Leadership Team

 Mesfin Tegenu is a nationally recognized thought leader in Pharmacy Benefit Management (PBM), who over a 25-year career, has negotiated several billion dollars in rebates with major drug manufacturers. An early pioneer of PBM, Mesfin Tegenu had previously built one of the country’s leading PBM organizations, transforming it from near start-up to an industry leader.

From his beginning as a clinical pharmacist, Mesfin Tegenu’s main focus has always been on developing innovative approaches that improve patient outcomes while reducing total cost of care. This vision often placed him at odds as the industry became less transparent and less patient centric.

A regular speaker, who is frequently cited by leading trade journals for his perspectives on drug access, pricing, and management, Mesfin Tegenu immigrated from Ethiopia before earning a master’s degree from St. John’s University in Queens, New York. Tegenu holds a bachelor’s degree in pharmacy from Addis Ababa University in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 

 Tim is a disciplined technology leader with well-rounded experience in Program Management, Innovation, Engineering, Product Management, Go to Market, Delivery and Operations, leveraging technology and people to deliver business focused outcomes. 

His previous roles include Head of Innovation at SoftwareONE, where he led the engineering and launch of global solutions and systems. He brings over 20 years of experience, most recently serving as Head of Innovation at SoftwareONE. Previously he held leadership roles at NTT Data and DXC Technology.

 Yogesh is an innovative Technology leader with a proven track record of successfully planning, solutioning and delivering complex projects and products for Fortune 100 and startup companies. 

His previous roles include Chief Technology Officer at EduFront, where he led the engineering team to build the next gen EdTech product. He brings over 20 years of experience in healthcare domain building and integrating technology products for Medication Reminder Startup, Prescription Benefit Manager, Provider, and Pharmacy. 

 Carlo Cioffi serves as the Vice President of Sales at RxParadigm, bringing over 20 years of experience in healthcare sales and marketing, with a specialization in 340B programs.

 Carlo began his career as a pivotal member of a pioneering TPA, where he quickly rose to the position of Vice President of Sales, driving profitability and expanding territorial coverage. His leadership roles at various companies, including Equiscript and Khora Health Solutions, which he co-founded, underscores his ability to surpass targets and establish successful sales initiatives.

With a passion for healthcare and a proven track record of success, Carlo plays a vital role in shaping the future of RxParadigm's sales strategy.

  Ryan Vaughn is a healthcare growth strategist and operational leader with 20+ years of experience scaling businesses, driving EBITDA expansion, and transforming underperforming operations into high-value assets. 

He founded and grew a national locum tenens division to $52M revenue and $4.1M EBITDA in its second year, built a 200+ site ASC network that completed 15 M&A deals, and led turnarounds recovering millions in overdue receivables.

 His expertise spans startup leadership, multi-site P&L ownership, M&A, and strategic partnerships across healthcare, pharmaceuticals, and distribution. 

Known for aligning teams, strategies, and execution, Ryan consistently delivers measurable growth, market penetration, and lasting organizational value.

  Lauren started her career at a start-up healthcare technology company, Physician Dispensing Systems and once acquired by Allscripts was part of the team that later took that company public.

 Lauren is a C-level operations, business process and product engineer, who in her career played critical leadership roles in the transformational change necessary for success after several mergers and acquisitions as well as turnaround companies. 

In the last 10 years, Lauren focused on leveraging her experience to drive the vision, direction, and strategy of new products and solutions in the healthcare industry. These accomplishments include building a team of highly skilled professionals who designed, built, implemented, operationalized and maintained a suite of products and services for 4 large TPA’s, 340BHoldings / MedImpact (formerly SUNRx), Procuity dba 340BDirect, Nuvum dba 340Basics and Equiscripts in the 340B Health space. 

Lauren’s entrepreneurial management style allows her to translate vision into successful revenue-generating processes and product solutions in a disciplined manner; ensuring innovation with less risk than the traditional models. She has led new and emerging companies to success through the delivery of many innovative new products and solutions for the pharmacy and health information technology space.