Media Room
Management Team
- Peter C. Brandt, Interim president and Chief Executive Officer
- Patrick Spangler, Chief Financial Officer
- Dave Burlington, Chief Operations Officer
- Thomas Giannulli, M.S., M.D., Chief Medical Information Officer
- Matthew Kaminer, General Counsel and Secretary
- Kathleen Donovan, Chief Human Resources Officer
Peter C. Brandt
Interim President and Chief Executive Officer
Peter brings more than 30 years of healthcare experience to Epocrates. He joined the Epocrates board of directors in February 2011. He recently held the position of President and CEO of Noven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. He currently serves on the board of directors for Rexahn Pharmaceuticals, Auxilium Pharmaceuticals and the Population Council. Peter holds an M.B.A in finance and accounting at Columbia University and a B.A. in economics and marketing from the University of Connecticut.
Patrick Spangler
Chief Financial Officer
Patrick joins Epocrates with more than 30 years of experience in operations, financial management, public offerings, and mergers and acquisitions for start-ups and Fortune 500 companies. Prior to Epocrates, Patrick served as an operating partner at Three Fields Capital, an investment management company. In the course of his career, Patrick has served as CFO for three multi-million dollar global companies. As CFO for privately-held HighJump Software, he designed and executed two global restructurings. During his tenure at ev3, he led the company through 50% organic growth and two public offerings. He also served as CFO at device manufacturer Empi and held senior management positions at Medtronic and Tonka Corporation.
Spangler holds a B.S. in accounting and an M.B.T. from the University of Minnesota, and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago.
Dave Burlington
Chief Operations Officer
Dave brings nearly 25 years of experience in product development and management, strategy, service, delivery and launch of on-demand/SaaS architectures to Epocrates. Most recently Dave served as group vice president of applications and technology at Taleo Corporation. During his five-year tenure, he led efforts for three major acquisitions and helped grow Taleo from $70 million to $240 million in revenues.
Previously, Dave served as senior vice president of product development for Comergent Technologies, Inc., which was acquired by Sterling Commerce in 2006. Dave has also held senior leadership positions at PeopleSoft, Inc., Gap, Inc. and Andersen Consulting.
Dave earned a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from Santa Clara University.
Thomas Giannulli, M.S., M.D.
Chief Medical Information Officer
Dr. Giannulli brings to the Epocrates team over 15 years of expertise in healthcare informatics, mobile development and medical training. Prior to joining Epocrates, Dr. Giannulli was the Chief Executive Officer of Caretools, which developed the first iPhone-based electronic medical record. Previously, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Physix, Inc. where led development of the first handheld medical application for physicians, and Vice President of advanced research at Data Critical Corp where he managed wireless and internet-based solutions.
Dr. Giannulli holds a M.S. in biomedical engineering from the University of Utah. He earned a M.D. from the University of Texas at Houston where he completed his residency and is board-certified in Internal Medicine.
Matthew Kaminer
General Counsel and Secretary
Matthew joins Epocrates from MediMedia, Inc. where he served as General Counsel. Previously, Matthew served as Assistant General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer at WebMD Health Corp. During his six year tenure at WebMD, he managed legal matters related to corporate, intellectual property, technology, privacy, regulatory and employment.
Matthew earned his J.D. from George Washington University Law School and B.S. in computer science from Pennsylvania State University.
Kathleen Donovan
Chief Human Resources Officer
Kathy joins Epocrates with more than 20 years experience in Human Resources and Labor and Employment law matters in the pharmaceutical industry. Most recently Kathy served as Sr. Vice President of Human Resources for Pfizer's U.S. Pharmaceutical business, where as a member of the Executive Leadership Team and the head of Human Resources, Kathy was responsible for setting and implementing the Human Resources strategy for the business. Additionally, Kathy was a key member of the Company's HR Leadership Team in setting Human Resources strategy for Pfizer's Global business. Prior to this position Kathy served as Assistant General Counsel for Employment and Benefit matters for Pfizer.
Kathy holds a B.A. from University of Illinois and a J.D. from Chicago-Kent college of Law.