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Executive Team
Steve Swantek, President and CEO
Steve Swantek is President and CEO of PROSAR. Mr. Swantek has been employed with PROSAR since 1998 and lends his 25 years of experience in Information Technology Services in various sales, marketing and general management roles to his role as PROSAR CEO. Clients benefit from his vast knowledge of PROSAR services and learn quickly that his ability to assess, communicate and meet the needs of clients leads to a successful business partnership. Prior to joining PROSAR, Mr. Swantek was Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Zamba, a systems integrator specializing in Customer Relationship Management. He has also served as President and CEO of Goretek Data Systems, an application software company for Supply Chain Management; and as Vice President of Sales for Bachman Information Systems, a provider of database modeling and re-engineering tools for enterprise application development. Steve earned his Bachelor of Science in Marketing from Fairfield University, Connecticut. |
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Ann Claridge, Executive Vice President
Ann Claridge is Executive Vice President of PROSAR. Ms. Claridge has been employed with PROSAR since 1997 and utilizes her vast experience in management and information services to manage daily business operations and assess client needs for PROSAR. She integrates the details of client needs with long-range goals to ensure that all project requirements are managed to client specifications. Prior to joining PROSAR, Ms. Claridge was Vice President, Healthcare Marketing for Lawson Software, a software developer of cross-industry back office applications. At Lawson, she was responsible for product management and the launch of a healthcare-specific product suite. Ms. Claridge also served as Director of Product Marketing, Financials and Human Resources for Lawson Software and Senior Product Specialist for Oracle, a leading provider of database management and enterprise software applications. Ms. Claridge earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Accounting from the University of St. Thomas, Minnesota. |
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Joele Schmitz, Vice President
Joele Schmitz, MPH, RPh, CSPI, is Vice President of PROSAR. Ms. Schmitz has been employed with PROSAR since 1997. During this time she has developed a keen sense of client needs and her professionalism and responsiveness is frequently praised by clients. Ms. Schmitz's professional experience includes developing first aid label text for consumer and commercial products, and she has served on the Abstract Review Committee for the Society for Chemical Hazard Communication. Prior to joining PROSAR, Ms. Schmitz was recognized for her work at the Poison Information Center of the St. Paul-Ramsey Medical Center, where she served as an Associate Toxicologist and Poison Information Specialist. Ms. Schmitz is a Certified Specialist in Poison Information and a registered pharmacist. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree and her Masters of Public Health degree from the University of Minnesota. |
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Ann Bichsel, Director, Medical Information
Ann Bichsel, PharmD, BSN, is Director, Medical Information with PROSAR. Dr. Bichsel brings a significant amount of both clinical and pharmaceutical industry experience to PROSAR. She has almost twenty years of nursing experience, ten of those years at Stanford University Hospital in a variety of therapeutic areas including oncology. Her work experience as a pharmacist includes working in the hospital setting and at MGI Pharma for seven years. As Director, Medical Communications at MGI Pharma, she led the MedCom team and was responsible for authoring and providing drug information responses to customers and developing product formulary dossiers. Dr. Bichsel holds a PharmD and a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from Creighton University. She completed a Pharmacy Practice Residency at Baylor University in Dallas which included a longitudinal drug information training program. |
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Dennis Toussaint, Director, Medical Device Safety
Dennis Toussaint, BS, MS, is Director, Medical Device Safety with PROSAR. Mr. Toussaint brings over 20 years of medical device industry experience to PROSAR. Most recently Mr. Toussaint worked as Director, Regulatory Affairs for SterilMed, Inc., where he served as a primary liaison to FDA and worked extensively with the Association of Medical Device Reprocessors, participating in congressional oversight hearings. Prior to SterilMed he worked as Principal Manager, Regulatory Affairs at CVRx, Inc., where he served as the company liaison to FDA as well as European Regulatory Agencies, and as Director of Regulatory Affairs, Quality Assurance and Clinical Affairs for Atritech. Mr. Toussaint holds a Master of Science in Hospital and Clinical Pharmacy, and a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy from North Dakota State University.
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Linda Hall, Director, Quality Assurance
Linda Hall, MA, BSN, CPHQ is Director of Quality Assurance with PROSAR. Ms. Hall, a registered nurse for thirty years, possesses a varied clinical and administrative background. Her professional career includes ten years experience in regulatory and quality management settings including Beverly Healthcare, McKesson Corporation, and UnitedHealth Group. She is a certified professional in healthcare quality and holds membership in the National Association for Healthcare Quality. Ms. Hall received her Bachelor of Science degree from Augsburg College and her Masters of Arts degree in Human Development from St. Mary's University of Minnesota. |
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William Ricci, Director, IT & Development
Bill Ricci has over 15 years of experience in information technology, including management and software development, specializing in building fault-tolerant and secure infrastructures. Prior to joining PROSAR in 2000, Bill was the IS Manager for Prism Software Solutions, an application software company for Supply Chain Management. He was also the founder and software engineer for BioconX, Inc., a security firm specializing in biometrics involving fingerprints, voice and retina scans. Bill is a Siebel Certified Consultant and Business Analyst, with an Information Management Systems degree. |
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