About Us » Management Team
Peter von Dyck - Chairman & CEO
An accomplished medical
device inventor and entrepreneur with numerous patents and multiple inventions,
Peter has identified industry trends, challenges, and the mission-critical
considerations required to bring breakthrough medical technologies to market.
At e-Zassi he has shown how business-to-business applications of social media
can be a game-changer for complex industries such as the medical device
industry.
At the age of 28, Peter founded Zassi Medical Evolutions; a high-technology
medical device firm that has successfully provided breakthrough technologies in
the multi-billion dollar wound care and infection control markets.
Among his many honors, Peter was named the 2000 Florida Entrepreneur of the
Year in the area of healthcare and life sciences by Ernst & Young. He was
also recognized as a leading entrepreneur by former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who
awarded him the Business Diversification Award for Entrepreneurship in 2003.
In 2004 he was named by Medical Device & Diagnostic Industry magazine one of the
100 Most Notable People making a material difference in the global medical
device industry.
In 2009, Peter launched e-Zassi™, a first-of-its-kind online community that
enables the medical device industry to quickly and efficiently identify
acquisition, licensing and collaboration opportunities.
Before starting his
own technology firms, Peter served in numerous capacities for both smaller
medical device firms and larger billion dollar global medical device
organizations. He is the inventor of the e-Zassi Innovation Diagnostic Tool
(IAE). As an accomplished medical device inventor, developer and marketer he has
been granted 11 US patents with numerous additional patents worldwide.
Jim Cannan - Chief Technology Officer
Jim’s expertise in
cloud computing and Software as a Service (SaaS), as a way to boost productivity
in complex industries such as the medical device industry, is based on his
almost two decades developing software and e-business applications.
During his career, Jim held senior management positions with Fidelity
National Information Services, Humana, and Andersen Consulting (now Accenture).
As Senior Vice-President of Product Development with Fidelity, Jim had direct
responsibility for product management, design and construction of the flagship
standards-based Channels and Integration product suites. At Humana, Jim’s
contributions to advance technical capabilities included leading comprehensive
Internet development to support a digital health plan, creating a single
customer care portal to service membership, developing an internet enrollment
solution for customers and members, and deploying a first-in-industry
cross-platform electronic bill presentment and payment solution.
He has successfully delivered a wide variety of corporate portal, CRM,
knowledgebase, Business-to-Business, and Business-to-Consumer applications to
the Healthcare, Financial Services and Telecommunications industries.
At e-Zassi, Jim serves as the primary architect for its software platform as
he applies the breadth and depth of his software development experience to the
company’s strategic planning and execution.
David Sapuppo - Vice President, Content
David brings to
e-Zassi deep experience in both business development and medical device
manufacturing that includes outsourcing and managing emerging technologies from
engineering research through production. First joining Zassi Medical
Evolutions, Inc. in 2000, David moved to e-Zassi in 2006. While at
Zassi Medical Evolutions, he established a global medical device production
supplier base and successfully managed all quality control systems and FDA
regulatory inspections using a web-based ASP solution with electronic signatures
to manage business and engineering product lifecycle documentation changes.
Prior to joining Zassi Medical Evolutions, David served as the Director of
Operations for a firm that provided consulting services to more than 35
industries, universities and non-profit organizations in areas such as
technology management, technology licensing, virtual manufacturing engineering
and market research.
Walter C. Galler - Vice President, Marketing
Walter’s
experience combines traditional marketing strategy with a decade of
digital/online expertise and the application of technology to deliver industry
leading customer experience applications on both the client and agency sides. At
e-Zassi, Walter oversees all external marketing efforts - from the company’s
social media outreach to public relations, and has day-to-day responsibility for
the user interface and content strategy.
Prior to joining e-Zassi, Walter spent four years with JPMorgan Chase. During
his tenure with the bank, he managed the design and deployment of several online
applications for the home lending business within the Retail Bank, including a
portal that provided content and access to Chase’s wholesale lending customer
base. Earlier in his career, Walter held senior marketing positions with
healthcare companies Coventry Corporation and Columbia HCA and led the digital
strategy practice group for a Southeast-based marketing consulting firm. An
entrepreneur at heart, Walter was a partner in his own Boston-based advertising
and marketing firm.
Raymond J. Brandstaetter - Corporate Controller
Ray’s
experience as a business advisor for entrepreneurs in the Northeast Florida area
combined with his academic credentials and research background give him insights
into ways innovative companies of all sizes can succeed.
Ray joined e-Zassi armed with an MSc in General Management with an emphasis
in international business from Sloan Fellowship Master's Program at London
Business School. Prior to that, he spent 10 years in financial analysis,
accounting and forestry research with Canada's largest forest products firm.
There, he was responsible for the consolidation of operating results, plans and
forecasts for nine operating divisions with annual revenues exceeding $700
million. Ray also holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Victoria in
British Columbia and CMA from the Certified Management Accountants of Canada.