MDLIVE CEO and leadership

Transformational leader with track record of developing innovative and pragmatic solutions to solve complex business problems and create shareholder value across multiple industries. Through blend of corporate, strategy consulting, and private equity experience have built strong commercial mindset with distinguishing capabilities in corporate strategy, performance and portfolio optimization, corporate development, insights and analytics, merger integration, multi-function team leadership, and change management.

Dr. Deborah Ann Mulligan is an Institute for Child Health Policy, Director; Professor of Pediatrics at NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY; Chief Medical Affairs Officer at MDLIVE; and Member Board of Advisors at University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) and is based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She has worked as CritiCare PEM Attending at Baptist Health South Florida, Board Member at National Latino Children s Institute, and Attending Pediatric Emergency Medicine; Faculty University California San Francisco at Children s Hospital Oakland. Deborah attended UCLA and UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO.

Jon serves as MDLIVE President. With over 25 years of investment, operational, financial, and legal affairs leadership in healthcare and technology-focused businesses, Jon has a solid track record of identifying, evaluating, and executing growth opportunities through strategic partnerships, acquisitions, joint ventures, and other third-party relationships. He has extensive experience in healthcare M&A and partnerships, including managing all phases of analysis, due diligence, transaction structuring and execution, go-to-market strategies, and operational implementation.

Jon also serves as Managing Director of Bedford Funding, a private equity firm focused on growth equity investments in Healthcare and Technology focused businesses. His responsibilities have included the sourcing and execution of the firm’s investment strategy, portfolio management activities, and managing intermediary relationships. He also served as a member of the Board of Directors and on various PeopleFluent and KZO Innovations committees.

Before joining Bedford Funding, Jon served as Vice President and General Counsel of Unica Corporation, where he was responsible for the company’s worldwide legal affairs. He previously served as Vice President of Corporate Development and Deputy General Counsel of Geac, where he advised the company’s Board of Directors and senior management team on complex strategic, commercial, and operational issues, and corporate governance matters, as well as managing acquisition and divestiture initiatives and partnerships worldwide.

Jon received a J.D. from Boston University School of Law and a B.A., cum laude, from Colgate University and has participated in the Fellows Program at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

Christopher Shirley is a Chief Financial Officer at MDLIVE. He has experience at GE Healthcare and has worked as Chief Financial Officer at GE Intelligent Platforms, Chief Financial Officer at Radstone Technology Corporation, and Chief Financial Officer at ONTRAK INC..

Cynthia Zelis is a Chief Medical Officer at MDLIVE and is based in Strongsville, Ohio. She has worked as Medical Director System Quality Physician Office at University Hospitals, Family Medicine Physician at Southwest Family Physicians, and Family Medicine Physician at Southwest General Health Center. Cynthia works or has worked as Vice President Clinical Integration at University Hospitals. She attended Kent State University between 1990 and 1992; Baldwin Wallace University between 2011 and 2013; and Northeastern Ohio Universities, College of Medicine between 1992 and 1996.

George Regnery is Vice President, Chief of Staff at MDLIVE. He assists the CEO on a variety of projects, including market and financial analysis. He previously worked for Bedford Funding, a private equity fund, and an investor in MDLIVE.

At Bedford Funding, George analyzed potential acquisition candidates and performed financial analysis of portfolio companies. Before this, he worked for Geac Computer Corporation, Wright Investors Service, and Reuters, in various finance roles.

George has a Bachelor of Science degree in Operations Research from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and an MBA in Finance from the University of Rochester. In addition, George studied at WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management in Germany.

Nakort Valles brings more than 10 years of experience crafting highly scalable software. Prior to joining MDLIVE in November 2015, Nakort was co-founder of YACFirm, a consulting company specializing in bringing world class development to startup companies.