Chief Executive Officer
Co-Founder
Jonathan upon graduation from The University of Pennsylvania started his career at PepsiCo, with The Gatorade Company. In brand management he accelerated Propel Fitness Water, the next billion-dollar beverage brand focused on 360 marketing in addition to new product innovation. Changing gears from Consumer Package Goods he moved to NY, NY to join American Express at the epicenter of the financial services industry. Jonathan led teams across various cutting-edge emerging payment divisions combining technology with payments focused on next-generation solutions for the millennial segment.
Jonathan partnered with some of the biggest companies and brands including Intuit, Wal-Mart, Target, InComm, and Blackhawk Networks. Now as Co-Founder and CEO of MediZap he’s created a next-generation service provider in the compounded pharmaceutical industry. A pioneer pulling together science and service to deliver for his clients and overall improve the wellness + health industry for end consumers. A bilingual Spanish speaker he looks to bring MediZap outside of the US market with a focus on Latin America. Jonathan is dedicating considerable time to co-founding the non-profit Sanctuary SF where they will provide hormone optimization for the LGBTQ community.
Nicole is a driven start-up business founder and serial entrepreneur. A hands-on professional, Nicole has worked within the highest growth rate sectors of the medical device industry for over a decade. During the start of her career, she specialized in Respiratory and Anesthesia products working with VA Hospitals around the nation securing difficult and rigorous government supplier contracts. Supporting our nation's troops and veterans is a passion that played out during her work. Fast forward a few years, Nicole inspired by the growing anti-aging market switched focus and dedicated her time to developing and manufacturing bio-identical hormone replacement therapy devices and products.
Nicole is fascinated by the future of holistic and proactive health care and the paradigm shift in the industry from the prior focus on disease management and treatment. As COO she focuses on operations and supply chain management and has quickly become versed in all aspects of the business from custom in-house American-Made manufacturing, and in-house individualized touch customer engagement in addition to regulatory governance with FDA, DEA, and ISO. Growing to be Co-Founder and COO of MediZap and sister company Kadara Medical she provides leadership, management, and vision that are necessary to ensure operating efficiency and priority #1, delighted customers. As a female owner, her passions include pursuing continuing education opportunities by attending conferences such as A4M World Congress, AMMG, Vegas Aesthetic Medicine, MD&M West, and European-based Medica. Nicole is connected to the biotech startup community and endeavors to mentor other like-minded and ambitious female entrepreneurs.
For more than 30 years, Jon has been dedicated to making a difference in the lives of patients and their clinicians. He began his career with a focus on critical care and the invention, development, marketing, and sales of critical care devices and pharmacy compounding products. Through decades of working side-by-side with clinicians, Jon has gained an acute understanding of their needs. Now - because he continues to share their passion for helping patients - Jon’s focus is on finding new avenues for improvement.
He also plays the valuable role of teacher, familiarizing teams of sales professionals with MediZap products and the importance of always putting what’s best for patients and their clinicians first. If you detect a sparkle in Jon’s eye, it’s because he considers his role with the MediZap family and partners to be the capstone of his career.
Since she joined the MediZap family in 2018, Kirsten has worked directly with international partners to create MediZap’s new Ready-to-Use Packaging Solution and oversees domestic vendors for our New 2:1+ Labels. She brings great value to our current clients by spearheading complex document control. Kirsten has also partnered with Rise Up Agency Inc. to deliver breakthrough marketing assets, sales materials, website content, an eNewsletter, and conference activation, to promote new product innovations.
She holds science and business management degrees from Johnson and Wales University. Kirsten spends her free time with her daughter going to the beach and attending events in Northern Nevada such as The Outhouse races in Virginia City, The Annual Candy Dance in Genoa, and of course Hot August Nights in Reno. She also volunteers her time every year cheering on each contestant, in the Special Olympics as they compete. Also, she enjoys helping local non-profits, by setting up for their various fundraisers.
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