Executive Management

John M. Burris, Chairman, Board of Directors

Mr. Burris is the rare combination of a highly successful business leader and an equally successful political leader. Burris Logistics is a prominent Delaware-based family owned business for which Mr. Burris has held various executive positions and today serves on its Board of Directors. In his own right, Mr. Burris has started and developed several thriving small businesses. As testament to both Mr. Burris’ business acumen and political accomplishments, he was elected President and CEO of the Delaware State Chamber of Commerce, a position which he held for over 10 years. He also served lengthy terms as Chairman, State of Delaware Management Institute, President, Delaware State Retail Council, and President, Delaware State Manufacturers Association. Mr. Burris created and served as President and CEO of the highly acclaimed Delaware Public Policy Institute. Over the past decade the Institute initiated numerous public policy projects dealing with health care, economic growth, education, water and wastewater and many other compelling issues.

Mr. Burris’ success in the business world is mirrored in the world of public service. At age 29, he was the youngest person ever to serve as Majority Leader of Delaware’s House of Representatives. Perhaps more remarkable is that Mr. Burris was elected to this leadership position by his fellow legislators, though he had been a member of the House for just three years. He also is distinguished for having been nominated as his party’s chosen candidate for the United States Senate (1984) and Governor of Delaware (2000). As Majority Leader, Mr. Burris helped to engineer the passage of the Financial Center Development Act which drew the credit card industry to Delaware and created some 45,000 jobs for the State.

Richard Gillespie, Vice Chairman

Richard Gillespie has served as Vice Chairman of MediGuide since 2004 following a long career in the advertising industry. He is the founder and retired Chief Executive Officer of Gillespie, Inc. an advertising agency he started in 1973, with no clients and just $1500.

Over three decades Mr. Gillespie grew the company into one of the 75 largest agencies in the United States, eventually selling the firm to The Interpublic Group of Companies/McCann Erickson in 1998. He continued on as Chief Executive for several years serving on both the North American and Worldwide Boards of McCann Erickson's direct marketing subsidiary.

Mr. Gillespie built his agency with accounts such as Johnson & Johnson, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Glaxo Smith Klein, Novartis, Bracco Diagnostic, Educational Testing Service (ETS), and Household Insurance. Avis Rent-a-Car recently selected Gillespie McCann Erickson to execute its national advertising campaign.

Mr. Gillespie has vast experience within the financial services industry. Under his direct leadership, his company served as agency for Capital One, The Bank of New York, Advanta, MBNA and HSBC, all credit card powerhouses in the United States. His knowledge of credit card member benefits as both an acquisition and retention tool has been sought out by credit card issuers for nearly two decades.

Mr. Gillespie developed strategic marketing directions for the Agency that led to the development of its database and direct marketing capabilities. He formerly functioned as the Agency’s Creative Director and he has won dozens of regional and national awards for his creative direction. He was elected to the New Jersey Advertising Hall of Fame in 1996 and was a Governor of the Philadelphia Chapter of the American Association of Advertising Agencies.

Mr. Gillespie is the founder of the Bernard Kilgore Memorial Lecture Series at Princeton University, honoring ethics in business. He also helped to create the New Jersey Communications and Advertising Association and he serves on the Advisory Boards of PNC Bank, as well as Together in America.

He is a recent recipient of the Richard Hughes Humanitarian Award, and the Catholic Charities Light of Hope Award. Mr. Gillespie is the founder of the Princeton Christian Businessmen’s Association, the father of six children, and lives with his wife, Donna, in Hopewell, New Jersey.

Michael T. Marquardt, Co-Founder, Member of the Board of Directors

Prior to assuming the leadership role at MediGuide, Mr. Marquardt served as President and Chief Operating Officer at MediGuide.com, Inc. In the years leading up to his tenure with MediGuide, he served as President of Internet Operations Center, Inc. (IOC), one of the largest independent technology and consulting companies in the midwestern United States. Mr. Marquardt helped build the profitable, well-focused set of offerings for which the company became known. As a consequence of aggressive growth, a merger, and a reorganization, Mr. Marquardt ultimately was named President. Mr. Marquardt was recruited away from IOC to serve as President and Chief Operating Officer of MediGuide.com, Inc., the sister company of MediGuide.

Mr. Marquardt grew up in the divided city of Berlin and moved to the United States in 1991 to pursue a future in the world of medicine. As a graduate student at the University of Virginia, Mr. Marquardt became heavily involved in federally funded medical research that required strong and instant collaboration among World Leading Medical Centers.

During the last several years, Mr. Marquardt has appeared on several national and international television programs and has been a guest lecturer at conferences around the world, discussing the potential of new information technologies in transforming business, medical services, government, and society at large.

Mr. Marquardt moved to Wilmington in June of 2001 when MediGuide relocated its executive offices to Delaware from New York. Mr. Marquardt is a member of numerous associations and Boards, including the CEO Circle of the American College of Healthcare Executives. He maintains close relationships with leaders throughout the domestic and international healthcare community.

After six years at the helm of MediGuide, Michael Marquardt stepped back from the day-to-day operations of the company in November of 2006. Marquardt will continue to serve on MediGuide’s Board of Directors as a Co-Founder of the company.

Dr. Thomas J. Maxwell, Senior Vice President, Medical Affairs

Dr. Maxwell is an Award Winning researcher (Excellence Award – E.I. duPont Company, 1990), elected by his fellow physicians to serve as President of the Medical Society of Delaware, and the holder of three US Patents, yet the activity that says the most about who he is, what he stands for and his values as a physician is his decade long role as a volunteer physician for Claymont (DE) Family Health Service.

Board Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine following Medical School study at Jefferson Medical College, Dr. Maxwell’s early education focused on the Biological Sciences, and Molecular Biology in particular. Dr. Maxwell has served as an Emergency Room physician, practiced Internal Medicine for over 20 years, and was elected by his peer physicians to serve as President of the Delaware Society of Internal Medicine. Dr. Maxwell also has served as President of the Medical Society of Delaware’s Insurance Subsidiary for the past ten years.

Steve Longley, Regional Executive Vice President

Responding to a growing need for enhancement service marketing for Spanish speaking audiences in the US and across Latin America, Longley joined MediGuide America in November 2003. Prior to joining MediGuide America, Steve spent 15 years working his way across Latin America where he held positions as Chief Operating Officer of McCann-Erickson Mexico (resident in Mexico City) and Deputy Managing Director of Leo Burnett Brazil (resident in Rio de Janeiro). Fluent in Spanish and Portuguese, Steve possesses a first hand understanding of Latin culture in the United States and in respective Latin countries of origin. Steve’s particular area of expertise is in the financial services industries, where he is recognized as a leading authority on targeting, segmentation and data mining.

Specific Experience: Steve has worked for a number of Fortune 500 clients with focused marketing efforts to Spanish speaking customers. Of particular note are those companies with dedicated efforts in financial, mortgage and credit services.

Board of Advisors

Leonard M. Karp

Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Philadelphia International Medicine More>

Kurt M. Landgraf

President and Chief Executive Officer of The Educational Testing Service, based in Princeton, NJ. Formerly, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, DuPont Pharmaceuticals Company, and Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company. More>

Arthur T. Porter, MD, MBA

Directeur-General and CEO of the McGill University Health Center in Montreal, Canada. Formerly Chief Executive Officer of the Detroit Medical Center. More>

Charles Smith, MD

Retired President and Chief Executive Officer of Christiana Care Health System. Dr. Smith is a Fellow and Laureate of the America College of Physicians. Currently, Dr. Smith serves on the Board of Directors of Commerce Bank (Delaware) and has been selected to serve as a member of the Community Advisory Board of The News Journal of Wilmington, Delaware. More>

Executive Offices

MediGuide
3801 Kennett Pike
P.O. Box 4413
Greenville, DE 19807

Telephone: (302)425-5900
Fax: (302)425-5911