Leadership
VytlOne Leadership Team
Kim Tzoumakas
Chief Executive Officer and Board Member
Chief Executive Officer and Board Member
Kim leads VytlOne’s growth strategy with a focus on clinical excellence, patient outcomes, and AI deployment throughout the pharmacy ecosystem, ensuring every health system partner receives both strategic alignment and operational execution.
Kim brings a rare combination of C-suite leadership, governance expertise, and deep health system experience. She has advised providers across the public and private sectors and led large organizations through complex transformation, including serving as CEO of RAYUS Radiology and 21st Century Oncology, two of the largest specialty care networks in the country. Before that, she spent more than 20 years as an attorney in nonprofit health systems.
Most recently, Kim spearheaded the development of VytlAIQ — VytlOne’s AI-powered pharmacy intelligence platform — bringing automation and real-time insight to the operational and financial challenges health systems face daily.
Tony Finazzo
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Financial Officer
As Chief Financial Officer, Tony oversees all financial strategy and financial operations at VytlOne.
Tony has almost 20 years of finance and strategy leadership experience, with over 10 years focused on healthcare and life sciences. Prior to joining VytlOne, Tony served in the Chief Financial Officer role with Paragon Healthcare, an omni-channel ambulatory, home and specialty infusion services company. He was responsible for Accounting, FP&A/Analytics, Treasury, Revenue Cycle Management, Procurement, and other corporate functions.
Prior experience includes Finance leadership roles with various public and private companies, such as Price Waterhouse Coopers(PwC), Tandy Brands Accessories and Jani-King International.
Tony earned his BBA in Accounting and Master’s in Finance from Texas A&M University. He also holds a professional license as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in Texas.
Amy Garrigues​
President
President
Amy serves as President and leads the strategic direction, growth, and operations for VytlOne, including driving innovation across pharmacy benefit offerings, overseeing the highest level of performance in pharmacy networks and clinical services, and delivering low cost, clinically innovative pharmacy benefits for clients and members. She previously served as VytlOne’s Chief Transformation and Growth Officer where she oversaw VytlOne’s business development, sales, strategy, account management, and marketing functions while providing cross-functional leadership to advance execution, growth, and long-term value creation.Â
Amy has a great depth and breadth of expertise in healthcare and brings more than 20 years of experience in leading healthcare companies and advising Board of Directors on operational and strategic initiatives.
Amy has previously served as the Chief Operating Officer with RAYUS Radiology, overseeing all operational aspects of a national imaging company and leading its joint ventures with hospitals and physicians, and as its Chief Strategy & Development Officer, responsible for all business development, M&A, hospital partnerships, technology, and marketing efforts at RAYUS. Prior to joining RAYUS, Amy was the Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer for 21st Century Oncology, overseeing its operational and strategic transformation leading up to its successful sale in 2020. Amy has also previously served as a healthcare partner with King & Spalding LLP and as a healthcare strategy consultant with The Boston Consulting Group.
She holds an A.B. from Harvard College and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.
Nicole Shoquist​
Chief Operating Officer
Chief Operating Officer
Nicole Shoquist is Chief Operating Officer at VytlOne, where she leads pharmacy services operations and partners with health systems and health centers nationwide to advance integrated pharmacy services. Her work spans specialty, outpatient, mail order, central fill, inpatient, and clinical pharmacy services, with a focus on optimizing 340B performance and supporting integrated operational models.
A former board member of 340B Health and an active member of ASHP and NASP, Nicole contributes to national conversations on pharmacy practice and health system innovation.
Nicole earned her Doctor of Pharmacy and Master of Business Administration degrees from North Dakota State University.
Leah Bailey
General Counsel
General Counsel
As General Counsel, Leah provides pragmatic and strategic legal advice and leads a team of attorneys, compliance professionals, and support staff to help business leaders achieve the organization’s strategic objectives.
Leah has 20 years of experience in healthcare law driving transactions, government affairs, and thought leadership. She entered the pharmacy benefit management (PBM) industry in 2008 at Prime Therapeutics and advised various departments of the PBM, the mail and specialty pharmacies, and 340B strategy. At Prime, she was an active team member in creating a joint venture with a national pharmacy chain.
Leah earned her B.A. from the University of Buffalo and received her Juris Doctor Degree (JD) from the University of Minnesota Law School. Leah is an active thought partner to industry groups such as PCMA and CV340B.
Dustin Baxter
Chief Information Officer
Chief Information Officer
Dustin leads VytlOne’s technology organization and its enterprise adoption of AI, bringing modern cloud, data, and AI capabilities to specialty, infusion, and health system pharmacy services. Since joining in 2019, he has modernized the company’s technology foundation. He has led its pharmacy digital transformation, delivered a 340B management platform, moved infrastructure out of on-premise data centers, and achieved VytlOne’s first SOC 2 Type 2 report.
Dustin has over 30 years of experience building mission-critical systems in healthcare and financial services, the last 15 in pharmacy. Before VytlOne, he led technology at DST Pharmacy Solutions (now SS&C), where his team delivered a pharmacy claims platform serving two of the nation’s largest health plans and processing more than one billion claims a year at 99.995% uptime.
He holds a Bachelor of Science from Kansas State University’s Department of Computing and Information Sciences and a Level 8 Diploma in Strategic Direction and Leadership from the Chartered Management Institute (UK).
Joe Ellison
Chief Human Resources Officer
Chief Human Resources Officer
As Chief Human Resources Officer, Joe is responsible for all HR functions including talent development, diversity, equity and inclusion, and compensation and benefits.
Joe has more than 25 years of HR leadership experience in healthcare and life sciences. He brings a passion for talent management and has deep experience developing strategies and capabilities to attract and retain top talent, build executive teams, and lead cultural transformation.
Prior to joining VytlOne, Joe served in CHRO roles at several life sciences companies including Caris Life Sciences, and has experience launching pharmacies and new service divisions, and has successfully integrated teams and cultures through multiple mergers and acquisitions. Prior experience includes leading nationwide Talent Acquisition for Caremark Rx within CVS Health.
Joe earned his B.B.A. from the University of North Texas and received his M.B.A from Amberton University. He also holds professional certifications as a Global Professional in HR, Strategic Professional in HR, and related functional credentials.
Kim Piant
Chief Compliance and Ethics Officer
Chief Compliance and Ethics Officer
As Chief Compliance and Ethics Officer, Kim is responsible for overseeiacng and managing VytlOne’s compliance with regulatory requirements, internal policies, and ethical standards.
Kim joined VytlOne in January 2024 as Vice President, Compliance, and Chief Privacy Officer, overseeing many core compliance functions in addition to implementing VytlOne’s privacy program. Kim has over 20 years of experience in the compliance field, with the majority focused in the health care sector. Prior to joining VytlOne, Kim served as the U.S. Privacy Officer at Cigna and held various compliance leadership roles during her 16 years at Express Scripts, managing complex privacy and compliance challenges in the pharmacy benefit management (PBM) and pharmacy space.
Kim earned her B.A. from Truman State University and her Master’s in Business Administration from Webster University. Additionally, Kim maintains several professional certifications in privacy and compliance.