Leadership
Rahlyn Gossen, Co-founder & Co-chair
Specialties:
Clinical Trials, Patient Engagement, Digital Marketing, Social Media
Interests:
Persuasive Technology, Design Thinking, Innovation, mHealth, New Orleans
Connect:
Email, Linkedin, Twitter, Google Plus
Rahlyn Gossen is the founder of Rebar Interactive, a New Orleans digital marketing and patient recruitment company serving the clinical trial industry nationally and internationally.
Rahlyn manages the development and implementation of digital strategies designed to meet clinical trial enrollment, as well as other goals. Prior to her current professional role, Rahlyn was a clinical research coordinator. She writes about technology and innovation on her company's clinical trial blog and is on the Editorial Advisory Board of Applied Clinical Trials.
Rahlyn loves all things New Orleans, technology, and healthcare related, making Health 2.0 New Orleans the perfect opportunity to feed all of these interests. She is also an avid consumer of online cat pictures and videos but has not yet figured out a way to integrate that interest into Health 2.0 New Orleans activities.
Clinical Trials, Patient Engagement, Digital Marketing, Social Media
Interests:
Persuasive Technology, Design Thinking, Innovation, mHealth, New Orleans
Connect:
Email, Linkedin, Twitter, Google Plus
Rahlyn Gossen is the founder of Rebar Interactive, a New Orleans digital marketing and patient recruitment company serving the clinical trial industry nationally and internationally.
Rahlyn manages the development and implementation of digital strategies designed to meet clinical trial enrollment, as well as other goals. Prior to her current professional role, Rahlyn was a clinical research coordinator. She writes about technology and innovation on her company's clinical trial blog and is on the Editorial Advisory Board of Applied Clinical Trials.
Rahlyn loves all things New Orleans, technology, and healthcare related, making Health 2.0 New Orleans the perfect opportunity to feed all of these interests. She is also an avid consumer of online cat pictures and videos but has not yet figured out a way to integrate that interest into Health 2.0 New Orleans activities.
Lem Sanders, Co-founder & Co-chair
Specialties:
Business Development, Marketing, Product Strategy.
Interests:
Consumer Driven Health, Life Sciences, Market Research, Technology
Connect:
Email, Linkedin, Twitter
Lem Sanders is the founder of ePharma Networks, a business development company for digital health startups. He is also an early stage advisor and investor at Enhatch, a mobile technology company for life science marketers.
Lem spent 10 years working in New York with Manhattan Research, a global think tank for health information technology behavior. In 2010, Manhattan Research was acquired by Decision Resources Inc., the World’s largest healthcare information provider behind IMS.
Lem spends his time split between New Orleans and New York, where he’s launching Digital Insights Group, a new research company providing technology insights to Life Science companies.
Lem spends his downtime doing lots of manual labor at his family’s old beach house on Perdido Bay and playing blues rock guitar in multiple local music projects.
Business Development, Marketing, Product Strategy.
Interests:
Consumer Driven Health, Life Sciences, Market Research, Technology
Connect:
Email, Linkedin, Twitter
Lem Sanders is the founder of ePharma Networks, a business development company for digital health startups. He is also an early stage advisor and investor at Enhatch, a mobile technology company for life science marketers.
Lem spent 10 years working in New York with Manhattan Research, a global think tank for health information technology behavior. In 2010, Manhattan Research was acquired by Decision Resources Inc., the World’s largest healthcare information provider behind IMS.
Lem spends his time split between New Orleans and New York, where he’s launching Digital Insights Group, a new research company providing technology insights to Life Science companies.
Lem spends his downtime doing lots of manual labor at his family’s old beach house on Perdido Bay and playing blues rock guitar in multiple local music projects.
Josh Raley, Co-founder & Co-chair
Specialties:
Early Stage Valuations, Business Development, Raising Capital, Product Development
Interests:
Go to Market Strategies, SaaS Businesses, mHealth, Using Technology to Increase Adherence, Quantified Self, Crossfit
Connect:
Email, Linkedin, Twitter
Josh currently serves as a Commercialization Fellow at the New Orleans BioInnovation Center, a local biotech and medical technology incubator. He provides startups with industry, market, and financial analysis to establish company valuations and raise outside capital. He enjoys working with startups and established companies to build relationships and take new products to market.
Prior to his role at NOBIC Josh spent three years cofounding a consumer goods brand, launching two product lines and reaching 1,000 retail grocery stores across the region.
Josh writes about business, technology, and anything else on his mind at joshuaraley.com and enjoys spending his down time paddle boarding, traveling light, and video editing.
Early Stage Valuations, Business Development, Raising Capital, Product Development
Interests:
Go to Market Strategies, SaaS Businesses, mHealth, Using Technology to Increase Adherence, Quantified Self, Crossfit
Connect:
Email, Linkedin, Twitter
Josh currently serves as a Commercialization Fellow at the New Orleans BioInnovation Center, a local biotech and medical technology incubator. He provides startups with industry, market, and financial analysis to establish company valuations and raise outside capital. He enjoys working with startups and established companies to build relationships and take new products to market.
Prior to his role at NOBIC Josh spent three years cofounding a consumer goods brand, launching two product lines and reaching 1,000 retail grocery stores across the region.
Josh writes about business, technology, and anything else on his mind at joshuaraley.com and enjoys spending his down time paddle boarding, traveling light, and video editing.
Jonathan Brouk, Co-Chair
Specialties:
Healthcare Regulation, Healthcare Strategy, Business Law
Interests:
Telehealth, Disruptive Solutions, mHealth, Emerging Companies, HIPAA, Accountable Care Organizations, Medical Homes
Connect:
Email, LinkedIn
Jon is a health law attorney practicing with Kathleen L. DeBruhl & Associates, L.L.C. His practice focuses on helping healthcare industry companies grow their businesses while avoiding healthcare regulatory traps.
Jon frequently speaks on healthcare compliance and transactional issues to industry groups throughout the Gulf South. He also serves as an editor for the Lexis Nexis’ Treatise on Healthcare Law and a number of other health law publications. In 2014, he was selected to serve as a member of the Biotechnology and Health Services Industry Council of the New Orleans Business Alliance.
Before trading in his snow boots for street cars and sazeracs in 2013, Jon practiced in the healthcare section of large Chicago law firm. When he’s not in the office, you’ll most likely find him exploring his newfound passion for urban boating, running through Audubon Park, or trying his best to avoid the sand traps on one of New Orleans’ many golf courses.
Healthcare Regulation, Healthcare Strategy, Business Law
Interests:
Telehealth, Disruptive Solutions, mHealth, Emerging Companies, HIPAA, Accountable Care Organizations, Medical Homes
Connect:
Email, LinkedIn
Jon is a health law attorney practicing with Kathleen L. DeBruhl & Associates, L.L.C. His practice focuses on helping healthcare industry companies grow their businesses while avoiding healthcare regulatory traps.
Jon frequently speaks on healthcare compliance and transactional issues to industry groups throughout the Gulf South. He also serves as an editor for the Lexis Nexis’ Treatise on Healthcare Law and a number of other health law publications. In 2014, he was selected to serve as a member of the Biotechnology and Health Services Industry Council of the New Orleans Business Alliance.
Before trading in his snow boots for street cars and sazeracs in 2013, Jon practiced in the healthcare section of large Chicago law firm. When he’s not in the office, you’ll most likely find him exploring his newfound passion for urban boating, running through Audubon Park, or trying his best to avoid the sand traps on one of New Orleans’ many golf courses.
