Our team's collective experience comes from all areas of healthcare and from developing sophisticated systems for both very large organizations and small clients.  We have previously taken millions of dollars out of operational costs, executed sales strategies for organizations in a variety of start-up stages, and built consumer facing web sites that take millions of hits per month.

In depth understanding of healthcare processes, a sense of market need, artistic design, usability engineering, and technical architecture are all pulled together to develop simple solutions to complex problems.

Marc-François Bradley provides overall strategic and operational management since Sophrona's founding.  He has overseen the development of Sophrona's innovative Sage Portal as well as the development of its sales channels.  Prior to Sophrona, Marc-François spent nearly a decade at the Target Corporation where he found ways to leverage technology solutions to reduce operating costs across a massive supply chain and in retail stores spread over 1300 locations.  He set the vision, managed, and oversaw implementation of numerous large complex information systems used by thousands of users and leading to millions of dollars in reduced annual operating costs.

Marc-François Bradley is half-way through his MBA at the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management. He graduated from Dartmouth College with a degree in engineering.

Paul C. Seel has twenty years of large group practice experience in the Twin Cities with one of the largest nephrology groups in the upper Midwest. During that time, he served in numerous leadership positions within Kidney Specialists of Minnesota and Lakeland Dialysis LLC, a Twin Cities dialysis provider with ten free standing dialysis units. He co-initiated a highly successful disease management program for chronic kidney disease patients which lead to the development of an outcomes based, on-line EMR which has subsequently been sold to an EMR provider.

Since leaving the group in 2004 on an Archibald Bush Medical Fellowship, he has served as a medical director at United Resource Networks, a division of United Healthcare, where he was involved in developing an innovative program managing chronic kidney disease patients on a national scale.

Dr. Seel received an AB from Dartmouth College summa cum laude in Chemistry and an MD degree from Dartmouth Medical School. He completed his medical training at the University of Minnesota Hospitals and is ABIM board certified in Internal Medicine, Nephrology and Critical Care Medicine.  He has completed the Intermountain Health Care Institute’s Advanced Training Program in Health Care Delivery Improvement and holds an MBA from the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management.

Kathy Papp plans and manages all of Sophrona's portal and Sage Bridge interface implementations. She is responsible for managing quality assurance initiatives and Sophrona's software release testing.  She also oversees the operation of Sophrona's support organization.  Prior to Sophrona, Kathy worked for many years at Target Corporation in a variety of analysis and leadership capacities in the Point of Sale Technology area.

Kathy Papp graduated from St. Cloud State University with a degree in Business Computer Information Systems.

Jim Mattson sets corporate vision for overall system architecture and design. He has over a decade of experience architecting and developing secure and scalable web applications in a variety of industries including work leading a team of developers in the implementation of a series of e-commerce sites taking 30 million user hits per month and processing $1M in monthly orders while at the Carlson Marketing Worldwide. 

Jim Mattson graduated from Bemidji State University with a degree in Computer Information Systems and Accounting before completing an M.S. in Software Engineering at the University of St. Thomas.

Mike Papp holds responsibility for setting and enforcing corporate guidelines around all security concerns and ensures that Sophrona continues to remain compliant with all national security regulations including Payment Card Industry (PCI) standards and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). His background includes expertise in information technology, management consulting, and security technology spanning 17 years. Mike's experience is derived from providing solutions to complex problems at many successful companies including Deluxe Corporation, Ernst & Young, Starkey Laboratories, US Bank, and Target Corporation.

Mike Papp graduated from St. Cloud State University with a degree in Management Information Systems and holds a Masters Certification in Information Technology Project Management.

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