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Our Management Team

Derek Preston
Derek Preston
Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer

Derek is a senior executive with a 15 year track record of success in building service infrastructure and information technology companies. A career focus in the application of technology to complex information markets led him to engage the transitional care marketplace more than 4 years ago with the goal of creating the single best resource for caregivers in the U.S. Prior to co-founding SNAPforSeniors, Derek served in a senior management capacity in three companies over an eleven year timeframe, developing the strategy and foundation architecture for major information systems that are in use today in the real estate and web optimization fields. In addition to his daily role at SNAPforSeniors Derek actively serves on the advisory board of the National Association of Realtors SRES group and on the executive board of Gretchen’s House Childcare Centers, Inc., one of the largest privately held childcare facility operators in the U.S.

 
Eve M. Stern
Eve M. Stern
Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer

Eve has a strong 30 year background in high-visibility leadership roles in the healthcare market. As a registered nurse and a technology executive, she brings a unique blend of business skills and compassion for the plight of caregivers to her role at SNAPforSeniors. As a Co-founder of the company, Eve has been the leading voice to industry associations and professional groups, giving generously of her time to advise advocacy organizations and professional associations on ways to improve outcomes for caregivers, starting with quality, reliable information while leveraging the web as a way to deliver actionable information for shared decision making. She has personally experienced the challenges of both local and remote caregiving as an adult child for dependent parents and brings this important perspective to her work. She is a regularly published industry writer and speaker and sits on the boards of the National Family Caregivers Association, the Aging Network of Bellevue, Washington and is the committee leader of the Medicare Caregiver Outcomes Group for Provider Education and Communication.

 
Ralph Brenner
Ralph Brenner
Chief Technology Officer

Ralph has a distinguished background in successful software development and technical project management. Before joining SNAPforSeniors, Ralph worked as Sr. Microsoft .Net Architect with the prestigious Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles, CA. He also spent 4 years as Technical Advisor to Iventa Corporation where he designed and developed numerous high profile, high traffic, consumer serving e-commerce properties. Ralph was a technology manager with ContentGuard, a digital rights management joint venture between Microsoft and Xerox Corporation. As a result of his technical innovation at ContentGuard, Ralph was awarded both international and U.S. patents in electronic publishing. Having worked on several projects at Microsoft, Ralph also managed Corbis Corporation's digital image search product. Ralph went on to design and develop the Experience Music Project's digital asset management system. Ralph has been developing Microsoft Windows software since version 1.0 and has been a guest speaker and panel member at numerous Microsoft development conferences. He is currently a member of Microsoft's IT Advisory Council.

 
Kellie Murray
Kellie Murray
Vice President of Facility Relations

Kellie Murray is Vice President of Facility Relations at SNAPforSeniors. She has over 10 years of human resource experience working with large senior housing companies including Emeritus and Holiday Assisted Living as the Vice President of Human Resources. Prior to her senior housing care experience, Kellie worked in healthcare human resources at Virginia Mason Medical Center. Most recently, Kellie was involved in building an online human resource service for start-up and early stage companies. She is a Certified Senior Human Resource and Benefits professional.

 
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