Mr. Fortune has more than two decades of experience in healthcare. His background includes hospital information technology and management, microbiology, global sales and marketing. He started his career with McDonnell Douglas in electronics engineering and was instrumental in creating one of the largest suppliers of automated microbiology systems, Vitek Systems. While at Vitek, Mr. Fortune directed global sales and expanded markets to include Europe, South America, Middle East, and Asia Pacific resulting in revenues in excess of $100 million.

Mr. Fortune started his information technology career in 1990 with Citation Computer Systems in the laboratory sciences market. At Citation, he held several sales and marketing positions leading up to his assignment as Executive Vice President. Mr. Fortune received top sales awards as Regional Sales Manager and was responsible for increasing revenues from $15 million to $28 million in two years. Most recently, Mr. Fortune helped direct Citation Computer Systems through acquisition by Cerner Corporation and developed a Community healthcare strategic plan for Cerner Citation.

Mr. Fortune’s educational background includes Electronic Engineering (U.S. Navy), Computer Sciences (St. Louis Community College), Microbiology (Internship Program McDonnell Douglas), Payload Specialist – Microbiology (Johnson Spaceflight Center).