DRIVEN BY A FOCUS ON PROFITABILITY, EMPLOYEE SATISFACTION, & BETTER PATIENT OUTCOMES

Pathfinder Marketing LLC, d/b/a Pathfinder Medical Services, is a Historically-Underutilized Business, and a Minority-Owned Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business.

Pathfinder Medical Services was founded to facilitate tax-advantaged structures and strategies to help healthcare organizations increase their revenue and profits, while simultaneously improving employee compensation and benefits through innovative products and partnerships with industry-leading providers. With the challenges brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, Pathfinder Medical Services added purchasing, distribution, and sourcing agents to provide Personal Protective Equipment, primarily US-made gowns and masks, for frontline medical workers.

Pathfinder Medical Services was approached by Precision Management (now Management Central Health) in 2022 to provide staffing and expertise with distribution and implementation of MCH’s best-in-class patient engagement, RAF improvement services, and distributed provider network services to hospitals and hospital systems throughout the US. MCH is now providing white-labeled services to over 20 hospital groups and systems and over 400 health clinics nationwide, including some of the largest healthcare systems in the country.

ABOUT COMPANY FOUNDER & PRESIDENT, A.J. MERRIFIELD

The son and grandson of immigrants, A.J. Merrifield grew up in Southern California where, after attending the University of Southern California, before being recruited out of college by industry leader Network General/Network Associates/McAfee for their network consulting business, A.J. worked his way up to be the Senior Manager for High Availability, Clustered Services, & Hardware Engineering for the world’s largest webhosting firm, including leading large projects for diverse clients like Wells Fargo, the Federal Reserve, Toyota, and Schlumberger. Following the events of 9/11, and with gratitude for everything the United States had done for his family, A.J. left the corporate sector and enlisted in the Army.

A.J. spent a decade in the Army, including multiple deployments to Iraq. He was selected repeatedly for leadership positions above his pay grade, including as a team leader, squad leader, platoon sergeant, and acting First Sergeant. A.J. placed #1 out of 9,400 Non-Commissioned Officers in the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) and on Fort Campbell, KY to be the 2005 NCO of the Year. He is a graduate of the Army’s Primary Leadership Development Course, the Army Advanced Leaders Course, Pathfinder Course, Air Assault School, Airborne School, Special Reaction Team Course (Level I & II), and the Anti-Terrorism Officer Basic course. He has been awarded the Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal (4th Award), Army Achievement Medal (2nd Award), Iraq Campaign Medal (3 Campaign Stars), and Army Good Conduct Medal (2nd Award).

Following injuries in service, A.J. left the Army and returned to the corporate world. He worked as a regional finance director for Harley-Davidson, senior logistics manager for Amazon, Senior Executive Vice President and Strategic Business Unit Executive for Xerox Business Services, and was the Chief Operating Officer of a holding company managing 27 companies in 9 states. He is the co-founder of a boutique wealth management firm specializing in tax avoidance, and is the founder and owner of 5 other firms, including Pathfinder Marketing, Pathfinder Business Services, and Freedom Seeds LLC.

A.J. has two rescue dogs and a cat with his wife, Sarah. He serves on the boards of three non-profits focusing on Veteran services, and is a special advisor to the board for SongwritingWith:Soldiers, and is a lifetime member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Army Sniper Association, and the Pathfinder Association.