James Notaro R.Ph., Ph.D.,

With extensive experience in the managed care industry, he has served as Director of Ancillary Clinical Services and Manager of Pharmacy Services for Univera Health Care, and Director of Managed Care Programs/Research & Development for Centrus, an Albany-based prescription benefit management company. 

In 2000, Jim founded and grew CSS Health into one of the nation’s three largest medication therapy management software and service providers.  At CSS Health, Jim was the product visionary for MTMPath a unique medication management SaaS software platform that has been used in over 120 health plans, self-insured employer groups, PBMs and ACOs to manage drug utilization at a population level. 

Throughout his career, Jim’s career has been focused on small to medium sized venture and private funded start-ups in the health tech space.

Jim is a graduate of Albany College of Pharmacy; he holds a Master’s degree in health administration from Union College and a PhD in Operations Research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  He is a licensed pharmacist in both New York and North Carolina.