Our Team

Pamela Dixon is Managing Partner for SSi -SEARCH. Based in Atlanta, she is responsible for overseeing SSi's position in the healthcare marketplace and the go-to-market plans for SSi. She also teams with senior partners as an active hands-on recruiter. Ms Dixon has more than 15 years experience in healthcare consulting and sales leadership roles as a top performer for leading healthcare corporations such as VHA and Cerner Corporation. Ms Dixon serves on the GA HIMSS board and has BA and BGS degrees from the U of KY.

Ms. Dixon may be contacted at pdixon@ssi-search.com.

Annette Hannah is a Senior Consultant with SSI-Search. Based in Lexington, KY, she teams with the partners of SSi as an active hands-on recruiter, she guides the research team in their efforts. She manages several significant clients, including large medical device and pharmacy clients. Ms. Hannah's 18 years of Client Relationship Management and Technology Talent Acquisition expertise, include her direct work with SAP and ACS focused on Product and Business Development.

Ms. Hannah may be contacted at ahannah@ssi-search.com.

Joe Harmer is a Partner with SSi-SEARCH. Based in Tampa, FL, he is responsible for client management, sales and searches. Mr. Harmer leverages his twenty plus years of successful sales and marketing management experience in the health care arena. He has specialized in emerging technology with clinical verification to pre FDA approval. He has consulted with a number of Hospitals and Physicians on best practices for Medicare and Managed care reimbursement and has extensive experience as a business development executive leading sales and marketing teams with companies such as Heraeus Surgical, Medtronic Vidamed, and U S Oncology. Mr. Harmer is a member of FL HIMSS and studied at University of St. Joseph's in Philadelphia, PA.

Mr. Harmer may be contacted at jharmer@ssi-search.com.

Stephen Pokay is a Senior Partner at SSi-Search. Based in NY, he is responsible for client management, sales, and searches. Mr. Pokay is successfully leveraging his 27 plus years of healthcare relationships and experience developed while serving as a partner at Affiliated Computer Services HealthCare Solutions (formerly Superior Consultant Corporation). There he was responsible for the Cerner Services vertical, where he staffed 800 projects across 200 clients. Prior to that Mr. Pokay served as an IT Project Director and Laboratory Administrator at the Children's Hospital of Buffalo (part of the Kaleida Health network). Mr. Pokay also served as a clinical instructor at the State University of New York at Buffalo where he also earned BS and MS degrees in Medical Technology.

Mr. Pokay can be reached at spokoj@ssi-search.com.

Gary M. Zeiss is an attorney in Los Angeles with a substantial health care and technology practice. Mr. Zeiss' exceptional domain expertise and deep contacts within the industry helps SSI locate and promote candidates into significant health care and technology positions. Mr. Zeiss' deal experience includes substantial outsourcing and IT transactions for companies ranging from early-stage startups to mature Fortune 50 publicly-traded corporations. Mr. Zeiss earned his J.D. at the Georgetown University Law Center, where he was Business Editor of the Journal of Law and Policy in International Business, and earned his Bachelor's of Arts in Philosophy and Religion at the University of Florida (with high honors). Before entering the practice of law, Mr. Zeiss was a successful IT professional, serving a number of mid-sized to large companies.

Mr. Zeiss may be contacted at gzeiss@ssi-search.com.