Wayne Blank

NovaMed LLC manages, develops, and acquires ambulatory surgery centers. The firm also owns and operates optical laboratories, an optical products purchasing organization, and a marketing products and services business. Its optical laboratory business specializes in surfacing, finishing, and distributing corrective lenses and eyeglass lenses for ophthalmologists, optometrists, opticians, and optical retail chains. The company was founded in March 1995 and is headquartered in Nashville, TN.

EndoChoice, Inc. operates as a medtech company which focuses on the manufacturing and commercialization of platform technologies including endoscopic imaging systems, devices, and infection control products and pathology services. Its imaging systems include fuse endoscopy system, fuse accesories, carts, cart options, monitors, monitor cart mounts, monito wall mounts, scope services, and suction pumps and supplies. Its devices include band ligators, biopsy forceps, bipolar probes, bite blocks, cytology brushes, electrosurgical supplies, metal stents, needles, retrieval devices, and snares. The company was founded by Mark G. Gilreath and William Parks in 2007 and is headquartered in Alpharetta, GA.

ghSMART & Co., Inc. provides business assessment and consulting services. It offers management assessment form for chief executive officers (CEO) and investors. The firm specializes in consulting services for pre-hire decisions at the CEO and board levels, private equity and corporate and mergers and acquisitions, senior management team performance feedback, and executive learning and development. The company was founded by Geoffrey H. Smart in 1995 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.