Turning Complexity into Clarity

Katie Ford is a dynamic healthcare executive with a proven track record in business development, strategic growth, and integration operations. As Vice President of Business Development at Surgery Partners, Inc., a Bain Capital portfolio company, Katie leads the national sales and marketing team, driving key initiatives that enhance brand awareness, expand service lines, and foster strategic partnerships with physicians and healthcare providers. Her leadership has been instrumental in executing growth strategies and operational improvements that have significantly advanced the organization’s market position.

Previously, Katie served as Vice President of Integration Operations at Covenant Surgical Partners, where she managed complex transactions and integrated numerous physician practices and surgery centers, ensuring smooth transitions and maximizing operational synergies. Her extensive background in healthcare consulting, market strategy, and project integration further solidifies her expertise in navigating the challenges of high-growth environments. Katie holds a Master of Business Administration with a concentration in Finance from Pepperdine University and a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry, Cellular, and Molecular Biology from the University of Tennessee. 

Residing in Nashville, TN, Katie enjoys spending time with her husband, Brent, and their three children, Fitz, Bishop, and Fiona. The family is rounded out by their dog, Murray, and a bearded dragon named Dolly. In her free time, Katie loves attending concerts, practicing yoga, and enjoying the outdoors—especially at the beach.

Jim is a venture partner at Empactful Capital. Empactful’s focus is investing in high growth healthcare technology companies. Prior to his work at Empactful, Jim served as a Managing Director at Main Line Equity Partners where he leveraged his expertise to manage portfolio companies and support new investment opportunities within the healthcare vertical. Jim brings over 25 years of experience as a strategic sales leader, business development strategist, and healthcare technology advisor and investor. Jim’s passion is leveraging his industry expertise to cultivate and grow early-and growth-stage technology and digital health companies, and enable large healthcare organizations to progress on their strategic transformation journeys.

Tim Mulron has over 30 years of experience in senior finance and operating roles, specializing in scaling fast-growth companies, particularly within SaaS and subscription-based revenue models. Currently, Tim serves as the CEO and board member of Beachy, a hospitality software company, and is also a founder and board member of opre, a future of work software company.

His previous leadership roles include being co-CEO of LeanKit, a venture-backed enterprise project management software firm, where he led the growth of the company from $3 million to $20 million in just three years before its acquisition by Thoma Bravo. Tim also served as the Chief Strategy Officer at Emma, a SaaS-based marketing software company, which was sold to Insight Partners.

In addition to his executive roles, Tim is an active private investor, advisor, and board member, working with companies across multiple industries. Early in his career, Tim moved to Nashville as CFO of Asurion’s $400 million mobile device insurance business.

His background also includes senior finance and operations roles at Silicon Valley technology startups @Home Network and Big Band Networks, both of which went public. During his tenure at these firms, he helped scale one to over $1 billion in revenue and achieve Fortune 100 status within four years. Tim began his post-graduate career in the strategy and financial planning group at HBO, a division of Time Warner.

Tim holds a B.S. in Business Administration from UC Berkeley and an MBA in Finance and Strategic Planning from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

With experience ranging from managing his own boutique development shop to being a hired mercenary to launch enterprise fintech sales teams, Dane brings unique perspectives and knowledge to the company's leadership team. As a co-founder of the company, the initial products were inspired from his own experiences of what "not to do" as a non-technical CEO. Outside of work, he loves sports, nature, chess and spending time with his wife and 9 year old son.