Team
David B. Sutton: CEO
dsutton@willomd.com
Mr. Sutton is a founding member and CEO of Physician’s Technology, LLC and is an investor and entrepreneur. He has extensive business experience over the last 25 years and has been an active investor and manager in numerous companies; some from the point of conceptualization to a liquidity event. He has most recently been engaged as President and co-founder of PrivaCash, Inc., having been the co-inventor of the patented payments card that revolutionized the payments industry by creating a product and system for the creation, distribution and funding of prepaid debit cards in the financial sector. This payments product has grown from the concept stage to an industry sector with billions of dollars in transactions annually. The company’s card portfolio was recently acquired by a financial institution and Mr. Sutton is an advisor in connection with the Company’s intellectual property portfolio. Immediately prior, he was a director of a domestic license management and apparel firm which became a well known national player and was acquired by a private equity group. He has conceptualized, structured, and executed strategic partnerships with a wide variety of well known media licensing, creative and publishing companies, as well as coordinating the team for manufacturing and distribution operations. Prior to that, he was an investor in a refreshment product in the beverage sector that became an industry leader. He provides a wide range of business experience in product development, strategic planning, intellectual property, finance, and execution. His is a team builder and encourages members to take on responsibility and accountability and excel in their area of expertise. His principal focus is to respect and take care of our customers, execute our business plan, safely advance our technology and products to benefit more persons, inspire our team and keep our promises to our shareholders, investors and partners.
Ronald Shapiro M.D., PhD., F.A.C.P.: Medical Director
rshapiro@willomd.com
Dr. Shapiro, Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, practices Nephrology, Internal Medicine, and Integrative Medicine. After receiving an M.D. degree from Ohio State University and completing his post graduate training, Dr. Shapiro served 10 years on the full-time faculty of the Medical College of Ohio. He established the Tissue Typing Laboratory and together with kidney Transplant Surgeons developed the renal transplant program. This resulted in the first and only full spectrum diagnostic and therapeutic tertiary renal care in Northwest Ohio. It was apparent to him that there were painful and debilitating conditions that were not being satisfactorily resolved in spite of the vast diagnostic and therapeutic resources of traditional medicine.
Dr. Shapiro began searching for additional safe and effective tools to treat pain in patients who could not tolerate traditional therapy or who were unable to obtain relief. He earned a Ph.D. degree in acupuncture after studying in Canada, Europe and The United States. This became an invaluable complementary modality to help relieve pain in his patients. A demanding nephrology practice compelled him to explore and develop pain relief modalities with faster time frame than the traditional needling approach. A number of techniques have been developed, as well as pain relief and healing devices in association with Physician’s Technology, LLC.
In addition to his clinical faculty position at the University of Toledo College of Medicine, he is Director of Medical Education at St. Anne Mercy Hospital and Director of the Interval Pain Service in the Emergency Department of St. Anne Mercy Hospital. He currently holds staff privileges at all the Toledo area hospitals, and is author or co-author of over 65 publications and is a recognized speaker locally, nationally, and internationally.
Richard C. Dunlap, DDS: V.P. Research and Development
rdunlap@willomd.com
Dr. Dunlap is also partner of Dental Group West, in Toledo, Ohio. After receiving a DDS degree from the Ohio State University College of dentistry, he located to a doctor group in Findlay, Ohio and practiced general dentistry in Findlay for eight years. Dr. Dunlap retired in 1992 and joined Harry May Chevrolet Cadillac, Inc. as vice-president. During the next ten years, he managed the multiple departments, businesses and employees under the HMCC umbrella. Dr. Dunlap applied for and acquired the Geo and Toyota franchises and became sole owner and president of the company and founded an independent leasing company. Dr. Dunlap also served on manufacture dealer advisory councils and as president of a thirty-five dealer advertising group. Following the sale of the dealership in 1992, Dr. Dunlap returned to practice at Dental Group West and including an active role, he also established a dental assistant training school which has graduated fifteen classes in the past five years.
Timothy Pontius, RRT: Vice-President of Business Development
tpontius@willomd.com
Tim has been a Registered Respiratory Therapist since 1980, graduating from the University of Toledo. He first worked as a clinician at the Medical College of Ohio from 1978-1981. His primary responsibilities were to oversee respiratory services to all critical care ICU's as well as the Emergency department. He entered homecare in 1981 as a minority owner of Young Medical Equipment, being a forerunner in providing high-tech services in the home medical equipment (HME) arena. He was the first to establish a home ventilator program with 24 hour support services, home arterial blood gas draws, end-tidal carbon dioxide monitoring, oximetry and routine clinical evaluations of home-based patients. His company also was among the first to become JCAHO Accredited and provide sleep therapies such as CPAP and BiPAP. He went on to become sole owner and grow the business from 4 employees in 1981 to over 60 employees and sales revenues of nearly nine million annually. He also started a home infusion company in 1990 and grew that venture to annual sales of nearly nine million as well, selling both companies in 2005 to Apria Healthcare Group (Now owned by Blackstone Group,LP.)
He was very active in state and national associations, serving on Boards and Executive Committees at both the Ohio and National level, culminating with his serving as Chairman of the American Association for Homecare in 2004-2005. Tim also partnered with three other company owners in 1994 to form Managed Healthcare Services, Inc. d/b/a CareLink. This Network ultimately consisted of over 80 companies throughout Ohio providing medical equipment, home infusion, lab services, hospice, and home health and transportation services out of 163 locations. Carelink's primary account was Aetna Health Plans and at its peak, Carelink was billing over one million dollars monthly for services provided.
Tim is active in consulting services to businesses on leadership, strategic planning, risk management, and provides help with compliance and healthcare accreditation efforts. He also serves the Ohio Respiratory Care Board as a field inspector for HME licensure in Ohio. Additionally, he provides support services for Steven Richards and Associates, a Tarpon Springs company specializing in healthcare mergers and acquisitions.
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