Leadership
Robert Palmer, MBA
Robert is an experienced technology developer, entrepreneur, and executive with over 20-years of industrial experience in developing analytic models for healthcare payers, providers, life sciences, professional sports, financial services, private equity, and manufacturing. Robert developed the firm’s PotentiaMED analytics products including comparative effectiveness analysis and predictive analytics for clinical and economic outcomes. He has also held executive leadership across various privately held companies and startups. Robert holds an MBA from Washington University, Olin School of Business, and a BS in Business Administration from Regis University. He is a member of the William Greenleaf Eliot Society and the YPO (Young Presidents Organization).
Kendall Qualls, MBA
Before joining PotentiaMetrics, Kendall spent 20+ years leading Marketing and Sales teams in BioPharma and the Med Tech industries with global leaders such as Medtronic, Covidien and Johnson & Johnson. For the past 10-years, he has been tapped to lead new product launches or recruited to revive stalled or declining businesses. Kendall is an innovative leader and led transformational commercial projects before the era of value-based healthcare that resulted in new go-to-market strategies and structure. Before entering the healthcare industry, Kendall served as a Captain in the U.S. Army, Field Artillery for five years in the U.S. and South Korea. Kendall holds an MBA from the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, Masters of Arts from the University of Oklahoma and Bachelor of Arts from Cameron University.
Jerry Henderson, MD MBA FACP
Dr. Henderson is responsible for the development and management of the firms’ clinical data registries analytics platforms. He is also Chair of both the Informatics Governance and the Inpatient Clinical Informatics Committees at MD Anderson. Dr. Henderson is a distinguished innovator. In his time at MD Anderson, he designed and implemented the Oncologic Emergency Medicine fellowship, the first of its kind in the world, as well as a software program called Zero-G, receiving him the Innovator of the Year Award in 2013. His special interests include emerging technologies like AI, machine-learning, deep learning, to support and improve patient care. Dr. Henderson earned his medical degree from Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, and completed his residency at University of Texas Galveston. He has continued education, earning an MBA from Rice University, and attended the Harvard Business School Executive Education Value Measurement in Healthcare program.
Jeff Block
Jeff is responsible for defining and leading the firm’s technical strategy and project delivery. He has over twenty years of experience in the development and deployment of large-scale, complex information technology. He was formerly a Regional Training Manager at BEA Systems, Inc., focusing on building the fundamental technology enterprise of Fortune Global 1,000 companies. He has experience in the development of courseware and training including software development methodology, enterprise and application architecture, and customer interaction. Jeff has a Bachelor of Science from the Engineering College of the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign.
Sal Calta
Sal brings extensive experience in information technology and business transformation. Sal was a Senior Executive at IBM (most recently the VP of Business Transformation), retiring in 2015 after a successful 36-year career that included product development, supply chain, business transformation, and information technology. Sal then served as the interim CIO at Florida Blue, focusing on healthcare innovation, successfully applying years of his business transformation experience. Sal is also on the advisory board for the Mercy College MBA program, is an advisor to Astia (a non-profit organization that provides guidance and support for women entrepreneurs), has recently served on the board of the Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce, and is the chair of the executive volunteer leadership board of the New York Blood Center. Sal earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Giri Venkatraman, MD, MBA
Dr. Venkatraman is responsible for the development and management of PotentiaMED outcomes registries. Dr. Venkatraman is an otolaryngologist who was most recently a member of the faculty at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC). As the Associate Quality Office at DHMC, Giri was involved in patient safety, process improvement as well as clinical utilization and registry research with researchers at The Dartmouth Institute. Giri is trained in lean and certified six sigma black belt from Villanova University. Giri also held assistant professor roles at DHMC and Emory Healthcare and has served as Director of a healthcare intelligence firm. Giri holds an MD from the University of Maryland Baltimore and an MBA from Emory University’s Goizueta Business School.