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The Leading Trio
Eric McGlade, Chief Strategy Officer, and Co-founder:
His diverse 20-year background in freight management, supply chain, consulting
and finance for higher education and healthcare makes Eric uniquely suited to help
VPL customers maximize savings in numerous areas of operations. As a founding
member and principal of VPL, Eric is committed to ensuring that VPL is wholly
focused on its customers, day in and day out.
Eric McGlade, CSO, & Co-founder
Scott Crow, Chief Innovation Officer, and Co-founder:
For more than 25 years, Scott has been on the leading edge of technology, consulting
and working in product development and process re-engineering for the retail,
financial, credit, utility, telecommunications, healthcare, and aviation industries.
As a founding member and principal of VPL, Scott is focused on business strategy,
operations, data analytics, IT, planning and customer experience, but admits his favorite
part of the job is hiring the best, brightest, and most forward-thinking players in the
industry.
Scott Crow, CIO & Co-founder
Rob Doone, President, and CEO:
Almost the entirety of Rob’s career has been spent in the technology sector with the
past decade having been focused specifically on the healthcare supply chain. That
makes him a perfect leader for VPL as we sharpen our focus on developing leading-
edge technology to reinvent freight management. As the President, Rob helps VPL
to grow and scale, overseeing all day-to-day operations and strategically driving the
company forward.
VPL Traject™
As points of patient care within
health systems continue to expand,
health care employees often don’t
know where their supplies are, or
where they go, once within their
own network. VPL Traject will
allow users to move and track
product within their own network.
It provides healthcare systems
with complete visibility into what
products are coming in and going
out and helps them make the best
choices as they move supplies across
their entire continuum of care.
The Company’s Plans for
the Future
As the healthcare supply chain
industry evolves, VPL continues to
develop innovative solutions that
will allow it to meet the needs of
its customers. The company will
continue to grow its team and has
plans to triple its workforce within
the next year alone. VPL will also
look to expand its headquarters in
Columbus, OH to accommodate the
company’s ongoing growth.
Connecting to Larger
Societal Issues
Rising costs for health care services
and insurance premiums represent
a growing burden for individuals
across the country. The growth in
health care spending is crowding
out other important priorities such
as saving for retirement or for
children’s education. Furthermore,
employers have responded to higher
health care costs by scaling back
wage increases and by increasing
employees’ cost sharing. If these
trends continue, many people who
had been middle-class throughout
Rob Doone, President & CEO
their working years risk not having
sufficient financial resources to
maintain a middle-class lifestyle
during their retirement years. VPL’s
leading-edge services are designed
to help healthcare providers
significantly reduce their freight
expenses, thereby contributing
to their overarching mission of
providing high-quality, affordable
patient care. VPL’s products and
services are making a marked
impact on the industry. The U.S.
healthcare provider market realizes
an estimated $2.9 billion per year
in direct and indirect freight costs.
VPL provides its customers with
the technology and insights to
reduce that expense by 15 to 20
percent. The company is poised to
develop even more ground-breaking
solutions to continue to close the
gap on freight costs and reduce
waste.
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