Clarity Health Services is managed by a team of senior executives that enjoys far-ranging experience in, healthcare services, entrepreneurship, business services and software development.
Prior to co-founding Clarity, Chief Executive Officer Peter J. Gelpi was an executive with Aldus Corporation (creator of the famous PageMaker® program that helped popularize Apple's Macintosh computer) and Adobe Systems (the publisher of ubiquitous Acrobat and Flash software). He left Adobe in 1997 to guide several successful startups including Envision Telephony, a pioneering call-center software company. Pete received his BS in Physics from the University of California and his MBA from the Wharton School.
Arif Kassam worked in client and community relationship management positions for over 15 years with Hewlett Packard and Motorola. More recently, he helped manage a number of startups. Arif earned his MBA from York University, Toronto a certificate in Medical Management at the University of Washington and a degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver.
Eric Bean, also a former Aldus and Adobe executive, is an expert builder of document processing and delivery systems for enterprise applications and in production document services environments. Noted for leading product management and marketing initiatives for several successful software companies, Eric received his Master in Software Engineering with honors from Seattle University and his MBA from the University of Washington, also with highest honors.
Connie Smith has been involved with service-center operations in various roles for more than 20 years. She has built deep experience running multi-channel global service centers, and has become an industry subject matter expert and consultant. Smith has worked with world-class centers such as Southwest Airlines, Safeco, Staples, Microsoft., Nordstrom, Nike, Best Western, Nationwide, Oakley, Alaska Airlines, and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan.
Richard von Riesen recently served as CEO of his family’s diversified manufacturing, retail, and construction firm. Richard was previously a Founding General Partner at Frazier Technology Ventures, and the Vice President of Venture Development for Meisenbach Capital Management. He has served as a director of numerous startup companies. He received a BA from Dartmouth College and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business
