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Ms. Suennen is a co-founder and Managing Member of Psilos
Group, a healthcare-focused venture capital firm with over $450 million
under management. Ms Suennen has headed Psilos' West Coast office
since the firm's founding in 1998 and focuses on the medical device,
healthcare information technology and healthcare services sectors. She serves as
a Director on the Board of several Psilos portfolio companies,
including AngioScore, Inc. (chairman), InSound Medical, Inc.,
IntelliDOT Corp., Navitas Cancer Rehabilitation Centers of America, Inc.
(chairman), VeraLight, Inc (chairman) and a board observor for Health
Hero Network and Estech.
Prior to Psilos, Ms. Suennen was at Merit Behavioral Care (formerly
American Biodyne, Inc), where she held various senior executive roles including Senior Vice President/General
Manager of the Public Sector Division (a $300 million business unit), Senior Vice President of Pacific
Region Operations and Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing.
Ms. Suennen joined Merit in 1988 while still in its early start-up period
and, during her nine-year tenure, played a key role in its growth to an
$800 million/year company. While at Merit, she also participated in the acquisition
and integration of regional managed care companies, the company's IPO
in 1991, and the company's sale to Magellan
Health for $800 million in 1998.
Previously, Ms. Suennen served as Worldwide Product Manager
for INGRES/Relational Technology, Inc., a relational database company,
where she had responsibility for development, marketing and distribution
of the company's UNIX PC software product. Prior to INGRES, Ms. Suennen
served as Director of U.S. Market Development and as Manager, U.S. Government
and Industry Relations for X/Open, an international computer industry
standards setting and lobbying consortium. Earlier, Ms. Suennen spent
several years at Regis McKenna, Inc., an international high technology
marketing and public relations firm, responsible for government relations
and public relations strategy for client companies in the software and
healthcare areas.
Ms. Suennen holds an M.A. in political science, a B.A
in political science and a B.A. in mass communications, all from the
University of California, Berkeley. Ms. Suennen also sits on the National Advisory Council
of the Institute of Governmental Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.
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Albert S. Waxman, PhD
Stephen M. Krupa
Jeffrey M. Krauss
David A. Eichler
Joseph R. Riley
SAN FRANCISCO
Lisa M. Suennen Santa
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