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OUR BUSINESS

An Industry Leader

With our innovative and insightful technology, we strive to enhance our users’ every day experiences. Our incredible team of engineers, programmers, designers and marketing experts have worked tirelessly to bring Synergist Technologies to the forefront of the industry.

In order to provide excellent solutions, we dedicate time and resources to research the market needs and our users’ habits and motives. We have, and will continue to work tirelessly to become the technological standard, providing big picture insights which industry leaders not only approve of, but also depend on. Get in touch to learn more.

OUR HISTORY

Our sister company, Tellus LLC, was founded in 2013 as a center of innovation with a focus on bespoke software solution development for the enterprise. As Tellus later transitioned to become a leader in the healthcare electronic visit verification (EVV) industry, the Tellus division focused on custom software development was spun out and rebranded as Synergist in order to allow for a continued focus on innovation. Through the entire process, Synergist's core team has worked together, and are now focused on Synergist's continuation as a marquee player in the FinTech, HealthTech, and cybersecurity spaces.

MEET THE LEADERSHIP

Working With the Best

Our senior management team has been in business together for 25+ years.

Chris Pernicano

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Pernicano is a proven hand’s-on executive leader for the design, development, and deployment of large-scale commercial SaaS software solutions that typically include large datasets, complex business logic, a large number of integration touch points, and a mixture of mobile device and web portal user interfaces.

In his professional life, Pernicano has successfully launched seven businesses, including three with Levine in the the FinTech, HealthTech spaces.

In October 2017, Pernicano joined Tellus, LLC in Deerfield Beach Florida as CTO. Tellus operates in the healthcare space with a specialty on preventing fraud, waste, and abuse in the home care segment of the Medicaid marketplace. Pernicano is responsible for all software product delivery, client integrations, infrastructure, and cybersecurity. Since joining the firm, Pernicano has formed and expanded a product development team that includes analytics, development, and quality control. Pernicano lead the release of the company’s flagship software solution to better meet the rigorous product and security demands of the healthcare space. Tellus was acquired by Netsmart in December 2021.

In late 2021, Pernicano founded Synergist Technologies in partnership with Brad Levine and purchased Digital Health Enterprises, a previous spin out from Tellus. Pernicano serves as CEO.

In addition to his work life, Pernicano enjoys an active community involvement. He currently serves as a commissioner on the North Broward Hospital District, with oversight of Broward Health, one of the ten largest public health care systems in the United States.

Pernicano is the father of 6-year-old twins, this is the family's full-time occupation.

Pernicano attended the University of Florida for undergraduate studies in 1984, graduating with a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1988.

Brad Levin

CHIEF CUSTOMER OFFICER

Bradley M. Levine, has enjoyed a successful 20+ year career building software technology companies. In addition to Synergist, Mr. Levine is also President of Tarpon Dreams, LLC, a luxury real estate and vacation rental company with properties in the Florida Keys, Big Sky Montana and Ft. Lauderdale FL.

Prior to this, Mr. Levine partnered with Mr. Pernicano to build Blue Frog Solutions, from the ground up into the largest life annuity insurance processor in America prior to being sold to a private equity fund in 2008 and a buyout firm in 2011.

Before that, Mr. Levine previously partnered with Pernicano to build the Internet Broadcasting Company a provider of mutual fund trading systems. In August 1999, Mr. Levine sold IBC to INSCI a publicly traded firm based in Boston. Mr. Levine’s first entrepreneurial endeavor was a durable medical equipment company which was sold to Apria Healthcare early 2004. Over his career, Mr.

Levine has created more than $120 million in value for his shareholders. However, early in his career Mr. Levine was a trader analyst for Meridian Bank in Ft Lauderdale and First Chicago Bank in Chicago.

In addition to professional life, Mr. Levine is civically involved. He was twice appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the senate to serve on Florida’s Board of Medicine. He chairs the Florida Atlantic University - Lab

School Leadership committee to help raise money to build a new school. Mr. Levine’s commitment to education extended to participation on programs that help "1st generation to attend college" students and recently joined the advisory board for Hatch (HatchExperience.org) an organization designed to find creative ways to make the world a better place.

Mr. Levine received his B.S. in Agricultural Economics (with Honors) from the University of Florida, his M.B.A. in International Finance from Schiller University in Heidelberg Germany. His post-graduate work was done at the Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.

Mr. Levine is married to Melissa Friedman-Levine, a successful OB/GYN. They have two children, Della and Joah.

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