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Management Team
- Kirk Loevner, Chairman and CEO
- Rick Van Hoesen, S.V.P., Finance and CFO
- Jeff Tangney, E.V.P., Sales and Marketing, Co-Founder
- Paul Banta, S.V.P., Law, Policy, and Content
- Robert Quinn, S.V.P., Engineering and CTO
- Joe Kleine, S.V.P., Healthcare Sales
Kirk Loevner
Chairman and CEO
Before joining Epocrates in 2004, Kirk served as CEO at three successful Internet companies, most recently Pinnacor, Inc. (NASDAQ: PCOR) formerly Screaming Media, a financial services technology company he is credited with turning around and subsequently selling to CBS MarketWatch. Prior to Pinnacor, Kirk founded PublishOne Inc., a publishing service that allowed companies to securely distribute information online. In early 2001, Kirk sold PublishOne to InterTrust Technologies, a digital rights management company. Previously, he was CEO of Internet Shopping Network, the first retailer on the Internet.
Prior to leading these companies, Kirk spent nearly ten years at Apple Computer where he led the software division, ran Apple’s software evangelism efforts for the Macintosh, and was part of the team that invented desktop publishing in the 80s. He started his technology career at VisiCorp, the company that sold the industry’s first spreadsheet product, VisiCalc. Kirk received his B.S.E. degree in Computer Science from Tufts University and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School.
Rick Van Hoesen
S.V.P., Finance and CFO
Rick brings to the Epocrates team extensive experience as a public and private company CFO, most recently at NetIQ Corporation, a $265 million revenue enterprise software company. At NetIQ, Rick oversaw the successful implementation of Sarbanes-Oxley compliance processes and best-in-breed revenue recognition practices, as well as extensive systems improvement work. Prior to NetIQ, Rick was CFO at privately-held XACCT Technologies, where he was responsible for building a public company financial infrastructure and raising over $50 million in private equity. Earlier in his career, he was Chief Financial Officer at several other publicly-traded software companies, including Micro Focus and Wall Data and he held senior management positions at Sun Microsystems and Teradata. Rick holds a B.S. in industrial engineering from Lehigh University and an M.B.A. from Wharton.
Jeff Tangney
E.V.P., Sales and Marketing, Co-Founder
Jeff brings over 15 years of healthcare/pharmaceutical experience to his position at Epocrates. Prior to co-founding Epocrates in 1998, Jeff was a pharmaceutical strategy consultant at ZS Associates, where he counseled Fortune 500 clients on marketing strategy. At ZS, Jeff advised clients in 16 countries and helped structure the largest co-promotion alliance in pharmaceutical history. Jeff’s industry experience also includes positions at Goldman Sachs as a healthcare investment banker and at biotech start-up Pangene Corporation as a director of business development. Jeff graduated summa cum laude from the University of Wisconsin with a B.S. in Economics, and earned an M.B.A. from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business.
Paul Banta
S.V.P., Law, Policy, and Content
Paul joined the Epocrates team with over 13 years of experience in the healthcare industry. Prior to joining Epocrates, Paul was Senior Vice President at PCS Health Systems with responsibility for strategic alliances with the pharmaceutical industry as well as overall management responsibility for PCS’ information business. Previously, Paul had been Assistant General Counsel at PCS for several years with broad responsibilities ranging from transactions to litigation and regulatory compliance. Before joining PCS in 1995, Paul served as General Counsel for Integrated Disease Management, Inc., a start-up disease management company, and spent 5 years at Eli Lilly and Company as legal counsel. He received his A.B. magna cum laude from Bowdoin College and his J.D. and M.B.A. degrees from Columbia University.
Robert Quinn
S.V.P., Engineering and CTO
Bob brings to the Epocrates team nearly 20 years of experience as an engineer and software development manager. Prior to joining Epocrates, Bob served as VP of Engineering for iDini Corporation, a wireless software startup, and was instrumental in the growth and acquisition of Inpart Design, an internet-based engineering services company that is now part of PTC. Previously, Bob held a variety of technical and engineering-management positions with IBM. He received his bachelor’s from Dartmouth College, holds a Ph.D. from the University of Colorado, and was a research fellow at Harvard University prior to joining IBM.
Joe Kleine
S.V.P., Healthcare Sales
Joe Kleine’s career spans twenty years of pharmaceutical industry experience. During his seven years at Epocrates, Mr. Kleine has led the growth of the healthcare sales business.
Prior to joining Epocrates, Mr. Kleine led strategic planning and business development for a top ten medical advertising agency within the Omnicom network. He began his career with Eli Lilly & Company. While at Lilly, Mr. Kleine had several sales and marketing management experiences.
Mr. Kleine earned a bachelor’s degree at Dickinson College, and an MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.