Duncan Van Dusen

CEO
Member, Board of Directors

Duncan Van Dusen is Tango Health’s Co-Founder and CEO, leading sales, marketing, finance, and partner relationship strategy. He has over 20 years of experience working with software and service companies. Prior to Tango, he led the sales and marketing effort at Works, a provider of commercial card management software which amassed an industry-leading $16B in card spend and was acquired by Bank of America. Duncan speaks French fluently and started his career in France in Mobil Oil’s international executive program. He holds an AB from Princeton University and a Masters in Public Health from the University of Texas.

Todd Praisner

President

As President of Tango Health, Todd Praisner draws on his 24 years of experience to lead product development, operations and technology. While at Works, he developed their groundbreaking patented approach to credit card management and holds multiple patents for his innovations. He also ensured 99.999% availability of Works’ internet-delivered application over a period of 5 years. Before Works, Mr. Praisner was Director of Software Development at Tivoli/IBM where he was responsible for the first Tivoli product to generate $1B in annual revenue.

Pete Pearson

Vice President, Finance

Pete Pearson joined Tango Health as Vice President of Finance in May, 2011. He brings over 14 years of progressive experience with both public and privately-held high growth companies in a variety of industries. He also served in the audit practice of the public accounting firm Arthur Andersen. Mr. Pearson’s experience includes auditing, SEC reporting, business process re-engineering, mergers and acquisitions, creation and consolidation of international entities, and strategic financial leadership. Prior to joining Tango Health, Mr. Pearson served as Vice President, Finance of Lombardi Software through its acquisition by IBM. Prior to Lombardi, he served in leadership roles for Golfsmith (NASDAQ: GOLF), Toppan Photomasks (formerly DuPont Photomasks – NASDAQ: DPMI), AMPAM, Inc., and Synopsys (formerly Avant! Corp – NASDAQ: AVNT). A licensed CPA, Mr. Pearson started his career in public accounting in Portland, Oregon and received his Bachelor of Science Degree with an emphasis in Business Management & Accounting from Oregon State University.

Brian R. Smith

Member, Board of Directors

Brian Smith serves as a managing director of S3 Ventures and on the Board of Directors for Tango Health. He leads the team’s efforts in technology, infrastructure and software. At 35, he co-founded the Convergent Investors Fund, a $70M early-stage venture capital firm in Texas. Mr. Smith served as managing director of Convergent Investors, where he oversaw investments in 10 companies. At age 29, he founded and served as chairman and CEO of Crossroads Systems (Nasdaq: CRDS). He led Crossroads through five rounds of venture, strategic and mezzanine financing and to a successful IPO in 1999. Mr. Smith ran Crossroads as a public company for nearly four years. In this role, he was an early pioneer in Storage Area Networks (“SANs”), which are industry standard solutions today. For his efforts, he was awarded the prestigious Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2000. He spent the first seven years of his career in electrical engineering positions holding product development roles within the Technology Group of the IBM Corporation.

Mr. Smith earned a BSEE with honors from the University of Cincinnati and an MSEE from Purdue University. He served on the board of Conformative Systems (acquired by Intel), Chicory Systems (acquired by CEVA, Phurnace (acquired by BMC Software) and Crossroads Systems (Nasdaq: CRDS). He currently serves on the boards of Callvine, Digby, Invodo, LibreDigital, OrthoAccel, Sipera, StoredIQ, and Tango Health.

Mike P. Turner

Member, Board of Directors

Mike Turner has more than 20 years of experience in building and growing successful companies. Most recently, he was the founder and CEO of Waveset Technologies, an identity management software company acquired by Sun Microsystems for $150 million. At Waveset, Mr. Turner received the Austin Under 40 Award for technology and business innovation and was a finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award. He serves as a judge for the Ernst & Young Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award and is a guest lecturer and Moot Corp Judge at the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas. Prior to his role at Waveset, Mr. Turner served as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Austin Ventures, the largest venture capital firm in the southwest. Previously, he served as vice president and general manager of Tivoli’s $1.2 billion enterprise business unit, which focused on Information Technology solutions. Mr. Turner spearheaded Tivoli’s entry into the enterprise security space, resulting in revenue growth from zero to $200 million in just two years. He holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from the University of Texas.

Art Dickerson

Member, Board of Advisors

Art Dickerson comes to the Consortium Health Plans, Inc., a national coalition of 21 leading Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans, after 20 years as an employee benefits and health-care consultant. Most recently, Dickerson was a senior partner in Mercer’s health and benefits business following successful careers in information technology and group insurance. At Mercer, Dickerson held a number of leadership positions, most recently the Southeast market business leader, where he managed offices in nine southeastern states while providing strategic benefits consulting to various large and jumbo employers throughout the U.S.

David Lenihan

Member, Board of Advisors

David brings decades of experience in banking and healthcare industry start ups. He was formerly Co-Founder & CEO of CareGain (acquired by Fortune 500 company Fiserv, Inc). CareGain was a pioneer in Consumer-Directed Health care, offering employers and health insurance plans a state-of-the art technology platform for HRA (Healthcare Reimbursement Accounts) and HSA (Healthcare Savings Account) administration and plan design. David is considered a “Father of HSAs” for his legislative efforts in getting the Health Savings Account legislation passed. More recently, as CEO he led HxTechnologies sale to MEDecision, a unit of HCSC (Blue Cross of Illinois). Prior to founding CareGain, David served as VP of Business Development for NeuVis (acquired by IBM). Before Neuvis, he served in senior executive capacities at Merrill Lynch and Oryx Merchant Bank having started his career with Chase Manhattan Bank. David has also served as a diplomat with Top Secret clearance.

Clint Scott

Member, Board of Advisors

As a principal of CLS Partners, Clint brings more than 15 years of leadership creating strategic and tactical employee benefits plans for public and privately-held national and international firms in a variety of industry segments.

Prior to founding CLS Partners, Clint worked for 10 years at what is now Arthur J. Gallagher (NYSE: AJG)—one of the world’s largest brokerage firms. While at Arthur J. Gallagher, Clint was a Top 20 Advisor serving clients such as Golfsmith; The University of Texas Investment Management Company (UTIMCO), the first external investment corporation formed by a public university system; and WayPort, Inc., now AT&T Wi-Fi Services.

Clint sits on the boards for multiple nonprofits and business associations, including the Central Texas Chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth. Clint holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of North Texas.

Matt Smith

Member, Board of Advisors

Matt Smith is an experienced Human Resources professional having served in the commercial real estate and financial services industries. He currently serves as Human Resources Director for Legend Bank, a community bank based in North Texas. At Legend Bank, Mr. Smith leads all facets of Human Resources, including workforce planning and succession, talent management, compensation and benefits, and employee relations. Prior to joining Legend Bank in 2009, Mr. Smith served in similar roles for JPI and OmniAmerican Bank. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Samford University, and a Master in Business Administration degree from TCU. A member of the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM), he holds the Professional in Human Resources (PHR) certification.

Allen Sockwell

Member, Board of Advisors

Allen Sockwell is the Founder of Sockwell Performance Advisors, an enterprise performance consulting firm. For over 25 years Allen has worked with leadership teams at technology companies across the Semiconductor, PC Systems, Software, Networking and Storage sectors building the human capital needed to execute critical business strategies. His work has centered on assessing organization capability and developing strategies to improve leadership effectiveness and financial performance.

Prior to founding Sockwell Performance Advisors Allen was Senior Vice President and Chief Talent Officer at Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE:AMD), a public Fortune 400 Company with revenues exceeding $6B. At AMD he led the worldwide Human Resource function including global business unit support, talent management, learning and organization development, compensation and benefits, employee relations and HR service delivery.