Dan Zelem

Dan Zelem joined Brighton Park Capital as a Senior Advisor in July of 2021. For over 25 years Dan has been a transformational leader in Health Care Technology. Dan was most recently with Johnson & Johnson where he served as Global Chief Technology Officer (CTO) until July 2018. As CTO, he had responsibility for Infrastructure Services and Application Development. He was instrumental in leading many large-scale breakthrough technology initiatives, including delivering one of the most significant Digital and Cloud transformations ever performed in life sciences.

At Medco, an industry leading Pharmacy Benefit Manager, he held positions of increasing responsibilities, culminating in being named CIO. During his tenure he delivered analytic products and platforms that were marketplace disruptors and differentiators for Medco. He led the build and deployment of medco.com, a $6B channel for on-line prescription ordering, and an industry first.

Dan is currently providing technology advisory services to corporations, startups, Private Equity firms, technology vendors and service providers. He is a past board member of the National Center for Women and Information Technology (NCWIT), Mercy College, Volunteer New York and The Half-Percent Project.

Dan resides in Rexford, New York with his wife Nancy and their two rescue dogs, Effie and Winnie. He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Iona College in New Rochelle, New York.