People: Metropolitan Health Networks Inc (MDF)
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9 Feb 2010
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9 Feb 2010
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Summary
| Name | Age | Since | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haskell, Eric | 61 | 2009 | Chairman of the Board |
| Guethon, Jose | 46 | 2008 | President, Chief Operating Officer |
| Sabo, Robert | 58 | 2007 | Chief Financial Officer |
| Palenzuela, Roberto | 45 | 2004 | General Counsel, Secretary |
| Earley, Michael | 53 | 2010 | Director |
| Harrison, Martin | 56 | 2000 | Director |
| Sachs, Karl | 72 | 2002 | Director |
| Zeman, Barry | 63 | 2004 | Director |
| Shields, Robert | 61 | 2006 | Director |
| Florman, David | 56 | 2006 | Director |
Biographies
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Haskell, Eric | Mr. Eric Haskell has been appointed as Chairman of the Board of Metropolitan Health Networks, Inc. Mr. Haskell, CPA is Director of Metropolitan Health Networks Inc since August 2004. Mr. Haskell is a certified public accountant with over 30 years of experience in senior financial positions at several public and private companies. He has significant expertise in the areas of acquisitions and divestitures, strategic planning and investor relations. From December 2005 through March 2008, Mr. Haskell served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of SunCom Wireless Holdings, Inc., a company providing digital wireless communications services which was publicly traded until its merger with a wholly-owned subsidiary of T-Mobile USA, Inc. in February 2008. He also served as a member of the SunCom’s Board of Directors from November 2003 through May 2007. From 1989 until April 2004, Mr. Haskell served as the Chief Financial Officer of Systems & Computer Technology Corp., a NASDAQ listed software and services corporation. Mr. Haskell has served on the Board of the Philadelphia Ronald McDonald House since 1996 and currently serves as Chairman of its Finance Committee. Mr. Haskell received his Bachelors Degree in Business Administration from Adelphi University in 1969. |
| Guethon, Jose | Mr. Jose A. Guethon, MD, has been appointed as President and Chief Operating Officer of Metropolitan Health Networks, Inc. since September 2008. Prior to his appointment, he served as President of the PSN since January 2006. Dr. Guethon initially joined The Company in October 2001 and has served in a variety of positions, including as Medical Director and Staff Physician from October 2001 through June 2004, as Senior Vice President of Utilization and Quality Improvement from June 2004 through January 2006 and as Chief Medical Officer of HMO from January 2006 through December 2006. Dr. Guethon has approximately 15 years of healthcare experience both in clinical and administrative medicine, and is board-certified in family practice. Prior to joining the Company, Dr. Guethon served as the Regional Medical Director for JSA Healthcare Corporation, a provider service network located in Tampa, Florida from April 2001 through October 2001 and as the Medical Director of Humana’s Orlando market operations from April 1998 through April 2001. Dr. Guethon earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Miami, his doctorate in medicine degree from the University Of South Florida College Of Medicine, and completed an MBA program at Tampa College. |
| Sabo, Robert | Mr. Sabo has served as Chief Financial Officer of Metropolitan Health Nework since November 15, 2007. Mr. Sabo has over 35 years of financial expertise focused substantially in the Florida healthcare industry. From November 2003 to October 2007, he was the Chief Financial Officer of Hospital Partners of America, LLC, a privately held North Carolina healthcare services and hospital partnership company, where his duties included the day to day financial operations of the organization as well the company’s significant business development and merger and acquisition work. He began his career as a CPA in South Florida with Ernst & Young in 1972, and was admitted to the partnership in 1984, with his most recent responsibility from January 1999 until June 2003 as Market Leader of the Health Science Practice of the Carolinas. Mr. Sabo graduated with a B.B.A. in Accounting from the University of Miami. He is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. |
| Palenzuela, Roberto | Mr. Palenzuela Esq. has served as General Counsel and Secretary of Metropolitan Health Networks since March 2004. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Palenzuela served as General Counsel and Secretary of Continucare Corporation, a publicly traded primary care physician services company, from May 2002 through March 2004. From 1994 to 2002, Mr. Palenzuela served as an officer and director of Community Health Plan of the Rockies, Inc., a privately owned health maintenance organization based in Denver, Colorado. Community Health Plan of the Rockies, Inc. filed for protection under Chapter 11 of the federal bankruptcy laws on November 15, 2002, and was released from Chapter 11 on December 16, 2002. From March 1999 through June 2001, Mr. Palenzuela served as General Counsel of Universal Rehabilitation Centers of America, Inc. (n/k/a Universal Medical Concepts, Inc.), a privately owned physician practice management company. Mr. Palenzuela received his Bachelors Degree in Business Administration from the University of Miami in 1985 and his law degree from the University of Miami School of Law in 1988. |
| Earley, Michael | Mr. Michael M. Earley has been Director of Metropolitan Health Networks Inc. Mr. Earley served as Chief Executive Officer of Metropolitan Health Networks Inc since March 2003 until March 31, 2010. Mr. Earley was Chairman of the Board since September 2004. He previously served as a member on Board of Directors from June 2000 to December 2002. From January 2002 until February 2003, Mr. Earley was self-employed as a corporate consultant. Previously, from January 2000 through December 2002, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Collins Associates, an institutional money management firm. From 1997 through December 1999, Mr. Earley served as Chief Executive Officer of Triton Group Management, a corporate consulting firm. From 1986 to 1997, he served in a number of senior management roles, including CEO and CFO of Intermark, Inc. and Triton Group Ltd., both publicly traded diversified holding companies and from 1978 to 1983, he was an audit and tax staff member of Ernst & Whinney. From 2002 until its sale in 2007, Mr. Earley served as a director and member of the audit committee of MPower Communications, a publicly traded telecommunications company. Mr. Earley received his undergraduate degrees in Accounting and Business Administration from the University of San Diego. |
| Harrison, Martin | Mr. Harrison, M.D. is Director of Metropolitan Health Networks Inc since November 2000. From June 2000 to March 2003, Dr. Harrison also served as an advisor to the Board of Directors. Since May 1999, Dr. Harrison has owned and served as President of H30, Inc. a privately held research & biomedical company. Dr. Harrison is a self-employed medical doctor and has practiced medicine in South Florida since July 1991, specializing in preventive and occupational medicine. Dr. Harrison earned his undergraduate degree at the University of Illinois and obtained his postgraduate and residency training as well as his Masters in Public Health from Johns Hopkins University. |
| Sachs, Karl | Mr. Sachs, CPA is Director of Metropolitan Health Networks Inc since September 2002 after previously serving as a member of the Board of Directors from March 1999 to December 2001. Since January 2008, Mr. Sachs has been a partner in the Miami-based public accounting firm of Sachs, Diaz & Diaz, LLP. Prior to that, from 1974 until December 2007, he served as the President of the Miami-based public accounting firm of Sachs & Foccaraci, P.A., which he founded. Mr. Sachs is a qualified litigation expert for the U.S. Federal District Court, U.S. District Court, U.S. Bankruptcy Court and Circuit Courts of Dade and Broward Counties and has previously served as an auditor for the Internal Revenue Service. He received his Bachelors Degree in Business Administration from the University of Miami. A certified public accountant for more than 30 years, Mr. Sachs is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Personal Financial Planning and Tax Sections; Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants; and the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts. |
| Zeman, Barry | Mr. Zeman is Director of Metropolitan Health Networks Inc since August 2004. Mr. Zeman has 34 years of health care industry and hospital management experience. In 1989, Mr. Zeman founded U.S. Business Development Corp., a private consulting firm offering comprehensive and consultative solutions to professionals in the areas of health care finance, construction, physician group practices, hospital association activities and health care law. He has served as President of U.S. Business Development Corp. since its inception. In May 2004, Mr. Zeman was appointed Regional Business Development Manager for Wells Fargo Home Mortgage. Mr. Zeman has operated in the capacity of President and/or Chief Executive Officer of several hospital organizations throughout the State of New York. He served as Associate Director of the Long Island Jewish Medical Center from 1971 through 1976. He served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Staten Island University Hospital from 1976 to 1989 and was President and Chief Executive Officer of St. Charles Hospital and Rehabilitation Center from 1991 through 2000. From 2000 through February 2003, Mr. Zeman served as President of the Parker Jewish Institute, a private not-for-profit rehabilitative, sub-acute and long-term care institution. He currently serves as the Chair of the Building & Grounds Committee of Adelphi University and has served on the Board of Trustees of Adelphi University since 1997. Mr.. Zeman received his Bachelors Degree in Business Administration from the University of Cincinnati in 1969 and his Masters of Public Health Degree in Health Care Administration from the University of Pittsburgh in 1971. |
| Shields, Robert | Mr. Robert is Director of Metropolitan Health Networks Inc since May 2006. In May 2005, Mr. Shields founded RES Consulting, LLC, and currently serves as its President. Prior to founding RES Consulting, Mr. Shields was employed for over ten years by Humana, Inc. in a variety of positions, including Senior Vice President of Government and Senior Products from June 2004 through April 2005, Senior Vice President of Government Programs from July 2001 through June 2004, Senior Vice President of Development from January 2000 through July 2001 and Vice President of Humana and President and Chief Executive Officer of Humana Military Healthcare Services from July 1994 through January 2000. Mr. Shields has been awarded numerous military decorations and, from July 1992 through July 1994, he was Colonel and Chief of the Air Force Office of the Surgeon General Managed Care Division. Effective March 2008, Mr. Shields became a member of the Board of Directors of PGBA, LLC, a private wholly-owned subsidiary of Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina which provides fiscal intermediary and management information services to the federal government. Mr. Shields received a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration from the Citadel, a Masters Degree in Systems Management from the University of Southern California, and a Masters in Health Administration from the Medical College of Virginia at Virginia Commonwealth University. Mr. Shields is also a Distinguished Graduate of the Industrial College of Armed Forces. |
| Florman, David | Mr. Floman is Director of Metropolitan Health Networks Inc since April 2006. In May 2005, Mr. Florman founded DFI Consulting, Ltd, a boutique consulting firm serving the health care marketplace and currently serves as its President. He has over 30 years of broad professional experience in the health care industry. He has held senior executive positions in the healthcare provider sector with community hospitals and key academic medical centers as well as leadership roles in the payer/insurance community with regional and national managed care organizations. These include United Health Group, Inc., where he served as Regional Vice President from December 2003 through June 2005, Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield, where he served as Senior Vice President of Medical Delivery and Medicare Risk from March 2001 through September 2003 and Aetna, Inc., where he served in a variety of positions between July 1990 and February 2001. At Aetna, Mr. Florman served as, among other things, Head of the National Medical Cost Management, Market/Health Delivery Strategic Initiative Team Lead and Head of the National Medical Management Strategy. Mr. Florman received a Bachelors of Arts Degree from New York University in 1973 and a Masters Degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Health Care Administration from The City University of New York in May 1976. |
Basic Compensation
| Name | Fiscal Year Total |
|---|---|
| Haskell, Eric | -- |
| Guethon, Jose | 648,851 |
| Sabo, Robert | 570,482 |
| Palenzuela, Roberto | 388,510 |
| Earley, Michael | 888,746 |
| Harrison, Martin | -- |
| Sachs, Karl | -- |
| Zeman, Barry | -- |
| Shields, Robert | -- |
| Florman, David | -- |
As Of 30 Dec 2008
Options Compensation
| Name | Options | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Haskell, Eric | 0 | 0 |
| Guethon, Jose | 332,000 | 189,880 |
| Sabo, Robert | 0 | 0 |
| Palenzuela, Roberto | 250,000 | 316,500 |
| Earley, Michael | 886,667 | 1,115,834 |
| Harrison, Martin | 0 | 0 |
| Sachs, Karl | 0 | 0 |
| Zeman, Barry | 0 | 0 |
| Shields, Robert | 0 | 0 |
| Florman, David | 0 | 0 |
| Name | Shares Traded | Price |
|---|---|---|
| HARRISON MARTIN W | 5,000 | $2.13 |
| GUETHON JOSE ALBERTO | 155,193 | $0.00 |
| PALENZUELA ROBERTO L | 103,924 | $0.00 |
| SABO ROBERT J | 124,709 | $0.00 |
| HARRISON MARTIN W | 5,000 | $2.26 |
| HARRISON MARTIN W | 5,000 | $2.34 |
| HARRISON MARTIN W | 5,000 | $2.31 |
| HARRISON MARTIN W | 5,000 | $2.00 |
| HARRISON MARTIN W | 5,000 | $1.99 |
| HARRISON MARTIN W | 5,000 | $2.01 |
| HARRISON MARTIN W | 5,000 | $1.99 |
| HARRISON MARTIN W | 5,000 | $1.96 |
| HARRISON MARTIN W | 5,000 | $1.97 |
| HARRISON MARTIN W | 5,000 | $2.03 |
| HARRISON MARTIN W | 5,000 | $2.09 |
| HARRISON MARTIN W | 5,000 | $2.09 |
| HARRISON MARTIN W | 5,000 | $2.15 |
| HARRISON MARTIN W | 5,000 | $2.14 |
| HARRISON MARTIN W | 5,000 | $2.18 |
| HARRISON MARTIN W | 5,000 | $2.18 |
| HARRISON MARTIN W | 5,000 | $2.17 |
| HARRISON MARTIN W | 5,000 | $2.15 |
| ZEMAN BARRY T | 10,000 | $2.14 |
| HARRISON MARTIN W | 5,000 | $2.09 |
| SACHS KARL M | 230,000 | $0.00 |
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