Management

IntegriChain’s Executive Leadership Team

IntegriChain’s committed executives have strong collective management experience in Pharma commercialization and access. We are considered technology and analytics innovators and trusted advisors to our customers.

Josh Halpern

Josh Halpern

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer

William Roth

William Roth

Senior Vice President and Managing Partner, Consulting

Darren Weiss

Darren Weiss

Chief Financial Officer

Brad Burget

Brad Burget

Chief Technology Officer

Vickie Kozhushchenko

Vickie Kozhushchenko

Chief People Officer

Jeff Lee

Jeff Lee

Senior Vice President, Account Management and Sales

Sean Downey

Sean Downey

Senior Vice President and General Manager, SaaS and BPaaS

Gary Palgon

Gary Palgon

Senior Vice President, Customer Accounts

Sachin Sadekar

Sachin Sadekar

Senior Vice President and Managing Director, India Operations

Jeff Tanner

Jeff Tanner

Senior Vice President, Solutions Delivery

Jeff Uccello

Jeff Uccello

Senior Vice President and General Manager, Data Solutions


Josh Halpern

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Josh Halpern

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Josh Halpern co-founded IntegriChain in 2006 and brings more than 20 years of experience in pharmaceutical commercialization, data, and analytics. As the company's Chief Executive Officer, he is responsible for corporate management and leadership of IntegriChain’s global workforce and strategic planning for the company, focusing on driving long-term business value across the company’s operations, its go-to-market strategy and teams, and its technology organization and roadmaps. From IntegriChain’s founding through its initial venture capital-backed growth, Halpern led the development of IntegriChain’s market leading channel and patient data aggregation solutions. Following the company’s partnership with Accel-KKR in 2016, Halpern has been a key leader in five successful acquisitions and their integration within the IntegriChain business and IntegriChain’s ICyte technology platform. In that time, IntegriChain has grown to become a visionary technology, data, consulting, and outsourcing platform for data-driven drug commercialization with more than 600 team members and 400 customers. Halpern is a frequent industry speaker and author on data-driven strategies for patient access and therapy commercialization. He earned his bachelor's degree at Princeton University.

William Roth

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William Roth

Senior Vice President and Managing Partner, Consulting

Bill Roth, a recognized expert on business model development in healthcare, leads IntegriChain's Strategy and Operational Consulting organizations. Bill founded Blue Fin Group, which was acquired by IntegriChain in 2022, in 2001 and grew the organization into a leading access and commercialization management consulting firm. For more than 25 years, he has helped both start-ups and industry leaders improve patient care, financial health, and the strategic direction of their organizations. His unique experience, skillset, and knowledge has been built by working directly with almost every type of business model across the pharmaceutical industry. As a highly sought-after thought leader, Bill is often cited by market researchers and analysts for his accurate predictions of future trends. He speaks frequently at industry conferences and was featured on the cover of Pharmaceutical Commerce in January 2016 as a leader in the sector. Prior to founding Blue Fin, Bill spent nearly 10 years at Cardinal Health in management and executive roles. He earned a BS in business administration from Saint Michael’s College.

Darren Weiss

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Darren Weiss

Chief Financial Officer

Darren Weiss is responsible for the company’s finance and accounting, administration, IT, and strategic planning. Over the past 20+ years, Darren has held various finance and accounting roles of increasing responsibility. Prior to IntegriChain, Darren was the CFO of a UK plc. He has wide ranging experience in fundraising via public and private investors and through various debt instruments as well as mergers and acquisitions including five acquisitions to date for IntegriChain. Darren began his career in public accounting with experience in KPMG’s Healthcare and Life Sciences practice based in Philadelphia. Darren holds a BS in Accounting from Syracuse University and earned his CPA in Pennsylvania.

Brad Burget

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Brad Burget

Chief Technology Officer

As CTO, Brad Burget drives the technology innovation for IntegriChain with accountability for the company’s Product, Engineering, PMO, and technical shared services to deliver value to our customers. Brad delivers the vision and is an evangelist for IntegriChain’s unified ICyte Platform for Market Access to customers and key stakeholders. Previously, he served as Senior Vice President of Operations at IntegriChain, responsible for Customer Operations, Data Operations, and Technical Operations. Brad delivers more than 25 years of experience in product management and engineering in the life sciences and technology industries, leading large development teams as companies scaled to the next level. Throughout his career, he drove leading-edge analytics technology selection and integration, creating best-in-class analytics platforms. Prior to joining IntegriChain, Brad’s experience included leading the product innovation center at Element Financial/PHH, concentrating on delivering leading-edge predictive analytics and big data analysis for this Fortune 500 company. Previously he successfully led Product, Engineering, and the Professional Services Organization through significant and complex growth at Basys, a leading software-as-a-service provider for the life sciences market. Brad has multiple Product Management, Agile, and Project Management certifications and earned a BS degree in Physics from Iowa State University.

Vickie Kozhushchenko

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Vickie Kozhushchenko

Chief People Officer

Vickie Kozhushchenko leads IntegriChain’s global People and Culture organization, including talent acquisition, organization and talent development, and people operations. Her primary focus is on continuous development of company culture, aligning the company’s people strategy with its business drivers, and coaching and partnership with senior leaders. She delivers more than 25 years of global HR experience, including senior executive roles at Clean Earth, Aramark, Turner Broadcasting System, Comcast, and Coordinated Health as well as extensive acquisition integration experience. Her expertise is in engineering and re-engineering business processes, development of comprehensive talent management strategies, evaluation and implementation of human capital management systems, and the analysis and improvement of organizational systems through customized training, development, and coaching programs. Vickie earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Cornell University and a master’s degree in Organizational Dynamics from the University of Pennsylvania.

Jeff Lee

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Jeff Lee

Senior Vice President, Account Management and Sales

Jeff Lee leads IntegriChain's sales organization including national and precommercial accounts. Previously, he led the Life Sciences practice at Cumberland Consulting Group, a leading outsourced services and consulting firm, which was acquired by IntegriChain in 2020. With more than two decades of pharmaceutical industry experience, Jeff is a subject matter expert in commercial and government contracting, including chargebacks, rebates, Medicaid and government pricing. In 2007, he founded Mindlance Life Sciences, which merged with Cumberland in 2013. Previously, Jeff served in leadership roles at Edge Dynamics and I-many. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from Rutgers University.

Sean Downey

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Sean Downey

Senior Vice President and General Manager, SaaS and BPaaS

Sean Downey leads the global SaaS and BPaaS operations across IntegriChain's Contracts & Pricing and Gross-to-Net solutions. Previously, he led the Life Sciences Outsourced service practice at Cumberland Consulting Group, a leading outsourced services and consulting firm, which was acquired by IntegriChain in 2020. With more than 20 years of experience in pharmaceutical contracting and compliance, Sean focuses on helping Life Sciences manufacturers establish and enhance effective business and technical operations to manage government-driven programs including Medicaid, SPAP, Medicare, 340b VA and Tricare. Previously, he served as Managing Partner for Mindlance, as Senior Manager of Technical Services at I-many, and held senior engineering and operations positions in the chemical and paper industries. Sean earned a Master of Business Administration in Finance and a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from Rutgers University.

Gary Palgon

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Gary Palgon

Senior Vice President, Customer Accounts

Gary Palgon leads IntegriChain’s Customer Accounts function, managing the Sales teams that servie existing emerging and mid-market Data and BPaaS customers. Gary is a seasoned technology executive with more than 30 years of experience in Sales, Marketing, Product Management, and Customer Success. Prior to joining IntegriChain, Gary was Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Liaison Technology. At Liaison, he was responsible for rapid sales growth in providing enterprise integration and management of patient and supply chain data as a cloud-based service and drove the company’s M&A and integration initiatives. Previously he served in multiple executive roles at nuBridges, Geac, and several start-up organizations and was responsible for new product and technology introductions in the respective marketplaces. Gary earned a BS in Computer and Information Sciences at the University of Florida.

Sachin Sadekar

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Sachin Sadekar

Senior Vice President and Managing Director, India Operations

Sachin Sadekar leads IntegriChain’s India operations, including Engineering, Product Management, and Managed Services. With more than 25 years of experience, Sachin is a seasoned technology and managed services executive with significant Life Sciences experience. Prior to joining IntegriChain, he served as Associate Vice President of Life Sciences Delivery for Cognizant where he led a team of 12,000 professionals and successfully delivered digital transformation journeys including cloud transformations that leveraged data and analytics for Life Sciences manufacturers. Previously, he was Global Delivery Head of the CPG Business at Wipro Technologies, leading a team of more than 5,000 and focused on delivering cloud technologies, analytics, automation, and digital engineering. Earlier in his career, he served at NuTech Consulting and Infosys. Sachin earned a B.Tech degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay and is a Certified Program Manager from Stanford University.

Jeff Tanner

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Jeff Tanner

Senior Vice President, Solutions Delivery

Jeff Tanner leads IntegriChain’s Solutions Delivery practice, responsible for all new customer implementations, platform expansions, and systems integration. Over his 25-year career, he has delivered on more than 100 revenue management and major technology migrations. Mid-tier and Big Pharma Market Access, Finance, and IT teams depend on his technological expertise, business acumen, and project management leadership for these high-profile and critical systems integration planning, implementation, optimization, and support. Prior to joining IntegriChain, Jeff was a Partner at Cumberland Life Sciences, which was acquired by IntegriChain in 2020, and was Senior Director, Contract Management, for Revitas (now Model N). He earned an MBA degree from Miami University.

Jeff Uccello

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Jeff Uccello

Senior Vice President and General Manager, Data Solutions

Jeff Uccello leads IntegriChain’s Data Solutions organization, which delivers Channel and Patient Access data products and services to pharmaceutical manufacturers of all sizes and product archetypes. He delivers more than 20 years of experience in Pharma data, including senior leadership roles as Group Vice President, Business Development & Growth, at Komodo Health; as Head of Client Development at Trinity Life Sciences; and previously as Vice President of Customer Accounts and Distribution Sales at IntegriChain. He offers deep industry expertise in pharmacy and distribution, patient services including field reimbursement, Gross-to-Net including demand forecasting and accrual management, commercial operations and incentive compensation, as well as extensive data science experience in data quality management, master data management, data visualization, protected health information, and EDI and its use in trade relationships. Uccello earned a BS in Marketing from the University of Connecticut.

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