Tom Brekka, CEO, VestaCare

Tom Brekka has thirty years’ experience leading and managing high tech companies serving the healthcare industry.  He has raised a combined $45 million in private and corporate investment capital across those companies.

Having founded VestaCare in 1999, Mr. Brekka leads the business development and product innovation planning for the Company.   Mr. Brekka spearheaded the launch of VestaCare’s newest product, “VestaPay”, which is a Patient Payment Management solution helping hospitals avoid losses due to the major shift in revenue from Payor to Patients and to enable patients to better afford their healthcare. 

Mr. Brekka has spoken regularly at major healthcare conferences on the subjects of optimizing hospital financial performance through application of advanced technologies and people performance improvements.  This includes the Beckers Healthcare Conferences, Q1 Healthcare and Healthcare Payments Innovations.

Ray Chase, VP National Accounts, VestaCare

Ray has over 25 years of revenue cycle experience and is a recognized subject matter expert.  He comes to VestaCare after his recent engagement with Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI).   At CHI Ray served as the VP of Revenue Cycle where he had operational oversight over 9 of the 16 hospitals in the Texas Division of CHI.  Prior to CHI, Ray managed the Revenue Cycle functions for three years at the Seha’s Al Ain hospital in Abu Dhabi.  Ray led this hospital to become the best financially performing facility of all hospitals in the city of Ai Ain.

Ray’s primary goal at VestaCare is to use his expert knowledge of the revenue cycle to help VestaCare’s hospital clients build a reputation for providing affordable healthcare to their patients while increasing the financial standing for their organization.

Lisa Knappenberger, Director of Product, VestaCare

Lisa Knappenberger serves as Director of Product and Client Implementation.  She has 23 years’ experience in healthcare revenue cycle, focusing on Patient Access, insurance contract management, eligibility and billing.  Lisa is responsible for the interpretation of product design and guiding the VestaPay program development.   She oversees the VestaPay Professional Services team managing client on-boarding and workflow analysis. 

Prior to joining VestaCare, she had a 19-year tenure at Lehigh Valley Hospital where she rose to a position managing two departments, Patient Accounts and Contract Management.

Jason Stegent, President & Founder, Elastic Solutions

Jason Stegent is the Founder and President of Elastic Solutions, a provider of webinar-based marketing solutions and lead generation services that increase target audience engagement, generate more qualified leads and drive greater pipeline results. In this role, Stegent oversees revenue generation, marketing, customer support, partner relationships and the creative vision for the Elastic Solutions suite of products and services - Elastic Events, Elastic Meetings and Elastic Marketing. He can be reached at jstegent@elasticroi.com

Eddy Chehade, Sr. Director of Development, VestaCare

Eddy is a passionate Software Engineer, with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering and a Master of Business Administration. He has worked on many intricate and successful projects in the telecommunications and the healthcare payment automation fields.

He is an excellent team player and a problem solver. He strives on the thin line between the technical and the business worlds, which he firmly believes work best together.

At VestaCare, Eddy leads the Software Development department, where he works with all team members to provide quality solutions that are in line with the company’s mission and vision. He is very client oriented and makes sure the maximum value is provided by the company’s various products.

Eddy is fascinated by technological news and breakthroughs. He also likes travelling and exploring new places.