Bruce Carlson serves Valley Health as the corporate director of materials management. He has over 30 years of progressively complex healthcare supply chain management experience in materials management, purchasing, logistics, supply chain, performance improvement and performance measurement areas. These experiences have been earned in the community, religious, university, and for-profit environments. Current responsibilities include providing materials management services and support to Valley Health’s three owned facilities, plus a Valley Health managed facility and four affiliate facilities which draw supplies from the shared services center located in Winchester, VA. Bruce earned his Masters in management from Indiana Wesleyan University and his Bachelors in business administration from Central Methodist University.

As vice president of supply chain management, Francine Crockett serves as a strategic leader and executive sponsor for change management and cost reduction initiatives related to supply chain optimization within University Health System. Among others, she is affiliated with the Alpha Home Board; president, Greater San Antonio Association for Healthcare Resource & Materials Management and founded the Witness Project® San Antonio. She received a Bachelor of Science in accounting, Master of Science in applied management, Master of Arts in health services management, Master of Arts procurement and acquisitions management, and is a Master Leadership Program of San Antonio and Bexar County Graduate.

Chris Fashek is a senior healthcare executive with 30 years of experience leading healthcare, pharmaceutical and consumer products companies. He has held leadership positions with Sterling Drug, KCI as president and vice chairman of KCI USA, and Systagenix. Most recently, he was the executive chairman of the newly created Systagenix Wound Care. He continues to be a board member at Systagenix Ltd, as well as Spiracur, Inc., and Hip Innovation Technology, LLC. Chris is also an advisory board member of the IDN Summit and a number of charitable boards; the World Craniofacial Foundation and Our Lady of the Lake University.

Prior to founding Dermal Life LLC, Greg Firestone co-founded Mossberg Labs, a manufacture of cancer diagnosis products. Greg was owner and CEO of NCI, a business development consulting company and creator and host of the IDN Summits. During his tenure with NCI, he developed working relationships with executives at all levels of the supply chain, including major integrated delivery networks, group purchasing organizations, distributors, and manufacturers of health care products. Additionally, to aid commercial teams of pharmaceutical and medical device companies in gaining competitive advantage with health care decision-makers, Greg authored the book Swimming with the Supertankers. Greg has more than 25 years experience in healthcare sales management, business development and supply chain management and currently serves on two Board of Directors. He earned his MBA from the University of Michigan and his BS in psychology from the University of Toledo.

Nick Gaich has more than 30 years of experience in the healthcare sector. His range of expertise spans both hospital and medical school oversight in areas such as supply chain management, customer service, service line economics, executive leadership, organizational development and clinical research infrastructure and operations. Nick previously served as partner and chief strategy officer of Appleseed Healthcare Resources, a firm dedicated to providing senior operations leadership personnel and education to the healthcare industry. Nick is also assistant dean of clinical and translational research, chief operations officer, Stanford Center for Clinical and Translational Research and Education. Nick currently holds an appointment on the Consortium Management Group, National Center for Research Resources, National Institute of Health. Nick's efforts have received significant recognition, including inclusion in Lean Six Sigma for Service by Michael L. George and the Healthcare Materials Management Society Extraordinary Achievement Award. Nick holds a certification in Process Improvement from the Juran Institute of Quality Management and certification as Facilitator Organizational Management Training from Development Dimensions International.

Dave Hesson has more than 30 years of progressive management experience in healthcare leadership and is a senior director of operations with Ascension Health Resource and Supply Management Group, specializing in healthcare supply chain savings consulting. He is currently engaged with a large public health system’s sustainability project. Prior to joining Ascension Health Resource and Supply Management Group, Dave was vice president with Aspen Healthcare Metrics. Prior to joining Aspen, Dave formed Hesson Consulting, a healthcare supply chain education and consulting company specializing in contracting, logistics, integrated delivery networks (IDNs) and group purchasing organization (GPO) relations. He worked with several large IDNs, a large physician specialty products company, a large medical supply distribution company, and a medical device company. Dave spent over eight years with Clarian Health as their vice president of operations, responsible for all areas of the supply chain. 

Ed Hisscock is the founder and CEO of The Optimé Group, a technology company dedicated to solving some of healthcare’s most difficult operational problems. Ed previously served as CEO of Appleseed Healthcare Resources, a firm dedicated to providing senior operations leadership personnel and education to the healthcare industry. Prior to founding Appleseed Healthcare Resources, Ed served Trinity Health, and was responsible for leading the development and implementation of an enterprise supply chain and content management strategy and directed the sourcing and procurement of $100 million IT and Telecommunication spend.

Gene Kirtser is president and CEO of ROi. Gene joined the company in 2007 with the goal of helping providers control their supply chain and creating a single-source, fully integrated supply chain model that could change the health care industry. Now, he is leading the company as it collaborates with like-minded health care providers to decode their supply chain. With 20 years of experience in the health care industry, Gene’s career has included senior-level roles in finance, operations, sales, marketing and business development on the supplier and provider sides of the healthcare industry. Prior to joining ROi, Gene worked at Baxter/Allegiance, ChoicePoint Health Systems, Maxxim Medical and SRI Surgical. Gene earned a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in finance from Miami University.

Ed Kuklenski is the executive chairman of Suture Express. Prior to being named executive chairman, Ed was the president and CEO of Suture Express. Ed has over 30 years of experience in the healthcare industry. From 1989 to 2006, Ed was senior vice president of shareholder services for Child Health Corporation of America (CHCA). During his tenure with CHCA he was responsible for overseeing CHCA’s group purchasing, business development and insurance operations. Prior to CHCA, he spent nine years with American Hospital Supply Corporation and Baxter, Inc. in various finance, operations and sales management positions.

Michael T. Langlois is vice president of supply chain at Beaumont Health System, a three-hospital Health System located in the metropolitan-Detroit area with over 1,750 licensed beds and over $2B in total revenue. Before assuming this role in November 2010, Mr. Langlois served Resurrection Health Care (Chicago) as its interim vice president of material management; as senior vice president for Daudlin, DeBeaupre and Company; and as senior vice president and chief supply chain officer with Ascension Health. Prior to joining Ascension Health in 2001, he was employed for almost 25 years by St. John Health, an eight-hospital system within the Ascension Health organization. Mr. Langlois earned a Master’s of Science Degree in health services administration from Central Michigan University and a Bachelor’s Degree in business administration from Wayne State University in Detroit.

David McCombs is vice president of enterprise resource planning/ supply chain operations for the Bon Secours Health System, a $2.3 billion not-for-profit Catholic health system. David is responsible for directing the implementation of the Lawson enterprise resource planning system and its supply chain operations. A 30-year veteran of healthcare operations, McCombs was COO of the Moses Cone Hospital, a 550-bed not-for-profit community teaching hospital. McCombs received a BS Degree from Wake Forest University and a Master's Degree in hospital health services administration from Duke University. McCombs is a member of the American Heart Association, the North Carolina Hospital Association and the Triad Health Executives Forum.

Mel Meck is the vice president of supply chain management and has been actively involved with all phases of supply chain and materials management for over 28 years. Mel currently has supply chain responsibilities within the six companies and all the entities that make up AtlantiCare. Services provided are: purchasing, distribution, courier services and biomedical. He is also the administrator for Atlanticare’s Emergency Medical Services, which includes basic life support, advanced life support, specialty care transport services, interdivisional helicopter services and medical communications. Mel received his undergraduate degree from Rowan University and his graduate studies from the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Management. He has also authored articles that have promoted the collaborative success required in the field of materials management.

Bill Mosser is vice president materials management at Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System, in Baton Rouge, LA. FMOLHS is comprised of five hospitals and many non-acute care entities with $250 million in annual supply spend. Bill is also president and lead consultant for KTM Consulting, LLC, a supply chain and information systems project management consulting firm. KTM's clients have included a multi-billion dollar international manufacturing company and a ‘dotcom’ company developing a web portal designed to provide multi-hospital healthcare clients with comprehensive procurement solutions for medical/surgical supplies & equipment and pharmaceuticals. Prior to founding KTM Consulting, LLC, William spent more than 30 years in various supply chain management and information systems leadership roles in the healthcare and automotive industries. Most recently he served as the senior executive for supply chain services at a major university-based urban health system.

Henry Tomasuolo is the vice president of operations at Children’s Hospital Boston, a 397-bed comprehensive center for pediatric healthcare. As one of the largest pediatric medical centers in the United States, Children's offers a complete range of healthcare services for children from birth through 21 years of age and is also home to the world's largest research enterprise based at a pediatric medical center. Mr. Tomasuolo has 22 years of healthcare management experience and his responsibilities at Children’s include supply chain management, environmental services, food service, security, parking and environmental safety. Prior to joining Children’s Hospital in 2006, Mr. Tomasuolo was the vice president for supply chain management at Saint Vincent’s Catholic Medical Centers of New York  (SVCMC), where he led the successful integration of the supply chain functions at the inception of the IDN . At SVCMC, Mr. Tomasuolo spearheaded expense reduction projects that resulted in savings in excess of $137 million over five years.  Mr. Tomasuolo chaired the Greater New York Hospital Association’s Regional Advisory Council, an organization representing the supply chain leadership of the largest and most influential medical centers in the New York metropolitan area. Mr. Tomasuolo has a Bachelors Degree in economics from Columbia University and is a fellow at the Marschall Institute.

Nick Toscano is CEO of Julicon, LLC.  He has over 32 years of progressive experience in healthcare supply chain optimization planning, clinical integration modeling, integrated shared services, leadership development, and strategic facilities planning. Mr. Toscano most recently served as corporate VP and practice leader for a Fortune 50 supply chain services company. He also served as corporate vice president - strategic support services for the largest health system network in Southern New Jersey. Mr. Toscano is a former board member for the Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX), the largest web-based supply chain optimization services organization. Mr. Toscano is often asked to speak on supply chain/shared services optimization strategies and has written and published numerous articles on the subject.