iConecto Team

	Douglas Goldstein, President - is a widely recognized strategist, entrepreneur and eFuturist. He serves as CEO & President of iConecto, Inc. and was the founder, CEO of Health Online, Inc., a venture-backed eHealth company. He also was a co-founder and Vice President of 1-800-DOCTORS, a consumer directed health company. He is the author of 10 widely regarded books on healthcare management, the Internet and eHealth informatics. As a leading eFuturist and keynote speaker Doug focuses on how entertainment and emerging technology is revolutionizing our lives. He is an advisor to the DreamDog Foundation, a 501c3, dedicated to improving the lives of disadvantaged children. Doug is Six Sigma Black Belt (candidate) and graduated from the University of Michigan with honors.
	Julia Loughran, AI & Serious Games Expert - bringing over 15 years experience in the training and Serious Games industry, her experience spans the market from low-cost online games to high-end interactive simulations. She advises governmental and non-governmental organizations throughout the world. Adept at conducting vendor-neutral comparisons, she identifies which games best fit the customer’s unique needs. She knows how to develop metrics for serious games and employ these in customer evaluations. Julia speaks frequently on the topic of Serious Games. She holds an M.S. degree in Artificial Intelligence/Information Systems from GWU.
	Cheryl Toth, a creative social media and physician practice management expert - responsible for the development and operations of multimedia knowledge products and professional Communities of Performance for Ascension Health Exchange, communities.myascensionhealth, Clinical Café and other online services. She brings extensive knowledge of physician practice operations, digital media development, and health system collaboration to the team.
	Blaine Warkentine MD, MBA - is a talented physician executive with extensive experience in orthopedics, mobile health and innovative multimedia solution development. He has designed a series of fitness apps for the iPhone along with plug-in health and medical devices. Blaine works tirelessly to cultivate disruption and cost reduction in improving health outcomes and health information delivery in effective convenient media personalized for patients and professionals.
	Maggie Fisher, an adult learning and engagement professional - with over 25 years’ experience designing and delivering interactive multimedia environments, managed the American Cancer Society’s Cancer Survivors Network, the first online community connecting cancer survivors, caregivers and their families. Maggie brings a strong background in instructional design and performance improvement providing such services for the U.S. Senate, US Agency for International Development, Bon Secours Health System, Ascension Health and other leading healthcare clients.
	Clifford Johnson, CPA, Finance - has an extensive background in senior financial roles in insurance, managed care, and healthcare provider organizations. Most recently he was CFO in Raytel Medical Corporation, a cardiac telemedicine company. Throughout his career he has demonstrated an ability to improve financial operations, profitability, and cashflow. Cliff was also involved in the creation of Health Online, a venture-backed eHealth company. Cliff is a CPA and holds masters degrees in accounting and in finance
	Bradley Kirkland, Community Operations - delivers experience and expertise in online Community development and management. He served as Community Operations Director for America Online’s Sports, Parenting and Games communities. Prior to that he built Writers Club into the #1 writing-related site on the Internet, as well as on AOL, and negotiated the sale of Writer’s Club to iUniverse.

Steve Ely, Marketing - has an extensive portfolio of senior sales, marketing and management experience across-industries with start-ups, build-outs, and turn-arounds. Steve has driven rapid increases in revenue, margins and EBITDA in challenging environments, and is experienced in private equity, founder and family-controlled businesses. Steven holds an MBA from the University of Chicago.

Karin Bultman, Wellness Expert - provides extensive knowledge and experience in the disease management and wellness industries. She has served in product development, marketing, research and management positions with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota, Caradata, StayWell, the American Cancer Society and Bultman Consulting, Inc. She holds her MPH from the University of North Carolina and is a Certified Health Education Specialist Certification.

Additional support provided by iConecto's staff of analysts, managers, designers, developers and teaming partners from the health, medical, fitness and entertainment industries.

Board of Directors

• Steven Peskin, MD, EVP and Chief Medical Officer, MediMedia, Inc.
• Bruce Fried, JD, Esq, Partner, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP
• Peter Groen, MPH, Author, Strategist and former senior Veterans Health Administration leader

Advisors

• Robin Strongin, President & CEO, Amplify Public Affairs, LLC
• Mike Hansen, SVP Health, Gamestreamer, Inc.; past CEO iTech Fitness
• Anne DeGheest, CEO MedStar
• Ron Pion, MD, Patient Advocate
• Dirk Hobbs, President, MD News & MedicalVoyce




Communicators

• Bay Anapol, creative writer and spread specialist
• Joyce Flory, PhD, great writer, editor, news aggregator
• Tracey Kirkland, guru of the GameBase and news hound




Creative Types

• Rainey, talented creator of games, music & interactive media www.rainey.tv
• Zenon Slawinski, wonderfully talented illustrator, graphic designer & animator
• Karin Huggins, beautiful illustrator & animator




Online Communities 4 Performance Folks

• Cheryl Toth, creator, facilitator, expert in online professional communities
• Maggie Fisher, facilitator/manager of online patient communities – CancerSurvivorsNetwork




Wizards of Technology

• Roger Williams, Enterprise architect, visualization and collaboration SME
• Nate Stone, talented programmer, developer of KeenSpot.com, a big comic Web site
• Pat Mooney, experienced Web developer & administrator
• John Edstrom, talented social network developer/programmer






Zarupee, Mascot - Zarupee was first discovered by CiCi and Ace on their rocket trip to Mars in “Ferris Wheel Fun”, an interactive children’s learning book/CD by Rainey (www.zarupee.com).While Health e-Gaming is new to Planet Earth, Zarupee and other beings throughout the Galaxy have been using e-games for healthy living for a very long time. In fact, other than humans, most sentient beings use games to do just about everything. Lucky for us, however, Zarupee has decided to teach us how to live healthy by playing games and having FUN!