Executive Leadership

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  • Howard is co-founder of Diagnostic Support Services and serves as the company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Howard has dedicated his career to the healthcare industry and has spent more than 30 years building and leading medical laboratory and healthcare companies. Prior to starting Diagnostic Support Services, Howard was a founding member of Progenity, a women’s health genetics testing laboratory and biotechnology company focused on novel and innovative technologies. While at Progenity Howard served on the board and led the company’s operational functions. Before that, Howard was a founder of Sequenom’s Center for Molecular Medicine, a molecular diagnostics laboratory, where he led operations and created the company’s first commercial capabilities. Howard started his career at Quest Diagnostics, where he spent almost 15 years in a variety of roles and positions.

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  • Jared is a co-founder of Diagnostic Support Services and serves as the company’s Chief Technology Officer. In addition to leading the technology strategy at Diagnostic Support Services, Jared also serves as a founder and partner for Gistia Healthcare, a technology development and healthcare data analytics company. Prior to this, Jared worked for Progenity, a genetics laboratory and biotechnology company, as the organization’s CIO. Jared was also the founder of the Kearns Group, a technology consulting organization servicing the needs of healthcare, financial and automotive industries.

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Meet the Team

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Alex Espinosa
Sr. VP, Operations

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Shawnta Sigmon
VP, Customer Success and Strategy

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Alisha Hoover
Director of Sales

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