BESolutions: Management Team

Business-Enabling Solutions, LLC is comprised of a talented group of dedicated professionals with a wealth of experience related to its mission objectives, supported by professional, medical expertise, and further complimented by established business relationships. This approach allows us to be responsive to customer needs, while mitigating business risks and keenly supporting the infrastructure and educational requirements of our target audience and clients.

President and CEO, Will Price: Electrical Engineer and seasoned Information Technology (IT) professional with 15 years experience engaged in various IT-related information engineering and consulting engagements that include business process innovation, knowledge transfer and learning management systems integration. Provided analytical support services for the US Department of Veterans Affairs -Office of Enterprise Development. Worked closely with stakeholders, developers and analysts to support of the VA Information Systems Technology Architecture (VistA), the world's most widely-deployed Electronic Health Record-based system. Been trained in Home Tele-health and Care Coordination, with a focus on Patient Education and Caregiver Support. Worked closely with product development and support teams to determine final specifications required to meet existing functional requirements, and plan for future enhancements.

Mr. Price co-founded the “Martial Renaissance Inc.”, a non-profit organization whose primary purpose is to provide collaborative tools, media and training solutions for community-based organizations that serve and support our nation's most prized asset... its children. Its goal is to cultivate strong and enduring relationships between positive role models in the community while providing a highly effective technology platform for values education and healthy lifestyle interventions for youth. For years, Mr. Price has been an active participant (e.g., team manager and instructor) in "Destination ImagiNation" (R) , the worlds largest creative problem-solving program for kids, and "Hands on Science", a national nonprofit organization whose mission is to spark children's interest in science and mathematics.

Chief Business Solutions Advisor and Lean Six Sigma Champion, Andrew Blair, PhD: Dr. Blair has over 20 years experience in change agency, innovative customer focused leadership, engineering, and project management, specializing in risk analysis of system cost, schedule, and technical feasibility. He has led complex projects including Six Sigma deployment and systems engineering execution with Raytheon Company; and business process and change management in Laureate Education Inc. He has taught engineering classes at the University of Maryland and conducts research in risk and uncertainty modeling and analysis authoring over 20 refereed journal papers, technical reports, and conference articles.

Chief Information Technology Advisor, C. S. Ellard: Former Chief Technology Officer at Initiate Systems, Inc., Mr. Ellard explored and applied new technologies to enhance the company's advanced identification and indexing solutions for enterprise healthcare organizations. He has more than 25 years' experience in client-server computing, network programming, relational databases and open system design and development. He gained in-depth analysis and planning skills during his tenure with now-public Silicon Valley start-ups, Informix Software and Visigenic Software.

While working as an independent consultant, he designed strategic systems for inventory control, reservations, real estate and account and personnel management. His clients included Fortune 500 companies such as Sheraton, K-Mart, Chemical Bank, TRW and Southwestern Bell. Previously, he was senior scientist at Independence Technologies, Inc., a Silicon Valley start-up specializing in UNIX on-line Transaction Processing (OLTP) systems. Mr. Ellard also served as special projects manager and chief consultant for Informix Software.

Healthcare Solutions Advisor, Charles Simmons: BA, Management. A 100% Service-Disabled Vet with more than 21 years experience in Navy and Military Medicine, and more than 15 years major healthcare programs and project management. Received "Hospitalman George 'DOC'Pearcy Award," presented by the Commandant of the Marine Corps for "Outstanding Impact on Medical Readiness to the Fleet Marine Force." Currently serving as Senior Business Analyst for a large government agency.

Bilingual Cultural & Human Services Advisor, Adriana Coste: BS, Public & Community Health. Over 10 years direct experience within the Hispanic underserved community. Played a vital role in the development of curricula for community centers that provided English as a second language to the underserved Hispanic community and collaborated with organizations such as the Health and Human Services Department, and the Sexual Assault Center of Prince Georges Hospital addressing issues including violent crimes, health outreach, and drug use. She is skilled in managing issues involving crisis management such as gang, and domestic violence. Currently she is serving the underserved Hispanic community within the realm of victim services for the state of Maryland.

Healthcare / IT Advisor, Vicky Persaud: 20 years of hospital-focused healthcare expertise with the latest industry technologies and development standards and president of ASHA IT/Healthcare Solutions. Provides services in compliance, IT healthcare and technology planning, technical integration, and project management for clients in the healthcare industry. Active TS/SCI with Poly clearance and pending 8(A) certification. Vicky enjoys working as a role model / mentor for women, young adults, and entrepreneurs inspired by information technology within the healthcare field

Executive Advisor, M. Derrios: Mr. Derrios holds an MBA and BS in Workforce Education and Development along with twelve (16) years of private and public sector experience in procurement, budget and program management. He is accustomed to managing a large volume of highly complex workload with time constraints and conflicting demands and he is a proven leader and is an expert at building effective teams and organizations.

Executive Advisor, R. Place: Mr. Place holds an MBA and BS, Business Administration. More than 27 years of executive level business development and leadership experience in IT/healthcare, federal markets, and the pharmaceutical industry.

Management and Advisory Team

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