About Us
We are an innovative healthcare services company driven by a passionate team that challenges the status quo. Our solutions manage and reduce rising healthcare costs while enhancing the health and well-being of those we serve.
Leadership Team
Alex Fairly
Chairman
Alex Fairly's Bio
Alex serves as the Chairman of The OccuNet Company, bringing a wealth of experience as a nationally recognized expert in various facets of risk and cost management. His career began with the development of innovative solutions for the professional sports industry, leading to engagements with prominent entities such as the NFL, MLB, NHL, MLS, and over 400 professional sports teams. Alex has successfully developed solutions focused on reducing the cost of risk, gaining recognition and trust from major US corporations including ViacomCBS, Disney, Tyson Foods, Warner, and others. Alex has been honored with multiple industry-related awards, including Risk and Insurance’s Power Broker and Risk Innovator Awards.
Caleb Fairly
President
Caleb Fairly's Bio
As the President, Caleb leads The OccuNet Company and its multiple business lines in driving innovation and delivering high-quality, results-driven solutions to the market. Caleb is a proven executive and passionate about transforming healthcare. Since taking over as President in 2018, The OccuNet Company has seen dramatic growth. He has led several strategic initiatives and guided the company’s transformation into an innovative leader in the healthcare cost containment industry. Before Joining The OccuNet Company, Caleb lived in Girona, Spain, and was a professional road racing cyclist for ten years. Caleb lives in Amarillo, Texas, with his wife, Allyson, and their three kids, Gideon, Evelyn, and Simon.
Chase Fairly
Chief Growth Officer
Chase Fairly's Bio
Chase serves as the Chief Growth Officer at The OccuNet Company. With a decade of experience in the employee benefits and medical cost containment industry, he oversees the sales team at The OccuNet Company, leveraging our unique set of cost containment services to service self-funded employer groups across the country. Before joining The OccuNet Company, he served as the Employee Benefits Practice Leader at the Fairly Group, focusing on middle-market self-funded employers that emphasized unbundled programs and included independent TPAs and RBP models. Chase lives in Amarillo, Texas, with his wife, Maddie, and their son Samuel.
Steve Smith
President, FairosRx
Steve Smith's Bio
Steve serves as President of FairosRx, The OccuNet Companys PBM offering. He has over 25 years of leadership experience in the pharmacy benefit management and healthcare industries. Before joining The OccuNet Company, Smith served as Executive Vice President of Texas-based Maxor National Pharmacy. Steve’s leadership experience spans clinical services, customer care, client management, systems administration, mail-order pharmacy, specialty pharmacy, medical claims administration, and third-party administration.
Bogdan Stanca
Chief Financial Officer
Bogdan Stanca's Bio
Bogdan serves as Chief Financial Officer and joined The OccuNet Company in 2019. He is an established executive with 17 years of financial and analytical experience in the healthcare cost containment industry. Bogdan is responsible for leading the company's Finance, Accounting, and Analytics operations. Before joining The OccuNet Company, he successfully built finance and analytics teams at Maxor National Pharmacy.
Carol Lockwood
Chief Production Officer
Carol Lockwood's Bio
As Chief Production Officer, Carol leads The OccuNet Company's overall contract strategy and emerging market opportunities. She has held various progressive leadership roles throughout her distinguished career in the healthcare industry. Carol has extensive experience within several healthcare market segments such as accident and health, commercial group health, Taft-Hartley, workers compensation, pharmacy benefit management, and dental. Carol joined The OccuNet Company following 18 years at Zelis.
Rob Weeks
Executive Vice President, General Counsel
Rob Weeks's Bio
Rob serves as EVP and General Counsel for The OccuNet Company. Rob spent his early career as a legislative analyst in Sacramento, CA, then defended liability claims for governmental entities and commercial insurers and litigated medical malpractice claims. In 2007, Rob transitioned to Chief Legal Counsel for HealthComp, where he developed subrogation & fraud-prevention departments, assumed responsibility for regulatory compliance, developed an appeals department, resolved stop-loss/reinsurance disputes, developed a dialysis cost-containment program, provided guidance to clients on compliance and high-dollar claims issues, and served as trial counsel.
Mark Tidwell
Executive Vice President, People & Culture
Mark Tidwell's Bio
Mark serves as Executive Vice President of People and Culture, where his attention is on the health and well-being of our people and the impact our actions have upon each other and those we serve. Since Mark arrived in 2017, his work on mindset, how we think about and see ourselves and one another, has transformed The OccuNet Company into a more effective cost containment organization. Before joining the OccuNet Company, Mark served a career in the U.S. Air Force and executive leadership roles of a large non-profit in San Antonio, TX.
Tiago Gnanasekaran
Executive Vice President, Technology
Tiago Gnanasekaran's Bio
Tiago serves as the EVP of Technology and is a proven leader in the healthcare cost containment space, dedicating over two decades of his career to revolutionizing the industry through the power of technology. In his role, Tiago manages our Technology teams, ensuring the delivery of timely, secure, and innovative solutions to support the entire organization. Before joining The OccuNet Company, Tiago led globally dispersed product and technology teams, focusing on information technology and application development. His leadership resulted in successful transformational journeys across companies, including Zelis, 6 Degrees Health, Coventry (now Aetna), and EyeMed Vision Care.
Rachel Hoffpauir
Director of Repricing Operations
Rachel Hoffpauir's Bio
Rachel serves as the Director of Repricing Operations at The OccuNet Company, where her impactful presence has been felt for almost a decade. In her role, she leads with precision, overseeing crucial functions such as Claims Administration, Claims Analysis, and the Claims Analyst Auditors teams. Her primary focus revolves around efficiently navigating claims into our system, expertly repricing claims, and ensuring that our clients receive fair discounts. Rachel's leadership extends to a dynamic team, collectively driving the seamless integration of claims processes and delivering exceptional value to our clients.
Blair Broadhurst
Executive Vice President, Sales Operations & Marketing
Blair Broadhurst's Bio
Blair leads all aspects of sales support and marketing at The OccuNet Company. Over the past decade, he has dedicated his career to sales, marketing, and business development. His responsibilities include contributing to company growth initiatives, crafting and executing sales strategies, streamlining sales processes, enhancing brand visibility, and boosting customer acquisition and engagement. Before joining The OccuNet Company, he held leadership positions in sales and marketing at Learfield, the nation's premier collegiate multimedia rights company. Blair lives in Amarillo, Texas, with his wife, Erin, and their two daughters, Kennedy and Palmer.
Sales Team
Marty Joseph
Executive Vice President, Strategic Partnerships
marty.joseph@occunet.com
Marty Joseph's Bio
Marty serves as EVP of Strategic Partnerships at The OccuNet Company, bringing nearly four decades of industry expertise to the company. Renowned for his innovative work in Third-Party Administration (TPA) and reference-based pricing (RBP), Marty joined The OccuNet Company from HealthComp, formerly BAS, where he was a founding member and shareholder since 1985. Marty has been a driving force in the industry for years, with a particular focus on RBP. In 2013, he embarked on a journey to explore RBP, establishing a model that has since been emulated by TPAs nationwide. Marty's expertise and vision align deeply with The OccuNet Company's mission, making him a perfect fit to enhance our strategic partnerships and solutions.
John Crumpton
Chief Strategy Officer, Sales
john.crumpton@occunet.com
John Crumpton's Bio
John serves as the Chief Strategy Officer, Sales at The OccuNet Company. He has 30 years of cost containment experience and has held several executive leadership roles throughout his distinguished career in the healthcare industry. John’s extensive sales and strategic management experience include accident & health, commercial group health, workers’ compensation, auto, and international healthcare. John has worked closely with all stakeholders within the healthcare distribution channel domestically and internationally. Before joining The OccuNet Company, John was the Chief Marketing Officer for HRGi.
Phil Valk
Executive Vice President, Sales
phil.valk@occunet.com
Phil Valk's Bio
Phil serves as EVP of Sales at The OccuNet Company and is a highly-respected sales executive with two decades of leadership experience within the healthcare industry. Phil brings extensive experience delivering reference-based pricing health plans to self-funded employer groups nationwide. Before joining The OccuNet Company, he spent six years as Senior Vice President of Enterprise Sales at Advanced Medical Pricing Solutions (AMPS).
Art Baldwin
Executive Vice President, Sales
art.baldwin@occunet.com
Art Baldwin's Bio
Art, a 20-year veteran in the self-funded healthcare world, has a proven track record of increased growth, focusing on healthcare solutions in the large employer sector. Art joined The OccuNet Company from the TPA side of the business after most recently serving as Continental Benefits (Marpai) Executive VP of Sales and Marketing. He has also held the role of Regional VP of Sales at a nationally recognized TPA, where he was responsible for new business development in the Western region of the United States. He helped them grow significantly in that market while also developing national captive programs. He also worked as a consultant, establishing a successful agency focusing on captives and cost-reduction solutions for employers across the country.
Abby Parker
Vice President, Sales
abby.parker@occunet.com
Abby Parker's Bio
Andrew Pertl
Vice President, Sales
andrew.pertl@occunet.com
Andrew Pertl's Bio
Mike Pattengale
Vice President, Sales
mike.pattengale@occunet.com
Mike Pattengale's Bio
Mike serves as Vice President of Sales at The OccuNet Company, bringing over a decade of sales experience to the team. He spent the last seven years of his career as the top sales rep and Practice Leader for Springbuk, a leading data analytics company in the healthcare space. Mike is an entrepreneur and a former professional musician. Both experiences, as a business owner and a touring musician, empower him to bring fresh eyes to his consultant & TPA partners to disrupt, solve problems, and contain costs.
Liz Linares
Director of Sales Enablement
liz.linares@occunet.com
Liz Linares's Bio
As the Director of Sales Enablement at The OccuNet Company, Liz leads initiatives to elevate the sales team's performance. With a strategic focus on optimizing sales processes, she collaborates seamlessly with cross-functional teams to drive efficiency and success. Before joining The OccuNet Company, Liz spent 16 years at HealthComp, where she excelled in roles such as Account Executive and Director of Sales Enablement.