
Chairman at www.ExecImpactGroup.com
San Francisco Bay Area

Chairman at www.ExecImpactGroup.com
San Francisco Bay Area
Advisor to private and public companies
Chairman, Executive Impact Group www.execimpactgroup.com
www.healthcare.com, www.takesalltypes.org Advisory Board
Member, Silicon Valley 100
Board, Bay Area Healthcare Executives
Regents Advisory Council Golden Gate, American College of Healthcare Executives www.ache.org
CEO, public healthcare technology company
CEO, $35M, 300 employees from startup at $20B public hospital management company (HCA)
CEO, Healthcare consulting & contract management company
CEO, $15M, 250 employees at healthcare companies part of $11 billion company
EVP/COO, International healthcare consulting & contracting firm (2,100 clients) with offices in Washington, DC; Florida; California; Rome, Italy and Singapore
VP Business Development, $1.5B largest clinical outsource company in US
VP Operations, P & L for $110M within $240M healthcare operations and $2 billion company
VP Operations, P & L for $60M of $200M healthcare holding company at $11 billion company
VP Administration, P & L for $35M of $300M health system
Founder, SVP Sales & Marketing, HealthOnline.com, interactive health technology company (BancBoston Ventures)
25 years of leadership experience & expertise in e-health, technology and leadership. A seasoned CEO, led medical centers, e-health technology companies and consulting firms.
Consulted with a wide range of world-class health companies, Fortune 1,000 and start-ups companies internationally. Served as the founding CEO of EnerLook Healthcare Solutions;CEO with $20 billion HealthTrust (NYSE: HCA); CEO of TransCare Healthcare; and COO of Ryan Advisors, an international healthcare consulting firm - one of the first in the country founded in 1960s with 2,100 client worldwide. He served 10 years as a senior executive with the $11 billion Daughters of Charity National Health System (now Ascension Health) the largest not-for-profit health system in the US.
Strategy, start-up, growth company, advisory boards, Private equity, venture capital, M&A, capital raising, technology, www.healthcare.com, health online, , health medical sales, social networking, Health 2.0, MeCare,google, hospitals, outsourcing, networking, India, international nurse staffing, CEO Coach, interim leadership, business development, advisor, investor, marketing professional, e-care, e-Health, Medical, Health, Healthcare, Interim leadership, mentor, medical devices,
(Internet industry)
February 2009 — Present (6 months)
Board of Directors. DeskActive offers the world's leading software for office health, safety & wellbeing.DeskActive provides a simple, cost-effective solution to all office needs for occupational health & safety (OH&S) and health, safety and environment (HSE). DeskActive also delivers real corporate health and wellness benefits.
(Internet industry)
September 2008 — Present (11 months)
PharmaCapture is in the business of innovative solutions; namely the providing of branded utilization text messages to patients on behalf of Pharma/Medical/Lifestyle or healthcare related entities.
From this interaction, PharmCapture evolves the one-way communication gap, bridging it to an open two-way communication which actualizes the real time capture of health-related information. This process innovation provides:
• A unique branding opportunity to a relevant population for the manufacturer
• An increase in utilization by patients for the health plan
• Healthier outcomes for the patient themselves.
We believe that there is a productive way to utilize and integrate technology solutions to better the treatment, care, and outcomes for all patients. We group our teams around a matrix and product structure where the team is built around a product; and then that team interfaces with the technology team directly. We pride ourselves on being a market mover and deliverer of superior results, to patients first, and then our clients.
(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Management Consulting industry)
March 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)
Look at my Linked IN profile and go to the "Groups" section and join our EIG Global Advisors group if you like.
(Internet industry)
December 2007 — Present (1 year 8 months)
http://www.takesalltypes.org/AdvisoryBoard/index.html
Serve as Advisor to Founders from concept to operational growth. As Advisory Board member connect founders to American Red Cross national headquarters and other resources.
Takes All Types is a non-profit Grassroots organization dedicated to creating the first national network for blood donation.
There are always shortages of blood throughout the nation, even though there are plenty of potential donors out there. After All, we all have blood we can share. The main issue is communication!
Takes all Types is providing social media (including Facebook) applications to allow people to sign up as blood donors and receive alerts by phone, text, e-mail, Facebook, fax, whenever blood is needed in their local area. This will help people be more connected with the process, contributing all together in a common solution, and should vastly increase donor participation
(Internet industry)
2007 — Present (2 years)
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Biotechnology industry)
October 2007 — Present (1 year 10 months)
Phenomix is a drug discovery and development company building a portfolio of internally discovered, novel therapeutics for the treatment of major human diseases. Phenomix' lead program, PHX1149, is a DPP4 inhibitor in Phase 2b clinical trials as a once daily oral treatment for Type 2 diabetes. Phenomix' second program is directed at the treatment of hepatitis C infections through inhibition of the NS3/4A viral protease. Phenomix is based in San Diego, California. For more information, visit www.phenomix.com.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
September 2007 — Present (1 year 11 months)
www.healthcare.com is an rapidly growing international internet company serving healthcare information and solutions globally to healthcare providers, patients, payers and consumers.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Biotechnology industry)
April 2007 — Present (2 years 4 months)
Proacta Inc., a Delaware corporation headquartered in San Diego, California, is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company working to translate hypoxia-activated prodrug lead compounds into marketed drugs that treat cancer.
Proacta holds exclusive worldwide rights to 25 patent families, across more than nine chemical families. Ongoing development of the portfolio is supported by significant grant funding and led by acknowledged international experts in the field at University of Auckland and Stanford University. Proacta's strong IP and ongoing research activities in hypoxia-targeted cancer therapies give it a leadership position in meeting a substantial unmet need for the large and growing oncology market.
To date Proacta has raised $47 million in Series A and B financings. Investors include Alta Partners, Clarus Ventures, GBS Venture Partners (Australia), Delphi Ventures, No 8 Ventures (New Zealand), Endeavour Capital (New Zealand), Roche, and Genentech.
(Privately Held; Pharmaceuticals industry)
2007 — Present (2 years)
Advisor to CEO & CFO ay NovaBay. NovaBay is focused on developing innovative product candidates targeting the treatment or prevention of a wide range of infections in hospital and community environments. Many of these infections have become increasingly difficult to treat because of the rapid increase in infectious microbes that have become resistant to current drugs.
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; dscm; Internet industry)
September 2006 — Present (2 years 11 months)
Drugstore.com, inc. is a leading online provider of health, beauty, vision and pharmacy products. The company offers health, beauty, household and other non-prescription products and prescription medications through our website at www.drugstore.com, www.beauty.com; www.visiondirect.com, www.lensmart.com and www.lensquest.com.
Drugstore.com, inc., was founded in 1998 to serve the health, beauty and wellness consumer with selection, convenience, information, personal service, and a trustworthy and reliable pharmacy. The drugstore.com pharmacy is licensed and able to dispense prescription medicine in all 50 states and is proud to be certified by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy's Verified Internet Pharmacy Practice Sites (VIPPS) program.
(Non-Profit; 501-1000 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)
August 2006 — Present (3 years)
http://cahl.ache.org
The California Association of Healthcare Leaders (CAHL) is the American College of Healthcare Executives Chapter for the Northern and Central California Region. The chapter represents a merger of three previous chapters; Bay Are Healthcare Executives (BAHE), Healthcare Executives of Greater Sacramento Valley, and Sierra Pacific Chapter of the American College of Healthcare Executives.
(Privately Held; Biotechnology industry)
June 2006 — Present (3 years 2 months)
Proteolix, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to discovering, developing and marketing pharmaceutical products that target certain cancers and immunological conditions by inhibiting the proteasome and thereby disrupting protein turnover in cells. In addition to its lead product candidate, carfilzomib (PR-171), which is delivered intravenously and is currently in multiple clinical trials to evaluate its safety and efficacy in multiple types of cancer, Proteolix is developing next generation proteasome inhibitors, including an oral proteasome inhibitor and a selective immunoproteasome inhibitor, to expand the therapeutic potential of this new target class. Proteolix is headquartered in South San Francisco.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)
June 2005 — Present (4 years 2 months)
(Management Consulting industry)
September 2003 — Present (5 years 11 months)
Global network of EiG Advisors in 160+ countries.
(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Internet industry)
October 2002 — Present (6 years 10 months)
www.xing.com/profile/Mike_Ryan
(Management Consulting industry)
October 1994 — Present (14 years 10 months)
Advisory firm serving investors, boards, CEOs, founders, VCs, PE, HF, especially in growth and transitioning companies in healthcare, wellness, eHealth, life sciences, medicine, biotech, medical devices, technology industries world-wide www.execimpactgroup.com
(Internet industry)
October 1992 — Present (16 years 10 months)
http://blogs.healthcare.com/healthcaremusing/
(Non-Profit; 10,001 or more employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
September 1992 — November 2002 (10 years 3 months)
Responsible for developing policies, diaster relief services, fund raising and governance for American Red Cross in Louisiana.
- Chairman, board directors from 1999-2002
- Vice Chairman, State Service Council from 1997-98
- Chairman, State Fund Raising Committee 1996-97
- Member, Southwest Regional Board of Directors 1999-2002
- Chairman, Northeast Louisiana Chapter 1996-98
- Chairman, Capital Funds Committee 1995
- Volunteer of the Year 2000
- Louisiana State Community Service Award 2001
- "Golden Rule Award" 1999 from United Way
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Management Consulting industry)
April 1994 — June 2002 (8 years 3 months)
Founded national healthcare consulting and contract management company. Provide contract management, national sales, marketing and business development to hospitals, healthcare companies and emerging technology companies, Fortune 200, health systems, and eHealth companies. Expertise to growth companies on their national roll out or expansion plans by utilizing extensive experience and national healthcare network.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; AOL; Internet industry)
September 1999 — February 2002 (2 years 6 months)
Creator and Host of a weekly live interactive online forum for healthcare industry covering news,operational issues, emerging trends and management information for healthcare leaders,nurses, CEOs, executives for America Online.
(Non-Profit; 10,001 or more employees; Fund-Raising industry)
April 1994 — April 2001 (7 years 1 month)
Served on board of directors of United Way of Northeast Louisiana. Chairman of Medical Division 1996. Served on Finance and Fund Raising Committees.
(Non-Profit; 10,001 or more employees; Consumer Services industry)
September 1996 — March 2001 (4 years 7 months)
Chairman, Better Business Bureau (Northeast Louisiana)
Vice Chairman, Board of Directors
Chairman, Technology Committee, BBBOnLine development
Member, Finance Committee
(Non-Profit; 10,001 or more employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)
January 1989 — November 2000 (11 years 11 months)
- President,AHA, Southwest Society of Healthcare Strategy and Market Development (Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas) 1998-2000
- Board member 1994-2000
- President, AHA, Capital Area Society for Healthcare Marketing and Planning (Washington, D.C,Virginia, Maryland) 1989-1992
- Editor, Newsline Newsletter 1989-1992
- Founding Board Member 1989-92
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
December 1997 — November 2000 (3 years)
Co-founder of BancBoston Ventures backed healthcare technology company serving leading health systems with private labeled IT solutions. Raised $15 million in capital and grew company from $500,000 to $75 million capitalization in two years. Directed national sales and marketing functions. Developed national sales strategy, plan and sales systems. Recruited national sales and marketing team; Developed management and communications systems. Responsible for multi-year and multi-million dollar sales contracts to billion dollar health systems in eight states.
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Museums and Institutions industry)
June 1994 — October 2000 (6 years 5 months)
Founded and served as Chairman of the Children's Museum of Northeast Louisiana (www.nelcm.org). Wrote the business plan, secured 10,000 sf building, obtain exhibits and lead $1M fund raising efforts including corporate sponsors, hundreds of donors, and Louisiana state funding. Museum provides interactive science and technology exhibits for more than 50,000 visitors from 30 states. Received United Way's "Golden Rule Award" in 1997 for efforts.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Publishing industry)
September 1975 — January 2000 (24 years 5 months)
Served as Editor-In-Chief for News Group Communications, Inc., publishers of 50 specialty corporate, business and healthcare publications. Editor of monthly Ryan Advisory Newsletter for Healthcare Governing Boards with paid subscriptions in all 50 United States. Provided news, trends and commentary of healthcare industry including healthcare Boards, CEOs, senior executives and government leaders. Began as staff research assistant in 1975, served as marketing assistant and eventually served as Editor-in- Chief.
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; HCA; Hospital & Health Care industry)
April 1994 — June 1999 (5 years 3 months)
Founded and operated specialty hospital and provided multi-year contract management and consulting services. Served as a contracted CEO of this start-up specialty hospital, part of HealthTrust (now NYSE: Hospital Corporation of American- HCA). Recruited 130 physicians to the medical staff and hired 300 technical, clinical and support staff for this $30 million operation. Directed all overall management, business development, information services and marketing functions.
(Non-Profit; 10,001 or more employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)
January 1993 — June 1999 (6 years 6 months)
Served as volunteer leadership executive for Catholic Health Association members in Louisiana's including hospitals, nursing homes, home health and healthcare organizations.
President, 1996-1998
President-Elect, 1995-96
Board of Directors, 1993
(Non-Profit; 1001-5000 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)
May 1992 — April 1994 (2 years)
Managed $110 million annual budget and 400 professional and technical staff within $1.5 billion FMOL Health System. Provided leadership in directing clinical and support departments for leading regional medical center.
(Non-Profit; Hospital & Health Care industry)
December 1988 — May 1992 (3 years 6 months)
Served as vice president operations and planning for $200 million healthcare holding company and various hospital operations including purchasing, material management, dietary, telecommunications, medical office buildings and retail pharmacy. Responsible for P & L of $60 million budget and 300 employees. Direct management of several for profit companies including internal hospital consulting company, MRI, construction company and a joint-venture family practice at Fort Lincoln Clinic with Georgetown University Medical School. Served as chairman of Ethics Committee.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Management Consulting industry)
November 1986 — December 1988 (2 years 2 months)
Opened office of international healthcare consulting company in Florida. Provided healthcare marketing, contract management and facility planning services to 2,100+ hospitals and health systems in United States and internationally. Including building a 1,500 bed National Taiwan University Medical Center,the largest public project in Taiwan, ROC at the time. National Taiwan University Hospital http://ntuh.mc.ntu.edu.tw/english/ in Taipei and National Cheng Kung University http://www.ncku.edu.tw/english/. Directed corporate operations, national sales and marketing functions for staff of 25. Provided multi-year senior level contract management and outsourced services to hospitals.
(Non-Profit; 10,001 or more employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)
January 1982 — December 1986 (5 years)
P & L responsible for $35 million and 22 divisions in $300 million healthcare holding company. Directed the start-up of 12 new healthcare related companies including the acquisition of a full service media and marketing company. Developed and managed one of the countrys largest ambulatory care systems with 15 outpatient clinics. Served as CEO of rural hospital and received Letter of Commendation from Floridas Governor for management expertise in financial turn-around of operations.
Served as Administrative Resident at Saint Thomas Hospital in Nashville, TN.
Served as STAT messenger, nursing staff office assistant and unit clerk in critical care unit at Providence Hospital in Washington, DC.
(Government Agency; 201-500 employees; Executive Office industry)
January 1980 — September 1980 (9 months)
White House Intern serving under Social Secretary Gretchen Poston and Ambassador Robert Strauss. Served as co-coordinator for Artist and Athletes program working with national sportsmen, National Football League, leading performing arts, performers, stage, televisions and screen actors, musicians and celebrities. Pretty cool gig for a 20 year old calling people saying "Mr. (Johnny) Cash, this is Michael Ryan calling you from The White House on behalf of the President of the United States..."
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)
March 1969 — August 1978 (9 years 6 months)
Began my healthcare career at age nine (9) sitting around the family dining room table helping my parents "launch" their latest venture healthcare consulting, facility design and contract management company from our house of seven children's spare room. Clearly recall licking labels, stuffing business cards and company annoucements to prospective clients in first marketing effort. Six months later the firm moved to the Chevy Chase Building (MD/DC) for 15 years, and later "The Ryan Center" with offices in California, Florida, Singapore, and Rome(Italy). For over a decade did numerous jobs including: research on potential cients; drafting plans; answering phones; binding reports; and taking out the trash! It was a great "school of business".
(Self-Employed; 1-10 employees; Design industry)
February 1975 — September 1976 (1 year 8 months)
At age 15, started my first company and immediately promoted younger brother Steve to vice president on his business cards that were in the shape of an artist palate ---No, it was not a lemonade stand, but a graphic design company which provided original art work, logo designs and my graphics for several Washington, DC based companies, shops, law firms, associations, including the Metropolitan Athletic League, The Washington Corporation (which later became part of a $4 billion NYSE roll-up)Medical Designs and Thomas Hale Boggs, Jr. That was my first entrepreneur venture, it was great and I havent look back since!
Lecturer/Advisor , Entrepreneur Studies , 2008 — 2008
Lecturer , Business , 2007 — 2007
MBA , Healthcare Management , 1982 — 1984
MBA , Healthcare Management , January 1982 — September 1984
Bachelor of Arts , International Relations , 1979 — 1981
Graduated in three years with dual majors.
Bachelor of Arts , Communications , September 1979 — May 1981
Graduated 3 years with dual major Cum Laude, Highest Department honors John J. Walsh, SJ Award, Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities.
Government 1981
Communications October 1998
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American Red Cross (Chairman, LA State Service Council), American College of Healthcare Executives (Regent, National CEO Committee, Editorial Board), Bay Area Healthcare Executives (Board), George Washington University Alumni Association, American Hospital Association, United Way (Chairman Medical Division), Boy Scouts of America (Explorer Advisor), Rotary International (Board), Chamber of Commerce, Better Business Bureau (Chairman), Academy of Medical Administrators, Capital Area Society for Healthcare Planning and Marketing (President), Southwest Society for Healthcare Strategy and Market Development (President), Catholic Healthcare Association of Louisiana(President),
·Distinguished Service Award, Chairman, American Red Cross, LA 1999-2002
·President Clinton Commendation Letter, Community Services 1999
·Golden Rule Award, Community Service, United Way, 1999
·Volunteer of the Year, American Red Cross, 1998
·Young Business Leader of the Year, Chamber of Commerce, LA 1998
·Community Service Award, American Red Cross, LA 1996
·Golden Rule Award, United Way, 1996
·Leadership Ouachita, Louisiana, 1993
·Florida Governor Commendation Letter, 1986
·John J. Walsh Award, Highest Departmental Honors 1981
·Alpha Sigma Nu, National Jesuit Honor Society 1981
·Who’s Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities 1981
·Art Medal, St. John's College HS, Highest Department Honors 1978
·United Nations 50th Anniversary Honor Guard 1977