VTRAKR - Key Persons


Brendan Sweeney

Brendan supports the ConnectSx team with his experience as a product manager and forecasting analyst for a large retail licensing, manufacturing, and distribution company. Passionate about building valuable relationships, Brendan's role is focused on building and managing meaningful collaborations between ConnectSx and our community of users, partners, and stakeholders. Through his connections with our community, he helps identify the highest value features to enhance our platform, benefit our users, and innovate the delivery of surgical care.

Chris Riedel - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Chief Architect
A seasoned tech strategist, Chris brings over 18 years' experience building, implementing, and managing innovative technologies. With expertise spanning both the private and the public sector, Chris spent the last decade leading innovation and technology strategy for a major research university. His career in academia gives him a unique perspective on how to leverage emerging technologies to solve incredibly complex problems. Enthusiastic about using data to innovate and improve patient care, Chris wakes up every day excited by the challenge of creating and delivering unmatched value across the surgical value chain.

Michael Taylor

Job Titles:
  • Adviser / Former GM of Provider Market for IBM Watson Health / Former Partner and Managing Director, Accenture

Patrick Sweeney - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
A board-certified orthopedic spine surgeon since 1994, Pat is uniquely positioned to understand the full set of challenges around implant device management, inventory tracking, and in-OR knowledge delivery. As an inventor/entrepreneur, Pat holds more than 30 patents in the U.S., England, France, and Germany and is the founder of Flow-FX, a revolutionary surgical implant device company. In addition to being a practicing surgeon and device manufacturer, he is also the founder of the Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery, an ambulatory surgery center in Mokena, Illinois.

Ryan Wright

Job Titles:
  • Business Leader
  • Operations and Business Development
With over 20 years' experience in operations and supply chain management, Ryan is a proven business leader focused on positioning consumer-facing companies for growth. Whether building strong teams, implementing effective practices and processes that enable market innovation, or connecting his community through various outreach and volunteer activities, Ryan's inspiration comes from engaging with people who are driven to make a difference. That's what makes him a great fit for ConnectSx.