Healthcare Supply Chain Technology Summit

Daniel Beaird is the Editor-in-Chief of Healthcare Purchasing News, where he shares insights and stories from across the healthcare supply chain, drawing on more than 15 years in B2B journalism. He has covered healthcare extensively, from executive decision-making and contracting to logistics, technology, and clinical innovations.

Before joining HPN, Daniel served as Senior Editor for The Journal of Healthcare Contracting, where he helped lead editorial direction across digital, print, and podcast platforms. His work includes in-depth interviews with C-suite healthcare executives, analysis of industry trends, and content creation for leading healthcare organizations.

Sara Bunjaku is a Project Manager of Automation and AI for Supply Chain and Support Ser-vices at Cleveland Clinic. She leads initiatives to implement AI and automation, streamlining workflows, improving accuracy, and driving efficiency across supply chain operations. She is passionate about leveraging technology to transform healthcare operations and deliver scalable solutions.

Tatyana Kanzaveli is the founder of WomenInGenAI, a global movement advancing women’s leadership in AI. She also is the founder and CEO of Open Health Network, a GenAI-powered platform revolutionizing clinical trials, care-at-home, and digital health through personalized, multilingual, and interoperable solutions. Before launching her ventures, Kanzaveli was a senior executive at PwC’s SAP practice, where she led large-scale enterprise deployments and headed the firm’s Innovation Center focused on distributed SAP architectures. A recognized authority at the intersection of technology and business process transformation, she advises Fortune 500s, governments, and healthcare organizations on strategic AI implementation. Her work has been spotlighted at the White House, United Nations, and TEDx, and she serves on the board of the American Heart Association’s Health Tech Advisory Group.

Bill Marquardt is Group Vice President at Premier, overseeing the company’s Digital Supply Chain initiative. In this capacity, he collaborates with providers and suppliers to develop AI-enabled, data-driven solutions designed to enhance transparency, efficiency, innovation, and cost savings. With experience in supply chain management, clinical data analytics, and enterprise resource planning, Marquardt manages the company's supply chain technology strategy, directs the delivery of technology solutions, and supports Premier’s online platforms.

Since joining Premier in 1995, he has worked in consulting, contracting, operations, technology, and product management roles. Throughout his career, he has partnered with healthcare organizations to streamline processes, implement innovative technologies, and optimize data utilization.

Janak Joshi currently serves as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ Chief Digital Officer under Governor Maura Healey’s administration, responsible for bringing next generation digital & AI-led capabilities to service all State agencies and citizens across the state. Most recently, Joshi has published the multi-sector AI Guidance Framework for state agencies to conduct business in Massachusetts.
As of July 2025, he has been nominated to serve on the White House AI Task Force that is responsible for advising and recommending policy and governance across sectors nationally and internationally.

Joshua Proulx is an accomplished informaticist and healthcare technologist with over 25 years of experience. As a National Merit Scholar at Brigham Young University, he earned a BS in bioinformatics and electrical engineering. His early work included cancer research using supercomputers and developing software for malaria drug discovery at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Centre. A pioneer in healthcare technology, he led the development of one of the first wireless telemedicine Bluetooth EKG sensors and supporting clinical informatics platforms at the University of Utah Medical School and the VA. His research has leveraged natural language processing to explore the relationship between dietary supplements and bleeding risks with warfarin. He serves as the Principal AI Data Engineer at Geneial developing a fine tuned large language model to transform healthcare data.

Dr. Effie Stavrulaki is an Associate Professor of Management at Bentley University. She holds a PhD in Management Science from the Simon School of Business at the University of Rochester. Her research and teaching interests explore how supply-chain, new-product-development, and individual decisions impact organizational objectives and increase societal value. She has extensively investigated topics relating to inventory management, humanitarian logistics, healthcare operations and applications of mindfulness in business and educational settings. Dr. Stavrulaki has presented her work in many international conferences and has published articles in many top peer-reviewed journals. She has developed and taught operations management, supply chain management, mindfulness, healthcare leadership, and positive psychology-based courses and workshops for various student populations.