Experience

Ambassador Enterprises, LLC

• United States
• Investment Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Legal Officer

  • Nov 2022 - Present

  Ambassador Enterprises is a legacy-minded private equity firm. Ambassador has a portfolio of affiliate companies with a unified commitment to cultivating legacies grounded in purpose, people, and performance. Ambassador's affiliates consist of six growth platforms: Construction Supply, Marine Recreation, Outdoor Recreation, Design-Build Engineering, Cabinets, and Real Estate. Each growth platform consists of numerous entities operating within the platform's space. The combined revenue of Ambassador's affiliates will exceed $2 billion in 2022 and each platform continues to grow. Ambassador's affiliates collectively employ over 4,000 employees. Ambassador engages with the leaders and employees of its affiliates to create a lasting, positive impact on people and communities, with and goal of cultivating a legacy grounded in people, partners, and performance. Show less



VIA Developments

• United States
• Leasing Non-residential Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Executive Officer

  • Aug 2019 - Nov 2022

  VIA Developments is a commercial real estate company with business units focusing on development/ adaptive reuse, investment, and property management. In the second half of 2019, VIA engaged in approximately $150 million in real estate transactions. While we generally focus on Northeast Indiana, we also look for opportunities and partners throughout the Midwest US. VIA is an affiliate of Ambassador Enterprises, a legacy-minded private equity firm. Ambassador's legacy focus flows through to VIA, as we strive to positively impact communities and individuals with each of our properties and investments. Show less



Ambassador Enterprises, LLC

• United States
• Investment Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Director

  • Jan 2018 - Aug 2019

  Ambassador is unique in the private equity world because we focus on the long-term health of our companies. This focus frees us from being required to flip our holdings on a predetermined set of metrics. We invest in our companies and provide them all of the resources they need to grow. The result is a perpetual cycle of building long-lasting, financially successful, and strategically led businesses. The value of our portfolio companies has more than doubled in the past five years, while positively impacting the lives of more than two thousand portfolio company employees. Ambassador is an active owner or partner that assists leaders in optimizing both for-profit and nonprofit organizations. A significant portion of our financial returns are used to help community organizations become sustainable and solve systemic issues in innovative ways. This approach is ingrained into each of our companies and lived out through the lives of our team members. Show less



Enterprise Health

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Executive Officer

  • Jan 2015 - Jan 2018

  Enterprise Health is the only health IT solution to combine occupational health and compliance, clinical care and employee engagement on a single, highly interoperable, cloud-based platform – equipping enterprise clients and their employees for a healthier future. Enterprise Health works with its customers to improve employee health and wellness. Enterprise Health combines clinical operations, occupational health programs and employee engagement tools on a single, fully integrated platform. Enterprise Health was designed for OSHA compliance and much, much more – including a complete medical record system that communicates with employees via email, and connects to labs, medical devices and HR systems. Browser-based web access allows authorized users to easily find the information they need, from nearly anywhere in the world, on nearly any device – including tablets like the iPad, smartphones and laptops. Enterprise Health is easy to configure, easy to use and easy to maintain. Just ask our clients – including some of the most recognized names in the Fortune 500 as well as regional health centers and other organizations across the country and around the world. These clients include Dow Chemical, Eli Lilly, The Walt Disney Company, Chevron Corporation, Stanford University, Prudential Financial, Proctor & Gamble, and Lawrence Livermore Labs. MIE also partners with companies like Xerox, Concentra/ Humana, and Hospital Corporation of America to provide its Enterprise Health products to even more companies and individuals. Show less



Medical Informatics Engineering, Inc

• United States
• Information Technology & Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Vice President & General Counsel

  • Jan 2013 - Dec 2017

  MIE is a healthcare technology company that offers a Minimally Invasive™ portfolio of products: WebChart (an electronic health record "EHR"), NoMoreClipBoard (a personal health record), and Enterprise Health (a full EHR integrated with robust Occupational Health functionality). These web-based applications can be easily configured to fit practice workflows and individual preferences for a very smooth transition to electronic health records. MIE is a healthcare technology company that offers a Minimally Invasive™ portfolio of products: WebChart (an electronic health record "EHR"), NoMoreClipBoard (a personal health record), and Enterprise Health (a full EHR integrated with robust Occupational Health functionality). These web-based applications can be easily configured to fit practice workflows and individual preferences for a very smooth transition to electronic health records.



Barnes & Thornburg LLP

• United States
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Partner

  • Jan 2007 - Dec 2012

  Partner in the Business Department of Barnes & Thornburg LLP. Assist clients with all aspects of their business, including mergers and acquisitions, contracts, and corporate governance. Large portion of practice dedicated to technology transactions such as licensing and transfer of intellectual property, outsourcing agreements, professional service agreements, privacy policies, and hosting agreements. Extensive experience negotiating transactions relating to healthcare technology. Assist clients with obtaining financing from angel, private equity, and venture capital investors. Advise clients regarding legal aspects of e-commerce. Also member of Finance, Insolvency and Restructuring Department. Significant experience representing financial institutions in matters involving loan workouts and insolvency proceedings.Specialties:Technology Transactions, Healthcare Technology Law, e-commerce, Financing, Mergers and Acquisitions, Loan WorkoutsBarnes & Thornburg (www.btlaw.com) is a 500-person, full service law firm with offices in Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Chicago, Minneapolis, Atlanta, and Washington D.C.B&T offers its national and international clients “money center” legal acumen and solutions at substantially lower costs than other national competitors. B&T offers the sophisticated skills developed through our national and international practices to our local and regional clients, where physical accessibility to their legal advisors is often important.B&T describes itself as offering "the integrity, compassion and personal commitment typically associated with America’s heartland. We take time to learn about our clients and their businesses. We measure our success by the success of our clients. We do not take our success for granted. We endeavor to earn it daily by combining a rich tradition of innovative problem-solving with good old fashioned hard work." While this sounds like typical big firm marketing, I have found it to be true. Show less

• Associate

  • Sep 1998 - Dec 2006

  Associate in the corporate group focusing on business transactions, banking, and technology transactions.