Mesh Health Solutions

Our “Mesh-ion” and Vision

Our Story

Our Team

• Lauren Adams CEO + founder With over 15 years in executive healthcare, Lauren leads business strategies at Mesh Health Solutions, LLC, ensuring alignment with the company's mission and both short and long-term goals. She is an expert in healthcare IT solutions that bridge payers and providers and create sustainable revenue streams. Before Mesh, Lauren drove Cedar Care's payer strategy, managed strategic partnerships at Diameter Health, oversaw medical prior auth digitization at Cigna/ESI/eviCore, and enhanced pharmacy ePA, real time benefits, DME, and other interoperability solutions at Allscripts.
• Portia Thurmond, MD, MPH head of ops + product Portia is a triple Brown University graduate (AB ‘03, MPH ‘06, MD ‘11) who brings more than 15 years of healthcare experience and 5 years of digital healthcare product experience to Mesh Health Solutions. Overseeing product strategy, discovery, delivery, and operations, she ensures the Mesh team is doing their best work every day. Before Mesh, Portia spearheaded pilot programs at Humana's Digital Health and Analytics group and led the development of AI-based, payer-focused PA solutions at eviCore.
• Raghavendra Iyer SVP IT + development With over 16 years in full-stack engineering, tech entrepreneur Raghavendra Iyer has steered fintech and healthcare projects, notably leading Prior Authorization and UM solutions at eviCore. His expertise spans engineering management and cloud and big data architecture, with proficiency in Java, JavaScript, and Python ecosystems. He's adept at crafting technical roadmaps, managing OKRs, and overseeing hiring. Recently, he's delved into data engineering consultancy, focusing on big data design and analytics.
• Kurt Kozin head of sales + founder Thirty year healthcare executive Kurt Kozin is the driving force behind Mesh's go-to-market, sales, and business dev strategy. He recently concluded a successful exit from his company Trusted 110 and Grey Partners. Before Mesh he ran Strategic Outlook, LLC, a consulting firm where he served as VP, Business Management to AmerisourceBergen, a Fortune 50 company. Additionally, as Executive VP of MultiPlan Services Corporation, the largest national preferred provider organization, he spearheaded their nation network development efforts.
• Emma Yamada technical adviser + data scientist Entrepreneurial engineer Emma Yamada brings her unique experience bridging the technical and administrative worlds of healthcare. Her accomplishments include full life cycle development of proprietary, enterprise-level software solutions for healthcare, including an EHR platform for both inpatient and outpatient settings.
• Mike Sinsheimer advisor Mike Sinsheimer, founder of Medtech Catalyst, has successfully established and co-founded multiple medical and dental device firms, including Mobius Imaging, LLC and Cardan Robotics, both of which were acquired by Stryker in 2019 for an aggregate sum of $500M. Prior to these achievements, Mr. Sinsheimer held roles as President of Integrated Marketing Concepts, VP of Marketing & Strategic Planning at Straumann Company, and Marketing Manager at Pfizer, Inc. He earned his MHA from UNC's Gillings School of Global Public Health and an MBA from NYU's Stern School of Graduate Business.
• Kris Srinivasan, MD, MBA, M. Eng. HSE advisor Kris Srinivasan is a clinical entrepreneur with more than 10 years experience in healthcare consulting and business development with companies in their infancy to those in the Fortune 100. He excels in aligning growth strategies with company goals for scalable success. Kris seamlessly merges patient-centricity with optimized business strategies and is driven by enhancing patient experiences and meeting their care preferences.
• Mark Harris advisor Mark is an accomplished leader with a background spanning technology, insurance, and healthcare at both startups and large enterprises. He currently heads crucial technology functions at GEICO, with prior roles at other notable companies, including Microsoft and CoverMyMeds. He holds a B.S. in Computer & Information Science, a Master’s in Computer Science, and an MBA, showcasing his commitment to learning and expertise in diverse industries.