January 8, 2026

Solon, OH — Direct Recruiters, Inc. (DRI), a Starfish Partners Company, announced the launch of its Healthcare Operator Advisory Practice, a new offering designed to help healthcare technology and digital health companies—and the investors who support them—reduce execution risk, accelerate growth, and build scalable, durable businesses.

The Healthcare Operator Advisory Practice builds upon more than three years of community building through the DRI Healthcare Executive Exchange (DRI HEX), a highly curated network of more than 850 senior healthcare operators, advisors, bankers, investors, and consultants. The Exchange convenes monthly through virtual sessions and in-person gatherings at industry events such as HLTH and ViVE, creating a powerful forum for collaboration, shared learning, and relationship building across the healthcare ecosystem.

“Over the past several years, we’ve witnessed an extraordinary exchange of insight, experience, and perspective among some of healthcare’s most accomplished operators,” said Mike Silverstein, Managing Partner at Direct Recruiters, Inc. “Launching the Healthcare Operator Advisory Practice allows us to bring that collective expertise directly to growth-stage Healthcare Tech companies and their investors in a structured, highly impactful way.”

As part of the launch, DRI is joined full-time by three distinguished healthcare technology leaders:

• Graham Gardner, MD, MBA, Founder and Former CEO of Kyruus Health

• Michael Schram, three-time Chief Revenue Officer at Get Well Network

• Todd Helmink, Senior Vice President of Partnerships at Allscripts, ConnectiveRx, DrFirst, and Atlas Health

Together with a group of long-standing DRI HEX founding members serving as Operating Advisors, the team brings decades of experience across healthcare operations, commercialization, clinical strategy, partnerships, and leadership at category-defining organizations.

The Healthcare Operator Advisory Practice partners closely with founders, executives, boards, and investors across key inflection points—from early go-to-market execution through growth, fundraising, and scale. Advisory services include CEO & Executive Advisory, Commercial Excellence and Go-to-Market Strategy, Fundraising and Investor Readiness, CEO Coaching and Organizational Design, Partnership and Channel Strategy, OEM and Ecosystem Architecture, Revenue Operations and Sales Leadership, and Fractional and Board Advisory.

A core differentiator of the practice is its seamless integration with DRI HEX, enabling access to fractional, advisory, board, and consulting talent while offering experienced leaders the flexibility to serve as independent Operating Advisors. The advisory model can also extend directly into leadership placement and full team buildout through DRI’s Healthcare & Life Sciences Executive Search Practice, creating a fully integrated advisory and talent solution.