Meet The Team

Kevin MacDonald has worked with Internet of Things (IoT), RFID and cloud software technologies for more than 15 years and has been recognized for numerous industry awards including being named Top 50 in Digital Health by Rock Health and as a finalist for EY Entrepreneur of the Year in the DC region in 2015. He is also named as an inventor on six patents related to IoT usage in healthcare.

Kevin co-founded Kit Check in 2011 as its CEO and bootstrapped the company through its first 16 hospital customers. Along with his co-founder, Kevin subsequently raised $22 million in venture funding and led the company’s rapid growth to over 250 hospitals that have automated tracking and management for more than 11 million medications. Kit Check represents the fastest known growth rate for pharmacy technology adoption and has been recognized as a UHC Start-up Challenge Finalist, a Health IT Start-up to Watch by Becker’s, a Technology Breakthrough Product by Premier, and the Hottest Start-up in Washington, DC. Kevin is seen as an innovator for bringing both IoT and cloud technologies to the hospital pharmacy for the first time.

Prior to Kit Check, Kevin served in executive and technical roles at Sun Microsystems and ODIN Technologies working with companies ranging from Smith; Nephew and Johnson & Johnson to Pfizer, BMS, Fidelity and Airbus. Kevin is an accomplished Karaoke singer and a graduate of 2016 NCAA Basketball Champion Villanova University where he earned a degree in computer science.

Tim Kress-Spatz is Co-founder of Kit Check and was named to Rock Health’s Top 50 in Digital Health in 2014. He has been programming since the age of 9 and started his professional career on Wall Street building highly-scalable consumer and enterprise websites and trading systems. He continued his career focusing on the digital needs of the world’s largest consumer brands. Tim led the architecture design and system development for Kit Check’s hospital pharmacy kit processing solution. His experience in consumer technology shapes his focus on bringing friendly software to the hospital pharmacy that is easy to install, easy to use and delivers measurable benefits. Tim is a graduate of Villanova University with a degree in computer science.

Kristyn Reed-Salow leads the Finance and Operations teams at Kit Check and brings over 15 years of executive experience growing software companies. She served as CFO at several companies including Law.com, Mantas Inc. (Sold to Oracle), Fishbowl Inc., and most recently, Framebridge. Kristyn spent the first six years of her career as a manager at Ernst & Young. Her focus is on growth software and analytics companies and she has been involved in significant merger and acquisitions over the years. Kristyn is committed to innovation, practical problem solving, and hands-on leadership.

She earned her MA in Economic Development from the University of Chicago and holds an Accounting degree from Michigan State University. She is a CPA and CMA.

Amy Langan leads the Kit Check marketing team as Chief Marketing Officer. She has over 25 years of product, marketing, and development experience in the pharmaceutical and health care industries. Before joining Kit Check in January 2019, Langan served as vice president of marketing and business development at AmerisourceBergen where she focused on providing pharmaceutical products, value-driving services and business solutions that improve access to care. Most recently, Langan served as senior vice president of marketing and sales at Fresenius Kabi where she worked closely with generic injectable drugs for infusion, transfusion and clinical nutrition.

As executive vice president at Kit Check, Eric Bolling brings over 30 years of experience to the company’s sales division. Prior to joining Kit Check in January 2019, Eric was General Manager of Enterprise Corporate Accounts at Cardinal Health. He focuses as a team leader on driving superior results by establishing a winning culture of employee value, empowerment, and accountability. Professionally, he has a passion for sales leadership, enterprise sales, and strategic client development. Eric earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration at the University of Texas at Austin.

Cameron Ferroni started his career at Microsoft writing mouse driver code in assembly language, before moving on to the Windows NT, Internet Information Server teams, and ultimately being one of the founders of Xbox and Xbox Live. Post Microsoft, he has held a variety of C-Level roles at Marchex, Gridpoint, and most recently TheClymb.com.
He graduated from the University of Waterloo, with a BASc in Computer Engineering.

As General Counsel of Kit Check, Mialeeka “Mia” Williams-Bibbs brings over 20 years of experience providing creative solutions to complex legal and operational issues. Previously she served at McKesson Corporation as Chief Counsel of the U.S. Pharmaceuticals Health Systems segment.  Prior to joining McKesson, Mia served as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Addivant where she created a global legal department, developed an international compliance program and oversaw Addivant’s intellectual property portfolio. Previously, she served as Innovation Counsel for The Coca-Cola Company.  Prior to joining Coca-Cola, Mia worked as in-house patent counsel for Rhodia Inc.  Mia has also practiced law as a law firm associate. She is a graduate of George Washington University Law School and a proud Bison with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Howard University.

Ramsey joined Kit Check in 2015 to build out a Product Management function after a decade leading product organizations at various successful ed tech ventures. Fast forward 6 years, Ramsey’s team of product leaders and UX designers have successfully launched 4 new products while growing the Kit Check customer base by 700%.

Max is the Chief of Staff at Kit Check. He has a passion for data-driven decision-making and efficiency. Max joined Kit Check as an intern on the implementation team in 2015 before transitioning to the finance team. Max is a proud graduate of the University of Michigan, where he majored in Economics.

Nick helps generic drug companies, 503B syringe compounders and tech companies in the pharmaceutical industry ready their products and equipment for the next generation of medication tracking. He spends his days making sure the drugs Kit Check’s customers need are available in a pre-tagged format, and that manufacturers can better understand how their products are used, so that the future of hospital pharmacy is better than the present. Prior to his position in corporate development, Nick ran the Customer Success organization for Kit Check. Before Kit Check, he was a project and product manager at Epic Systems, specializing in specialist practices, anesthesia and surgery management systems.

Alex Clark joined Kit Check in March 2020 as the Product Owner for Bluesight for Controlled Substances. She has worked as a business analyst and on product teams for over 3 years and has a passion for driving meaningful product solutions with a focus on customer obsession. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics with a concentration in Statistics from Old Dominion University.

Brennan joined Kit Check in 2017 and has lead implementations with both hospital and pharmaceutical partners. Previously he worked as a product manager in the field of network troubleshooting and as a PeaceCorps volunteer in small business development.

Catherine Cannon is the Senior Product Owner for the Core Kit Check and Registry Products. She is responsible for working closely with Kit Check customers to determine requirements for new product features and the prioritization of these features. Catherine earned her B.S. from Fordham University and M.S. from Georgetown University.

Cecilia heads the Accounting Department as the Controller and has enjoyed a career at Kit Check for the past 4 years. Before coming to Kit Check, she worked in public accounting at Pricewaterhouse (PwC) in the audit sector for various public (energy) and private clients (including government contracting, non-profits, professional services, and real estate investment trusts). Cecilia is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and graduated from Virginia Tech in Accounting.

Christopher Hale is a Technical Support Engineer within the Kit Check Support Team. Before joining the Kit Check team, Christopher taught adults with disabilities about the IT field and certain life skills. Christopher is CompTIA A+ and Network+ certified. Christopher is currently pursuing his CompTIA Security+ certification. Christopher’s main priority is delivering a pleasant customer experience.

Christian Doyle is the API Team Lead on the Kit Check Engineering Team. Prior to Kit Check, he worked at LivingSocial as a software developer. Before that role, he was a developer at Global Strategies Group and a small RFID company. Christian has a Master of Science degree in Computer Science from George Washington University.

I joined Kit Check in 2020 from AmerisourceBergen, where I spent 5 years in supply chain operations followed by a transition into sales and specialty services, working closely with regional health systems and large IDNs to drive strategic partnerships. I now own the customer experience post-implementation for the suite of solutions at Kit Check, working to drive value and optimization through goals and outcomes with customers. I am a desert dweller since birth, born and raised in Arizona and obtained a Bachelor’s in Management from the W.P. Carey School of Business at ASU. Go Devils!

Craig Calcaterra is the Regional Sales Director for the Kit Check sales team covering the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic states and brings more than 30 years of experience working directly with the pharmacy and OR in adopting new technology. Prior to Kit Check, he worked with pharmacists to implement web-based electronic surveillance of medications and earlier in his career provided medical monitoring devices and supplies for cardiac, respiratory and anesthesia. Craig’s experience includes work for Cardinal Health, Zoll Medical, Philips Medical Systems, Masimo and Wolters Kluwer. Craig receive a B.S. in Business Administration and Marketing with a Statistical Analysis Emphasis from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He enjoys spending time with his family, hiking, golfing and cheering on the Chicago Bears and Blackhawks.

Curtis is a Cyber Security professional with several years experience in Compliance, Assurance, and security implementations.

Dan Crawford is a Software Engineer on the Bluesight team. He has worked as a developer and graphic designer with tech start ups for over 5 years, in the broadcast, online retail and healthcare industries. He attended Boston University and the George Washington University.

Danielle Gardner is a Data Scientist at Kit Check. Prior to Kit Check, she worked as an analyst at a scientific consulting firm. She holds a Master of Science in Engineering degree in bioengineering from the University of Pennsylvania.

Danny Kim is a graduate from UCSF with a masters in bioengineering, and attended UCLA for his undergraduate studies. He is thrilled to be working to provide insights on healthcare data that help alleviate healthcare professionals’ economic and workflow burdens. On his free time, he goes surfing and creates digital art.

Darwin Fu is a Data Scientist at Kit Check with a background in drug discovery and healthcare. He enjoys applying his research experience to answer data challenges of all shapes and sizes. Originally from California, Darwin holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from UC San Diego and a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Vanderbilt.

David has worked in the healthcare industry for over 25 years, including pharmaceutical, technology, and distribution. His experience includes sales, sales leadership, training, operations, contracting, distribution, and project management with organizations that include Bristol-Myers Squibb, Pinpoint, Inc., and AmerisourceBergen. David earned his B.A. in Transportation and Physical Distribution from Auburn University. War Eagle!

Emily has been with Kit Check for 3+ years, joining Kit Check from the Advisory Board Company. Emily serves as a dedicated resource and trusted advisor to all Kit Check Customers in the Southeast region of the United States. She is a Certified Customer Success Manager (CSM) and is passionate about helping Customers achieve value and success. Emily graduated from the University of Virginia with a Bachelor of Arts in Biology.

Director of UX with over 15 years of experience designing products that people love to use. I enjoy solving challenging problems and creating user-centric experiences that make a user’s life easier. At Kit Check, I’m proudly building the future of medical intelligence for hospitals and pharmacies.

Erin Szarpa is the Engineering Manager for the Bluesight for Controlled Substances Team. Prior to joining Kit Check, she spent over a decade with VitalSource, building scalable solutions for getting digital course materials into the hands of millions of students worldwide. Erin has a BS in Computer Science and an MBA from the State University of New York at Buffalo.

Grant Pemberton has a background in biomedical engineering, data science, and software development for medical technologies. Prior starting at Kit Check, Grant received his Master’s degree in Translational Medicine from UC Berkeley and UCSF.

Jacki brings 14 years of experience selling SaaS solutions and collaborating with customers to become more efficient and ultimately safer for patients through the use of technology. Jacki joined Kit Check in 2013 and is responsible for the Western United States, including many of Kit Check’s major IDN partners. As the Vice President of Sales and Account Management, her team is responsible for new sales, account retention and optimizing value for our customers.

Jamie is a software developer with background in Systems Engineering, QA, and Security. In her free time, she goes to happy hour, cooks, and DIYs home decor.

Jan works as a staff accountant at Kit Check. Her prior experience includes working as an auditor with KPMG as well as various accounting roles at Hang Ten International and John Deere Waterloo Works.

Jessica is an Implementation Specialist on the BCS Team. She’s currently a licensed RN with 5+ years of Progressive Care experience. Prior to joining the KitCheck team, Jessica was a Senior Applications Analyst working primarily with Cerner at Mon Health Medical Center in Morgantown, WV.

Jon Connors joined Kit Check in 2013 from AmerisourceBergen, a Fortune 50 healthcare products leader. At AmerisourceBergen, he was responsible for selling physician order entry systems into large health systems and multi-specialty and community-based practices. He was responsible for the East Coast, where he helped consult with many large health networks as they evaluated electronic medical records and integrated pharmacy solutions. Prior to that, he was a top sales executive for VaultLogix LLC where he sold cloud-based data storage solutions.
Jon graduated from Bentley University with a B.A. in Economics and Finance.

Josh is a dedicated Solutions Consultant based in Washington, DC. With a degree from the University of Maryland School of Public Heath, he is passionate about patient outcomes and provider enablement. In his free time, Josh enjoys watching basketball, going on runs, and taking road trips across the country.

Kaitlyn has been working within the healthcare industry for over 10 years in many different roles, from administration to IT. She also has a background in customer success which led her to the Kit Check team. Originally from Michigan, Kaitlyn has a Bachelor’s of Science in Health Administration from Eastern Michigan University.

Katie Verrant works on improving and designing exceptional user experience for various Kit Check products. The best part of her job is listening to customer’s challenges and working towards making their job slightly easier. She has a BFA from Rochester Institute of Technology in New Media Design and Imaging.

Katy Mayer is an Implementation Specialist for Bluesight for Controlled Substances. She enjoys problem solving and is passionate about leveraging the power of data for our customers. Since 2016 she’s enjoyed working with our Kit Check customers in a variety of ways, ask her about some of her favorite experiences!

Katy leads the Human Resources function at Kit Check as our HR Director. Prior to joining Kit Check, she worked in HR at a training company specializing in sales, project management, and business analysis and for a firm that specializes in IT solutions for a number of government agencies. Katy graduated from George Mason University with a Bachelor of Science in Management and Marketing with a minor in Psychology.

Kevin Ewoldt is a software engineer on the Kit Check Engineering Team. Before joining Kit Check, Kevin spent 15+ years programming in a variety of fields including the Department of Defense, finance corporations, and media companies. He graduated from Loyola University and spends his free time attending any live music show he can.

Konrad Crabtree has been consulting with hospital pharmacies since 2002 to improve regulatory compliance, maximize operations efficiency, and escalate patient safety. Konrad lives in Lake Tapps, WA along with his wife and 4 daughters. He has a B.A. in Japanese from Brigham Young University, which has come in very helpful for the three Japanese conversations he’s had at ASHP meetings over the past 19 years.

Lori works with generic drug companies and 503B compounders to bring more RFID-enabled products to market, increasing the availability of pre-tagged drugs in hospital pharmacy departments. Lori is also responsible for onboarding new customers of our data services, ensuring that Kit Check’s pharmaceutical partners make the right strategic decisions for their business. Prior to joining Kit Check, Lori worked in the healthcare startup space and spent a decade at The Advisory Board Company. Lori earned her MPH from Tulane University in New Orleans and holds a BA in Women’s Studies from UMass Amherst.

Lucas is a seasoned marketing, digital, and strategy professional with over five years of experience. His marketing experience ranges across multiple disciplines, including strategic growth, communications, and public relations. He has a particular affinity for startups where Kit Check is his third startup where he focused on growth.

I am an experienced Software Developer that has a passion for learning new technologies and development tools. I also love to do photography, cooking including home ferments & pickling, and travel!

Maggie joined Kit Check in November 2019. She brings several years of experience in leadership development experience in a variety of industries. Maggie earned her Bachelors of Science degree in Analytical and Physical Chemistry from Lehigh University and her Masters degree in Higher and Postsecondary Education from Columbia University. She is also a certified Associate Professional in Human Resources.

MaryAnn Jensen has been extensively involved in the Health Care Industry for over twenty years. She assisted in the development of the reverse distribution industry as one of the first people hired at Capital Returns, Inc. MaryAnn was responsible for developing procedures for highly regulated areas such as Controlled Substance Processing and Tracking. She continued her Health Care career at PharmEcology Services which was later sold to Waste Management Health Care Solutions. Her background includes business development, process development and implementation, sales, and sales management. MaryAnn earned her B.A. in Finance from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee.

Matt has 8 years of Account Management and Project Management experience, (4 years specific to ensuring client satisfaction, account retention, and successful adoption of software in the healthcare industry). He’s worked with Teaching Hospitals to create carepathways for ID Pharmacists, created a partnership with ACOG to develop and deploy an OB specific EMR, and sucessfully implemented
a telehealth solution that reduced the number of ED visits for pediatric asthma patients. All of his projects are defined by cultivating strong, communicative
relationships with clients and redefining what it means to be organized through robust reporting and analytics.

Mike is the Product Manager for Kit Check and is focused on making medication intelligence a reality for the hospital pharmacy. Before joining Kit Check, Mike worked in product management at Cambridge Associates, a leading investment management firm. Mike earned his B.A. from the University of Richmond and has spent time living abroad in England and Ecuador.

Monika Heninger is a DevOps engineer at Kitcheck. She enjoys supporting developers and learning new, advancing technologies. Before Kitcheck, Monika worked on infrastructure at Thrivent Financial and Capital One.

Morgan’s favorite Core Value is Get Sh*t Done because it fits well with her tenacity to not let a rock go unturned. Morgan is passionate about the empowerment Kit Check’s RFID data brings to the customer as well as the visibility and call to action the data from Bluesight for Controlled Substances brings to the table. Since 2017, she has taken pride in helping people achieve their goals in the Pharmacy environment.

Nathalie Aferiat is the Product Manager for Learning and Development at Kit Check. Before joining Kit Check Nathalie worked at the Advisory Board as a Senior Analyst where she led consulting projects for hospitals across the United States. Nathalie majored in Biochemistry at Barnard and concentrated in Epidemiology at the Masters in Public Health Program at Yale.

Nick Fishter is a Technical Support Engineer within the Kit Check Support Team. Prior to joining Kit Check, Nick was a Network Support Technician for a large bank. While there, he supported end users with various problems related to networking and software. Nick loves working with customers to help them overcome their problems.

Olivia has held marketing positions across a range of industries – from women’s ready-to wear fashion, to commercial real estate finance, to boutique PR. At Kit Check, she has combined a life-long interest in science, technology, and human
potential with an affinity for storytelling to good purpose. Olivia has a BA in English from the University of Maryland, College Park.

Qudsia is the company’s Staff Accountant and assists in daily accounting functions. She graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington with her Bachelors of Science in Accounting and is excited to bring her 15 years of accounting experience to Kitcheck.

Ramsey Doany is the Principal Hardware Engineer for Kit Check. He is responsible for R&D and technical management of Kit Check’s RFID solutions. Prior to Kit Check, he worked as an FPGA design engineer in the Space Science & Engineering division at the Southwest Research Institute and a Software-Defined Radio Systems Engineer at Ettus Research/National Instruments. He holds an MS in Electrical Engineering from Texas State University with a focus on RFID and Communication Systems.

Samir Neyazi is the Senior Product Manager for Bluesight for Controlled Substances. Samir is responsible for the development and implementation of the product strategy, execution on the product roadmap, and planning of go-to-market strategies for the business line. Samir’s background is in other B2B SaaS product roles at early-stage startup, Convoke, and top Canadian software company, OpenText, has been focused on helping customers solve complex information supply-chain challenges. Samir earned his B.S from James Madison University.

I am from the mile high city in Colorado and am bilingual in English and Chinese. A fun fact about me is that I’ve traveled to over 20 countries across 5 continents.

I love being a QA Engineer for the simple reason that it is challenging and creative. Constantly there are bugs to find and problems to solve and one has to think out of the box. Before getting into IT I was a certified Personal Trainer and a Nutritionist.

Themis has a background in healthcare working as a breast cancer research assistant at Georgetown University’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center and an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) during her undergraduate years at The George Washington University. She joined Kit Check in 2017 and has managed hundreds of Kit Check product implementations.

Win is a Senior Solutions Consultant at Kit Check who strives to assure customer success by aligning product configuration with customer needs and workflows. He collaborates with stake holders at individual hospitals as well as enterprise levels to help develop and deliver results for financial and operational initiatives. He spent his previous 8 years at Wolters Kluwer Health driving the successful use of a clinical decision support tool for pharmacists. He has a Bachelor’s of Science degree from the University of Wisconsin – Madison, the city he calls home.

Regularly seen riding his bicycle around DC and mugging for all the security cameras, he enjoys taking things apart and putting them back together again in almost, but not quite, entirely unlike their original condition. He brings a focus on and history with security as a shared responsibility, infrastructure-as-code and operational excellence to the team.