Key Personnel to Keep the HITS Coming
Peter Gallagher, CEO
Pete incorporated HITS as Advanced Microfilm Systems Inc. in 1991. He began working in the industry in 1975 as a microfilm sales representative for the local 3M dealer in St. Louis. Anacomp recruited Pete to join them as district manager of a five-state area where he became involved in digital imaging. HITS addressed a need Pete saw to offer digital solutions to manage health information. During his 25-plus years in the industry, Pete has won numerous sales and management awards and currently oversees one of the fastest growing technology companies in the nation. Pete is a graduate of Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville.
Pamela Mueller, RHIA, President
Pamela Mueller has 33 years in the Health Information Management field. After graduating from Illinois State University with a bachelor’s degree in health information management, Pam accepted a management position with St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Belleville, Ill. To further her career, she accepted the position of coordinator of the Health Information Technology Program at Southwestern Illinois College, f.k.a. Belleville Area College. For most of the 1990s, Pam worked as a Healthcare consultant for a private metro east medical laboratory. In February of 2000, Pam joined HITS as president of the Healthcare division.
Walter Polak, Director of Operations
Walter started his career as the Owner/Manager of M&W Construction Company, where he specialized in high density storage systems for hospitals, libraries, and government agencies. Walter’s recent projects included, Washington University’s Law Library, St. Louis, MO, Cleveland Public Library, Cleveland, OH, St. John’s Mercy Medical Archives, St. Louis, MO, and other major health centers in the U.S. and abroad. His responsibilities at HITS include, Coordination of Product Procurement, Production Management, and Project Completion.
Mike Steinmann, Vice President of SalesAs the Manager of Sales, Mike is responsible for the strategic marketing, sales growth and directly supervises our team of Account Executives. He is a graduate of Lindenwood University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration. Mike’s experience at HITS began as a member of the production staff while attending High School. Now with 10 years document imaging experience in all aspects of digital production Mike is an essential part of the HITS Management team.
Brian Polak, Director – Information Systems
Brian comes to us from World Wide Technology, Inc., where he served 5 years as Technical Manager, Imaging and Conversion Services. He has designed major imaging solutions for Boeing, Bell-Atlantic, Maritz, Inc., Ford Motor Co., MSD, Defence Finance and Accounting Services (DFAS), Defence Mapping Agency and others, He is responsible for managing the software-hardware configurations used to serve our customer’s imaging needs. Brian holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Missouri, Columbia.
