Bryan Firestone

Founder

Bryan founded a consulting company in 2003 that quickly grew and was re-branded as U.S. HealthTek in 2013.  He has over 30 years of experience in the clinical and environmental laboratory space, holding the position of Chief Information Officer for American Medical Laboratories, TestAmerica Laboratories, Solstas Lab Partners, Healthscape Data and Drugscan.  Before founding U.S. HealthTek, he held senior management positions at National Health Laboratories, LabCorp, Quest Diagnostics, and Clinical Pathology Laboratories.  In addition, he has several years of experience managing and automating a semi-conductor reliability testing lab for United Technologies.

Bryan founded U.S. HealthTek on the idea that productivity and efficiency could be provided to clients through experts with real-world IT experience – all without breaking the bank.  His personal commitment and the commitment of everyone at U.S. HealthTek remains to provide expert, quality service at affordable prices for our clients.

Cristy Reiter

CEO

Cristy’s 25 years in the laboratory industry have been focused in laboratory sales management and operations. Before joining U.S. HealthTek, she served as Vice President of Sales at Spectrum Laboratory Network, Director of Business Development of Specialty Laboratories, Vice President of Operations at Clinical Pathology Laboratories (Virginia) and Senior Vice President of Sales at American Medical Laboratories.  Throughout her career she has overseen a variety of laboratory service components including Physician and Hospital Sales, Field Client Services, Client Service, Accessioning, Courier/Logistics and Phlebotomy.

As Chief Executive Officer, Cristy’s focus is on managing a financially lean, virtual company while reinvesting in product development.  She believes that hiring expert IT support should not be cost-prohibitive to our industry, and should instead allow clients a higher level productivity at a better ROI than by hiring full-time employees.

Karen Saldaña

COO

Karen’s 20-plus years in the laboratory industry is as wide as it is deep. Before joining U.S. HealthTek, her wide-ranging background includes Director of Program Management at BioReference Laboratories, Project Manager of Client Services and Senior QMS Program Manager at Quest Diagnostics, and has led efforts across marketing, R&D, operations, database, IT, and sales disciplines. She is a PMP-certified Project Manager, Bioinformatics Programmer, and worked on the Project Execution team within the U.S. Army’s LSS Program Management Office.