Joe Sedlak, MBA, RN, BSN

Joe Sedlak is a healthcare technology executive and strategic advisor with more than two decades of executive leadership experience spanning clinical care, healthcare technology, commercial operations, and enterprise growth. As a Registered Nurse with deep operational and business expertise, Joe brings a distinctive perspective that bridges the realities of healthcare delivery with the strategic and commercial demands of building and scaling healthcare technology companies.

Throughout his career, Joe has helped healthcare technology companies translate innovative products into scalable businesses by building the operational foundations required for sustainable growth. His work has centered on integrating Sales, Customer Success, Product, Clinical Operations, Implementation, and Executive Leadership into cohesive commercial operating models that consistently deliver customer outcomes while creating long-term enterprise value.

Joe has advised organizations ranging from seed-stage companies preparing for rapid growth to businesses navigating Series B funding and national and international expansion. His leadership has supported improvements in customer retention, recurring revenue, commercial execution, cross-functional alignment, and international market expansion across North America, Europe, and the Middle East. His experience includes contributing to outcomes such as more than 170% Net Revenue Retention, 97% gross customer retention, more than $8 million in expansion annual recurring revenue, and commercial portfolios exceeding $100 million.

At HMD, Joe serves as a Board Advisor for Healthcare Technology, Commercial Growth & Enterprise Strategy, advising on the intersection of healthcare innovation, commercialization, operating models, strategic growth, and enterprise value creation. He brings particular value to founders, executive teams, and investors seeking to strengthen commercial operations, improve cross-functional execution, prepare for investment and expansion, and build organizations capable of scaling innovation into sustainable healthcare impact.

Joe’s guiding philosophy is grounded in a simple principle: great healthcare innovation creates lasting impact when organizations develop the operational discipline and trusted structures required to execute it exceptionally well.