Leadership
Jacob J. Beckel, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Beckel has been an executive in the Specialty Pharmacy Business for the past 17 years and has over 25 years of broad-based pharmacy management experience. Prior to founding Genesis Pharmacy Services in 1997, which became Custom Care Pharmacy in 1998, and AnazaoHealth in 2004, he was Chairman and CEO of MP TotalCare, one of the largest respiratory compounding pharmacies in the United States. Mr. Beckel began his career with Shopper's Drug Mart and later founded and operated several local retail pharmacies. He is Chairman of the Board for the International Journal of Pharmaceutical Compounding (IJPC), a fellow of the International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists (IACP) and serves as a member of the University of Florida College of Pharmacy Advisory Executive Committee. Mr. Beckel received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Pharmacy from North Dakota State University. Mr. Beckel served in the United States Marine Corps from 1974 to 1976.
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Christopher A. Arnette, President and Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Arnette first joined AnazaoHealth as a management consultant in 2001 and became our Chief Operating Officer in July of 2002. He was appointed President of AnazaoHealth in 2003. His previous experience includes Managing Principal for IBM Global Services, where he was a member of the leadership team responsible for IBM consulting services in the southeastern United States. Mr. Arnette's industry experience includes health care, manufacturing, distribution and financial services. He also served as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer for Kelly Services, a $5 billion staffing services company located in 27 countries with 2,600 offices around the world. Mr. Arnette was a member of the Managing Committee and Quality Council along with serving as Chairman of the United Way Campaign. Mr. Arnette received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration from Livingston University, and his MBA Degree with honors from the University of South Florida.
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Robert G. McKenzie, Senior Vice President, Research and Development
Mr. McKenzie joined AnazaoHealth in January 1998 as Vice President, Nuclear Pharmacy and was responsible for developing our nuclear pharmacy division. In 2007, Mr. McKenzie was appointed to Sr. Vice President, Research and Development with responsibilities for developing and expanding our nuclear related products and services. Mr. McKenzie is a Nuclear Pharmacist and has management experience both at Mallinckrodt, the world's 1st commercial cyclotron producing positron emitters, and with Amersham, a world leader in medical diagnostics and in life sciences. Mr. McKenzie is a consultant to NASA and works with the astronauts and cosmonauts returning from the International Space Station. He has been involved with seven investigational radiotherapies for cancer and two investigational cardiac imaging drugs. Mr. McKenzie began the first national distribution program for preloaded brachytherapy seeds in cartridges and the first preloaded sterile brachytherapy needles. He received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Pharmacy from Florida A & M University and his MBA from Florida Metropolitan University. Mr. McKenzie also completed post graduate work in Nuclear Pharmacy from Mercer University in Atlanta.
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Randolph L. Klopp, Vice President, Human Resources
Mr. Klopp joined AnazaoHealth in August 1999 as Human Resources Manager. In January 2005, Mr. Klopp was appointed to Vice President, Human Resources with responsibilities for all corporate Human Resources functions and as Privacy Officer. Mr. Klopp was employed by E-Systems, Inc., and Raytheon Corporation serving in several progressively responsible Human Resources assignments. He completed twenty years of service as Manager of Staffing and Development for Raytheon's St. Petersburg, Florida operation where he was responsible for professional and plant staffing, college relations, EEO and employee training and development. Raytheon is a leader in the U.S. defense industry with 76,000 employees worldwide and revenue of 16.8 billion. Mr. Klopp received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Business Administration from Catawba College in Salisbury, N.C.
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Samantha S. Platt, Director, Sales and Marketing
Ms. Platt joined AnazaoHealth as the Marketing Manager in May 2004. In June 2004 she received additional responsibilities and was appointed to Sales Manager for the Nuclear Products Division. In January 2005, Ms. Platt was appointed Director, Sales and Marketing with additional responsibilities for sales and telemarketing for the Pain Management and Custom Pharmacy Division. Prior to joining the team, Ms. Platt served as the Senior Marketing Manager, North America, for Transitions Optical, Inc., and was responsible for all trade marketing activities. She was a Field Marketing Manager at Kellogg's, responsible for marketing and sales in Wal-Mart, K-Mart and Target; and the Channel Marketing Manager at Coca-Cola Enterprises, responsible for the Drugstore channel of business which included Eckerd and Walgreens. Ms. Platt is responsible for overseeing all marketing activities company wide and received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Marketing from the University of South Florida.
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Timothy J. Bresnahan, PMP, Director, Information Technology and Brachytherapy Operations
Mr. Bresnahan first joined AnazaoHealth as an internet and systems consultant in 2000, and then became IT Manager in March of 2001. In September 2006, he was appointed Director, Information Technology. He is responsible for leading the company's information technology department, including application software development, system implementations, computer operations, communications, networking and security. In September 2008 he gained responsibility to lead AnazaoHealth's Brachytherapy division. Prior to joining AnazaoHealth, Mr. Bresnahan was an operations and systems consultant with Coopers & Lybrand and PriceWaterhouseCoopers. He received his MBA and Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration (Decision Information Science) from the University of Florida.
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David Joseph, Rph, Director, Pharmacy Operations
Mr. Joseph joined AnazaoHealth in May 2005. Mr. Joseph comes to Anazaohealth with over 25 years of highly successful experience managing all aspects of long term care pharmacy, mail service pharmacy, specialty pharmacy and pharmacy benefits management operations. His previous experience includes serving as Director and Executive Director for Pharmerica, heading operations for both their mail service operation, servicing more than 1 million prescriptions transactions per year and long-term care operations, servicing 325,000 long term care beds from 16 locations. He has served on the board of the PCMA (Pharmaceutical Care Management Association) and is a member of the Florida Pharmacy Association. Mr. Joseph received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Pharmacy from the Ohio State University, College of Pharmacy.
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Douglas Berkoff, Director of Finance and Accounting
Mr. Berkoff joined AnazaoHealth in January 2009 as Director of Finance and Accounting. He brings with him over 19 years of significant corporate management experience with an expertise in Manufacturing & Service environments. Prior to AnazaoHealth, Mr. Berkoff served as Controller for Evatone, Inc., a privately owned Optical Disc manufacturing, printing, and fulfillment company. In addition, Mr. Berkoff served as a Divisional Controller for AAR Corporation, an $800 million dollar aerospace & aircraft manufacturer working primarily in Department of Defense & private sector programs. Mr. Berkoff is a CPA candidate. He received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting from University of South Florida and graduated with a Masters Degree in Accounting from LaSalle University.
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