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Board of
Managers
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Kathy Blum
- Chairperson
Chief Executive Officer
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Paul J. Mirabella
Chairman and CEO of Naviscan
Retired
President and CEO, Global Diagnostic Imaging and Americas Region,
GE Healthcare
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Jay
McClatchey
Co-founder and VP
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Jarrod Meeder
Member, BlueTree Allied Angels
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John W. Manzetti
(Non Voting Member)
President/CEO of Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse
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Jim Pietropaolo
(Non Voting Member)
Director of Business
Development, Ben Franklin CNP
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Greg
Ross (Non Voting
Member)
President of D3 Radiation
Planning
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Paul J. Mirabella
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Mr. Mirabella is the Chairman and CEO of
Naviscan. He graduated from Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn in 1971 with a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering and Applied Mechanics. While working in the aerospace industry, he earned a Masters in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Central Florida.
Mr. Mirabella joined GE Healthcare in 1976 as a program manager for the emerging CT Business. He holds four patents in this area, the most recent of which was awarded in 2004. Mr. Mirabella completed his MBA from University of Wisconsin in 1978, and held a variety of engineering management positions from 1978 to 1984.
In 1984, Mr. Mirabella became Manager, Global CT Mid-Tier Products. Under his leadership GE’s share grew from 18% to 60% in two years. In August, 1986 he was promoted to General Manager, Global Ultrasound. He was subsequently promoted to General Manager, Global CT in November, 1989 and to General Manager, Global MR in 1992.
In October, 1994, Mr. Mirabella became a Corporate Officer in GE as Vice President & General Manager - Americas Sales & Marketing. In January, 1999 he was promoted to President & CEO, GE Healthcare - Americas
In September 2001, Mr. Mirabella was asked by Joe Hogan to run the newly formed GEMS Global Healthcare Services business. However, in September 2002, he was asked by Jeff Immelt to take back the entire Americas Commercial responsibility in addition to retaining his responsibilities for the Global Healthcare Services business.
In January, 2004 Mr. Mirabella was promoted to President and CEO, Global Diagnostic Imaging and Americas Region …adding responsibility for Global X-Ray,
MR, CT, PET, Nuclear and the Workstation and Application Software businesses. He held this position until he retired from GE in March, 2006.
Mr. Mirabella served as the Group Staff Champion to the African American Forum and was selected by Jeff Immelt to join the GE Commercial Council and Services Council. He is on the Board of Directors for the Vince Lombardi Charitable Funds in Milwaukee, WI and was also a member of Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle’s Economic Council.
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Jarrod Meeder
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Mr. Meeder is a member and active investor with BlueTree Allied Angels, AppCompTech’s Series A lead investor.
He started his career with SITEL Corporation in Omaha, NE as a Marketing Analyst and progressed into a variety of roles from sales, account management, to product development. While working at SITEL, he received his Nebraska real estate license, began practicing real estate, and taught Real Estate Principles and Practices courses. Today Mr. Meeder is practicing real estate for Howard Hanna in DuBois, PA. He also possesses his mortgage license. Most recently he has obtained his Property & Casualty and Life, Accident, & Health insurance licenses and is researching opportunities in insurance.
Mr. Meeder serves on the Screening and Public Policy committees, and is the Ambassador to Duquesne University and the Pittsburgh Technology Council. He is also active in his community as the Vice President and Foundation Chairman of the DuBois Rotary Club.
Mr. Meeder graduated from Duquesne University with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and the University of Pittsburgh with a Master of Business Administration.
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John
W. Manzetti
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In December 2006, John W. Manzetti was named President and Chief Executive Officer of the Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse, after serving as the Chief Operating Officer and Executive-in-Residence, helping start-up companies get their ideas and products from "concept to commercialization." Previously, Mr. Manzetti was President and Chief Executive Officer of M2 Partners, a management services firm providing advisory services to start-ups in the life-sciences and high-technology industries in the Pittsburgh region.
Prior to heading M2 Partners, Mr. Manzetti was CEO at NOMOS Corporation, a leader in the field of radiation therapy treatment solutions for cancer patients. After NOMOS’ successful merger with North American Scientific, a public company (NASI on NASDAQ), Mr. Manzetti assumed the role of President of the NOMOS Division, a wholly owned subsidiary of NASI, and he also served on North American Scientific’s Board of Directors.
Prior to joining NOMOS, Mr. Manzetti served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer at Carnegie Group, Inc., a public company that was acquired in November 1998 by Logica PLC, a UK-based firm.
Before working at Carnegie Group, Mr. Manzetti served in various financial management positions of increasing responsibility at Babcock & Wilcox Company, a leader in the design and delivery of power generation systems and industrial equipment to industry. His last position there was Group Controller of the $600M Industrial Products and Services Group.
Mr. Manzetti holds the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree from Geneva College and the MBA degree from the University of Akron.
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Jim Pietropaolo
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Mr. Pietropaolo brings 25-years of industry experience to his position at Ben Franklin. He has held executive sales, marketing and business development positions in world-class corporations including Johnson & Johnson, Japan Radio Corporation and GE/Lunar, and has worked both domestically and internationally with a focus on strategic planning, new market development, new product introduction, direct sales and distribution channel management.
One particular milestone in his career was serving as VP of Sales and Executive Officer of Lunar Corporation (a medical device company). At Lunar, Mr. Pietropaolo helped to grow annual sales to over $100 million and helped to facilitate the successful sale of the company to GE Medical Systems.
For the past several years Mr. Pietropaolo has been working with medical device start-up companies funded by Ben Franklin CNP. His experience and firsthand knowledge of the unique business challenges facing early-stage companies are a significant benefit to the portfolio companies he serves. Mr. Pietropaolo has been very successful at using his experience to help Pennsylvania entrepreneurs build viable companies and create new jobs in Pennsylvania.
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Greg
Ross
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Mr. Ross has over twenty years experience in the Radiation Oncology market. He currently serves as the President of D3 Radiation Planning, the industry leader in the provision of IMRT Treatment Planning, Training, and Continuing Education. Prior to assuming his leadership role at D3 Radiation Planning in June 2007, Mr. Ross served as operations Director for UPMC Cancer Centers, where he led the expansion and daily operations of the UPMC Cancer Centers Radiation Oncology network. During his six year tenure, UPMC Cancer Centers established a Hub and Spoke model of 21 cancer centers spanning Western PA, with an eventual expansion into the international market in Ireland, and has become an internationally recognized Cancer program both in terms of clinical excellence and operational performance. Mr. Ross began his career as a Radiation Therapist involved in the daily treatment of cancer patients at the Western Pennsylvania Hospital, before progressing into roles as a chief therapist at Wheeling Hospital and Radiation Oncology Manager at Pittsburgh Mercy Hospital.
Mr. Ross holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, a Bachelors Degree in Health Science from Carlow University, and an Associates Degree in Radiation Therapy Technology.
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