Byron Wade

Managing Director

Health eCareers

Jan 2026 - Current (8 months)

Responsible for setting the strategic direction of the business and leading efforts to connect healthcare employers with high-quality clinical talent through innovative digital recruitment solutions.

Member of the Board of Advisors

New Enterprise Ventures

Jun 2025 - Current (1 year 3 months)

• Provide strategic insights and feedback to clients on healthcare innovations and evidence-based practices. • Collaborate with startups to identify growth opportunities and refine business development strategies. • Contribute to the advancement of healthcare solutions, enhancing client engagement and satisfaction.

Principal Consultant

American Healthcare Strategies

Jun 2024 - Current (2 years 3 months)

Through American Healthcare Strategies, I partner with organizations focused on improving their provider workforce ecosystem, optimizing clinical operations, and strengthening clinical performance to solve complex workforce challenges, accelerate growth, and improve execution. My consulting work spans direct hospital partnerships, VMS/MSP technologies, locum tenens organizations, and companies that support the broader healthcare mission. Across each engagement, I bring a practical, relationship-driven, data-informed approach—helping teams refine sales positioning, cultivate new business, align stakeholders, and move from strategy to implementation. The goal is not just better plans, but solutions that work in real-world healthcare envir

Co-Founder

The Wade Family Foundation

May 2023 - Current (3 years 4 months)

Advocating for living donors, educating the community on CKD prevention, and advancing research of IgA Nephropathy.

President - UPMC Locum Clinicians

UPMC

May 2022 - Jun 2024 (2 years 2 months)

Director, Physician Network Development

UPMC

Apr 2022 - Jun 2024 (2 years 3 months)

Director, Physician Recruitment and Placement

UPMC

Apr 2019 - Mar 2022 (3 years)

Vice President - UPMC Locum Clinicians

UPMC

Dec 2018 - May 2022 (3 years 6 months)

Division Administrator

UPMC

Oct 2016 - Mar 2019 (2 years 6 months)

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Chief Exploration Officer (North America and Europe)

Self Employed

Aug 2015 - Oct 2016 (1 year 3 months)

-Cross-Cultural Immersion: Developed deep cultural competency through extended engagement with diverse communities across North America and Europe, building lasting professional and personal networks spanning multiple countries and industries. -Strategic Planning & Execution: Independently planned and executed complex multi-country itineraries, managing logistics, budgets, and risk assessment across varied geographic and cultural environments. -Industry Research & Relationship Building: Conducted immersive research within the wine industry, establishing relationships with leading producers across Italian vineyard regions and gaining insights into artisanal production methods and international business practices. -Adventure Leadership & Risk

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Executive Director

Pickaway Health Services

Jan 2015 - Sep 2015 (9 months)

Pickaway Health Services is the employed physician division of Berger Health System. We are a multi specialty not for profit who aims to provide primary and specialty care to the residents of Circleville and Pickaway County. We employ about 100 employees including approximately 30 providers (both employees and contractors). We also manage the majority of the physician contract services for Berger Hospital.

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Administrative Director and Recruiter, Nursing Service

Dayton VA Medical Center

Feb 2013 - Dec 2014 (1 year 11 months)

Oversee all administrative functions and the SWIM Team (pool nursing team) for Nursing Services at a 500 bed acute and long-term care facility. Position reports to the Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) and supports the CNO and Associate Chief Nurses of Acute/Specialty Care and Long-term Care. Coordinated patient moves and construction of two new Med/Surg units that feature private rooms and help improve the patient experience/patient satisfaction.

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Administrative Director, Outpatient Care & Community Engagement

Dayton VA Medical Center

Jun 2011 - Feb 2013 (1 year 9 months)

In tandem with the Chief Physician, oversaw hospital-based outpatient care including 4 satellite outpatient clinics, the Emergency Department, Occupational/Employee Health, Women's Health, Tele-Health, Home-Based Primary Care, and Chronic Health (Diabetes and CHF) Clinic. Helped develop the curriculum to train staff on Patient-Centered Medical Home delivery model and facilitated trainings. I also created a physician recruitment program to create a pipeline for physicians to Primary Care and other departments within the hospital.

Hospital Administration Fellow

US Department of Veterans Affairs

Jun 2010 - Jun 2011 (1 year 1 month)

Managed the day-to-day operations of a large-scale, adverse event disclosure (from records review to patient testing) that affected patients nationally. I also helped develop the curriculum for our facility's patient-centered care training (Relationship-Based Care).

Intern - Operations Management

UPMC

Jan 2009 - Jan 2010 (1 year 1 month)

While in this position, I worked to improve OR suite utilization, developed possible plans for GI explansion, and improved pre-op operations.

Graduate Assistant / Teaching Assistant

Duquesne University

Aug 2008 - May 2010 (1 year 10 months)

Taught Introduction to Business, Excel and Access Skills, and undergraduate economics courses.

EKG Tech/EMT

UPMC

Sep 2006 - Mar 2010 (3 years 7 months)

Monitored cardiac rhythms, responded to cardiac arrests and other in-house emergencies, taught Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Basic Life Support (BLS).

BLS and ACLS Instructor

UPMC

May 2006 - Mar 2009 (2 years 11 months)

Advanced Cardiac Life Support Instructor Basic Life Support Instructor

Surgical/GI Tech

Fort Walton Beach Medical Ctr

May 2004 - Aug 2005 (1 year 4 months)

Worked as a tech in pre-op preparing patients for surgery and also worked as a GI Tech and scrubbed in for GI cases.

ER Tech / EMT

Memorial Hospital Belleville and Memorial Hospital Shiloh

May 2003 - Sep 2003 (5 months)

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