existing applications. Dan has deep experience managing complex, highly technical, time intensive projects that involve multiple actors not centrally located.
Dan completed training through the Chrysler Institute of Engineering and holds the following degrees from Oakland University in Rochester Hills, Michigan: B.S. in engineering, M.S. in software engineering and an M.B.A. with a focus on international business.
