About Us
Overview
Senior Educators, America’s most trusted advisor in navigating Medicare, provides expert, unbiased
assistance to Medicare recipients who expect and deserve the highest quality health insurance at the
best price. Senior Educators presents complex health insurance information in an unbiased, objective
manner via its internet site and trained and licensed insurance professionals.
Licensed to market insurance in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, Senior Educators has
formed partnerships with more than 30 Medicare insurance companies, offering tens of thousands of
plan options.
Senior Educators is a California corporation headquartered in California.
Our Team
Senior Educators Insurance Services is managed by a team of professionals
dedicated to your health and happiness.
President - Brian Poger
Senior Educators Insurance Services is led by Brian Poger. Brian became an expert on
the Medicare legislation at McKinsey, where he led a variety of strategic and operational
healthcare and technology studies. Prior to McKinsey, Brian held several roles within
Eli Lilly & Company, including being an award-winning pharmaceutical sales representative
and leading the largest implementation of remote data entry clinical trial systems in the
industry. Brian graduated magna cum laude from Washington University with a BS in
engineering and received his MBA with distinction from Kellogg School while serving as
elected student president and member of the dean's search committee.
Vice President of Finance and Operations - Tim Keohane
Tim heads our Finance and Operations activities. Prior to helping found the company,
he was a pivotal member of the management team at Power Bar, owned by Nestle Corporation.
Before joining Nestle, Tim held both operational and financial management positions
with STAR Television in Hong Kong (a subsidiary of News Corporation) where he received
the inaugural Gold Star Award for Service.
Tim began his professional career as an associate with Summit Partners,
a large Boston-based venture capital firm, where he covered the healthcare and software
industries. Tim received his BA cum laude in Economics and Asian Studies from Dartmouth and
his MBA from Harvard Business School, where he was his section's elected Education Representative
and liaison between the students and faculty. He is married and a proud father twice over.
Vice President of Technology - Kian Wright
With over 15 years of IT experience, mainly in healthcare, Kian develops and
oversees the technological backbone of the company. Kian was previously a
consultant with Arthur D. Little, consulting to variety of international
pharmaceutical and healthcare clients. He was also the Director of Software
Development for a company in the managed care industry. He earned his MBA
from the Kellogg School and his undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College.
He recently became a father.
Senior Payor Advisor - Alan Puzarne
Alan serves as our Senior Payor Advisor. Alan is currently Chief Operating
Officer at Physicians Associates of San Gabriel Valley (PA). Prior to PA,
Alan was President and CEO at Cogent, where he led Cogent's turnaround to
sustained profitability. Prior to Cogent, Alan was Senior Vice President at
Blue Shield of California. Alan has master's degrees in both business and education.
Senior Provider Advisor - Paul Swenson
Paul serves as our Senior Provider Advisor and currently Executive Vice President
of John Muir Health. He previously served as Chief Financial Officer at Blue Shield
after completing a number of senior management roles at Aetna.
Medical Advisor - Joel Shalowitz, MD
Joel Shalowitz, MD currently serves as our Medical Advisor, helping us shape our physician
communications and reach our targeted senior proponents. In addition to his day jobs
running Kellogg's Health Industry Management Program and serving as a Professor of
Medicine at Northwestern's Medical School, Joel manages a multisite primary care group
and is a consultant to healthcare systems, governments, pharmaceutical and medical
device companies, and associations.
