HealthTeacher VC update

HealthTeacher, just a 12-year-old, has now had total financings of about $15MM. They're heavying-up the team, added a new private-equity partner and are ready to take it on the road. Read about here.

Apple exec to HealthTeacher

John Herbold (left), a pivotal player in Apple Inc.'s iCloud product development, has joined Nashville-based HealthTeacher, for a campaign to improve the health of US youth while advancing the 12-year-old company. VNC's story is here.

HealthTeacher sales strategy

With U.S. school districts often too shakey to be relied upon for funding to buy HealthTeacher's goods and services, CEO Scott McQuigg (left) is driving a grassroots strategy for sustainable revenue. The story's here.

CFO departs ConnectivHealth

[corrected 10:15 a.m.] ConnectivHealth CEO Scott McQuigg says CFO Bob Kinard (at left) has left for what McQuigg described as another very attractive opportunity, which McQuigg said he was not at liberty to divulge. McQuigg said last week he has not decided whether or not to replace Kinard with a CFO. In February, ConnectivHealth announced it would concentrate solely on its HealthTeacher business. Kinard, who had been with ConnectivHealth more than two years, previously held a series of high-profile posts, including chief corporate development officer for Passport Health Communications, where he spent seven years; director of development for Phycor for 20 months; director of KPMG Health Ventures for nearly six years; plus, three years as an analyst with AmSouth Bank. Kinard earned his MBA at the University of Alabama and his finance degree at Florida State. Kinard also confirmed his departure, but declined at this time to comment on plans for his future career, which has been almost entirely in healthcare.

ConnectivHealth HealthTeacher adds advisor

Nashville-based ConnectivHealth, which we reported recently sold its VerusMed Division, has named Jon Vice (at left) senior adviser to the company's HealthTeacher division. Vice was previously CEO of Children's Hospital and Health System, Milwaukee. ConnectivHealth CEO Scott McQuigg said in an announcement today, “Jon has spent a lifetime dedicated to the improvement of children’s health, and we are honored to have him join HealthTeacher... Jon built one of the most respected pediatric medical centers in the country, and in doing so his organization developed many collaborative children’s health education programs with schools and community organizations. Jon brings a wealth of experience to HealthTeacher as a children’s hospital CEO, community leader, and advocate for children’s health.”

ConnectivHealth disconnects VerusMed

There must be an increasing premium placed upon the quality of "agility" among portfolio-company CEOs. As we report today, ConnectivHealth is divesting a long-standing product to a media agglomerator. Here's the story.