People

Hal F. Rosenbluth

Chairman and CEO

Hal F. Rosenbluth is Chairman and CEO of New Ocean Health Solutions. Motivated to improve patient outcomes, reduce healthcare costs and maximize health, well-being and workforce productivity, New Ocean is realigning the incentives in healthcare for the benefit of all stakeholders through its first offering a mobile-first enterprise platform as a service PaaS that includes a fully customized application suite of personalized programs for employers, health plan providers and health systems.

Most recently, Rosenbluth was President, Walgreen’s Health and Wellness and a senior executive officer with Walgreen Co., where he was responsible for $48 of the $63 billion in company sales and client services revenue. With a focus on health and wellness, he redesigned and restructured Walgreen’s entire go-to market strategy. Rosenbluth was also able to make third party sales thanks to his newly-forged and enhanced relationships in both commercial and government sectors, which included managed care, hospital systems and pharmacy benefits.

Rosenbluth joined Walgreen Co. in 2007 when they acquired Take Care Health Systems (TCHS), a healthcare start-up company he co-founded and funded along with angel investors in 2004. Shortly after opening they opened their first retail clinic, private equity firm Beecken Petty O’Keefe funded TCHS, which was subsequently acquired by Walgreens.

As part of this transition, Rosenbluth led TCHS to become the largest and most comprehensive provider of retail clinics and worksite health and wellness centers in the country, with more than 700 locations nationwide. In his position at Walgreens, Rosenbluth helped shape the strategic repositioning of Walgreens from a drug store company to a “health and daily living” company, thus creating and leveraging valuable new revenue streams and synergies to the more than 8,100 Walgreens store locations throughout the country. Today, there are more than 400 clinics at Walgreens locations in 35 markets and 19 states.

In March 2007, Rosenbluth led the creation of Take Care Health Employer Solutions, formed through acquisition and strategic alignment of CHD Meridian Healthcare and Whole Health Management, the two leading providers of workplace-based healthcare services. Take Care Health Employer Solutions designed, built, staffed and managed employer-sponsored health centers, pharmacies and fitness centers to serve the health and wellness needs of a company’s workers and their dependents.

The Employer Solutions Group currently operates 350 workplace health centers and pharmacies in 45 states. Along with being considered one of the first founders of the retail clinical care space, Rosenbluth is the creator of the Convenient Care Association, an association formed to establish standards of care in the newborn industry. He was honored as the first recipient of the association’s Lifetime Achievement Award for his industry success in reforming state and federal regulations, leading to greater access to high quality and affordable healthcare.

In 2010, Rosenbluth oversaw Walgreens Health Initiatives, a pharmacy benefit management company. With an opportunity for the company to turn competitors into new sales channels, Rosenbluth promoted and oversaw the sale of the company’s PBM to Catalyst Healthcare Solutions.

He is credited with creating the Walgreens Corporate Innovation Team in 2009, which contributed $2 billion dollars in annual incremental sales to the company and subsequently earned Walgreens the recognition as one of the Top Innovative Companies in the country by Fast Company magazine. Additionally, Hal was responsible for the creation of the first clinical office for Walgreens focusing on evidence-based provision of care, clinical quality, patient safety, clinical outcomes and the oversight of thousands of physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants.

Prior to his success in healthcare industry, Rosenbluth transformed a $20 million local travel agency in Philadelphia to a $6-billion-dollar global travel management company with owned operations in 35 countries. During that period the company created a new industry, held various patents on electronic fare calculation and interactive booking software and served the single-sourced global account needs of Fortune 1000 and international companies.

During this period, Fortune magazine named Rosenbluth International as one of the Hundred Best Companies to Work for in America, Service Company of the Year by acclaimed author of In Search of Excellence Tom Peters, and received numerous corporate awards such as Intel’s Supplier of the Year. Rosenbluth’s early recognition of turning data into actionable knowledge kept the company at the forefront of the industry, prior to selling it to American Express in 2003

Rosenbluth is the New York Times bestselling author of The Customer Comes Second, a book focusing on how to create a great service organization by first focusing on your colleagues and creating an environment so they may focus singularly on the needs of the customer. The Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, Inc. magazine, CIO magazine and The Financial Times have recognized Rosenbluth as an unconventional leader, a visionary and a trendsetter. Rosenbluth has been an invited guest by corporations and universities to speak on entrepreneurship, leadership and innovation.

Rosenbluth is the recipient of the Marco Polo Award by the U.S.-China Foundation for International Exchanges and the Humanitarian Award, presented by the Foundation of Christians and Jews, along with being the recipient of the Business Enterprise Trust Award. In 2009, Rosenbluth was elected to the Fellowship of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, the nation’s oldest medical society. In 2010 he was the recipient of the Raymond Rafferty Entrepreneurial Excellence Award, which honors those who have founded successful venture-backed companies and greatly influenced a specific industry with pioneering ideas.

Rosenbluth earned a Bachelor of General Studies degree from the University of Miami in 1974 and previously served as a member of the University’s Board of Trustees. Rosenbluth resides with his family in Gladwyne, PA and raises Red Angus cattle at his ranch in Linton, ND.

Joseph Terrion

President

Joe Terrion came to New Ocean Health Solutions possessing a strong sales and marketing background and tremendous ability in resource management, problem solving, negotiation and decision making in high-profile environments. As a senior executive at Rosenbluth International, American Express and most recently Walgreens, Joe has excelled in recognizing market trends and has the ability to formulate, direct, and control sales and marketing strategies to facilitate growth and profit opportunities.

He has successfully led these organizations in international business acquisition, development, and expansion and has a phenomenal track record in attracting, training, developing, and managing teams of highly motivated management and sales professionals. Through strong communications, organizational leadership and always leading by example, Joe obtains superior results.

Terrion was most recently Group Vice President and Chief Client Officer of Walgreen Co., overseeing $47 billion dollars in company sales and $2.5 billion in corporate profitability, leading five divisional vice presidents and 250 salespeople He developed Walgreens’ first B2B sales organization designed around six client segments (PBM’s, Health Systems, Health Plan Providers, Government, Employers, and the Individual Market) Under Joe’s leadership, revenue growth climbed at a 10% run rate on a year-over-year basis and profitability grew over 15% year over year.

Prior to joining Walgreens, Terrion was Vice President General Manager, Global Client Group at American Express, where he was responsible for an $800 million global P&L, representing half of the American Express Global Travel Business. From 2004 to 2009, revenues grew 12% and PTI improved by 15% annually.

At Rosenbluth International, Terrion was Vice President of Global Sales, Operations and Supplier Relations and responsible for managing Global Field Operation’s Profits and Loss, overseeing six regional vice presidents managing $6 billion in revenues and a workforce of 3,800 people.

Joe graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Business from the University of New Hampshire at Plymouth.

Pat Lucas

Chief Operating Officer

Pat Lucas brings more than 28 years’ experience in information management across a range of industries including healthcare and mHealth, travel management services and manufacturing.

As Chief Operating Officer he ensures the execution of New Ocean’s strategic plan while cultivating and leveraging a strong culture and technology resource against opportunities for growth.

Prior to joining New Ocean Pat served as Chief Information Officer at Take Care Health Systems, the health and wellness division of Walgreens. While in this role, Pat was responsible for defining and implementing the healthcare IT strategy for Walgreen Co.

He led the development of the company’s Electronic Medical Record system and billing platforms, including repeatable technology infrastructure integrated into over 400 clinics across the country. Pat also spearheaded the technology integration of several acquired healthcare companies, further expanding the business into corporate campuses and adding another 350 health centers.

Pat’s experience includes creating and running the global architecture for IMS Health, a leading provider of information, technology, and services for the healthcare industry. Pat also served as the CTO for Rosenbluth International. In this position he developed global technology strategies, designed technical architecture, managed global data centers, developed and integrated applications, built global call centers, and ran multiple IT shops across the country and abroad.

Before his career in the healthcare and travel, Pat was both the founder and partner of two successful technology consulting companies.

A graduate of Northern Kentucky University, Pat holds a B.S. in Information Systems.

Chris Betz

Chief Technology Officer

Chris is Chief Technology Officer for New Ocean Health Solutions. With an exceptional 15-year track record as an innovator of technology, Chris drives our overall technology strategy while overseeing a complex system of user experience, mobile & web applications and client services to ensure our creation of scalable marketable products. Known for his ability to quickly identify a client’s IT needs, Chris plans for every requirement that translates to the code he has built. He continues to enhance the solutions that comprise our reimagined, integrated enterprise health maximization platform.

Prior to joining New Ocean, Chris Betz was a Senior Developer for Take Care Health Systems, the health and wellness division of Walgreens. Entrepreneurial by nature, he created and developed web and mobile applications for popularly trending “Gluten Free Philly” and “No Gluten Beer.” In 2011 Chris was specially selected by Google for Developer Day Showcase for his android app, “Beerspec”. He has been a contributor and creator for several open source projects and has designed and developed iOS and Android apps for numerous independent software projects.

Chris Betz is a graduate of Lehigh University and holds a BS in Computer Engineering.

Shannon Pierce

Founder

As the company founder, Shannon Pierce invented a process which allows for anytime, anywhere and any type of verifiable data to be collected at the point of care. This patented service enabled the accurate collection and storage of patient-generated and multidisciplinary clinician data to be for enhanced communication and clinical decision support.

Upon graduating Clemson University’s College of Nursing with honors, Shannon began her career as a critical care nurse. Her experience gave her the skills to accurately assess situations, quickly diagnose and prioritize problems, execute a plan of care utilizing resources on hand. It was during her tour of delivering frontline care, that Shannon bore the idea for CareCam, which gave way to New Ocean Health Solutions.

In 2013, Hal Rosenbluth took the reigns as CEO and Chairman to build upon Shannon’s foundational ideas to include solutions that connect every disparate part of the health ecosystem while serving the needs of payers, providers, employers and health plan members.

As a visionary and pre-emptive problem solver, Shannon currently volunteers with students, entrepreneurs, health systems and economic development agencies to inspire others to pursue their biggest dreams.

Her proudest accomplishment is her family: her husband Olly and their adult sons Evan and Aidan.

Michael J. Musci Jr., DO, MBA

Chief Medical Officer

Dr. Musci is a physician executive that has decades of experience in health plan development and operations, disease management and government sponsored health care. His acumen for business medicine brings invaluable perspective and vision to New Ocean in his leadership of the clinical health and well-being team.

He brings more than 20 years of medical management experience with national managed care organizations, health systems, and specialty service providers and has also provided his subject matter expertise to State Medicaid programs on population health strategy.

Dr. Musci’s two-decade clinical practice at leading health systems includes positions at Thomas Jefferson University, Virtua Health, and Bronson Healthcare.

Following his clinical career, Dr. Musci worked on the executive management team for leading health insurers including Anthem, UnitedHealth Group and WellCare. His experience with successful start-up ventures includes a disease management company, a Medicaid health plan, and a Medicaid medical home. Dr. Musci’s most recent experience has been working with provider organizations to develop accountable care organizations.

He is board-certified in neonatal-perinatal medicine and a past president of the American College of Osteopathic Pediatricians. He also served on the Board of Directors of the Southern New Jersey Perinatal Cooperative.

Dr. Musci attended Oakland University for his undergraduate studies. He earned his medical degree from Michigan State University and completed his fellowship in Neonatology at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Dr. Musci has a Master of Business Administration from St. Joseph’s University.

Marnie Hall

Chief Marketing Officer

Marnie Hall oversees the planning, development and execution of the marketing, PR and advertising initiatives that maximize New Ocean’s media exposure and raise brand awareness.

Working in conjunction with the Chairman & CEO, Marnie is responsible for the creation of New Ocean’s narrative, articulating key messages targeted to key audiences and applied throughout various public channels including New Ocean’s website, social media, email marketing campaigns, sponsored content advertising and strategic partner sites and publications.

Marnie Hall’s tremendous story telling ability and communications skills in television, print, digital media and marketing made her transition to New Ocean Health Solutions seamless and successful.

Marnie’s communication activities and accomplishments include leadership roles at Philadelphia Media Network, at regional video and marketing production companies and as a journalist in New York and Philadelphia. As Senior Producer for Philly.com, Marnie created a daily headline news and business report, Philly.Com Express. She developed and produced the One Great Idea series featuring prominent thought leaders in business and politics, philanthropists, artists, writers, athletes and scientists and was the lead writer, producer and on-camera reporter for some of the most popular daily and weekly online news programs at Philly.com. She also served as creative director of many client commercials for digital underwriters of video content at Philadelphia Media Network.

With a strong background in journalism, communications and marketing, Marnie led her own production company with clients in both the private and non-profit sector including universities, medical schools, corporations, medical research institutions, entertainment entities and cable news in New York, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.

Prior to Philly.com, Marnie was a documentary producer who created long and short form news for various networks including A&E Network, CBS Network, WHYY-TV (PBS) and was the co-author of a weekly column for the City Paper.

Marnie graduated University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor’s degree in Communications. 

Dan Spring

Chief Information Officer

With more than 28 years of experience in information and operational management across a range of industries, including healthcare, mortgage, entertainment, shipping and fleet management, Dan oversees the technical strategy of New Ocean.  Leading the operational development of technology infrastructure Dan is responsible for the building and implementation of applications across mobile-first and web platforms.

Prior to joining New Ocean, Dan defined and implemented the IT strategy for Take Care Health Systems, the health and wellness division of Walgreens. As Senior Director of Architecture and Development at Take Care Health Systems, Dan led the architecture, development, and implementation of the company’s Electronic Medical Record system. He focused on the delivery of clinical and operational functions required to scale to over 400 retail clinics and more than 1,500 healthcare professionals across the country.

Entrepreneurial and curious, Dan founded Spring Technologies which specialized in many information technology disciplines.

A graduate of both Trenton State College and The University of Pennsylvania, Dan holds a B.S. in Information Systems and a Master’s degree in Technology Management.

Steve Kay

Vice President, Information Services and Security

Steve is a goal-driven technology executive dedicated to delivering strategically agile, secure solutions. At New Ocean, he determines the best use of technical resources to implement and support the infrastructure for the company’s dynamic enterprise health integration platform on both web and mobile devices. Steve oversees both the Business Analysis and Quality Assurance teams, is responsible for information security and compliance and handles all technology purchasing and support.

Prior to joining New Ocean, Steve was responsible for the selection, deployment and support of all technology for Take Care Health Systems, a component of the health and wellness division of Walgreens. Joining the company at its inception, he designed and deployed the infrastructure required to support the technical needs of more than 400 retail clinics and 1,500 healthcare professionals across the country. He later served four years as the manager of Database Architecture for Walgreens, where he managed a team responsible for the architecture and support of all Microsoft SQL Server resources.

Steve holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Colgate University and a Master of Science degree from Indiana University.