Peter Emerson, CEO and Chief Privacy, Risk, and Compliance Officer

Peter brings more than 15 years of executive leadership and operational experience to Recombinant, and his background in governance and compliance provides a unique blend of skills to Recombinant’s clients. Healthcare data warehousing projects require specialized knowledge to ensure data is compliant, secure and auditable. Peter’s legal training and expertise in privacy and HIPAA issues ensures a high degree of trust around Recombinant’s implementations.

Prior to joining Recombinant Peter served as Chief Operating Officer at Visual i|o, a data visualization software company and VP of Product Management at Open Pages, a leading governance, risk, and compliance software company. Peter has been a general counsel and worked on healthcare fraud issues in private practice. He has also held senior positions in sales, marketing, business development and corporate development at public and private software companies.

Peter is a graduate of the Harvard Law School, holds an MA from Oxford University and a BA from the University of Pennsylvania.


Aaron Abend, Managing Director – Data Warehousing

Aaron is co-founder of Recombinant Data Corporation. He has been a leader in data warehousing technology for over 20 years and launched Recombinant to help apply this technology at hospitals to improve operations and research new treatments. Through his work on research data repositories Aaron has become a leading expert on implementation of the open source i2b2 Workbench and research Hive.

Aaron’s technology experience began when he joined Metaphor Computer Systems in 1984 where he helped develop the world's first true data warehouse solution working with Ralph Kimball. In 1985, Aaron launched Abend Associates, Inc. which provided data warehousing and customer relationship management (CRM) software. Customers included Chemical Bank, TIAA/CREF, and Procter & Gamble. In 1999, Aaron entered the field of healthcare data warehousing. Since then he has worked in major data warehousing projects, including the Research Patient Data Registry (RPDR) project at the Laboratory of Computer Science at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Quality Data Warehouse for Partner's HealthCare Electronic Health Record (EHR) system.

Aaron earned a BA at Middlebury College and an MBA from Columbia University.


Dan Housman, Managing Director – Analytical Applications

Dan is a software veteran with a proven track record of providing reliable decision support systems to the enterprise. Dan has delivered web-based analytical applications for healthcare providers including quality dashboards, disease management reports, compensation incentive metrics, and analysis of publicly reported measures. Prior to co-founding Recombinant Data, Dan was responsible for founding and building ChannelWave, a company that pioneered PRM (Partner Relationship Management) and ecommerce applications. His founding vision and leadership helped to establish a business with over $15M in annual sales providing solutions to help enterprise clients including Verizon, RIM/Blackberry, Arrow Electronics, and Hyundai to optimize their demand chain.

Dan earned a BS in Chemistry and Biology from MIT in 1995 and is an active member of HDWA (Healthcare Data Warehousing Association) and AMIA (American Medical Informatics Association).


Bruce D. Johnson, Managing Director – Data Architecture, Strategy, and Governance

Bruce joined Recombinant data in December of 2007 to provide clients with strategic advice on data architecture, warehousing, and data governance. Bruce brings 20 years of experience as an IT professional and has been involved with large scale data warehousing projects in many industries including Healthcare, Finance, Transportation, Retail, and Travel.

Prior to joining Recombinant, Bruce led the definition and establishment of the Mayo Clinic Life Sciences Systems and Enterprise Data Trust data warehouses. These efforts required building support and trust of executive & medical leaders, defining enterprise meta data, data governance, and an enterprise data model as well as establishing the staffing, tools, processes, and approaches required to ensure success. Bruce also has experience in decision support/business intelligence, application architecture, business analysis, and software vendor selection.

Bruce earned a BS in Computer Science in 1986 at DeVry Institute of Technology in Columbus, Ohio and is a monthly columnist for the Enterprise Information Management Institute. Copies of his articles can be found at EIMInstitute.org.


Shelley Orenstein – Chief Operating Officer

Shelley is a seasoned business executive who has overseen Recombinant’s growth from day one. She has been involved in every aspect of Recombinant’s business and understands the mission critical issues facing hospitals and large academic medical centers. In her role as Chief Operating Officer Shelley manages day-to-day operations for the company and coordinates strategic partnerships.

Prior to joining Recombinant Shelley was CEO of CallBack Software, a customer relationship management company, growing sales revenues by 50% and leading it to three of its most profitable years.

Shelley earned a BA in Economics at the University of Vermont.

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