Our Team: Managers
Susan Bernat Director, Operations and Finance
Susan Bernat, Director, Operations and Finance. She is responsible for all fiduciary management including fiscal planning and other related financial activities. Susan also assists with establishing and implementing strategic goals and oversees long-range facilities planning. She also serves as the Director of Finance for the GCIC... Continue Reading
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
Patrick J. Fortune, Ph. D. General Manager
Dr. Fortune serves as Senior General Manager,
Cleveland Clinic Innovations. Prior to joining
Cleveland Clinic, he was a Partner at Boston
Millennia Partners, where he invested in early stage companies in pharmaceuticals
and medical devices. Dr. Fortune has over 30 years of experience in the healthcare, life
sciences and information technology sectors. He was previously President and Chief Operating Officer...
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Sam Kiderman, PhD Director, New Ventures
Sam Kiderman, PhD, Director, New Ventures. Sam's main focus is development, finance and growth of new spin-offs. Prior to joining CCI, he was responsible for Clinic Care, an arm of the Cleveland Clinic, which provides multifunctional support for the Clinic and subsidiaries. Sam has extensive experience in business development... Continue Reading
Mark Low Managing Director
Mark Low, Managing Director. Mr. Low comes to GCIC with a career of building successful programs to introduce new concepts and new modalities to new markets. He has managed all facets of product and market development spanning diagnostic and interventional cardiology, interventional radiology and neuroradiology, stroke treatment,... Continue Reading
Peter O'Neill Director, Commercialization
Peter O'Neill, Director, Commercialization. Prior to joining CCI, Mr. O'Neill was Deputy Director of Battelle's Great Lakes Industrial Technology Center, where he facilitated licenses and other technology transfer partnerships with the NASA Glenn Research Center. Previously, he worked as a process engineer... 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