Steve Epstein
Chief Executive Officer (Co-Founder)

With over 31 years of experience in computers and health care, Mr. Epstein has developed an in-depth understanding of healthcare databases and is recognized as a pioneer and expert in neural networks and abductive/induction systems for health care. He has published over 17 articles and presented his work in numerous healthcare and technical symposiums. In addition, Mr. Epstein's Outcomes Measurement Process was acclaimed, in 1994, as an innovation by the American College of Physician Executives. MEDai won the 1994 Healthcare Innovations in Technology Systems (HITS) Partnership Award for its Myocardial Infarction (MI) Predictor, a program used to determine whether or not a patient is having a heart attack. In 1997, MEDai's High Risk Predictor was a runner up for the HITS award making MEDai the only company to ever be a two-time finalist for the award. In 1997, MEDai and Sentara Healthcare jointly won the ComputerWorld Smithsonian Award for their project entitled, "Clinical Care Improvements Using Artificial Intelligence Disease Analysis." In 2000 and again in 2001, MEDai was named as one of central Florida's fastest growing technology companies by Deloitte and Touche as part of their "Fast 50" program.

It was during his doctoral studies at Nova University that Mr. Epstein's thesis inspired the creation of MEDai. After in-depth risk adjustment research to prove his thesis, Mr. Epstein and his advisors realized the current methodology lacked validity. Since Mr. Epstein required a statistically accurate means of risk adjustment that would provide meaningful information to physicians with peer comparison, he created one himself. Once Mr. Epstein established an accurate and reliable means of risk adjustment, he was committed to making a difference in the healthcare industry, hence, MEDai, Inc.

Mr. Epstein received his B.S. in Allied Health Services from Florida International University and MHS from the Medical University of South Carolina. Prior to the formation of MEDai, Mr. Epstein held several management and academic positions relating to respiratory therapy and is credited with developing and implementing the first for-profit home health agency east of the Mississippi.

Diane Lee
Executive Vice President (Co-Founder)

Along with Mr. Epstein, Ms. Lee is credited with developing and implementing the first for-profit home health agency east of the Mississippi. With 20 years of combined healthcare management and data analysis experience, she is an expert in clinical and financial decision support systems, TQM applications, severity adjustment processes, data scrubbing techniques, and clinical pathway application. In 1988, Ms. Lee co-founded MEDai, Inc., together with Mr. Epstein. Ms. Lee led the development of MEDai's Clinical Decision Support System software, High Risk Predictor software, and severity and risk adjustment statistical applications. These tools were integral in winning the ComputerWorld Smithsonian award for MEDai and Sentara in 1997.

Ms. Lee is also credited with developing the process for the Myocardial Infarction Predictor Tool, which won the 1994 Healthcare Innovations in Technology Systems (HITS) Partnership Award. Ms. Lee has published more than five articles and has presented her work at numerous healthcare symposiums. In addition to her Executive Vice President's role, Ms. Lee continues to lead the company in Product Planning/Development as well as in management of the R&D team to design forecasting tools that predict numerous outcomes for multiple industries such as healthcare, credit card, stock market, insurance, etc. These tools incorporate hybrid artificial intelligence and data mining processes.

Ms. Lee received an A.S. degree in Respiratory Therapy, a B.S. in Business Management Studies at the University of South Carolina and practiced as a licensed respiratory therapist for over 10 years. Ms. Lee developed quality management programs for hospitals that received outstanding notice by JCAHO as examples for their standards.

Swati Abbott
President

Ms. Abbott joined MEDai bringing extensive experience in healthcare setting. Identifying, negotiating and securing long-term relationships provided Ms. Abbott with in-depth experience developing strategic relationships and market positioning. During her two years as Managing Director for the Medical Management Strategic Business Unit at ViPS, Ms. Abbott's focus was to provide strategic customer and market driven focus to each of the companies product focus

Ronald L. Garey
Director of Finance

Mr. Garey has 25 years of experience working in healthcare and international Fortune 500 companies in corporate finance, accounting, and auditing. Since 1993, he has worked in healthcare and with physician practice management companies specializing in orthopedics, ophthalmology, pain medicine, physical therapy and rehabilitation. He was Corporate Controller at BMJ Medical Management from 1996-1998. He was also Controller at Physicians Resource Group, Inc. from 1998-2000 and responsible for the results of 25 entities including 5 ambulatory surgery centers with total annual revenues approximating $300 million.

Stephen Egesdahl
Senior Director of Technology Services

Stephen Egesdahl joined MEDai bringing with him over 20 years of Information Technology experience. With a diversity of corporate experiences including Oracle, HSN, Xerox, Nike, and Mitsubishi, he brings a wealth of background in developing robust and highly available systems for these Fortune 500 companies. Mr. Egesdahl has helped grow technical infrastructures to meet the growing demands of clients.  An expert in Database Systems, Mr. Egesdahl has been invited to present and train groups across the United States. He holds degrees in both Mathematics and Computer Science.