GATC Health Welcomes Senior Employee Benefits and Healthcare Leaders to Advisory Team
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Aug 18, 2021
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GATC’s Health Risk Management Platform is a suite of DNA-based early diagnostic tools that provide significant benefits to employees and employers. Armed with personalized health and wellness assessments, employees are empowered to actively participate in the management of their care. Employers can use these tools to help mitigate billions spent annually on employee healthcare and lost productivity. Leading the implementation of the Platform will be new advisory board members Steve Lebedoff, Jim Arelleno, and Wesley Kikuchi.
About Steve Lebedoff
Steve Lebedoff has over 30 years of experience as an entrepreneur, innovator, and proven national practice leader in the employee benefits and healthcare arena. He was the founder and President of BeneTrax, an employee benefit data management, communications and human capital analysis technology company. Aon Corporation acquired BeneTrax, and Steve remained on as President helping co-develop Aon Worksite Solutions, where he served on their executive team as Strategic Director of National Accounts.
Steve served as a liaison to Aon’s U.S. and Canadian operations, where he worked closely with Aon Risk and Consulting to facilitate worksite solutions and BeneTrax as part of their value proposition to the Fortune 1000 existing and prospective clients. Steve also helped develop strategic partnerships, which included leading state and national trade associations, regional brokers/consultants, financial institutions and national payroll and HR services. Steve participated on various advisory panels and industry practice councils with Aon Risk and Aon Consulting Leadership.
Steve also served as an executive officer of PPN Health Access, which was initiated as part of a HRSA grant to support patient/employee healthcare advocacy in Nevada. Steve also cofounded the Center for Sustainable Healthcare, at the University of Nevada, School of Medicine. The Center for Sustainable Healthcare convenes strategic healthcare and technology thought leadership to help accelerate healthcare innovation, research, and grants in support of underserved healthcare populations in Nevada. Steve served as a Governor appointee to the Nevada Healthcare and Medical Services Sector Council. He is a Certified Employee Benefit Specialist through Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans.
About Jim Arelleno
Jim Arellano is an accomplished executive and healthcare entrepreneur with over 35 years of industry experience. Mr. Arellano was the Western Region President and Vice President National Accounts for United Health Group. Previously, Jim was the Regional Manager for Blue Shield of California, and the National Accounts Sales Manager for Health Plan of America.
Jim Arellano also founded BP Insurance, an employee benefit and risk management brokerage firm that he launched in 1987. BP Insurance generated over $42M in annual premiums and was acquired by Wells Fargo Insurance in 2000.
Currently, Jim Arellano is the President and cofounder of PPN Health. PPN Health is a consulting firm focused on helping digital healthcare start-up companies with all aspects of the employer and health plan market business development cycle. This would include market analysis, partner identification, business model development, and deal execution. The PPN Health client base includes Extend Health, which secured over $68M in annual recurring revenue with key clients such as the State of Nevada, Alameda County of California, and Ingersoll Rand. Other PPN Health clients have included MD Live, Cylance and LifeLock - all three companies proceeded later with IPOs or acquisitions by major corporations.
Mr. Arellano has served on private and public sector advisory boards including Health Net, Anthem Blue Cross, Guardian Life Insurance, the State of California, and the State of Nevada.
About Wesley Kikuchi
Wesley Kikuchi is a successful business development executive who has held roles in executive management, operations, sales, marketing, and engineering. He has a proven track record implementing the necessary strategies to accomplish breakthrough sales objectives while creating market-entry strategies for new business development. Mr. Kikuchi cofounded several live streaming app companies with proprietary SaaS, PaaS and AI.
“We are very excited about our new roles and duties in advancing GATC’s commitment to the employer and payer markets. GATC’s Health Risk Management Platform, based on their groundbreaking artificial intelligence engines, will be a game changer for employer health risk management and employee wellness,” Said Steve Lebedoff, Jim Arellano and Wesley Kikuchi in a joint statement.
About GATC Health
GATC Health is a pioneering biotech company using Predictive Multiomics™ to advance drug discovery and improve human health. GATC Health’s proprietary Multiomic Advanced Technology™ (MAT) analyzes an individual’s DNA and associated “omics,” including proteomics, transcriptomics, metabolomics, microbiomics and others. A complete understanding of a person’s genetics combined with the evaluation of other omic data yields the most comprehensive individualized health analysis available. GATC Health’s technology is also used to fast- tracking drug development, pre-screening clinical trial participants, identifying new drugs and repurposing existing treatments. GATC Health takes healthcare from reactive to predictive—it is truly personalized medicine. For more information about GATC Health, visit www.GATCHealth.com.
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