Team Hive
“It takes a lot of bees working together to make honey.”
Tamyra Barber, PMP, CSM | Program Management Office Director
Tamyra Barber is the Program Management Office Director at Hive Networks. Tamyra’s IT career has spanned over 25 years with a focus on Healthcare, Professional Services, and Managed Services. When not working at Hive, Tamyra loves to explore Europe and far away islands, hiking, biking, new restaurants, and especially spending time with family.
John Bostick | CEO
John Bostick, after 3 years of studying the Learning Health Networks model with Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and CincyTech, became the founding CEO of Hive Networks. This is John’s 5th start-up after an initial 10 years with IBM. John has numerous awards and recognition including the Ohio Valley region’s EY Entrepreneur of the Year winner in 2000. John has also taught publicly the culinary arts with an emphasis on nutrition for 25 years with over 5,000 students and has authored over 500 recipes.
Debbie-Ann Campbell | Marketing Manager
Debbie-Ann Campbell is the Marketing Manager for Hive Networks. With over 12 years of marketing and brand strategy experience in consumer goods, Debbie-Ann joined Hive to combine her professional expertise with her passion for helping others. This will be her first foray into marketing for a start-up, but she is excited to work with a mission-driven team to reach the company vision and transform healthcare. When she is not thinking about marketing, she is spending time with family and friends, traveling or reading.
Pat Desmond | Senior Software Engineer
Pat Desmond brings discipline and innovative spirit to improving patient care with Hive Networks as a senior software engineer. Pat earned his development stripes in the payments processing industry, working at 5/3 Bank, Vantiv, and Cincinnati Bell Technology Services prior to joining Hive. Having run the gamut of technology tools and disciplines, Pat is most excited by using cutting edge tech to deliver seamless platforms. When Pat isn't heads down developing the next great thing, he is spending time outdoors with this family - hiking, biking, skiing, and coaching his kids' sports.
Terry Desmond | Software Test Engineer
Terry Desmond brings a unique perspective to the industry, joining the Hive Networks team after 11 years of active duty service in the United States Marine Corps. Terry spent the majority of his service as a Naval Aviator, piloting the UH-1Y Venom helicopter, and as a Forward Air Controller. Terry leverages his discipline and precise attention to detail to help Hive Networks build and deliver a high quality product. While not at work, Terry can be found travelling the globe with his wife – or at least planning their next trip.
Nick Hellmich | Senior Software Engineer
Nick Hellmich’s IT journey began almost 20 years ago as a graphic designer which then transitioned to full stack application development. Nick’s passion is creating UI/UX that users fall in love with and working with new technologies in this ever-expanding industry. While not working, Nick enjoys walking and hiking with his dogs, playing music, and working on DIY projects – such as his current camper van.
Jeremy Herald | Customer Support Manager
Jeremy Herald brings 8 years of technology experience with roles in customer service, IT management, operations, and database. He has also traveled to India to stand up a global operations center to support hundreds of customers. Jeremy enjoys spending time with his family doing outdoor activities like boating and camping. During the summer you can find him playing music in a biergarten every week for a local pizza pub.
Dan Jeffers | Director, Data Coordinating Center
Dan Jeffers believes numbers can tell a story just as compelling as words. Dan comes to Hive Networks as Data Operations Manager after nearly a decade managing data and informatics projects for Learning Health Networks such as ImproveCareNow and Solutions for Patient Safety at Cincinnati Children’s. During this time, he was a co-creator of a novel, QI based data quality tracking and management system that is still in use. Dan holds a master’s degree in Health Informatics from Northern Kentucky University. Outside of work, Dan can usually be found coaching or watching one of his kids in any of their numerous activities.
Alexander Knapp | DevOps Engineer
Alexander Knapp is the DevOps Engineer at Hive Networks. Alexander has over ten years of experience in the IT field and has thrived on encountering new technologies. He is eager to put his talents to work at another company of John Bostick. During his off time, he can often be found working on his 3D printers, miniatures, and DIY projects.
Gene Long | Senior Business Intelligence Engineer
Gene Long has been working in Information Systems for over 25 years. During this time, he has worked in a variety of industries including Healthcare, Consumer Goods, Manufacturing, Insurance, and Education. He has developed numerous Business Intelligence solutions designed to enable data-driven decisions by his customers. He is thrilled with the opportunity to bring his expertise to Hive. During his free time Gene enjoys spending time with his wife and two children. He is also a collector of comic books and original comic art.
Delores Mincarelli | Analytics Implementation Senior Consultant
Delores Mincarelli joins team Hive doing what she loves the best: "using data for good." Delores loves coming alongside business stakeholders to understand their problems, gather and transform their data, and follow through to provide meaningful insights. She's into the details. Her work in healthcare has spanned med-tech, medical equipment, and patient care industries; now she gets to add Learning Health Networks to the list. Outside of work, Delores and her husband like to "race-cation," where they can combine their passion for running and cycling with seeing the world, one event at a time.
Dan Muench | Director of Operations
Dan Muench is the Director of Operations at Hive Networks and is responsible for implementation and ongoing support of the Hive Platform. Dan has over 15 years of experience in IT ranging from Business Analysis and Project Management to Implementations and Operations. Dan has spent time at two of John Bostick’s previous companies. This is Dan’s first dive into the start-up world, and he couldn’t be happier! When Dan is not at the Hive, he can usually be found at the playing field coaching one of his three children or in his garage working on his next DIY project.
Magen Phillips | Data Operations Manager
Magen Phillips brings over a decade of healthcare and data analytics experience. During this time, she has led projects ranging from clinical research and quality improvement to public health and epidemiology. Most notably, Magen joins Hive, fresh off a yearlong COVID assignment with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, helping lead the state's response to support hospital decompression strategies. Before that, Magen worked with ImproveCareNow to bridge the gap between learning health network centers and registry data capabilities to inform quality improvement programs. Outside of work, you can find Magen fly fishing, hiking, or trying to keep up with her very active family.
Dan Raby | Senior Software Engineer
Dan Raby has over a decade in enterprise software development spanning markets from video conferencing to restaurant startups to banking. His drive for standards and user experience pushes his team to deliver the best solution implementations possible. When he isn’t diving into code at work he enjoys going to church, spending time with his family, woodworking and playing music.
Chris Roesener | Senior Software Engineer
Chris Roesener has dedicated his career to solving problems and making processes more efficient through software. He compares the craft of software development to that of watchmaking with its attention to intricate details. Chris is excited to join Hive Networks and use his craft to help build the ultimate "watch" - one that returns time to patients and their families through improved care and outcomes. When Chris is away from the computer, he enjoys reading, running and relaxing with his family.
Chris Sauer | Systems Architecture Director
Chris Sauer sees the world differently. As a Solutions Architect in the software development world, Chris has to constantly stay in three modes: past, present, and future. Chris has to anticipate the personal, professional, and community needs of Learning Networks always trying to anticipate how to create the “Sum of the Parts” and make them larger than the “whole.” Most recently, Chris was the architect for a large portion of the technology software platform for Assurex working with Scott Roth. You can find Chris outside of work anticipating what a raw beef brisket is going to look like after it’s been in his smoker for several hours and more importantly how it is going to taste!
Ted Wimmel | Client Services Director
Ted Wimmel has over 25 years of technology experience with roles in Management, Architecture, and Process Improvement. He has developed multiple analytics systems from the ground up, often introducing modern capabilities into organizations for the first time. His technical expertise is in the areas of database design, data movement and transformation, and analytics front-end development. On the weekends you can find Ted spending time with his family on the Westside of town.
Patrick Voet | CFO
Patrick Voet is the CFO for Hive Networks. He brings over 25 years of accounting experience in health care, recycling, food industry, manufacturing of industrial machinery, and electronics. He has worked as a CFO in large corporate environments as well as for a family-owned business, and an international company. The past 7 years he has worked for a national laboratory that specializes in chronic pain intelligence offering testing for toxicology, foundation pain index, pharmacogenetics, serology, and PCR COVID 19 testing. On summer weekends you can find Patrick on his boat on Lake Cumberland.