Management Team

Our management team consists of industry insiders – we’ve worked in the homecare industry and our knowledge of the industry helps us deliver products to our customers to meet their needs.


	Jerry Connelly, Chief Executive Officer & President

Jerry Connelly is a private investor with a particular interest in early stage technology companies. Previously, Mr. Connelly was Executive Vice President of Morneau Sobeco, a benefits outsourcing and consulting firm which recently completed a successful initial public offering. During his tenure, the firm’s revenue increased more than ten-fold, to over $70 million. Mr. Connelly began his career with international management consultancy Bain & Company, where he worked in their San Francisco and Toronto offices. In 1985, he earned an Industrial Engineering degree from Stanford University, where he was a member of both Tau Beta Pi and Phi Beta Kappa. In 1990, he won the Ford Prize honoring the valedictorian of the European Institute of Business Administration (INSEAD), a leading international MBA program.


	Bill Kaigler, Chief Operating Officer & Founder

Mr. Kaigler has more than 18 years experience in product management, business development, project management, engineering, and marketing in the business to business technology and medical device manufacturing industries. During his career, he successfully launched more than a dozen new products, was awarded more than ten patents for his innovations and served as marketing manager for corporate oxygen products. Before founding medSage, Mr. Kaigler served as Vice President of Product Management for Moai Technologies Inc. (originally Medebiz) , an Internet start-up software company specializing in e-sourcing and B2B healthcare contract management. He was also Director of New Ventures for Respironics.

Mr. Kaigler has a Master of Science Degree in Industrial Administration from Carnegie Mellon University Graduate School of Industrial Administration and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering from West Virginia University.


	Robert Crouch, Chief Strategy Officer & Chairman

Mr. Crouch has served in senior executive roles and has been in the healthcare industry for over 30 years. His diverse experience includes leadership positions in manufacturing, research and development, sales, marketing and general administration. He has worked in the home healthcare industry for 16 years. Bob’s most recent positions were with Respironics Inc., where he served as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing and Senior Vice President of New Business Ventures, Human Resouces, Legal, Information Technology, and Government Affairs. He also worked with The Dow Chemical Company, Betamed Pharmaceuticals and Cryogenic Associates (Division of Sybron Corp.) in various roles including Vice President, President, Chairman and CEO.


	Christian Kebekus , Chief Technology Officer

Mr. Kebekus joined medSage in 2005. Before his appointment as the company's first CTO, Mr. Kebekus led the team responsible for barcode-enabled point-of-care products at McKesson, a Fortune 15 company. In this position, he managed the design, implemention and deployment of the first-ever electronic order transmission for intravenous medication administration.

Previously, Mr. Kebekus was responsible for the internationalization and localization of MediaSite systems for the Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, and German markets.

Mr. Kebekus received a master's degree in Mathematics from the University of Dortmund, Germany in 1995.


	John F. Durkee, Jr., Vice President of North American Sales

Mr. Durkee has more than 25 years of sales and sales management experience, including 12 years in the healthcare industry. His most recent position was National Sales Manager at ABC Respiratory, a large respiratory pharmacy in the eastern United States.