Intelliguard was built on a commitment to the evolution of healthcare technology, a more satisfying healthcare provider experience, and unrivaled patient safety.
What began as a line of safety syringes evolved into a more pronounced presence in device manufacturing. The company expanded its product lines, scaled operations, established relationships with leading global manufacturers and suppliers, and automated manufacturing to create a smarter way to move medication from the pharmacy to the OR to the bedside.
Intelliguard implemented Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) to create a never-before-seen and still-unparalleled medication inventory management system. Today, that platform is just part of the Mira Ecosystem that provides a centralized, end-to-end view of inventory for increased visibility, accuracy, and accountability. Intelliguard’s solutions help hospitals and health systems continuously improve the environment of safety around every medication decision.
Ours is a history we are proud of. And our future is one we look forward to.
Our mission is to deliver clinical, compliance, and supply chain solutions to create a healthcare environment of continuous improvement.
Our vision is to create a global healthcare environment that assures safety and positive outcomes from supplier to patient.
Our values unite us around a shared purpose, ensuring we work as trustworthy partners, problem solvers, and data-first innovators, all while elevating patient safety.
Bob Howard is the Chief Executive Officer of Intelliguard, a provider of medication management solutions and supply chain technologies that help create an environment of safety around every medication decision from supplier to patient. He leads the company’s employees in their effort to enable better medication management compliance, visibility, and guidance throughout the medication journey and to reassure key decision makers in pharmacy, operations and anesthesiology that safeguards are in place to ensure patient safety.
Bob is a seasoned entrepreneur and finance executive with more than 25 years of experience investing in and operating businesses in highly regulated environments. Prior to his current roles as the CEO of Intelliguard, a member of its board of directors, and as CEO of its parent company, Bob served as a co-founder and managing partner across a number of organizations and industries, where he helped solve complex issues through innovation and the application of disruptive technologies.
Bob earned his Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering and Management Science from Northwestern University. He received his Juris Doctor from the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law and his Master of Business Administration from the Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management.
Tom Koning is the President of Intelliguard, a provider of medication management solutions creating a safer path from pharmacy to OR to bedside. He is passionate about finding innovative solutions to problems, identifying new business opportunities, and cultivating strategic partnerships to grow revenue.
Tom assumed his position after serving as the company’s Chief Revenue Officer. He joined Intelliguard with more than 35 years of experience in Sales leadership and operational roles with start-up and Fortune 500 companies in healthcare and medical device industries, including BD and LMA North America, and a history of building high-performing, multi-national teams.
Tom earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business from Hope College.
Tim Tinnel is the Executive Vice President/Chief Operating Officer of Intelliguard, a medication management solutions company that partners with healthcare systems to create a continuously improving environment of safety around medication decisions. He has incredible passion for his work and a personal mission to enable and empower clients to achieve better outcomes and quality of care. A vendor relations and process improvement expert, Tim leverages analytics, AI, and automation to optimize performance and efficiency.
Tim comes to Intelliguard with more than 25 years of consultative experience in supply chain, operations, and technology leadership roles and has a proven track record of driving transformation, operational excellence, customer satisfaction, and business growth. Prior to joining the team, Tim held a number of executive roles across the sourcing, medical and pharmaceutical, distribution, inventory, logistics, and telecommunications industries.
Tim earned his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science Engineering, specializing in embedded systems and hardware and software, from The Ohio State University.
Vanessa Kentris Smith is the Chief Marketing Officer for Intelliguard, a provider of medication management solutions that provide seamless visibility and control throughout the medication journey. She leads the company’s brand strategy, customer engagement, and go-to-market growth initiatives. Vanessa joined Intelliguard with over two decades of strategic marketing leadership across multiple industries. She is widely recognized for her ability to drive integrated marketing platforms, build high-impact brand campaigns, and foster customer loyalty through data-driven insights and human-centered storytelling. Vanessa earned her bachelor’s degree from Miami University (Ohio) and her Master’s of Integrated Marketing Communications from Northwestern University.
Shane Smith is the Chief Strategy Officer of Intelliguard, a company creating a constantly evolving environment of safety around every medication decision from supplier to patient. In his role, Shane is instrumental in shaping the company’s future through strategic planning and execution, including forging key partnerships and driving new business initiatives.
Shane is a seasoned executive and strategist who has focused intently on growth and innovation throughout his career. He leverages his foundation in strategy consulting, investment banking, and transactional law to identify untapped opportunities, drive innovative solutions, and deliver value to the health systems Intelliguard serves.
For nearly 30 years, Shane has applied his analytical insight and legal acumen to navigate complex challenges across industries, including healthcare and technology. Prior to joining Intelliguard, he spent a decade cultivating strategic accounts, loyalty partnerships and product offerings for United Airlines.
Shane received his Juris Doctorate and MBA from Northwestern University and a Bachelor of Science in Business, Accounting, and Finance from Miami University.
Adriana Stalteri is the Area Vice President of Sales, East and Canada, at Intelliguard. Her team helps hospitals and health systems eliminate human error, improve cost control, reduce risk, and increase efficiency by providing the most accurate medication management data and insights available.
Adriana has a deep background in both pharmacy and national sales management, including experience both inside and as a consultant to pharmacies on issues of workflow, efficiency and automation, and set-up. She is especially skilled in helping pharmacies identify the most cost-effective ways to optimize their future state.
Adriana earned a Pharmacy Technician Diploma from Humber College, a bachelor’s degree from York University, and an MBA from the Australian Institute of Business.
Jeff is the Head of Product for Intelliguard and champions the Mira Ecosystem of hardware and software products. The Mira Ecosystem is a product suite serving hospitals and health systems with industry leading control and transparency over their high value medications and controlled substances. This is a patented, proprietary product suite using RFID, statistical analysis, and machine learning technologies to empower health providers with insights and actions enabling the most effective and efficient solutions in healthcare.
Jeff has 20 years of healthcare software leadership experience, both as an entrepreneur in building enterprise software that served health systems and children’s hospitals, and as an executive leader with Advocate Healthcare, the third largest health system in the US. Jeff is a healthcare go to market expert and continues to participate in the entrepreneurial healthcare advancements as an advisor. Jeff earned his bachelor’s degree in Marketing and Communications from Miami University.
Kristi Willis is the Human Resources Director at Intelliguard, where she develops HR strategies and implements initiatives aligned to company goals and objectives. She oversees all aspects of the function, including recruitment, employee relations, training and development, company culture, operational excellence, compensation and benefits, and compliance with labor laws and regulations.
Kristi has deep experience spanning industries, including biosciences. She has developed innovative HR programming, bolstered organizational efficiency and effectiveness, and supported company culture development and optimization. Across her roles, Kristi has been responsible for driving Talent and Voice of the Employee strategy, including in the areas of leadership development coaching, human capital management, employee engagement, and career mapping.
Kristi earned both her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and her Master of Labor & Human Resources from The Ohio State University.
We’ve partnered with numerous hospitals that successfully use the Mira Ecosystem.
These trusted manufacturers and distributors use the Mira Ecosystem to track medications across the supply chain.
We work together to ensure GS1 compliance for source-tagged medications that can be seamlessly tracked at the point of manufacturing and throughout hospitals and health systems.
Creating a global healthcare environment that enables safety from supplier to patient is an ambitious goal, one that drives our team of engineers, developers, pharmacy professionals, quality control experts, and commercial team associates toward breakthroughs every day. We truly believe our work together will help usher in a safer and more efficient healthcare system.
Intelliguard offers a competitive benefits package to help our employees thrive both personally and professionally. Through generous medical coverage and retirement plans, paid leave, holidays, and more, we ensure that everyone at Intelliguard has the resources they need to be healthy, develop new skills, and do their best work.
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