MD Insider Adds World-Class Board Members to its Board of Directors

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Oct. 27, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- MD Insider, a big data healthcare innovator that significantly reduces healthcare costs for employers, announced today that Michael Fertik, founder and CEO of Reputation.com, and Jared Carney, CEO of Lightdale, LLC, have joined the company's Board of Directors.  These latest additions to an already impressive team, will provide even more support for MD Insider's impressive growth plans.

"We are thrilled to have Michael and Jared join the board," said David Norris, CEO of MD Insider.  "They bring large scale data experience and innovative thinking that is at the core of MD Insider's unique data-driven approach to improving healthcare."

Mr. Fertik, the founder and CEO of Reputation.com, is recognized as one of Silicon Valley's leading CEOs and is credited with pioneering the field of online reputation management. Fertik, recently named Entrepreneur of the Year by TechAmerica, is a member of the World Economic Forum Council on the Future of the Internet, and is a recipient of the World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer 2011 Award.  He is also co-author of the bestselling book, "Wild West 2.0" and "The Reputation Economy" (Crown, forthcoming in 2013). Fertik founded his first Internet company while at Harvard College. He received his JD from Harvard Law School.

"I am proud to be part of MD Insider, a healthcare technology company that is founded and run by executives and physicians who are as committed to patient privacy and data control as they are to making the healthcare business more effective and efficient," said Fertik.

Jared Carney, CEO of Lightdale, LLC, has spent his career relentlessly forging partnerships and building innovative programs with business leaders, influential philanthropists and government officials across the globe. Prior to Lightdale, Mr. Carney served as chief strategy officer at the Milken Institute for nine years where he spearheaded the annual Global Conference, the world's largest gathering of the capital markets. During his tenure at the Milken Institute, Carney was instrumental in raising the Institute's visibility as well as exponentially increasing its programmatic and revenue growth as part of the Institute's drive to become a preeminent financial think tank. Early in his career, Carney served as managing director of George Coates Performance Works in San Francisco where he launched Java™ for Sun Microsystems. Mr. Carney also serves on the board of directors at Microbion Corporation, Children's Creative Learning Center, and various non-profit and community organizations.

"With my experience at the Milken Institute, I am very enthusiastic about being part of a company and team that possesses the same drive to explore and solve two extremely challenging issues in healthcare: cost and transparency," said Carney.

About MD Insider

MD Insider is a technology healthcare company that uses the power of big data to significantly reduce healthcare costs for employers. By providing Physician Performance Transparency in the areas of experience, quality, and cost, MD Insider enables employers to optimize their physician networks, providing the best quality and lowest cost physicians to their employees.

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