Professional Bios BD
John R. Prufeta, Chairman of the Board
John Prufeta is Founder and Chairman of Medical Excellence International. He is General Partner of Medical Excellence Capital, LLC, a growth stage Venture Capital company investing in Gene Therapy, AI, and Regenerative Medicine. Mr. Prufeta was Chairman & Managing Partner of Agilence Health Advisors, LLC, a global healthcare business performance acceleration and venture development firm serving Academic Medical Centers, Health Information Technology organizations, Health Insurers and Consumer-Directed Plans, PBMs, Private Equity Firms, and Venture organizations. Prufeta is the former president and CEO of Medix Resources, a publicly-held company (NYSE: MXR) providing technologies that enables the secure communication of clinical, financial and administrative data between physicians and insurers, PBMs, hospitals and reference laboratories. Mr. Prufeta has held various leadership positions within the healthcare industry and served on the board of advisors or directors to several healthcare organizations including New York Hospital of Queens and the New York Presbyterian Hospital and Health System.
Prufeta is a founding Director of Veteran’s Moving Forward, a not-for-profit charity focusing on providing innovative therapy treatments for disabled United States veterans and Eagle Scout Coordinator for Troop 71 Theodore Roosevelt chapter of Boy Scouts of America.
Prufeta is a graduate of the Harvard Executive Program, OPM 28 at the Harvard University Graduate School of Business. He holds a B.S. degree in Management from St. John’s University.
Olga Prufeta, Vice Chairman and CEO
Founding member Olga Prufeta currently holds appointments as Vice Chairman and CEO of Medical Excellence, Inc globally. She co-developed Eastern European markets, beginning in 2009 and has been instrumental in developing key industry relationships for Medical Excellence International. Prior, from 1995-2009, Olga was a pioneering member of Russia's finance industry, beginning as an Analyst at Pioneer Securities – a Russian unit of Pioneer First Boston Mutual Fund and rising to Managing Director and Head of Strategy for Fleming Family & Partners Asset Management (Russia). In 2009 she was elected by her industry peers and honored by RBC Media Group as Russia's top Strategist.
Mrs. Prufeta is a graduate of the Financial University under Russian Federation Government and has a graduate degree from the Moscow Pedagogical State University. She also held the position of Teacher at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Russia (MGIMO).