Edward Spaniel

Ed joined Forian in 2021 and has principal responsibility for their legal function, including licensing, intellectual property, governance and compliance. Ed assisted in the formation and capitalization of their predecessor company, Medical Outcomes Research Analytics, LLC, and served on their Advisory Board. Ed has previously contributed to the growth of ERP, Point-of-Sale (POS) and healthcare technology businesses, including the successful sale of SICOM Systems, an ERP and POS provider within the restaurant technology sector, to Global Payments (NYSE:GPN) in 2018, the successful sale of SDI Health, a healthcare analytics provider, to IQVIA (NYSE:IQV) in 2011 (following a 9-month FTC second request investigation and consent decree) and the initial public offering of IQVIA in 2014.

Between 2010 and 2016, Ed managed legal affairs for SDI Health and then IQVIA across the Americas, including leadership of a highly active M&A program and related integration efforts establishing IQVIA’s software-as-a-service technology platform and contributing to its successful initial public offering in 2014. Following IQVIA, Ed led the legal and corporate development functions at SICOM Systems, contributing to 150% and 200% revenue and EBITDA growth rates, respectively, over the 2016-2018 period, including several acquisitions that led to its 2018 sale to Global Payments. Prior to SDI Health, Ed was a corporate attorney at Blank Rome LLP in Philadelphia for 14 years, where his practice focused on both private and public healthcare and technology companies and included participation in several firm-wide leadership committees. Ed joins us from Edmunds GovTech, an ERP provider within the local government sector. Ed brings a collaborative approach in support of their mission to improve infrastructure within the growing cannabis industry and to provide greater insight into the intersection of cannabis and healthcare data.

Ed received his BA and JD degrees from the University of Virginia and lives with his wife and three children in the Mt. Airy section of Philadelphia.