Geonetric Team Leaders

Eric Engelmann, President & Chief Executive Officer (Founder)
Eric is the managing director of Geonetric, working hands-on with clients, prospects and the entire Geonetric team to uncover innovative online solutions for the healthcare industry. Providing both a vision and a direction for the company, Mr. Engelmann's extensive business skills and foresight has built the Geonetric team into a flourishing, 7 year old enterprise.

Eric closely follows trends in eHealth and online technologies, transferring his knowledge of cross-industry solutions to organizations including, Norton Healthcare, Memorial Hospital and Health System, Adventist Health System, Genesis Medical Center and National Jewish and Medical Research Center. His expertise focuses on the facilitation of communication between the healthcare community and the health consumer. Eric holds a BA in Business Administration from The University of Iowa and is a member of multiple organizations including the Technology Association of Iowa, the Healthcare Strategists Forum and the Healthcare Information Management Systems Society.

Ben Dillon, MBA, Vice President & Corporate Evangelist
Ben is a co-owner of Geonetric and serves as a thought leader for Geonetric's prospects and clients. He writes and speaks extensively about Geonetric's research in eHealth and the industry-leading efforts of its clients. As our onsite HIPAA expert, Ben stays current on changing laws and works with a quality analyst and certified security expert to ensure compliance.

With 12 years of professional experience in information technology, business and healthcare, Ben has helped lead Geonetric through its rapid growth. Prior to working at Geonetric, Ben worked in business process re-engineering and enterprise software development with top-tier organizations including University of Iowa Healthcare and the Michigan Insurance Bureau. He holds a BSE in Computer Engineering from The University of Michigan and an MBA in eBusiness and Strategic Management from The University of Iowa. Ben is co-chair of the HIMSS (the Healthcare Information Management Systems Society) eHealth Special Interest Group and a member of the Microsoft Healthcare Users Group and SHSMD (the Society for Healthcare Strategy and Market Development). He has been a judge of the eHealth Leadership Awards for the past five years.

Sandra Fancher, PMP, Vice President of Operations
Sandra works vigilantly with Geonetric's clients, overseeing and managing every detail of their initiatives and innovations, from kickoff through launch. With over a decade of experience, Ms. Fancher has been leading the development team to create new technologies and methods for optimizing engagements, including product planning, project management, quality and coding standards.

She is a certified Project Management Professional and has been a member of the Geonetric team since 2002. Sandra is a leading contributor to the long-term success of initiatives, including such clients as Norton Healthcare, Genesis Health System and National Jewish Medical and Research Center. She is a member of the Project Management Institute of Cedar Rapids and holds a BS in Business and Marketing from Northwest Missouri State.

Linda Barnes, MBA, Vice President of Marketing and Communications
Linda's extensive experience guiding marketing, communications and sales teams provides an impressive backdrop to her role at Geonetric. She is responsible for developing and executing an integrated marketing strategy for Geonetric that evolves the company's brand and successfully drives the company's accelerating growth. Her responsibilities also include overseeing employee communications, evaluating and building key industry partnerships, as well as serving as a respected community advocate to help Geonetric achieve its goal of recruiting and retaining talented employees.

Linda was previously employed by Alliant Energy, where she was responsible for managing Web applications and employee communications. Prior to that, she led project management and strategic planning teams for a local Web development company. Linda holds a BA in Business Administration from William Penn University and an MBA, with an emphasis in Marketing and Finance, from Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Management. She is a member of the International Association of Business Communicators, Public Relations Society of America, and the Society for Healthcare Strategy & Market Development, and is a Lean Six Sigma Certified Green Belt.

Eric Schnack, MBA, Vice President of Business Development
Eric leads Geonetric's efforts to connect with and engage new clients that share Geonetric's vision for the limitless possibilities the Web's offers to reshape the health industry, as well as a commitment to achieve that vision with passion, urgency, and a quantitative, results-oriented focus. In this role, Eric is responsible for ensuring an effective match between a prospective client's goals and Geonetric's ability to help achieve them. Eric ensures his team facilitates an effective transition from prospect to a long term, satisfied client.

With more than 19 years of professional experience, Eric contributes a wealth of knowledge to the strategic guidance and operational management of Geonetric. His experience includes early account management and consultative sales roles with heavy-hitters IBM and Xerox, as well as subsequent executive management roles with a number of technology-related entrepreneurial ventures. Eric holds bachelor's degrees of both arts and engineering sciences from Dartmouth College as well as an MBA from the University of Iowa.

Eric George, eBusiness Strategist
Eric works with hospitals and health systems to help identify their online needs and understand the way they approach eHealth initiatives. He is always eager to demonstrate how Geonetric products and services help hospitals meet the high expectations of their site visitors.

Eric brings 10 years of sales, customer service and management experience to Geonetric as our newest eBusiness Strategist. With experience leading business development initiatives at both LimoLink and Decisionmark (where he was employee of the year in 2004!), Eric brings fresh ideas and new approaches to our team. He has a BA in Communications from Wartburg College and an MS from Western Illinois University in Sports Management.