James Clark
Managing Director, Health and Life Sciences Group Harris Williams & Co.
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James Clark
Title: Managing Director, Healthcare and Life Sciences Group
Company: Harris Williams & Co.
Education: Master of Business Administration & BA in Economics – UNC Chapel Hill
Prior Experience: Health IT consulting, inpatient/outpatient healthcare admin and a very small amount of banking
Check out my: full bio and LinkedIn profile
Career Switcher: Sort of
Hometown: Conover, NC
Ajay Gupta
Chief Executive Officer, Physical Rehabilitation Network
Ajay Gupta
Title: Chief Executive Officer
Company: Physical Rehabilitation Network, LLC (PRN PT)
Education: BSPH 1999 – UNC Chapel Hill; MBA 2004 – Vanderbilt University
Career Switcher: No
Hometown: Wilmington, NC
Current City: Nashville, TN
Vertical: Healthcare Finance, Banking and Venture Capital
Prior Experience:
- Andersen Consulting – Healthcare focus
- HCA Healthcare – CFO for Outpatient Divisions (Oncology and Imaging Services), joined in CFO Executive Development Program out of MBA School.
- Investment Banking – Healthcare Services bank in NY – Shattuck Hammond
- Envision Healthcare – COO/CFO for Post Acute Services and Value Based Models
- Integrated Oncology Network, COO/CFO – PPM (PE Backed)
- Advisor and Board Member for PE backed companies, and board member for publicly traded – Healthcare Realty Trust (Ticker Symbol: HR)
Biography: Since joining PRN in 2019 as Chief Executive Officer, Ajay Gupta has been a catalyst in developing and driving PRN’s operational proficiencies, transformational structure and visionary growth strategy. Under Ajay’s direction, PRN has focused on accelerating strategic growth, including health system partnerships, employer focused MSK worksite health programs, and investing in a scalable infrastructure, while building a diversified payor mix and widening PRN’s geographic footprint, which has grown more than 50 percent.
Ajay brings more than 20 years of healthcare experience developing national scale multi-specialty physician practice management companies, post-acute care and value-based risk arrangements.
Prior to PRN, Ajay held senior positions at for-profit Companies including HCA Healthcare, Envision Healthcare and Integrated Oncology Network (ION). In these roles Ajay advised and executed on mergers and acquisitions, operational excellence, devised unique payer/provider models of care and enabled joint-venture partners to be sustainable and profitable.
A native Nashvillian, Ajay holds an MBA from Vanderbilt University and bachelor’s in Public Health from UNC-Chapel Hill. Outside of the office and clinical setting, Ajay enjoys spending time with his wife and two children. He also has a passion for adventure and travel and likes to keep active through spinning, yoga and tennis.
Jeffrey Hoffman
Senior Managing Director, Healthcare Investment, Guggenheim Partners
Jeffrey Hoffman
Title: Senior Managing Director, Healthcare Investment
Company: Guggenheim Partners
Education: Master of Business Administration & BA in Liberal Arts and Sciences – UNC Chapel Hill
Prior Experience: JPMorgan, Piper Jaffray and Goldman Sachs
Check out my LinkedIn profile!
Career Switcher: No
Hometown: Rockville, MD
Ask me about: My kids or what I do for fun
Fun fact: I currently mountain bike a lot!
Larsen Jones
Investment Banking Associate, Houlihan Lokey
Larsen Jones
Title: Investment Banking Associate
Company: Houlihan Lokey
Education:
• Master of Business Administration – UNC Chapel Hill
• BA, Biology – University of California, Los Angeles
Devin Rosenthal
Vice President & Head of Due Diligence, NovaQuest Capital Management
Devin Rosenthal
Paul Scansaroli
Managing Director, Co-head of Healthcare Equity Capital Markets, Piper Sandler
Paul Scansaroli
Title: Managing Director — Co-Head of Health Equity Capital Markets
Company: Piper Sandler
Education: Master of Business Administration, Corporate Finance – UNC Chapel Hill; BS in Accounting – Boston College
Prior Experience: Health IT consulting, inpatient/outpatient healthcare admin and a very small amount of banking
Check out my full bio!
Career Switcher: Yes. Pre-MBA I worked for Deloitte in “Assurance and Advisory Services”.
Don Turner
Chairman & CEO, NeoPath Wellness
Don Turner
Title: General Partner; Chairman & CEO
Company: NMRL Private Equity Group; NeoPath Wellness
Education: MBA, Goizueta Business School, Emory University. Multi-Concentration: Finance, Economics, and Global Healthcare
Prior Experience: Healthcare Industry as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Commercial Officer; Financial Services Industry as Chief Operating officer, Chief Compliance Officer, and Chief Technology Officer; Also, served as Board Chairman and Board Director for several technologies companies.
Career Switcher? No
Ask Me About: How will my company revolutionize and optimized how drugs are delivered, which will transform mental health and neurological diseases.
Hometown: Boston, MA
Fun Fact: Before college, I ran a construction company that built 26 custom homes, with a few being multimillion dollar estates; During that period, I accidentally shot myself in the leg with a high pressure nail gun, which injected a 3.5” steel nail with metal clips all the way into my knee—I still remember the pain!