Mike Popovich is the President and Chief Executive Officer for STC. Mike has been listed in Who's Who Worldwide Platinum edition, received numerous awards, authored over 120 articles and papers and is a regular invited guest speaker at national conferences. He founded Scientific Technologies Corporation in 1988.

Mike has thirty-one years of experience in the management and implementation of information technology solutions to solve problems in health, environmental and planning. He has designed and applied methodologies to develop information technology strategic plans as well as analyze existing information systems. Since the early 90's he has become one of the nation’s leading specialists designing, building and implementing public health information systems, most notably, immunization registries and disease surveillance systems. He is an active participant with both the CDC and All Kids Count, providing expertise and guidance for the national immunization registry efforts.

Todd Watkins is the Senior Vice President and Chief Administration Officer for STC. His past efforts at STC include strategic planning and consulting for state and local public sector clients in the areas of Vital Records, Immunization Registries, Disease Surveillance (NEDSS), Vaccines for Children (VFC), Prenatal, and 911/Computer-Aided Dispatching. Throughout his career, Todd has been involved in large-scale implementations for significant computer designs and installations. He has performed automation planning and design efforts for the public sector and commercial clients, with a focus on optimizing information technology implementations including network, distributed, and centralized systems. In the private sector, he has concentrated in industries such as health, manufacturing, wholesale distribution and construction.

In addition, Todd is associated with the following organizations: a member of the Technical Task Group for Arizona’s Health-e Connection which is sponsored by Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano, a member of the New Mexico Immunization Coalition, a member of the Public Health Data Standards Consortium, and a consultant to Idaho’s Governor’s Council of Families and Children.

Mike Garcia is the Vice President and Chief Operations Officer for STC. Mike manages STC’s overall operations including software development, project management, business analysis, public health consulting and installation and support for all clients. He has over 21 years managing information system projects to include the past twelve years managing Public Health Information system development and deployments.

During Mike’s twelve years with STC, he has personally managed dozens of public health information technology projects ranging from statewide immunization information system deployments to regional health information organization (RHIO) implementations. Mike received a BA in Mathematics from the University of Colorado.

Kathy Canter is the Controller for STC. Kathy oversees all of STC’s finances. Kathy holds a BA with a major in Accounting and is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). She has over 12 years of professional experience in the accounting field starting in 1995. She moved from public accounting to industry in 1999 holding positions from Staff Account to Controller. She brings a varied background to STC, having worked in and with a variety of companies in her career from healthcare to software to manufacturing.

Dr. Xiaohui Zhang is the Chief Scientist for STC. Since he joined STC in 2002, he has led the scientific effort in development of STC’s disease surveillance systems, as well as outbreak early detection and early warning systems. He was one of original technical leads in developing first Web-based state-wide disease surveillance system. He led STC’s innovation effort to have developed the first state-wide syndromic surveillance system and deployed it to NH DHHS since 2002. After SARS outbreak in 2003, Dr. Zhang initiated STC’s Asian effort in improving global public health capacity. He served as the Chief Technologist in Consulting Team for planning Hong Kong Communicable Disease Information Systems; he was Chief Consultant for Shenzhen CDC Regional Public Health IT planning; he led the team helping Beijing in design of syndromic / sentinel surveillance in major hospitals.

Dr. Zhang has broad background and experience; in addition to knowledge in disease informatics, he was Chief Scientist in developing the new algorithms for data analysis in network management; he was a senior researcher in high performance simulation for complex systems including the ecosystems and environmental quality. He holds memberships and committee members in multiple professional societies, and published 40+ papers in variety areas. Currently, he is coauthoring a book of “Processes in Biosurveillance”. Dr. Zhang holds a Ph.D. degree in resource management, and MS degree in systems engineering, both from University of Arizona.

Vadim Parfenov is the Chief Technical Officer for STC. In this position, Vadim contributes to general business planning regarding technology and systems requirements, in order to maintain company operations and competitiveness. He is responsible for aligning technology vision with business strategy by integrating STC development processes with the appropriate technologies. He is also responsible for all aspects of developing and implementing technology initiatives within the organization.

Vadim’s scope of work includes ensuring that software technologies and architectures for STC’s products are appropriate by identifying, monitoring, and evaluating software to ensure product cost efficiency. Additionally his scope of work includes involvement in project planning and development to deliver cost-effective, integrated and quality software products.

Vadim received his M.S. in Systems Engineering with a focus in Computer Networks and Software design from the University of Arizona. He also has received a M.S. as Computer Engineer from the Moscow Institute of Physical Engineering in Moscow, Russia.