About us and what we value

Erkan Akyuz

CEO

Erkan Akyuz is the Chief Executive Officer of Lyniate. Erkan brings more than 20 years’ experience driving growth and innovation in market leading healthcare technology organizations. As CEO, Erkan is passionate about empowering people. Specifically, Erkan is committed to connecting the healthcare ecosystem so that communication becomes effortless improving access to and affordability of healthcare. Prior to joining Lyniate, Erkan served as EVP & President for McKesson Imaging, Workflow, and Care Solutions, a proven leader in connected healthcare workflows, achieving strong repeatable growth. Prior roles also include President and CEO, Healthcare IT at Toshiba Medical Systems, Executive VP, Product Strategy & Development at Vital Images, and Chief Technology Officer at Agfa Healthcare.

Drew Ivan

Chief Strategy Officer

Drew’s focus is on corporate strategy. His experience includes over 20 years in health IT, working with a wide spectrum of customers, including public HIEs, IDNs, payers, life sciences companies, and software vendors, with the goal of improving outcomes and reducing costs by aggregating and analyzing clinical, claims, and cost data.

Scott Galbari

President, Chief Operating Officer, and Chief Information Security Officer

As Chief Operating Officer for Lyniate, Scott leads the development and product management for all products and services. Scott has been in the healthcare IT domain for the past twenty years and has experience in developing and delivering imaging, workflow, nursing, interoperability, and patient flow solutions to customers in all geographies. He was most recently the General Manager for multiple businesses within McKesson and Change Healthcare and started his career as a software developer.

Mark Beucler

Chief Financial Officer

Mark joined Lyniate in 2020 as the Chief Financial Officer, responsible for the company’s financial operations globally. Mark brings more than 25 years of financial and general management experience in public and private equity owned high-growth companies within the healthcare technology industry, as well as a proven track record of value creation through strategic initiatives and merger and acquisition activities.

Michelle Blackmer

Chief Marketing Officer

Michelle is responsible for defining the go-to-market strategy and leading the marketing team. Her passion for empowering health innovators with complete connected data shapes the go-to-market messaging and helps grow mindshare. With 25 years of healthcare data management experience, Michelle thrives at the intersection of marketing, sales, product, and customers. Her curiosity and collaborative approach make Michelle a natural convener and trust builder — ensuring the voice of customer is heard. Prior to Lyniate, Michelle led healthcare marketing at Verato, Initiate Systems/IBM, Informatica, and CareEvolution. Michelle lives in the great Pacific Northwest.

William Cavanaugh

EVP Sales

William Cavanaugh is the Chief Revenue Officer. William has over 20-years of experience across the entire spectrum of healthcare from medical device to life sciences, and across all different sizes of healthcare entities, from startups to the Global 100. He brings a collaborative and partner-centric approach to all of his interactions.

Mikael Anden

EVP Sales

Mikael Andén is responsible for healthcare technology and international sales and account management. With over 20 years of experience leading organizations focused on providing IT solutions and services to major enterprises operating in diverse industries in domestic and international markets, Mikael offers deep healthcare industry knowledge and an unwavering commitment to customer success. Mikael asks the hard questions and takes a market led approach to cross-team collaboration. Prior to joining Lyniate, Mikael led customer success at Intelerad, was president for North America at Sectra, and worked with Intentia AB, a Swedish enterprise software company that later merged with Minnesota-based Lawson Software. Mikael has a master’s degree in aerospace from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden and now calls Raleigh, North Carolina home—he especially enjoys the year around sunny days.

Merritt McGowan

Chief Legal Officer

As Chief Legal & Compliance Officer at Lyniate, Merritt manages all of the legal, compliance and corporate governance functions for the company’s Global business. Prior to joining Lyniate, Merritt held various in-house counsel positions at health care organizations including in government, public health, and health care IT. Merritt leverages her experience to build on the corporate global strategy while bringing a business-minded perspective to all legal negotiations.

Jessica Nisenbaum

Chief People Officer

Jessica joined Lyniate at its inception as the Chief People Officer, responsible for the company’s people strategy and HR operations globally. With more than 20 years of experience in bringing organizations through various stages of growth and transformation, including predominantly healthcare technology and medical device companies, she is an experienced business partner to executives in navigating change and driving business outcomes through focused talent acquisition, leadership and organizational development, and effective people engagement.