These are the people that make your round-the-clock access to this innovative and groundbreaking way of managing your health possible.

Kenneth G. Sellers is the President and Founder of New World Health, ehealthxchange's parent institution.

Up until May 2005, Sellers was Group Vice President of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida's South Florida Region. In this capacity, he was responsible for the company's health business in the 8 counties that make up South Florida.

Sellers joined BCBSF in August 1988, and, during his tenure with the company, he provided leadership in a number of different capacities. He has been Vice President to Marketing Services, Individual and Small Group market segments, Product and Market management and the Northeast region. Sellers has also worked to advance BCBSF's E-business capabilities, including leading development of new opportunities like PersonalPath and an initiative to develop new health industry business models for the future.

Before joining BCBSF in 1988, Sellers was Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of U.S. Healthcare's HMO Florida. Previously, he served as Executive Vice President for Riverside Hospital in Jacksonville.

Sellers earned his Bachelor's degree from Jacksonville University and his M.B.A. from the University of North Florida. In addition, he has completed the Executive Healthcare Management Program at Duke University and the Advanced Marketing Management Program at Harvard University.


 

Robert Mendes is ehealthxchange's Chief Technology Officer. He began his career in the Health Insurance industry as a Systems Analyst for Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Florida.  Robert was employed at Blue Cross for eight years before starting a Technology Consulting practice.

Through his travels, he has also held the position of Director of Technology for World Diagnostics, a company that re-packaged medical diagnostic products.  Mr. Mendes was instrumental in managing the development of the web portal that was essential to the global expansion of World Diagnostic's international distribution channels.

In 2001, Robert again focused on growing his consulting business and currently acts as the President & CEO of E-basics, Inc.  E-basics is profitable consulting firm that has established a strategic alliance with Microsoft as a Microsoft Certified Partner designing and implementing Microsoft based solutions to both the Small and Medium Business, as well as, Enterprise level markets.


 

David B. Ross, MD is ehealthxchange's Chief Medical Officer.  Dr.Ross is a Board certified Neurologist with over thirty (30) years in medical practice and currently maintains an active practice in South Florida. He received a B.A. from The Johns Hopkins University and a Medical Degree and Doctoral Training in Internal Medicine at the University of Miami School of Medicine, and completed Resident Programs in Neurology at Harvard Medical School. 

In addition to his clinical practice management experience, Dr. Ross spent years in Clinical and Science Research, including receiving Grants and Investigative Awards.  The research included Sleep Studies, Pharmaceutical Trials, and other clinical investigations.  He has also been a consultant to various medical research companies and has served various advisory positions, including the Epilepsy Association of Broward County.

As Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Ross is responsible for the oversight of the establishment and maintenance of quality standards for the delivery of care and products, as well as for the company's medical and clinically related functions.  Dr. Ross will also serve as Chairman of NWHC's Healthcare Advisory Committee.


 

Cynthia Bucher is our Secretary and Treasurer. Since 2002, Cynthia Bucher has been employed by Gibraltar Bank as their Vice President of Operations for the Wealth Management Division.  She has been employed in the trust banking industry since 1987 in various management capacities of trust administration, operations, compliance and project analysis.  Prior to that she held positions in accounting and auditing.  She earned her BS degree in Accounting from Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania.  She is also a graduate of the Florida Trust School.


 

Mario Behr is ehealthxchange's Marketing and Communications Director. With over twelve years experience in advertising, and ten of those as President and Creative Director of Green Dot Advertising, Mario Behr brings leadership and creative guidance to every project handled by the agency.  He has serviced accounts across a wide array of industries including consumer products & packaged goods, boating & sport fishing, finance, travel & tourism, B2B, publishing, health & medical, telecom & IP telephony, the professional video production market, and sports, as well as creating displays and exhibits for museums and theme parks. A native of Germany, he is fluent in English and German, along with a general understanding of Spanish.

He has created persuasive and effective advertising and sales support solutions that help companies achieve their sales objectives and evolve their brands. With experience in almost every conceivable medium including Internet, Print, Radio, TV and Direct Response, he is able to conceive and develop integrated campaigns that deliver a powerful and persuasive message to the targeted audience.

Mario has provided creative solutions for corporations such as Sony Latin America, Sony Recording & Energy Latin America, Ryder System, Maytag International, Motorola, Mercury Marine, SeaVee Boats, Hook & Tackle Outfitters, Playboy TV Latin America, C.B. Richard Ellis, Miami Today, Latpro.com, Ybor City Brewing Company and Enaca International.


 

Terry Price brings over 20yrs of operational, organizational and technical implementation expertise to the New World Health Corporation. Beginning with a long career in the British Royal Navy starting at age 16; Terry served in the Submarine Service and in Special Duties, and on leaving held the rank of Commander. Terry has had experience in the Automotive, Fashion, Retail and Aerospace industries since arriving in the United States 15 years ago; most recently as the project director for the building of Cunard's Queen Mary 2, a luxury transatlantic liner, and the Chief Information Officer for a prominent south Florida financial institution. His leadership, management and vision have brought great success to these respective organizations.

Terry's undisputed expertise offers a great deal to ehealthxchange, and a natural solution to the demands of business today, leadership, motivation, organization, planning and the effective use of personnel and technology. Terry today brings a breadth of industry exposure to ehealthxchange offering the “best in breed” solutions to organizational design, process engineering and operational efficiency that will ensure the success of ehealthxchange in the challenging, and ever evolving landscape of modern business.

 

 

Kim Brew brings 29 years of healthcare industry experience. She entered the healthcare industry as a registered nurse. As her responsibilities grew she became responsible for a 14 bed Intensive Care Unit at a large tertiary care hospital. Later, she expanded her experiences into the managed care field. During this time, Ms Brew has worked for companies such as US Healthcare where she introduced and implemented the concept of using home care as an alternative to inpatient care to physicians in the State of Florida providing a cost saving of 2 -3 million dollars each year.

She has also held the position of Vice President of a hospital owned HMO. This was a start-up company where she gained experience working with the state regulatory agencies and developing a complete medical delivery network. Ms Brew has also owned a healthcare consulting firm which developed and marketed products and strategies for hospitals, physicians and employers to work cooperatively to control healthcare costs. She developed a managed care educational program for hospital administrators and physicians throughout rural South Georgia. This resulted in building coalitions and strategic partnerships between the community hospitals and secondary and tertiary care hospitals. They formed a 12 hospital 750 physician regional managed care network which provided healthcare to the employers throughout South Georgia.

Ms. Brew has also lead cross-functional teams in the design, development, implementation and maintenance of new statewide provider networks with a positive 2-4 million dollar impact per network for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida. While at BCBSFL she also developed collaborative relationships with the regional offices to develop and implement focused improvement plans for the targeted health programs and provider network issues.