Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> January 13, 2000

Albert L. Greene – Healthcentral.com (hcen)

C. FRED TONEY is Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of HealthCentral.com. A research analyst and senior partner at several investment banking firms on Wall Street for over a decade, Mr. Toney joined HealthCentral.com as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer with the responsibilities to oversee all financial operations and lead the company's financial, M&A and corporate development teams. He spearheads the company's financial plans and strategies, leveraging his successful experience gained in investment banking, particularly in the healthcare field. He was a major driving force in completing HealthCentral.com's private venture round of financing, its IPO and three recent strategic acquisitions. Prior to HealthCentral.com, for the past 10 years, Mr. Toney initiated research coverage of over 75 publicly-traded companies and provided corporate finance services to public and private medical informatics, medical technology and healthcare service companies and completed more than 50 investment banking transactions. From August 1992 to July 1999, Mr. Toney served as Partner, Senior Research Analyst, Director of Research and Senior Managing Director at Pacific Growth Equities, Inc., an investment banking firm. Previously he served at Volpe, Welty & Company, RCM Capital Management and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. He also serves on the board of directors of two private companies. Mr. Toney received a B.A. in both Economics and English from the University of California at Davis. Profile
ALBERT L. GREENE has served as President and Chief Executive Officer since joining HealthCentral.com in July 1998 and as a Director since October 1998. From May 1990 to February 1998, Mr. Greene served as President of Alta Bates Medical Center, a hospital in Berkeley, California. From January 1996 to July 1998, Mr. Greene served as Chief Executive Officer of the East Bay Service Area of Sutter Health, a healthcare provider. He presently serves on the boards of directors of Quadramed Corporation, a developer of healthcare software and services, Lumisys Incorporated, a supplier of medical imaging products, and Acuson Corporation, a manufacturer of medical ultrasound equipment. Mr. Greene received a BA in Psychology from Ithaca College and an MHA in Hospital Administration from the University of Michigan. Profile
TWST: Give us a brief overview of HealthCentral.com.

Mr. Greene: Let me give you some background. HealthCentral.com sits on

three legs: we have a family of health content sites; we have an