Bringing medical technology to those who serve and have served

integrity × service

Our Mission

Provide cost-effective access and exceptional support services to medical technology companies and to federal medical organizations who serve US veterans, military, and their families, while providing employment opportunities to veterans and military spouses.

What we do
for Medical Companies

B2H has federal customer-facing expertise with complex government organizations to:

• Provide access to government facilities (DoD and VA)

• Position unique medical technology with key decision makers at each
location, regionally or at the national level

• Facilitate on-site clinical meetings in partnership with vendor

• Contract directly with the government

• Facilitate the order management process at the local and national
level working directly with government purchasers

Provide quotes

Obtain purchase orders

Track and manage order, return & logistics communication

Manage VA and DoD inquiries & customer support

What we do for Federal Medical Organizations:

B2H navigates the intricate government medical acquisition process to:

Provide timely medical vendor/manufacturing sourcing solutions to DoD and VA hospitals/clinics

Position essential medical technology accurately and quickly via direct relationships with key acquisition decision-makers ("Right solution for the right patient, quickly.")
Facilitate on-site clinical meetings with vendors and their government medical counterparts
Contract directly with the government
Facilitate the medical ordering process through direct contact with government acquisition officers.

Serves as your single point of contact for quotes, orders, logistics and customer-focused support

Seamlessly manages your order fulfillment requirements

Provides detailed status reporting and communication from order through product delivery

OUR VALUE AS A

VETERAN OWNED SMALL BUSINESS (VOSB)

• We are a federally verified and registered* Veteran-owned small business which equates to greater access and legal, preferential opportunities to contract with the government.

• We offer decades of experience as experts in the medical device-world at all levels, including C-suite, in the nation’s largest hospital systems.

• Our integral core composition of Veterans and spouses have lived the DoD and VA medical healthcare experience while in and out of uniform.

• Our ethics - ingrained in us throughout our military and university years - are unassailable and non-negotiable.

• We do this for the Veterans and their families.

*The "Vets First Contracting Program" provides sole-source and/or procurement "set-aside" opportunities exclusively to veteran owned small businesses.

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Who WE ARE.

We are a group of Veterans and medical device executives who have a passion for serving those who serve. Our goal is to hire Veterans and military spouses to create partnerships with those who provide medical technology, supplies and solutions to the government.

ANN HOLDER | President

is a Medical Device Executive with a rich background in sales, marketing, finance and operations. Ann began her career in the US Army after graduating with a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in engineering from the United States Military Academy at West Point. She comes from a long lineage of military service, married a fellow Army officer, and currently has 3 children serving in the Army.

In healthcare, Ann worked for Medtronic in a variety of roles in sales, finance and business development and was an executive at a start-up. Most recently she has been helping companies commercialize in the U.S. while focused on developing fetal monitoring technology with the Mayo Clinic.

Prior to Ann's career in healthcare, Ann worked in the consumer goods industry and in telecommunications for General Mills, Mars Inc, Pepsi and ADC in engineering, manufacturing operations, supply chain and logistics.

Mike Tetu | Vice President, Sales

spent 28 years as an Army helicopter pilot and artillery officer. From Fort Riley to Iraq to the Pentagon, Mike led organizations from six to 700+ soldiers and civilian employees. Since 2015, he led company operations, business development, and investor relations for two Kansas City family-owned businesses. Mike established relationships with global entities like Uber while expanding business operations across the eastern United States.

Mike is also a graduate of the United States Military Academy and holds an International MBA from the IE Business School in Madrid. His passions for helping people, building lasting relationships, and "anything international" bring great energy to our sales team. Mike lives in Kansas City with his lacrosse family of Alex, Will, and Rose.

ROB HOLDER | Corporate Coach and Operations

is a former artillery officer who brings a unique perspective to B2H. A rugby coach by profession, Rob champions winning with integrity on the playing field and in life. As a 4-time rugby National Champion player and coach, Rob specializes in helping athletes from other traditional American sports transition to the international sport of rugby. Rob is taking his experience with cross-over athletes and using it to help military professionals cross-over to the business world.

Rob is the President and Founder of Spearhead Rugby Academy, a non-profit program that helps at-risk youth parlay success in sport to success in life. Prior to becoming a non-profit executive and coach, Rob worked primarily in supply chain leadership with Pepsico and McMaster Carr Supply Company.

Rob is also a graduate of the United States Military Academy where he commissioned as an artillery officer and served in Germany and in the Gulf War. Rob and his wife, Ann, live in Minnesota where they spend as much time as possible outdoors on the water, supporting their youngest daughter's many school and sporting events, or chasing down their older "kids" (now adults) as they grow their new careers in the Army.

SHANNON GRONEMEYER | ADVISOR

Shannon’s corporate experience includes global executive leadership roles in sales, channel management, and customer experience where he contributed to enterprise wide transformation efforts such as operational effectiveness, continuous process improvement and customer facing technology deployments.

His business passion is to develop customer centricitc and continuous improvement cultures that consistently strive to increase the value provided to customers. Shannon’s preferred approach is to leverage insights collected from customers to determine what necessary improvements are valued, and will lead to higher satisfaction, loyalty and raving fans. He believes that deep and intimate customer relationships are the only sustainable competitive differentiator.

Shannon has led global organizations responsible for Customer Service, Technical Support, Sales Operations and Channel Relationship Management. He is also the CEO of Customer Centered Strategies (CCS), a professional service firm that helps its clients create happy customers that grow their businesses by pinpointing what customers value most in order to quickly drive changes that improves customers experience and bottom line performance.

Shannon holds both a B.A. and M.B.A from the University of Northern Iowa & specializes in Voice of Customer, Customer Experience, Customer Facing Technology Deployments, Business process improvement, and Channel Management.