Sikka 2023 Payments in Healthcare Conference

Vijay Sikka is the Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sikka Software Corporation. Under his leadership, Sikka Software has grown from a start-up to have over 35,000 practice installations and 120m patients on its platform for healthcare on the demand side and over 50 companies which have built applications on the supply side. Prior to Sikka Software, Vijay has worked in Artificial Intelligence and decision systems for more than 25 years of experience with large scale projects at Intel Corporation, National Institutes of Health, Glaxo Smith Kline, Roche and UCSF affiliates. In 1996, Vijay founded IBrain Software, Inc. that used to compete with Informatica, Hyperion and Cognos and served as its CEO until its acquisition in 1998 by Entigen Corporation, a healthcare information company that later became part of Roche. After that Vijay co-founded Bodha.com that was acquired by Peregrine Systems/Remedy that later became part of BMC Software. Vijay holds an M.S. degree in EE and AI from Syracuse University, New York, pursued doctoral studies in neurosciences at Stanford University (incomplete Ph.D), and is a Registered Continuing Education Provider in California. He is a frequent speaker at big data, AI, healthcare, technology and quality meetings. Vijay’s book on Maximizing ROI on Software Development was published by Taylor and Francis International and earns him a proud royalty check every few months.

Vijay was invited keynote speaker at the Digital Health World Conferences in 2019 and 2020, AI Global Forum 2020 and Biohacking Congress in London in 2020. He has published and presented in many artificial intelligence and neural network meetings and conferences including International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, SPIE, IEEE, AAAI and CHMT and the precursor of NeurIPS.

Jennifer Scarberry has enjoyed an expansive career in the Animal Health market for over 25 years. She started in sales at the age of 20, and has progressed in her roles and responsibilities to include CEO & Founder, Director of Sales, National Sales Trainer and Regional Manager. She founded AAAExecutives, which assists organizations entering the Animal Health market while developing and executing go-to-market (GTM) strategies. Jennifer’s experience in Animal Health has a span that reaches across Pet Food, Pharma, Distribution, Diagnostics, Home Delivery, Flea/Tick, Private Label, OTC, E-Commerce, Data/SaaS, and so much more. Her expertise is highly prized and she has worked with a large number of organizations to help them successfully launch their North American business. In her spare time, Jennifer enjoys playing golf with her partner Todd, as well as tending her garden, trying out a new recipe, watching college basketball, and she loves to travel to explore new places.

Elena Carroll is a fintech and data analytics executive with broad expertise across payments, banking, wealth management and investment research. She held leadership positions at Mastercard, Envestnet, and serves as a trusted advisor to several startup CEOs and founders.

Elisa Thompson has over 25 years of hands-on marketing experience. She was the sole marketing manager for multiple animal health companies, managing the companion animal lines worth over $400M annually. Elisa also brings marketing insight from a human health perspective as she has a wealth of experience in both diagnostics and the home healthcare market. She also has extensive marketing research and data that supports her strategies to improve profits and foster client loyalty. Elisa also toured the US, partaking in CE seminars teaching vet owners how to better market their business. She prides herself in the training she received while working for the #1 marketer in the world, Coca-Cola North America. There she leveraged, developed, and implemented effective promotions to broaden brand image and to build relationships with customers and consumers. Currently, Elisa is a Juris Doctor candidate. Elisa also serves on multiple Boards, including one focused on domestic violence and the other on fighting homelessness.

Sam Barden is a Managing Director at AQ Technology Partners where he focuses on M&A, growth capital raising, and strategic advisory for leading software, software-enabled, and payments businesses.
Sam has 12+ years of investment banking and M&A advisory experience and has advised on 50+ transactions with the world’s largest strategic buyers and private equity firms across the technology and healthcare sectors. Select experience includes transactions with leading strategic buyers such as Change Healthcare, Fortive, Guardian Life Insurance, Microsoft, and Oracle, and leading financial investors such as Accel-KKR, Great Hill Partners, FTV Capital, Providence Equity, Riverwood Capital, and Thoma Bravo.
Prior to AQ, Sam was a Director at Pagemill Partners, a leading mid-market M&A and investment banking platform. At Pagemill, Sam helped grow the practice into the leading mid-market strategic advisory platform to high growth and emerging technology companies. Earlier in his career, Sam worked in the Corporate Finance group of Duff & Phelps where he performed valuations, transaction opinions, and advised on M&A transactions for companies ranging from small, privately held businesses to Fortune 500 corporations.
Sam is based in Chicago and graduated with honors from Miami University with a degree in Finance.

Dave Monahan is the CEO of Kleer, who’s advanced, cloud-based platform empowers dentists to reclaim control of the dental marketplace from insurance companies by offering membership plans directly to patients and employers. With Kleer, dentists can grow their practices and expand access to high-quality dental care. Patients and employers get better, more affordable coverage and care without all the hassles and costs of traditional dental insurance. Please visit kleer.com for more information.

Jeff Cole is the Co-Founder and CEO of Pearly, the leading dental revenue cycle automation platform for DSOs and private practices. Prior to Pearly, Jeff was the co-founder and CEO of Path, a healthcare messaging platform, that was acquired in 2018. He began his professional career as an alternative investment analyst at Credit Suisse in New York City. Jeff currently serves on the board of the Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital Foundation. He graduated cum laude from Princeton University.

Ben Tallman is an entrepreneur, business person, and technologist who thrives at the busy intersection of business performance and technology. From founding and playing leadership roles in consulting organizations to leading the technology team at eVineyard and wine.com, helping get Apigee public and finally landed at Google, Ben has almost 30 years of experience on the front lines of business transformation. As the CTO of M Science Ben oversees all technology strategy, software engineering, data and customer support. When he isn’t thinking about the future of technology, Ben and his wife herd their two kids through school, skiing, boating, hiking and travel.

Dr. Samantha Champagnie is a seasoned and exceptionally successful finance and operations healthcare leader. Revenue cycle and operations management in healthcare are her passions. From developing comprehensive procedures to implementing intelligent automation to using technology to drive cost and time savings, she strives to continuously change the status quo and achieve the impossible. With her master’s in Business, doctorate in Business Management, and her 27 years of experience in healthcare finance and operations Samantha brings a strategic and unique combination of talents that have allowed her to upgrade organizational competencies, streamline operating procedures, reduce operating costs, strengthen performance, enhance technological capabilities, and improve bottomline results. She is a transformation leader who believes strongly that part of her job is to help those who work for her discover their strengths and maximize their potential. Samantha sees herself as a coach and mentor which is a core part of leadership.

Nick is passionate about helping companies achieve their goals through strategic leadership, customer experience, and operational excellence. With over 17 years of experience in the dental industry, Nick has a proven track record of success in leading teams, driving growth, and improving profitability.

In his previous role as COO at Chrisad, Nick led a team of 70+ employees and oversaw all aspects of business operations. He successfully drove 13 years of financial and operational growth, mentored all sales and operations teams, and built sales processes and systems that resulted in increased revenue and stellar client engagement.

Nick is also an expert in developing and managing key customer relationships to ensure the results of our partnership are effective and impactful.

In his spare time, Nick enjoys spending time with his family, coaching and playing baseball and traveling.

Brian is a marketing professional passionate about helping companies drive growth through strategic marketing initiatives. With an eye for design and a penchant for analytics, Brian sits at the crossroads of creativity and data to construct essential marketing strategies and meaningful content.

As the current Marketing Lead at sikka.ai, Brian draws upon his background as a content and product marketer and his affinity for technology to drive company growth. Brian excels at working cross-functionally with product, engineering, sales, and operational teams in order to create strategies that increase growth and bring in revenue.

In his free time, Brian enjoys cooking, watching a plethora of sports, and staying active through swimming and training.