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Meet the Care Thread Team

	Scott Guelich, MD \| CEO & Co-Founder A former software consultant and trained physician, Scott Guelich’s career has spanned both technology and medicine. In his first career, Scott spent ten years developing enterprise and mobile software for companies including HP, Palm, and Autodesk. He also authored a popular web software development book for O’Reilly Publishing. After developing a passion for healthcare, Scott pursued his medical training at Dartmouth and Brown Universities, where he also created two clinical iPhone apps used by tens of thousands of physicians. Going from Silicon Valley to working in a hospital, he was struck by the challenges healthcare providers face when communicating and coordinating care. He then founded Care Thread as an opportunity to give providers the tools they need to better serve their patients. Scott has a B.A. in philosophy from Oberlin College and an MD from the Alpert Medical School at Brown University.
	Andrew Shearer \| CTO & Co-Founder Andrew Shearer has nearly 20 years of healthcare IT software development experience for hospitals and other enterprise systems. During his tenure at Lifespan, the largest hospital system in Rhode Island, Andrew developed clinical applications used by thousands of healthcare providers, and gained extensive experience integrating clinical systems. He designed and implemented a popular patient hand-off tool that is still used by Brown Medical School physicians since its roll-out in 2004. He was also responsible for an electronic Continuity of Care system that was used for all inpatient discharges system-wide since 2005. Andrew has served as technical lead at several start-ups, including Lockify, the developer of an encrypted communication technology. An active member of the Rhode Island developer community, Andrew has organized over 100 events for web developers and helped launch the RI Nexus website.
	Nick Adams, MBA \| CSO & Co-Founder Prior to co-founding Care Thread, Nick spent 15 years delivering sales for leading pharmaceutical and biotech companies including Roche, Pfizer, and Gilead Sciences. He has experience selling to a wide array of institutions and has grown sales in large, multi-state regions from $1 million to over $30 million annually. In addition, he has trained hundreds of sales professionals and developed organization-wide training curricula. Nick brings this significant business, sales, and customer development experience to Care Thread as COO. Nick has a BA in chemistry from Macalester College and an MBA from the Wisconsin School of Business.
	Renee S. Bessette \| VP of Marketing & Operations Renee comes to Care Thread with over 15 years of experience in global marketing and brand management, specializing in enterprise technology platforms and occupational health & safety. She was previously the Global Brand Manager at Honeywell Safety Products, where she managed the Howard Leight® hearing protection brand and created hearing conservation educational programs. She has a B.A. in journalism from the University of Rhode Island, has served as the Director of PR & Marketing for the National Hearing Conservation Association, and is a Certified Occupational Hearing Conservationist (COHC).

	Scott Guelich, MD \| CEO & Co-Founder A former software consultant and trained physician, Scott Guelich’s career has spanned both technology and medicine. In his first career, Scott spent ten years developing enterprise and mobile software for companies including HP, Palm, and Autodesk. He also authored a popular web software development book for O’Reilly Publishing. After developing a passion for healthcare, Scott pursued his medical training at Dartmouth and Brown Universities, where he also created two clinical iPhone apps used by tens of thousands of physicians. Going from Silicon Valley to working in a hospital, he was struck by the challenges healthcare providers face when communicating and coordinating care. He then founded Care Thread as an opportunity to give providers the tools they need to better serve their patients. Scott has a B.A. in philosophy from Oberlin College and an MD from the Alpert Medical School at Brown University.
	Andrew Shearer \| CTO & Co-Founder Andrew Shearer has nearly 20 years of healthcare IT software development experience for hospitals and other enterprise systems. During his tenure at Lifespan, the largest hospital system in Rhode Island, Andrew developed clinical applications used by thousands of healthcare providers, and gained extensive experience integrating clinical systems. He designed and implemented a popular patient hand-off tool that is still used by Brown Medical School physicians since its roll-out in 2004. He was also responsible for an electronic Continuity of Care system that was used for all inpatient discharges system-wide since 2005. Andrew has served as technical lead at several start-ups, including Lockify, the developer of an encrypted communication technology. An active member of the Rhode Island developer community, Andrew has organized over 100 events for web developers and helped launch the RI Nexus website.
	Nick Adams, MBA \| CSO & Co-Founder Prior to co-founding Care Thread, Nick spent 15 years delivering sales for leading pharmaceutical and biotech companies including Roche, Pfizer, and Gilead Sciences. He has experience selling to a wide array of institutions and has grown sales in large, multi-state regions from $1 million to over $30 million annually. In addition, he has trained hundreds of sales professionals and developed organization-wide training curricula. Nick brings this significant business, sales, and customer development experience to Care Thread as COO. Nick has a BA in chemistry from Macalester College and an MBA from the Wisconsin School of Business.
	Renee S. Bessette \| VP of Marketing & Operations Renee comes to Care Thread with over 15 years of experience in global marketing and brand management, specializing in enterprise technology platforms and occupational health & safety. She was previously the Global Brand Manager at Honeywell Safety Products, where she managed the Howard Leight® hearing protection brand and created hearing conservation educational programs. She has a B.A. in journalism from the University of Rhode Island, has served as the Director of PR & Marketing for the National Hearing Conservation Association, and is a Certified Occupational Hearing Conservationist (COHC).