HORSHAM, Pa., Aug. 29, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Symphony Health Solutions, owned by Palo Alto-based strategic equity firm Symphony Technology Group, today announced the hires of three new senior executives and a new member of its Board of Directors. John Milana joins the company as Chief Financial Officer, Jon Rosan has been named General Counsel, and Nigel Pratt has accepted an appointment as CTO. Milana and Rosan are based in the firm's Horsham, Pa., office; Pratt is based in Phoenix. In addition, Dr. Hari Mahadevan has been appointed to the company's Board in an active advisory role.
As Symphony Health Solutions' CFO, John Milana brings a successful track record of financial and operational leadership for technology and information services businesses. For the past five years, he served as the CFO for SunGuard Higher Education, a software and services business focused on the higher education market. He previously held financial leadership positions at SAP America, Sony Electronics, and IMS Health, where he was Chief Financial Officer for the Americas. Milana is a CPA and holds a B.S. from Rider University.
As Symphony Health Solutions' General Counsel, Jonathan Rosan brings nearly 20 years' experience in intellectual property licensing, corporate governance and commercial transactions. Most recently, he was General Counsel for Rosetta, an interactive marketing agency with a heavy focus on the health and pharmaceutical industries. Previous roles included General Counsel and Secretary for And 1, a privately-held footwear and apparel company and General Counsel for the International Fight League, a publicly-traded entertainment company, as well as Senior Counsel for Moody's Analytics, an affiliate of Moody's Investor Services. Rosan received undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Pennsylvania. He began his legal career as an associate with Drinker Biddle & Reath, a large corporate law firm.
As Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Nigel Pratt brings Symphony Health Solutions more than 27 years' software engineering experience and deep knowledge of optimizing large multi-terabyte databases and analytics. He has held posts here in the U.S. and in the U.K. including SVP of Software Development for market research firm Symphony IRI, VP of Engineering at Symphony RPM, VP of Software Development at i2 Technologies, and VP of Software Development at Aspect Development, Inc. Pratt holds a B.S. from Southampton Solent University in the U.K.
Dr. Hari Mahadevan joins the Symphony Health Solutions Board with a wealth of diverse experience as a corporate leader and business consultant to the Healthcare sector. Most recently, he held the post of Executive Officer with Rosetta where he developed and led both its largest vertical – Healthcare – and its Consulting Practice and helped grow the company from $4M of revenue in 2002 to over $200M at its point of sale to Publicis in 2011. Mahadevan also is on the faculty of the Wharton School of Business where he designed and teaches an MBA course on Healthcare Marketing. Previously, he was a management consultant at McKinsey & Company for five years focusing on the pharmaceutical and biotech industry. He has also held senior technical positions in both Merck and Celgene and worked as a Research Scientist at NASA. He holds a Ph.D. from North Carolina State University and an M.B.A from University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School.
"Our mission at Symphony Health Solutions is to be a strategic partner to our clients in the transformation of the health information and analytics industry. The addition of John, Nigel, Jon and Hari helps us take a strong step forward to improve the operational and customer centricity of our key finance, legal, technology and Board leaders, and adds strong talent for our investment in innovation," said Romesh Wadhwani, CEO, Symphony Technology Group. "They are all strong team players with a great record of success in previous roles, and they will help us drive our strategy of growth through innovation, and will help the organization to deliver on its promise. We feel very positive about the future of our business, and are thrilled to have this caliber of talent share our vision for success."
About Symphony Health Solutions
Symphony Health Solutions provides comprehensive and multi-dimensional understanding of relevant information necessary to measure performance and inform strategies for optimal business decision-making. Focused on conveying value through information to the life sciences and healthcare industries, each of its units brings deep sector expertise and innovation in the delivery of insight to our client partners.
Comprised of AlphaDetail, ImpactRx, Source Healthcare Analytics and TargetRx, the company connects a broad set of research, analytics and health information products that together form a leading performance measurement group. On this strong collaborative platform, Symphony Health Solutions builds innovative solutions to unite information with insight, and deliver high-value knowledge products that enable clients to operate within an evolving healthcare ecosystem. For more information, visit: www.symphonyhealth.com.