Leadership
Teresa Craig, Chief Executive Officer
Teresa R. Craig, CPA, has more than 25 years of experience consulting with and managing technology, health care and human service organizations. She has traveled throughout the country helping hospices and homecare organizations achieve optimal accounting, reporting and systems. A member of the AICPA, KSCPA, HIMSS, TEC and several NHPCO and NAHC committees, Teresa has taught at two universities and presented numerous workshops for NHPCO, NAHC and state organizations. She is committed to helping hospice programs achieve effective systems to support excellent care for patients and their families.
Sue Farrington, Vice President of Strategic Projects
Sue Farrington holds an MBA from Nova University, as well as degrees in accounting and interdisciplinary social sciences. She has been involved in home-based health care operations since 1974 and has been developing or implementing software since 1983. Prior to joining Suncoast Solutions, she was CFO of a large home care and hospice organization. While working with a division of an integrated health care delivery system, she led a re-engineering team through a design and implementation process that resulted in a 21% improvement to the bottom line. Sue believes that providing quality patient care is the core value to lead organizations to financial success.
Nate Truitt, Vice President, Business Development
Nate Truitt draws on more than 30 years of sales and management experience that spans Fortune 500 companies as well as healthcare. His numerous awards include Salesman of the Year and President’s Club honors. Nate served in a number of sales management positions with home care and hospice software companies before joining Suncoast Solutions, including a position as Vice President of Sales with a venture-capital funded point-of-care clinical software developer. Nate has been with Suncoast Solutions for 10 years and has presented at the National Home Care Private Duty Conference and is a member of the NAHC’s Home Care Technology Association of America.
Belle Gruber, Vice President of Implementation, Training and Consulting
Belle Gruber has been with Suncoast Solutions since April 2000. Belle came from a case management software company to oversee implementation of Solutions. She received her BSN from the University of San Francisco and her MBA from George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. She has worked in a variety of clinical settings and as nurse manager for more than 20 years, and has been involved in software training since 1991.
Donnette Threats, Vice President of Client Resources
Donnette Threats has more than 15 years of experience in end-of-life care as a clinician and national educator. Prior to working with Suncoast Solutions, Donnette held various positions at Suncoast Hospice, ending her career there as Coordinator/Trainer with the Suncoast Institute. Today, she leads a group of professionals who develop and maintain partner relationships with healthcare organizations across the nation that have implemented Suncoast Solutions software. She earned her bachelor's degree at St. Lawrence University and her master's from Teachers College at Columbia University. Donnette continues to use the wealth of experience she has gained to help other clinicians excel in meeting the needs of the patients and families they serve.
Alfred Kausel, Chief Architect
Alfred Kausel is responsible for the development and architecture of the Solutions Enterprise Application, a position that he has performed for more than eight years. As a veteran of application software development, he had been responsible for the architecture, design and management of various projects worldwide since 1973. Prior to joining Suncoast Solutions, he was vice president of development for a company with a world-wide network of resellers. The product was multi-lingual with localized rules by country and is still in use by many corporations. He holds a B.Sc. from Concordia University.
Leonard Nagel, SVP of Technology & Services
Leonard Nagel has a MBA in management information systems and a BS in economics. He has numerous technical certifications, including ones in Microsoft, Unix, Network, ITIL and Agile development, coupled with extensive experience in a variety of other technologies. He is also a member of TEC, HDI, SCRUM, HIMMS and MSHUG committees and has been supporting hospice organizations with their information system needs since 1994. Leonard believes that it matters that we as a company and individually play a key role in the lives of so many.
Marlene Demers, RN, MS, Director of Home Health Integrity and Innovation
Marlene is a registered nurse who has practiced in administrative, clinical, and regulatory roles for over 35 years. She has been certified by the American Nurses Association as a Gerontological Nurse and has specialized in this area of care throughout her career. In 1990, Marlene was nominated and accepted for inclusion in Who’s Who in American Nursing for significant accomplishment and leadership in Nursing Administration. Since that time she has continued to positively impact healthcare by co-authoring state and federal regulations to ensure the delivery of quality care based on current professional standards. Marlene believes that providing quality care is essential to the success of home care organizations.
Suncoast Solutions Board of Directors
Scott Kistler
Mike Bell
Betty Oldanie
Pat Barmore
Chris Anderson
Michael Gaines