Mark Friess
Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder

Mark Friess has focused on the development and delivery of health information to patients and their families for the past 11 years. As the CEO and Co-founder of wired.MD for the past 5 years, he and the wired.MD team have focused on programs and services that benefit hospitals and clinics whose vision of patient education includes a comprehensive solution that benefits staff, patients, and their families. Mark has completed a National Institutes of Health grant research project focusing on the use of the Internet by health information consumers. He has participated in biomedical research for Abbott Labs and Baxter International. He studied medicine at the Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine and is a graduate of Brigham Young University with a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology and a minor in Business Management.

John Griffith
Chief Financial Officer

John combines 24 years of financial and executive management experience in both domestic and international operations for emerging and high growth companies. Prior to wired.MD John served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Trials Digest Publishing, Inc., a monthly research journal and provider of custom research. John was Chief Financial Officer and Director Sales for Command Technology Corporation, a software publisher. He has also served as a Business Manager for the Oakland Athletics Baseball Company. John began his career as an auditor with Price Waterhouse, a big four CPA firm, completing his CPA certification in California in 1981.

Paul Biskar, MD
Medical Director

Dr. Paul Biskar is focused on developing and implementing medical software systems that assist medical professionals and improve patients' lives. His experience includes the EMR implementation in the Portland VA Hospital; a two-year Medical Informatics Fellowship at Oregon Health Sciences University School of Medicine; and a Chief Resident position at Providence St. Vincent Hospital, national leaders in e-Health. Dr. Biskar received his medical degree from the Oregon Health Sciences University, and his undergraduate degree from the University of Washington.

Lars Helgeson
Vice President of Engineering

As an Internet developer Lars has created complete business solutions for companies around the globe. Before joining wired.MD he was CEO of Sirius Technologies, Inc., and served as Chief Information Officer for JustOriginals.com, and Chief Technology Officer for ArtRover.com. As an engineer, Lars designed and managed development of spacecraft and space experiments for the Air Force's Space Test Program, as well as missile systems to test US missile defense architecture. He earned an MBA from the University of New Mexico, and holds a BS and MS in Mechanical Engineering (Biomechanics) from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY.

John Friess
Vice President of Sales and Marketing and Co-founder

John is focused on the process of building the marketability and viability of idea and emerging stage companies. Before founding wired.MD, John was a Marketing Agent who helped with the launch of Kozmo.com for both the Portland and Los Angeles markets. Prior to this, he was the Public Relations and Marketing Manager of RFCC, Inc., a premiere special event-planning agency in Los Angeles; and developed a strategic marketing plan for West Moon Trading Company. A graduate of the University of Oregon, John received a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration with a focus in Marketing.