Our Team: General Managers

Gary M. Fingerhut General Manager, IT Commercialization

Gary M. Fingerhut is the general manager responsible for the commercialization of information technologies. With more than 25 years of technical and management leadership experience in the software industry, Gary was General Manager and vice president for Axentis, a Wolters Kluwer business, the professionals first... Continue Reading

Tom Thornton General Manager, Strategic Alliances

Tom leads the Innovation Alliance, a collaboration between Cleveland Clinic and MedStar Health aimed at bringing medical inventions to market. Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic, Tom was the first President and CEO of the Kansas Bioscience Authority, the largest state-sponsored bioscience development fund in the... Continue Reading

William "Bill" Warrender Senior General Manager, Orthopedic, and Device Commercialization

Bill's main focus is the development and managerial nurturing of device based technologies and companies, in orthopedics, urological, Neuro and other modalities. Bill is a high- energy results oriented leader with 27 plus years of diversified experience and success in the sales and marketing of devices. Bill's knowledge provides... Continue Reading

Jim Zalar General Manager

Jim Zalar is the General Manager for Integrated Business Strategies. Prior to joining IBS group, he was Institute Administrator for the Orthopaedic and Rheumatologic Institute. He was responsible for day to day management of the orthopaedic, rheumatology, outpatient physical therapy and orthotic and prosthetics product... Continue Reading