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careviso's mission is to remove barriers and improve patient access to diagnostic testing. From engineers to customer care team members, we have the best interests of patients at heart and approach every business challenge with an open mind.

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The innovation behind our products drives our teams, allowing diversity and empathy to fuel our mission goals. We’ve chosen to be in an industry riddled with contradictions and rich in problems because we know our team can rise to the challenge. It is in how we approach these complexities that sets us apart: we don’t just deliver fast results, we believe doing a task well from the start is the right way to run a business.

Board of Directors

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Andrew Mignatti, Director & CEO

Andrew is an accomplished molecular diagnostics industry professional, having spent over 20 years in the field. Andrew began his career at Allergy Testing Laboratory and became the regional director of sales before the company was ultimately acquired by LabCorp. As the director of business development at LabCorp, Andrew gained valuable insight into the operations of a major laboratory as he led the company through multiple successful acquisitions in his division.

Prior to CMT Solutions, Andrew held executive leadership roles for molecular diagnostics companies, RedPath Integrated Pathology (now Interpace Diagnostic) and then was the CEO for Perthera. At Perthera, Andrew successfully raised $10million in capital funding and doubled the company’s revenue during his tenure, taking it from a small start-up to a fully operating business.

CMT Solutions was founded in 2017, and Andrew has delivered extraordinary results in a short period of time. He has built a fully functioning proprietary automated software system, partnered with over 20 laboratories, including Quest and LabCorp, and grown a successful business from the ground up. His vision is to help all patients gain access to the correct personal medical diagnostic test for them to best manage their condition or disease.

David Harrington, Director

Dave brings 35 years of increasingly responsible and successful experience in critical areas of healthcare delivery management. His particular interest lies in identifying and implementing key IS/IT initiatives that differentiate the enterprise and offer expanded efficiencies and savings to customers. Dave’s success is rare among senior healthcare managers. He has held executive positions at AETNA, UnitedHealthcare, Columbia/HCA, and Physician Quality Care.

As CEO of American Imaging Management (AIM) from 2001 to 2008, Dave turned around the radiology management business from minimal EBITDA and a negative net worth of $19M, to growing the EBITDA over $30M and an increased net worth to $350M. In August 2007, AIM was sold to WellPoint for $307M. In 2009, Dave established DASH Business Group as a business advisory and development firm to early stage healthcare companies.

Dave earned his graduate degree from Columbia University and undergraduate degree from Boston College.

Aziz Gilani, Director

Aziz Gilani is a Managing Director at Mercury, where he focuses on investments in enterprise SaaS, Cloud, and data science startups. Prior to joining Mercury, Aziz was a Senior Engagement Leader with Infosys Consulting, an early executive at ABB Performance Services, a Senior Consultant at Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, and an Analyst at Lotus Development Corp. Aziz received his BBA from the University of Texas where he was a TILF Scholar, and his MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management where he was an FC Austin Scholar. Additionally, Aziz is a graduate of the Kauffman Fellows Program through the Center for Venture Education, where he completed industry-defining field work on Seed Accelerators. Aziz is a recognized expert in Seed Accelerators, and has been quoted in several national publications including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, BusinessWeek, ReadWriteWeb, TechCocktail, and The Business Journals.

Outside of Mercury, Aziz serves in advisory roles for the Mayor of Houston’s Tech and Innovation Council, Seed Accelerator Rankings, and SXSW Interactive. He is also an adjunct professor of entrepreneurship at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business where he teaches a course on venture capital. Aziz joined the Board of Directors for CMT Solutions in 2020.

Steven Horowitz, Director

Steven Horowitz is an industry leader who has been involved in various aspects of healthcare for over 30 years.

Steve currently serves as the CEO at CareCentrix, after spending 10 years as its CFO. He leads the company’s mission to transform the U.S. healthcare system by moving more of the healthcare journey to the home. CareCentrix offers value-based home solutions to payors and health systems to assist their members accessing the home care they need, when they need it.

Prior to joining CareCentrix, Steve was the VP of business planning for Medco Health Solutions. He also held the positions of controller at National Medical Health Card Systems and at The Fantastic Corporation. Earlier, Steve was CFO at the Mount Vernon Neighborhood Health Center, an outpatient medical center.

Steve also currently sits on the Board of Directors and chairs the audit committee for SCWorx, a NASDAQ listed healthcare supply chain software company.  Previously, he served as a member of the Board at Horizon Health Center, a not-for-profit Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC).

Steve received his MBA from Adelphi University in Healthcare Management and earned his BS in Business Management from Cornell University.  He is a licensed CPA, and Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA) as well as a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Wall Street Journal CFO Network.

Dennis Smith Jr. MD, Director

Dr. Smith possesses over thirty-five years of experience in healthcare management, pathology, laboratory medicine, outreach laboratory businesses, molecular diagnostics, and blood banking. He is a board-certified clinical and anatomic pathologist and transfusion medicine specialist. Dr. Smith’s professional career includes serving on the executive management team and Board of Directors of AmeriPath, Inc. (NASDAQ: PATH). While at AmeriPath, Dr. Smith’s positions included Chief Medical Officer, Executive Vice-President of Genomic Strategies, and Executive Director of AmeriPath’s Center for Advanced Diagnostics.

Previously, Dr. Smith has held board seats at Immucor, Inc. (NASDAQ: BLUD), Clarient, Inc. (NASDAQ:CLRT), the American Association of Blood Banks (President), the National Blood Foundation (Chairman), and RedPath Integrated Pathology, Inc., a venture-backed, early-stage molecular diagnostics company where he served as CEO and led a successful sale of the company to PDI, Inc. He is an Emeritus member of the Committee of Visitors for Vanderbilt University School of Engineering, from which he graduated summa cum laude.

Dr. Smith received his BS from Vanderbilt and his MD from the University of Tennessee.

Lucas Nelson, Director

Lucas is a Partner at Lytical Ventures and a member of the investment committee. Along with Steve Berg, he oversees the funds and operations, including deal sourcing, technical diligence, and deal structuring. Lucas is responsible for working with companies in the investment portfolio (including any board responsibilities), as well as managing relationships with limited partners (including regularly reporting fund progress), the venture ecosystem, and the firm’s back office. 

Prior to joining Lytical Ventures, Lucas was a Principal at Evolution Equity and a Principal at Gotham Ventures. Lucas was also a Venture Partner at Antecedent Ventures, working as part of the investment team with Steve. He has held operating positions at Adobe along with a number of startups. Lucas holds an MBA from Dartmouth and a BS in computer science from Purdue University. He is also a Kauffman Fellow (Class of 2015). Lucas joined the Board of Directors for CMT Solutions in 2020.

Matt Rice, Director

Matt leads BPV’s healthcare practice and currently serves on the Board of Directors at careviso, PaceMate, Suncoast Skin Solutions, IRIS, Theragen, TissueTech and YPrime. He is a Board Observer at Carterra. Matt previously represented BPV at Innocutis and MolecularMD. He also serves on the St.Joseph’s Hospitals Board of Directors (BayCare Health System).

Prior to joining Ballast Point Ventures in 2004, Matt began his career in the Healthcare Investment Banking Group of Raymond James Financial where he focused primarily on the specialty pharmaceutical, drug distribution and contact research organization sectors. Matt also worked in the Strategic Alliances group at the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research Prior to rejoining BPV as a Vice President in 2008.

He graduated from the University of Virginia with a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce and from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration with an MBA.

Perry Dimas, Observer & CBO

In 2017, Perry co-founded CMT Solutions with Andrew Mignatti, as part of his dedication to simplifying the healthcare reimbursement process and improving patient outcomes. Prior to CMT, Perry founded AccessDx and was general manager at Premier Source, which focused exclusively on the unique commercialization needs of novel diagnostic providers and manufacturers. Premier Source became part of AmerisourceBergen (ABC). At ABC, Perry was a member of the Lash Group leadership team. Lash is the largest HUB service provider in pharmaceuticals, leading patient and physician support services for the industry.

He has also led the reimbursement efforts for Precision Therapeutics and XDx, diagnostic companies that are considered pioneers in the laboratory test development business model. Perry also has a passion for bringing together thought leaders and executives in personalized medicine and has founded the Diagnostics Conference as a forum to discuss current challenges and opportunities in launching a diagnostic test. He received his B.A. from University of Illinois.