At CFO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top Illinois based CFO’ operating in the Medical space. If you think a CFO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Alan Nielsen
Chief Financial Officer of Walgreens
Alan Nielsen is chief financial officer for Walgreen Co. based in Deerfield, Illinois. Nielsen has been with Walgreens since 1987. Prior to being promoted to his current role, Nielsen was group vice president of International Finance. Before that, he served as director of results and director of decision support systems. Previously, he held several finance and accounting roles in the company. Nielsen received a bachelor of science degree in accounting from Eastern Illinois University in 1987 and earned a CPA designation in 1990.
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About Walgreens: Walgreens provides multi-channel access to consumer goods and cost-effective pharmacy, health, and wellness services.
Brian Yoor
Senior Vice President Finance & Chief Financial Officer of Abbott
Brian Yoor is Senior Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer. He was appointed to his current position in June 2015. He previously served as Vice President, Investor Relations. Brian joined Abbott in August 1997, and held various financial management positions of increasing responsibility, including Controller positions in the pharmaceutical, nutrition, and diagnostic businesses, before being asked to lead Abbott’s Investor Relations effort in January 2013. Prior to joining Abbott, Brian was a certified public accountant with Arthur Andersen and held financial positions in the consumer industry with the Scotts Company and Newell Rubbermaid. “In Abbott Finance, we are the stewards that enable financial reliability and growth for Abbott, “ Says Brian. “ A strong, growing company is better able to help people around the world live their healthiest lives.” Brian serves on the board of the Clara Abbott Foundation. He is a member of NIRI, the National Investor Relations Institute. He earned his bachelor’s degree in accounting at the University of Toledo in Ohio.
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About Abbott: Abbott is engaged in pharmaceuticals and manufacturing healthcare products.
Paul Burton
CFO of 4D Healthware
Paul Burton, JD, MBA – Biography • Paul Burton has been the CEO of Akan Biosciences since December 2018. Akan is a biotech startup based in Maryland developing regenerative medicinal therapeutics. In September, the Company expects to start a Phase 2A trial for a cellular therapy for osteoarthritis of knee. • Through Burton Advisory, Inc. Paul provides strategic and financial advice to healthcare companies. Clients include a mix of early stage biotech as well as some digital healthcare companies such as Cancer IQ, Care Advisors and 4D Healthware. • In addition, Paul is currently an Entrepreneur In Residence at Northwestern University supporting students and faculty with healthcare oriented commercialization projects. • He was the CEO of ResQ Pharma, Inc. from July 2015 through December 2018. • He co-founded Vivacelle Bio, Inc. and was employed as its CFO and a member of its Board of Directors (BOD) from 2012 through 2015. • He is a Member of MATTER, a Chicago based healthcare incubator and the Bunker Labs, an Incubator started in Chicago for U.S. military veterans. • Paul has over 20 years of experience in corporate finance and strategic advisory including as an investment banker starting with Salomon Brothers in NYC and later in London (now Citigroup Corporate & Investment Bank) and as a VP at GE Capital in Stamford, CT. • He worked as the CFO for a unionized specialty construction contracting company for 3 years in Illinois. • Paul is published in several peer reviewed scientific research journals including the European Journal of Pharmacology. • Served as a U.S. Regular Army Commissioned Officer (Infantry) upon completion of the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Army ROTC program in 1990 (Distinguished Military Graduate). • He is former Member of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) MBA Advisory Board and UIUC College of Law Recent Alumni Advisory Board. • Paul served as a Board Trustee for Evanston History Center formerly known as the Evanston Historical Society from June 2014 to June 2020. • He serves as Finance Chair for Hemenway United Methodist Church (Evanston). • Paul has enjoyed living in Evanston with wife and son since 2007.
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About 4D Healthware: 4D Healthware is patient engagement software that makes personalized medicine possible through connected data.
Tom Pruter
CFO of BandGrip
Previous to his involvement with Axios Investments LLC, Tom had early and instrumental involvement in a variety of startup companies across the disciplines of entertainment, new media, and educational, financial and medical technologies. Companies included therein are myFootPath, IdeaCast, K2M, OES, Tru Fragrances, Out The Box Records, Focus Technology, and TradingBlock. He is currently an active board member of TradingBlock, an online options brokerage house. Prior to focusing on early stage investing Tom was a market maker in equity options on the floor of the Chicago Board Options Exchange, covering the spectrum from sole proprietor to owning and managing several specialist operations, and still maintains a trading firm in Chicago. Tom received a BS in Computer Science from Marquette University. Upon graduation, he co-founded NeoTek Software, a developer of educational CAD/CAM software that was later integrated into a national education supplier.
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About Axios Investments, Axios Investments, BandGrip, BandGrip: BandGrip is a medical noninvasive wound closure device that is used in micro-anchor skin treatment during the critical healing.
Kray Kibler
CFO of Safco Dental Supply
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About Safco Dental Supply: Safco Dental Supply expertise in providing medical devices for dental industry.
Harvey Becker
Chief Financial Officer of Centurion Service Group
As Vice President for Finance & Administration at talk3, Harvey Becker is using all of the skills he has assembled in a career that has taken several forms. Trained as a lawyer, he worked as a real estate attorney for a small New York City firm for two years before heading out to Hollywood to chase his dream and fortune. Toiling for seven years in the entertainment industry, he found neither despite racking up some credits including one as a head writer/show runner on a Nickelodeon network program. Finally, after picking up an MBA, the package was complete. With legal knowledge and experience, creative talents and finance and business training, he had everything that growing, entrepreneurial companies need to thrive (but don’t want to pay multiple salaries). Becker has served as Vice President of Finance & Administration at Andrew Solt Productions/Sofa Entertainment, as Vice President, Business Development at Time-Life Video and Time-Life Music and as Chief Operating Officer at Digital Kitchen. He has been Vice President for Finance & Administration at talk3 since early 2011. Becker holds an MBA from the Anderson School at UCLA, a JD from the Boston University Law School and a BA from the University of Pennsylvania.
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About Centurion Service Group: Centurion Service Group is a surplus medical equipment company.
Becky Lyne
Chief Financial Officer of Lifeline Scientific
Ms. Lyne holds more than 20 years of financial and executive management experience in a variety of industries in both the public and private markets. She has led the Lifeline Scientific, Inc. accounting function for the past 5 years as the Company’s Corporate Controller. Ms. Lyne earned her MBA in Finance from the University of Michigan and a BS in Accounting from Indiana University.
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About Lifeline Scientific: Lifeline Scientific is a medical technology company, develops products and services for cell, tissue, and organ transplantation.
John Anderson
Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of Knowles Electronics
John Anderson manages all financial functions at Knowles Corporation. He plays a key role in developing, monitoring and evaluating Knowles’ overall capital structure and capital allocation strategy. Working closely with the CEO and leaders of the business units, John’s proven track record and commitment ensures Knowles consistently achieves bottom line performance, working capital, and ultimately, enhancing shareholder value. John joins Knowles after more than four years at Dover Corporation, where he held several positions. Most recently he was vice president and chief financial officer of Dover Energy, where he increased the company’s profitability through a number of acquisitions and successful integrations. Previously, John held a number of leadership titles at Sauer Danfoss, Borg Warner Turbosystems and Borg Warner Automotive. At Borg Warner, he worked in Germany for two years. He started his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers. A certified public accountant, he is member of the Illinois CPA Society and former board member of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago. He graduated in 1986 from Western Michigan University with a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting. He also received an MBA degree in business administration from the University of Chicago in 2000. John lives in Elmhurst with his wife and three children.
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About Knowles Electronics: Knowles Electronics is a Supplier of performance audio, intelligent audio, specialty components in the mobile communications.
Keith Wolski
CFO of NextLevel Health
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About NextLevel Health: NextLevel Health is a medicaid managed care health plan providing community-based care coordination.
Hanearl Noh
Co-founder/Chief Financial Officer of Pymedix
Hanearl Noh is Chief Financial Officer at Pymedix. He is responsible for the implementation and management of all finance activities of the company, including business planning, budgeting, forecasting, and investor relations. Hanearl has over 10 years of experience in private equity and was instrumental in numerous deals involving various industries such as healthcare, finance, logistics, telecommunications, and energy. He was previously CFO of a startup in Korea, where he led a new capital funding round of over USD100M, and advised on corporate governance.
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About Pymedix: Pymedix is building fully-automated machine perception technologies that move medical imaging forward.