MediSpend empowers life sciences companies
to grow their business compliantly

Leigh Powell is MediSpend’s Executive Chairman. He has been a successful CEO and founder of both public and private software and services companies. This includes roles as CEO of National Datacare and also CEO at iContracts, a company he co-founded in 2009 which rose to a leadership position providing cloud-based revenue, policy, contract and compliance management solutions to the life sciences industry. The company was acquired by RLDatix in 2019. Leigh also served as CEO of PCHelps, LLC, the leading provider of packaged PC application software and mobile device support to the Fortune 500, helping the company expand rapidly, eventually leading to its successful acquisition. He is a past recipient of the MESDA CEO of the year award and a Massachusetts High Technology magazine “High Tech All-Star” for his efforts as the CEO of I-many, Inc.™ Leigh led I-many through a successful IPO in 2001 and grew the company to nearly $60 million in revenue in less than 4 years. He began his career with Accenture where he spent 10 years architecting and launching enterprise software offerings for the process and energy industries. Leigh holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

Jeff Hennessy serves as the chairman and CEO of HMP Global, a multichannel leader in healthcare events and education, with a mission to improve patient care. Under Hennessy’s leadership, the company has grown to produce nearly 400 accredited medical education events each year, as well as clinically relevant, evidence-based content for the global healthcare community across a range of therapeutic areas, from oncology to psychiatry, reaching millions each month. HMP Global’s brands include the award-winning Consultant360, the year-round resource relied upon by primary care providers and specialists, and the Oncology Learning Network, the premier digital destination for the global oncology community; Psych Congress and Evolution of Psychotherapy, the largest independent mental health meetings in the U.S.; EMS World Expo, North America’s largest EMT and paramedic event; the Leipzig Interventional Course (LINC), the world’s premier endovascular education meeting; and the Symposium on Advanced Wound Care (SAWC), the largest wound care meeting in the world.

With more than 30 years of leadership in field of healthcare, Hennessy possesses deep experience in entrepreneurship, M&A, building high-performing teams and organizations, medical publishing and education, and sales, with a focus most notably on the managed care market. Before joining HMP Global, Hennessy founded Princeton Media Associates, LLC (PMA), a healthcare communications company with a portfolio of award-winning and well-respected brands including First Report Managed Care. In 2008, Hennessy assumed the roles of president and chief operating officer of HMP when the company acquired PMA, leading to the formation of one of the largest and most respected accredited continuing education companies. Prior to PMA, Hennessy also founded American Medical Publishing; under his leadership, the company launched one of the most successful brands in healthcare communications history: the American Journal of Managed Care.

Stephen Eaton is co-founder and managing director of EDG Partners, a private equity investment firm focused on the healthcare sector. At EDG Steve has assisted portfolio companies as they set strategic direction, establish best practices and attract key executive leadership. His background in a variety of healthcare settings has allowed him to successfully identify specific healthcare market sectors for targeted investment. He serves on the EDG investment committee.

Prior to EDG, Steve was a successful investor, chief executive officer and entrepreneur in healthcare companies. He previously served on the board of directors of LaVie Healthcare, Housecall Medical, Navigator Group Purchasing, and Emory Healthcare. He was the founder, chief executive officer, and chair of the board of Centennial Healthcare. He currently serves on the board of directors at First Call Ambulance Services and at MediSpend, a cloud-based compliance solution primarily for pharmaceutical and medical device companies.

Steve has also been active in not-for-profit healthcare in Atlanta as past chair of the board of Saint Joseph’s Health System and Emory Saint Joseph’s Inc. He was also a board member at Mercy Care Services, a community-based provider of mobile and fixed site clinical services to underserved populations.

Steve currently is a board member of the Southeast Board for the U.S. Fund for UNICEF and Project Open Hand.

Dave Cormack currently serves as chairman at Curve Dental Software and vice-chairman of Scottish Premiership’s Aberdeen Football Club. Most recently, Cormack served as president and chief executive officer at Brightree where he led the start up to a market leader in the post-acute care industry. With over 35 years of experience in the software industry, Cormack has extensive knowledge and an international track record for building successful software organizations.

Prior to Cormack’s success with Brightree, he founded and developed two highly successful start-up ventures, Soft Systems Limited, a London-based vendor of business intelligence tools, and MiracleWorkers.com, an Atlanta-based market leader in internet recruiting for the healthcare industry, now owned by CareerBuilder.com. After the acquisition of Soft Systems by IQ Software, Cormack served as senior vice president of worldwide operations for this NASDAQ-listed business.

Cormack is a 1981 graduate of Aberdeen College of Commerce, Scotland. He and his wife, Fiona, founded the Cormack Family Foundation, a charitable trust which works with a range of charities and initiatives largely in support of young people and children around the world.