GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (August 18, 2021) – SxanPro, a supply management technology company, announced today that it has established a Board of Directors with key industry leaders after a round of funding. The funding has infused the company with needed capital to continue its rapid expansion of services that help hospitals identify and monetize excess supplies and capital.  

Erik Tivin, a recognized leader in hospital liquidations and surplus medical equipment sales, has been appointed Chairman of the Board. Mr. Tivin founded the surplus medical equipment industry with General Asset Recovery in 1995 and has continued to lead the growth of the industry, latest with Centurion Service Group, which was sold to TRIMEDX in 2020. Erik’s 30 years of experience and industry network will serve to directly support and accelerate SxanPro’s growth.

Other Board Members include Rick Ferreira and Jeff Eardley. Mr. Ferreira is a healthcare leader, visionary, and entrepreneur with a passion for reducing the cost of healthcare delivery. Mr. Ferreira currently serves as CEO of Innovative Health, a medical device reprocessing company and is an Operating Partner at 1315 Capital as well as a Managing Partner at Alliance Healthcare Partners.

Mr. Eardley is a healthcare leader with 18 years of experience in medical device sales and marketing, leading cross disciplinary teams in sales strategy improvement and execution.

“SxanPro has grown rapidly, both in terms customers and in terms of its technology solutions. Ashlea Souffrou, SxanPro President and Founder, is a strong leader with a passion for helping hospitals reduce waste and recover dollars,” said SxanPro Chairman, Erik Tivin. “The company is well positioned to play a major role in healthcare supply chain, and I am excited to provide direction and support in this endeavor.”

SxanPro empowers facilities to realize excess supply value with a simple technology that quickly generates complete excess supply transparency. This replaces the manual process, reduces waste, and frees monies for the facility. The SxanPro technology is being built into a full excess supply solution, through the integration of analytics as well as a marketplace that enables simpler and faster recovery of monies from excess equipment and supplies.

“SxanPro has helped hospitals reduce waste in healthcare, and we have seen great success with our services”, said Ashlea Souffrou, SxanPro President and Founder. “The Board of Directors is made up of thought leaders that have challenged the healthcare supply chain status quo and will help take SxanPro to the next level. I am excited to work with the Board to navigate the company and its mission.”