Wedding Haka Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhhedH6wK6I

Recorded By: Bryan Stewart, Director

Bryan is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who served nearly seven years as an infantry officer. He is a senior executive with decades of servant leadership experience. He has developed keen operational, financial, and governance skills, insights, and firsthand knowledge of the functions and processes that make teams and businesses work.

His diverse business career spans successful domestic and international roles, including Board Member, Founder and CEO across various organizations, including large, public companies like Medtronic, Abbott Laboratories, Zimmer Biomet, and Humana. He has also operated in privately held, private equity-owned, and venture capital-backed companies, including Ventana Medical Systems (acquired by Roche Diagnostics), AmeriPath (acquired by Quest Diagnostics), Healogics, Sage Growth Partners, PracticeWise, Golden Victory Medical, and most recently as the Founder and CEO of HDO Health.

Bryan’s career has been focused on commercial leadership with highlights in growth, strategy, communications, sales, marketing, technology, product and market development, international market entry, and commercial operations. He has learned and led in many environments with common themes around team and talent development, mentoring, employee and customer engagement, and always leaving things better than when he found them.

He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from The Ohio State University on an NROTC scholarship and an MBA from Webster University that he completed during his final tour of duty in the Marine Corps. He also completed several Medtronic-sponsored executive education programs from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Bryan is a member of the Private Directors Association (PDA), where he has achieved certification in Private Company Governance and serves as the founding President of the AL Chapter.

He currently serves on the Board of Directors at the Warrior Connection, Mission U, and Vow and on the Advisory Board of Simple Therapy. In addition, he is a mentor with The Honor Foundation, Veterati, MedTech Vets, American Corporate Partners, Meritorious, FedTech, and Groundswell Startups. Passionate about his faith, family, and serving others, Bryan strives to be a servant leader who pays it forward and is worthy of following. He works to lead by example with compassion, humility, strength, and a genuine sense of humor. He resides with his wife near their two adult children in Birmingham, AL.