Thomas G McKinley

Thomas is the West Coast Representative for Cardinal Partners. Prior to joining Cardinal, Thomas was the Co-Founder and Co-Managing Partner of Partech International. Thomas has over 30 years of investment experience with a track record of helping entrepreneurs create significant and successful enterprises. His investments include Ascend Communications (ASND acquired by Lucent Technologies), Automated Healthcare (acquired by McKesson), Medicode (acquired by United Healthcare) and VISICU (EICU acquired by Philips). Most recently, Thomas has made investments in Medley Health, which provides a technology-enabled business platform to increase physician effectiveness and improve the patient's experience, and lifeIMAGE, a cloud-based medical imaging sharing platform for hospitals, physicians, and patients. He currently serves on the board of directors of TelaDoc, a telehealth services providing doctor consults to consumer, in addition to Medley Health, and lifeIMAGE. Thomas has served on the boards of U.C. Berkeley's Entrepreneurs Forum and the Western Association of Venture Capitalists (WAVC). He is an active member of the Health Management Academy (HMA), a founding member of Healthcare IT Advisory Group to State of California, and an active supporter of the University of San Francisco's Entrepreneurship Program. As an alumnus, Thomas maintains close ties with Stanford Graduate School of Business, as well as Harvard University, where he serves as class secretary and started the I3 Harvard College Innovation Challenge (undergraduate business plan competition). Thomas received an undergraduate degree in Economics from Harvard University, an MS in Accounting from New York University and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.