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This list showcases the top Kent based Director operating in the Health Care space. If you think a Director is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Adrian Phipps
Global SEO Director of GSK
Adrian is a highly experienced and transformational SEO professional with over 19 years hands-on experience. Starting his career with digital media agencies before progressing client side delivering digital and SEO solutions for the likes of Pfizer, BBC, Volvo, Eurotunnel, Saga and now GSK. Adrian’s most recent achievements have been to drive organic traffic for Saga from 300K sessions per month to over 1 million session per month in 18 months. Moreover, in the same time driving quick answer results from a standing start of 0 to now over 600.
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About GSK: GSK Venture Fund is a Massachusetts-based venture capital fund focused on investments within the area of bioelectronics.
Amanda Henson
Director of Online Reputation Management of Kindred Healthcare
Amanda J. Henson: Amanda is the director of online reputation at Kindred Healthcare. In this role, she oversees the training and implementation of the online reputation program for more than 882 enterprise locations. Managing a team of more than 80 field CEOs, facility champions and internal staff gives her the opportunity to increase adoption through education and communication of best practices.
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About Kindred Healthcare: Kindred Healthcare is a provider of care in settings from hospitals to even your own home.
Rick Phillips
Executive Director Networking and Infrastructure of University of Kentucky
Rick currently works for the University of Kentucky as the Executive Director for Networking and Infrastructure. In this role Rick is responsible for all voice and network infrastructure at the university. The UK’s main Lexington, Kentucky campus has a large campus network that supports over 100k devices daily. This includes UK Healthcare, a Level 1 trauma center with 945 beds. Rick has worked in voice and networking at UK for over 12 years and has been in his current role since 2016. Prior to working at UK, Rick served in the US Army as a Medical Equipment Repair Specialist and worked for over 16 years at St. Claire Regional Medical Center in Morehead Kentucky. Rick is a private pilot and has been a cohost alongside Dr. Tony Weaver on a weekly one-hour radio show on Morehead State Public Radio titled “Health Matters” for over 18 years.
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About University of Kentucky: The University of Kentucky will be one of the nation’s 20 best public research universities.
Andrew Steen
Director of Strategic Marketing of BehaVR
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About BehaVR, Intrepid Bioinformatics: BehaVR creates digital therapeutics for behavioral health using Virtual Reality.
Sebastian Winkler
Managing Director MESI Germany of MESI Medical
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About MESI Medical, Thalamed: Maker of MESI mTABLET, predictive medical assessment platform for healthcare with extensive AI and marketplace capabilities.
Jeff Thompson
Senior Director, Service of Lumenis
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About Lumenis: Lumenis Ltd. is the medical and aesthetic lasers and light-based technology. Lumenis is dedicated to improving people’s
Matt Worrall
Associate Director, Policy & Communication – Oncology of MSD
Matt has more than a decade of healthcare media relations and public affairs experience gained across medical professional bodies, NHS and provider sector. Before joining Portland he was a public affairs executive at ABPI and was Head of Communications at the Royal College of Surgeons. He saw the College through its engagement with the Health & Social Care Act 2012 and high-profile campaigning for the relaxation of the European Working Time Directive. Among his clients in recent years have been the NHS National Screening Committee, NHS England, BMI Healthcare, HCA International, Lilly, Amgen, UCB, Mundipharma, Apple and Alexion.
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About MSD: MSD is a leading global biopharmaceutical company that provides medicines, vaccines, biologic therapies, and animal health products.
Guy Lerner MD
Director of Specialists in Pain Care
Director of Pain Management at the Louisville, KY. More Details: http://www.specialistsinpaincare.com/
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About Specialists in Pain Care: Specialists in Pain Care is a healthcare company that offers medical evaluation, management, and behavioral therapy services.
Matthew Carroll
Director, Sales of Vita-Stat
Matt joined Vita-Stat in 2015 to lead their sales and marketing efforts. In this role, he works with their pharmacy partners to identify new business prospects in the long term care community and develop plans and strategies to grow their business. Prior to joining Vita-Stat, Matt had eight years of experience working in various roles within a large long term care pharmacy. He holds a BS degree from the University of Louisville.
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About Glennis Solutions, Vita-Stat: Vita-Stat is one of the original innovators of electronic medication, treatment, and care management solutions to optimize and error proof.
Todd Graham
Executive Director of Lewy Body Dementia Association
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About Lewy Body Dementia Association: Lewy Body Dementia Association promotes education, support & research for people affected by LBD.
Julian Hamann
Medical Director of Cupris Health
Julian Hamann is the Consultant ENT & Thyroid Surgeon at Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust.
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About Cupris Health, Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust, Queen Victoria Hospital: Cupris Health develope communication software and smartphone-connected medical devices.
Julia Burnett
Senior National Sales Director of Mary Kay Global
Julia Burnett, a Mary Kay Independent Senior National Sales Director and transformational leader, has worked hard to create a life rooted in faith and fulfillment. She is passionate about helping others live their best lives as well. Whether this means coaching other businesswomen, parenting her three young children, or taking care of the earth, Julia approaches each and every opportunity she gets with the same fervor that jumpstarted her career over ten years ago. A proud resident of Kentucky, Julia is all about revolutions both big and small– and she has experienced all of the hits and misses that it takes to inspire real change. Her goal is simply to achieve the best that she possibly can with what she has, and to help others do the same. Julia is also passionate about the power of the brain and of brain research in particular; she considers it one of the “final frontiers” of self-help.
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About Mary Kay Global: Mary Kay Global is an online portal that offers beauty care products.
Bryan Ehret
Founder & Director of MobileMedTek
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About MobileMedTek: MobileMedTek’s core mission is to mobilize medical technologies in order to improve patient care, as well as to improve the user experience.
Jason Smith
Managing Director of Bedfont Scientific
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About Bedfont Scientific: Bedfont Scientific specializes in the design and manufacture of exhaled breath and gas monitoring instruments.
Pamela Bruce
Managing Director of Nurse Plus
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About Nurse Plus: Nurseplus is a specialist provider of staffing and domiciliary care solutions for the healthcare industry.
