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Steve Manzelli joins AMPS as senior vice president of regional sales and will manage the regional sales teams across the U.S. He will be responsible for providing sales support while creating additional enterprise sales opportunities in market segments such as health systems and association health plans. Mr. Manzelli comes to AMPS after serving as CEO of SSMMC, where he was responsible for overseeing the consulting firm, providing strategy for growth and market engagement with insurance carriers, third-party administrators, health systems, associations and large employers/Taft-Hartley groups. Concurrent with this position he was also a co-founder of Inventavis, a consulting firm serving a similar market. His sales experience included positions as vice president, sales and client services at POMCO, senior vice president of sales at Health Now Administrative Services and senior executive of client development at JLT Services Corporation.
John Powers is the Executive Vice President, Enterprise Sales for Advanced Medical Pricing Solutions (AMPS).John is widely known as one of the most successful fraud investigators in the industry having conducted investigations in all 50 states and over 120 countries internationally. John dove into the healthcare industry about 15 years ago when he saw problems arising within the system. He found that many people held a misconception about their healthcare plans by thinking their plan covers everything when, in fact, it likely doesn’t. John believes consumerism is the missing link in our healthcare model, and he predicts a future where more employers move to a model of defined benefits. This, he believes, will make the system more equitable and transparent.
Michael Marsau, Vice President of Business Development at Advanced Medical Pricing Solutions (AMPS) is a senior executive leader with expertise in high-growth companies that deliver healthcare cost management and workers’ compensation services.
Michael has over twenty years experience in business development, marketing and operations, with extensive, results-oriented sales management experience. He has led companies to sustainable, top-line revenue growth and bottom line profitability.
Art Hoath is the SVP of AMPS focused on Medical Cost Management and supporting employers on using innovative RBR solutions. He and has been a healthcare industry veteran bringing more than 25 years of experience to the AMPS team, most recently after serving as EVP at INETICO, LLC. Mr. Hoath was also EVP at Pay-Plus Solutions, Inc., which later became Zelis Payments.
Since very early in his career, he worked with TPAs, Brokers and Self-Funded Employers to identify best of breed partners/solutions. His experience includes: managing C suite relationships with Payors, Brokers, Employers, Insurance companies, TPAs, Hospital and National Clinical operations, leadership and management of Sales and Account Managers, consulting on best business practices, and managing M&A transitions.
Mr. Hoath is active with HCAA, SIIA and SPBA.
Zack Simpson joins AMPS as the sales leader for the southwest region. Prior to AMPS, Mr. Simpson was a sales executive and account manager for Lucent Health. Mr. Simpson also held positions at ERISA Administrators. Mr. Simpson graduated from Texas A&M University with a Bachelor of Science in maritime administration.
Scott graduated from the University of Illinois, Champaign,in 1990 with a B.A. in Business. From there, he worked for 3 years in London for Time Entertainment Network doing Product Placement, Advertising, and Sales Promotions. He returned to the states in 1993 and worked for Liberty Mutual in Chicago, launching his career in the insurance industry while obtaining his Masters Degree. Over the next several years, Scott held various business development positions focused on Cost Management Solutions working directly with some of the largest payors in the country at organizations such as First Health, and then advanced his career forward as co-founder of a few successful start-up organizations. During that time Scott received some national recognition's such as the Inc. 5000 List, Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top 100 organizations 2 years in a row and voted as Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top Sales Executives in 2003. He also was involved in the ownership/management of 3 independent diagnostic testing facilities in the Las Vegas and Chicagoland markets. Since that time, Scott has taken his broad expertise and continued his 25 year-long healthcare career focusing on various Cost Management strategies in the self-funded, employee benefits space. Today, Scott is the VP of New Business development for AMPS and lives in the Chicagoland area. He is extremely passionate about helping employers and in educating the community on inner workings of the healthcare marketplace, and the broken US healthcare system.
Scott has 2 wonderful daughters – high school and college aged – who he loves to spend any of his free time with. In terms of recreation, Scott is an avid photographer, artist and outdoors man, and enjoys many outdoor related activities such as hiking, mountain biking, golf and several other sports and physical activities. He also has a passion for anything music related, and a fan of live performances of any kind.
Jeff Brown leads AMPS west coast sales and business development market and brings 25 years of experience building and leading top-performing sales organizations. Prior to joining AMPS, Mr. Brown served as the sales director for United Healthcare’s full-service, third-party administrator. Mr. Brown also held leadership roles at EBMS, a full-service third-party administrator,leading new business development and growth for the broker and consultant market. Mr. Brown has also led teams of healthcare professionals at Clear One Health Plans, a $225 million health insurance carrier, Wells Fargo Insurance Services, and Regence Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oregon. He holds a degree in business administration from Linfield College, maintains his Washington Health and Life License, and is a member of the Association of Health Underwriters in Oregon, Alaska,Washington, and the national association.