Growth equity investment firm Edison Partners announced the appointment of veteran healthcare executive Patrick O’Keefe as an Operating Partner. This will strengthen the firm’s Edison Edge value creation platform.
O’Keefe aims to identify and evaluate investment opportunities for the firm in healthcare technology and advise its portfolio company executives on leadership and go-to-market strategies.
O’Keefe brings over two decades of experience as an operating executive, C-level leader and board member in the healthtech sectors to his role at Edison Partners. More recently, he served as Chief Revenue Officer of Zelis, where he led enterprise sales and client management for 7+ years and played significant roles in setting strategy for product development and M&A.
Before Zelis, O’Keefe held senior executive roles at Anthem, UnitedHealth Group and Oxford Health Plans, and currently serves on the boards of Healthcare Recovery Solutions and Ringmaster Technologies.
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“We are thrilled to welcome a seasoned pro like Patrick to the team, a top notch healthcare industry executive who has advised CEOs and founders over the years to achieve rapid, capital efficient growth for their companies. We know both our healthcare practice and our portfolio companies will gain a significant advantage having access to his in-house expertise.”
– Gregg Michaelson, General Partner and leader of Edison’s healthcare technology sector
“I’m eager to offer my in-the-trenches experience to Edison’s portfolio companies, knowing first-hand how much the right partner and advisor can mean in achieving sustainable growth. I’ve personally leveraged Edison’s value creation capabilities, which are head and shoulders above other firms. Rather than the theoretical tomes or homework you get from many firms, if a portfolio company has a problem, Edison is quick to provide practical solutions backed by people who’ve held the jobs.”
– Patrick O’Keefe, operating partner at Edison Edge
