Kryptiq Management

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Luis Machuca is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Kryptiq Corporation, a leading provider of interoperability and workflow connectivity solutions for healthcare. Mr. Machuca received his BSEE in 1980 and MSIE in 1981 both from Purdue University. He joined Intel Corp. in 1981 where he spent 15 years. He held a variety of roles in management before becoming co-GM of the OEM Products & Services Division where he established Intel as the #1 motherboard supplier in the world. In 1996 he became the EVP of the NEC Computer Services Division of PB-NEC Corp. In 1999, Mr. Machuca joined eFusion Corp. as President and COO and subsequently merged the company with ITXC. Mr. Machuca currently serves on the Oregon Health & Science University Foundation Board of Trustees, the University of Portland Board of Regents, and the Catholic Charities of Oregon Board of Directors. Mr. Machuca has also served on the Portland Metropolitan Family Services Board of Directors, the Jesuit High School Board of Trustees, the Lifeworks NW Board of Directors, the Boy Scouts of America Cascade Pacific Council Executive Board, and was a finals judge for the 2005, 2006 and 2007 NewVenture Championship business plan competitions sponsored by the University of Oregon’s Lundquist Center for Entrepreneurship.

 

Vik Anantha received a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from the University of Mysore, India and a Master’s degree in Computer Science from Oregon State University. Vik started his Software Engineering career at the College of Oceanography at Oregon State University and then moved on to NEC corp. After NEC, he indulged in his appetite for startup companies, developing software products for several in the Portland Metro area. Throughout his career, Vik has had the opportunity to work with various types of software applications, ranging from Carrier-Grade Real Time applications to large Enterprise applications.

Shannon Burke received her Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Cal Poly Pomona in 1988. She worked at PacifiCare for seven years in a variety of sales and marketing positions, including VP of Sales and Marketing at PacifiCare Oregon. After two years at Strategic Capital Management doing healthcare consulting, Shannon joined the founding team at MyHealthBank, a healthcare software company, as Senior VP of Marketing and Sales.

Jim Coppa has over 20 years' experience in high technology software development, including more than 15 years in healthcare. He has held senior management positions both in hospitals and independent software companies. He founded an electronic medical records software company in 1996 that was later acquired by MedicaLogic/Medscape in 1999. Prior to joining Kryptiq, he was Director of Product Development at MedicaLogic/Medscape for online patient portals and handheld applications.

Kurt Koehler received his BA from Stanford in 1977 and an MBA from Wharton in 1981. He joined Intel in 1981 and spent 20 years in a variety of roles including finance, product marketing, general manager, plant manager and director of internal application development. He received two Intel Achievement awards, one for implementing the first Independent Software Vendor program at Intel and another for implementing Intel's first mission critical client/server system.

Scott McCullough received a Bachelor of Science degree from Samford University and an MBA from Vanderbilt University. He has more than 20 years of experience in the healthcare industry. He is responsible for sales and support to all Blue Cross Blue Shield plans, commercial plans and government plans. Before joining Kryptiq, Scott worked at Passport Health Communications, a healthcare technology organization. As Chief Marketing Officer and Vice President of Business Development, he oversaw marketing, payer relations and consulting services. Scott also held sales, marketing and account management positions with the global Life Sciences firm Aventis.

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Jaime Saavedra received his BSME in 1979 from the National University of Engineering in Peru and joined Intel after receiving an MSME from Texas Tech University in 1981. After receiving an MBA/MIM from Thunderbird in 1987, Jaime interrupted his 19 year career at Intel to work for IBM where he supported sales deals for their mid-range systems. He returned to Intel in 1988 where he held a variety of management positions in sales and marketing, strategic account management, business and program management, manufacturing operations, and international channel development. From 1998 to 2002, Jaime was a senior staff member in two new business ventures funded by Intel developing e-commerce services and computer security software.

Jeff Sponaugle received his BSCEE in 1994 from Purdue University. He joined Intel Corp. In 1995, working in product development for audio and video stacks, as well as advanced networking protocols. Jeff was most recently the principal architect at eFusion/ITXC, authoring more than 10 patents. He has extensive expertise in Software and Network Architecture, as well as application and network security.