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Emerson Fann

Managing Partner Eastside Partners

Huntsville, Alabama

Overview 

Emerson Fann is currently the Managing Partner at Eastside Partners in Huntsville, Alabama, with a background in investments, healthcare, venture capital, and strategic planning. With a Bachelor of Science from The University of Alabama, he has held board positions in various companies like Jvion, Hygia Health Services, and BrightWhistle, showcasing his expertise in corporate development and executive management.

Work Experience 

  • Managing Partner

    2005 - Current

  • Board Member

    2016 - 2019

    Jvion delivers a Cognitive Clinical Success Machine that does what simple “predictive analytics” cannot. It makes sense of the swarm of massively complex, incomplete, diverse, and ever-changing body of patient data. It accounts for the full patient portrait including patient demographic, clinical, socioeconomic, exogenous, and behavioral data elements from multiple sources along with evergreen evidence-based medical information. And it produces the recommended actions that will best prevent adverse events and deterioration. (Investment from JMI Equity)

  • Board Observer

    2011 - 2018

    Hygia Health Services is an FDA-registered third-party reprocessor of medical devices formally considered “single-use only.” The first 3rd-party High-Level Disinfection (HLD) reprocessor, Hygia reduces a healthcare provider’s single-use medical device expenses and eliminates thousands of tons of landfill waste across the country each year. (Acquired by Stryker Corporation - NASDAQ SSS)

  • Board Member

    2011 - 2015

    BrightWhistle provides customer acquisition tools to generate highly qualified patient leads for healthcare providers. The company’s technology platform allows healthcare providers to quickly and easily build and manage a matrix of websites representing facility locations and doctors, greatly magnifying online presence and increasing capacity to attract new patients through search engines. (Acquired by Influence Health)

BrightWhistle offers social patient acquisition solutions for healthcare companies to reach patients via social media.

Raised $3,200,000.00 from Paul Iaffaldano, Hamilton Ventures LLC and Eastside Partners.

  • Board Member

    2006 - 2015

  • Board Member

    2006 - 2014

    AccelaRAD’s innovative technology collects digital imaging studies from multiple locations across the country and delivers them to physicians over the web. The company’s SeeMyRadiology.com gives imaging facilities, physicians, radiologists and patients access to medical images via a cloud solution with sophisticated encryption, compression and viewing technology. (Acquired by Nuance Communications - NASDAQ NUAN)

  • General Partner

    1998 - 2013

    Southeastern Technology Fund invested in fast growing information technology businesses located in the Southeastern U.S in two separate equity funds. Eastside Partners is the successor fund of Southeastern Technology Funds.

  • Board Member

    2008 - 2012

    MEDSEEK provides healthcare organizations with enterprise eHealth solutions to fully engage and strengthen relationships with key constituents – physicians, patients, employees, and consumers. By connecting these constituents, hospitals improve community advocacy, revenue and patient acquisition/retention, physician relations and clinical decision making. (Acquired by Silver Lake Private Equity)

  • Board Observer

    2007 - 2008

    Agility provides comprehensive RFID-enabled solutions that allow healthcare facilities to track and measure resource utilization of equipment while improving staff workflow and patient throughput. (Acquired by General Electric – NYSE: GE)

  • Board Member

    1999 - 2008

    Castlebridge Technologies is a leading developer of administration software for private schools and non-profit organizations. Its products are installed at over 3000 schools around the world. (Acquired by Software Technology, Inc.)

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