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As chief revenue officer for GHX, Tina Vatanka Murphy combines strong customer focus with deep expertise in driving both organic and inorganic growth.

Murphy is responsible for executive leadership for all customer-facing functions, including Product and Market Development, Sales, Marketing and Customer Operations. With more than 20 years of experience in healthcare and technology, she has a proven track record of instilling a customer focused culture that delivers value to GHX and its global customers.

Linda Rouse O’Neill is HIDA’s vice president of government affairs. Linda brings over 18 years of healthcare-based lobbying, Capitol Hill and member services experience to HIDA. At HIDA, Linda oversees the government affairs team and business intelligence team. HIDA government affairs had been meeting with key federal agencies and Capitol Hill staff on healthcare issues important to its members such as medical device tax, pedigree and competitive bidding.

Share Moving Media is a leading publishing and content company providing information, communication and educational services to providers, manufacturers and distributors involved in the business of healthcare. Founded in 1994 as Medical Distribution Solutions, Inc., SMM is proud to publish Repertoire Magazine, The Journal of Healthcare Contracting, The Dail-E News, First Impressions and Efficiency in Group Practice. SMM hosts industry forums; Market Insights, IDN Insights East and West as well as owns the Association of National Accounts Executives (ANAE).

Rebecca Love is a nurse entrepreneur, inventor, author, TedX speaker, the first nurse featured on Ted.com, and part of the inaugural nursing panel featured at SXSW 2018.  Love was the first Director of Nurse Innovation & Entrepreneurship in the United States at Northeastern School of Nursing – a founding initiative designed to empower nurses as innovators and entrepreneurs. There she founded the Nurse Hackathon, the movement has led to transformational change in the Nursing Profession.

Vijay Reddy is an Entrepreneur, Blockchain and AI enthusiast. Healthcare and Technology have a profound influence on him, and he strongly believes in innovation and cutting edge, break-through solutions. After completing his MS in Computer Science, Reddy entered the healthcare arena with OSI Systems (Now MedAssets, Inc.) in 1991 and progressed to be the Chief Information Officer for the company. Since entering workforce, he has designed systems and developed software to increase efficiency and reduce costs for the healthcare entities. The solutions Reddy developed were deployed in over 50% of the hospitals in the USA.

Mike McCoy is an Emerging Technology Specialist leading the Healthcare Blockchain Practice at Accenture. In his work, he believes that distributed ledgers, automation and AI have the power to change the ways businesses operate and continue to functionally outgrow siloes. He is most passionate about finding new ways to track and trace information/IoT devices, verifying truthful data and using predictive analytics to predict more clear outcomes. Mike is a Philadelphia native who strongly believes his city can be the beacon for displaying how new technology can make a difference on a global scale with such a diverse population.

Amanda Frith is the Vice President of Supply Chain Operations and Enterprise Analytics for Surgical Care Affiliates, working to align the savings objectives of over 200 ambulatory surgery centers and over 7000 surgeon partners.  Frith has more than 15 years of supply chain leadership experience in the Healthcare, Technology, and Banking industries.  Prior to joining SCA, she served as Vice President of Technology Supply Chain for BBVA Compass Bank, a top 25 U.S. commercial bank with over 600 locations. She received a BS and MBA in Management Information Systems from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Matt Moton currently serves as the Director of Supply Chain Operations at Surgical Care Affiliates.  Moton has 13 years of healthcare experience in academic, nonprofit and for-profit hospitals, and is now focused on the execution of national sourcing and contracting efforts for ambulatory surgery centers. Prior to joining SCA, Moton served as the Director of Hospital Operations for a 242 bed acute care hospital where he oversaw Materials Management, Facilities Management, Emergency Operations, Environmental Services, Food and Nutrition Services, and Security. He received a Bachelors in Business Administration in Entrepreneurship from Baylor University and a Masters in Healthcare Administration from the University of Houston at Clear Lake.

David Gillan is senior vice president of Sourcing Operations for Vizient. In this role, Gillan leads Vizient’s national GPO contracting for Medical, Surgical, Distribution, Capital and Support Services (food, lab and EVS).

For more than 30 years, Gillan has held leadership and management roles within the health care and hospital market. Gillan joined Vizient in 1999, following his experiences at an academic medical center and a health care consulting firm.

Nate Mickish is the Vice President of Strategic Sourcing at Texas Health Resources and the President of Texas Health Supply Chain Services (THSCS), a partnership between Texas Health and Premier, Inc. In his role, Nate leads the sourcing team at Texas Health responsible for all contracting of supplies and equipment. He also oversees the growth of Texas Health’s affiliate program and regional contract portfolio through THSCS.