Practicing physician, executive and health care consultant 40+ years, all in Chicago. Chief, Pulmonary Medicine, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center; Director Postgraduate and Continuing Education, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University; Medical Director, Continental Bank; Director Strategic Development AMAP, American Medical Association. Fellow of the American College of Physicians; Master, American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. Founded Sixth Man Consulting in 2000, and Sixth Man Consortium, LLC in 2015.

Consultant in IT management, marketing and B2B sales for 40+ years. Partner, Integrated Marketing and Sales Solutions; President, Revenue Performance Management; EVP for sales and marketing, Worknet; President, The Spectrum Group specializing in management, IT and business process services and systems; Sales and marketing management for the Business Information Technology division of IBM. Current specialties include training sales, marketing and services teams; implementing planning and tactical business processes; aligning business goals and objectives; and advancing revenue growth.

Computing scientist and executive 40+ years. Based in Perth, Australia. Specialist in graphical cross-platform applications combining proprietary and open source technology. A member of the governance board for the Tcl programming language; co-founder Functional Software, an Australian tech company; principal Digital Smarties, a specialist IT design studio serving diverse industries in North America, Europe, Australia and Asia; CTO of Chicago based startups Keepsayk and Iconicast; technical lead on the Einstein Brain Atlas project, research consultant to the AnatLab Virtual Anatomy Laboratory and the National Museum of Health and Medicine.

Dr. Oleske is an experienced epidemiologist and biostatistician with over 20 years of expertise in using large electronic databases to track health services trends and assess the impact of interventions on healthcare quality and patient outcomes. She also has a strong track record of leadership in both academia and the biopharmaceutical industry, where she has managed global teams and spearheaded strategic planning and implementation of projects using multi-national databases. Database applications have included populations in clinical trials, Medicaid, Medicare, automotive, commercially insured, managed care, and those receiving hospital or community services. She holds a PhD from the University of Illinois and an MS from the University of Michigan, and is a Fellow of the American College of Epidemiology. Dr. Oleske has authored over 50 peer-reviewed publications, as well as textbooks and chapters focused on the application of epidemiology in health services.

Practicing cardiologist in Chicago 50+ years. Former Director, Section of Cardiology, Professor of Medicine and Senior Attending Physician, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago. Former Chief of the Cardiovascular Unit, Boston City Hospital. Elected Fellow to 5 medical societies and Master American College Cardiology. Currently, Consultant and Senior Clinician Educator, NorthShore University Health System, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago. National positions relevant to 6MC include membership in AMA’s Physicians' Consortium for Performance Improvement; ACC’s Partners in Quality Committee; National Quality Forum's Ambulatory Care Heart Disease Technical Panel and its Cardiovascular Consensus Standards Maintenance Committee; Editor of 6 medical journals; member of 6 Appropriate Use Panels.

Retired Professor of Surgery and Senior Attending Surgeon, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center (RPSLMC) in Chicago. Practiced general surgery and surgical oncology for 28 years. Began computer applications for clinical care in 1966, including computerized intensive care units for RPSLMC, and medical relational databases focused on improving cost and outcomes of surgical care. Fellow of the American College of Surgeons; past member CPT advisory committees for the American College of Surgeons and the AMA; Board of Directors of Eolas Technologies, Inc. Present interests include geographic information systems, underwater mapping and visualization, and 3D design, printing, and fabrication.

Consultant in marketing communications for 40+ years. Founder, Beacon Communications, a business-to-business public relations firm focusing on business development, with a 20 year track record of harnessing client expertise and articulating it to their markets through leading professional, industry and business publications. This knowledge and intellectual base, built over time, provide for close relationships with editors and association leaders. In a client’s words: “Dan Conley leads with a unique blend of European and American sensibilities in healthcare and market knowledge”. He will use these sensibilities to position 6MC in the healthcare performance market.

Consultant in data analysis and marketing strategies. Principal or co-founder of Calilsym, LLC and SagePath Partners, LLC, consulting companies to pharmaceutical and biotech industries. 25+ years experience in the pharmaceutical industry. SVP, VP or Director of commercial marketing analytics, business strategies, marketing or sales for Takeda and TAP. Specialist in pricing and cost effective solutions in highly regulated industries.