DAPRESY - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Chief Product Officer
- Chief Product Officer ( CPO )
Brian Bhuta joins Forsta as Chief Product Officer, bringing over 15 years of healthcare, product & technology experience and executive leadership. As a product leader, Brian is passionate about building products and technology-enabled services to rapidly and incrementally deliver value for customers and users. Prior to joining Forsta, Brian was the Chief Product Officer at Signify Health, the market leader in delivering value-based care enablement and was VP, Product Management at athenahealth prior to that where he was responsible for athenaCollector, a cloud-based medical billing and practice management product. Before athenahealth Brian held various executive and leadership roles at EMC (acq Dell 2016), NaviNet (acq Lumeris 2012) and Phoenix Data Systems (acq BioClinica 2008). Brian lives in Boston, MA with his wife and three children.
Job Titles:
- COO
- COO & MD, VoC / E
- Forsta As COO
Giles joined Forsta as COO in 2020. As COO Giles is responsible for Forsta's strategy, business planning, and operational execution. He brings significant experience leading and scaling technology companies and with a focus on enterprise SaaS. Prior to Forsta, Giles led the Operating Group at SoftBank International. He previously served as the General Manager of Medallia, CEO of Percepta, Head of Product and Chief of Staff at TTEC, and as a consultant with McKinsey & Company. Giles served seven years in the U.S. Air Force where he was a physicist.
Job Titles:
- Chief Executive Officer
- Forsta As CEO
Kyle Ferguson joined Forsta as CEO in 2020 with over 20 years' experience in technology, banking and payments industries. Prior to joining Forsta, Ferguson held the Chief Executive Officer role at Fraedom, a global financial technology company, where he successfully led the company's sale to Visa Inc. in 2018. Prior to this, he also served as Chief Commercial Officer and Managing Director at the company, and previously spent 11 years with American Express. Kyle is a seasoned executive with a track record of developing and leading high performing teams in the SaaS technology space, while supporting these businesses through necessary investment and growth stages.
Peter Myklebust joined Forsta in 1997 as the company's first employee following its founder. He started his career as a System Architect in the Internet Architecture group of TietoEnator, then known as ISI. At Forsta, Peter leads the R&D team and is responsible for all aspects of Forsta's research and development. Peter earned a Master of Science in Engineering from Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
Job Titles:
- Chief People Officer
- Chief People Officer for Forsta
Sara Cohen is the Chief People Officer for Forsta and has global responsibility for all things people related. Based in New York City, Sara is responsible for developing the company's people strategy and development across all our global locations. Sara's goal is to ensure the business continues to lead the industry in its employee programs, while maintaining the strong culture that is unique to each office. Previously, Sara spent several years at GroupM, leading the people team for Xaxis, a programmatic media agency. Previous positions in technology, media, advertising, and PR agencies have given her a unique insight to working in fast paced, dynamic companies.
Job Titles:
- Managing Director, Market Research
Job Titles:
- SVP
- SVP Strategic Integration and Transformation
Zhana Baleva is the SVP Strategic Integration and Transformation, directly responsible for defining and implementing the business strategy for that unit. She has been ingrained in the marketing research technology scene since 2011, helping ActiveGroup and later Forsta expand their commercial operations in EMEA. Zhana holds an Executive MBA from Cotrugli Business School and BA in Computer Science from Sofia University.