Lourdes Felix
CEO, CFO and Director
Lourdes Felix is a female Hispanic entrepreneur and corporate finance executive with 30 years of combined experience in capital markets, public accounting and in the private sector. She presently serves as Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Director of BioCorRx Inc. (OTCQB: BICX), a leader in addiction treatment solutions and related disorders. She has been with BioCorRx since October 2012. Lourdes is one of the founders and President of BioCorRx Pharmaceuticals Inc., a majority owned subsidiary of BioCorRx Inc. She has been instrumental in capital procurement, completing multi-million dollar equity financing and accomplished in structuring and negotiating transactions and favorable terms with investment banks. Along with other executives of the company, rebranded the Company and restructured and expanded the business model to position it for long term growth in the addiction treatment space and drug development. Extensive experience with clinic operations management.
Prior to joining BioCorRx her experience was in the private sector, public accounting including audit and public company experience. She has expertise in finance, accounting, budgeting and internal control principals including GAAP, SEC, and SOX Compliance. Thorough knowledge of federal and state regulations. Successfully managed and produced SEC regulatory filings. She has extensive experience in developing and managing financial operations. Lourdes has provided treasury and cash management functions. Excellent leader with a track record of documented contributions leading to improved financial performance, heightened productivity, and enhanced internal controls. Led corporate relationships with various major accounting firms and attorneys in preparing SEC filings and audited financial statements. Lourdes is very active in the Hispanic community and speaks fluent Spanish. Lourdes holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from University of Phoenix. She is an MBA candidate at D’Amore-McKim School of Business, Northeastern University.
Brady Granier
President and Director
During the 12 years prior to joining BioCorRx® in June of 2013, Brady Granier had been involved in sales management, media sales and business development. Mr. Granier was employed at Clear Channel Media & Entertainment ("CCME"), where he had served in several positions from Account Executive to Director of Business Development and Local Sales Manager. He has also served as the Healthcare Category Manager for the Los Angeles division of CCME, the largest media company in the United States. During his tenure at CCME and other media companies, he worked on marketing campaigns for local businesses and physicians, as well as for national brands such as Neutrogena, New Line Cinema, Paramount Pictures, Samsung, AT&T, Coke, Dr. Pepper, Hansen's, Honda, MGM, Universal Studios and more. He also managed endorsements on the radio for Ryan Seacrest. In 2006, He received the coveted Pinnacle Award from CCME for being the top sales executive in the Western region. While serving as Director of Business Development, Mr. Granier grew new business by 49% in his first year in that role.
Granier was born and raised in the heart of Cajun Country in Southeast Louisiana where he started working at the age of 11 to help support his single mother and younger brother. After graduating with honors from high school, he attended college at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, LA. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing in 1995 and was a member of Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society and Phi Kappa Theta. During his nursing career, he specialized in the critical care areas of ER/ICU/CCU and CICU. He also moonlighted as a home health nurse, critical care air transport nurse and TV studio set medic. In 1996, he moved to California as a travel nurse and spent most of his remaining years in healthcare as the charge nurse in the emergency room at White Memorial Hospital in downtown Los Angeles. Mr. Granier continues to reside in the Los Angeles area with his family. He has also been a volunteer with Big Brothers of America.
Kent Emry
Director
During the past twelve years, Kent Emry has been involved in the healthcare industry. Mr. Emry has specialized in identifying and securing financing for the acquisition of troubled skilled nursing and rehabilitation facilities, which may have been in violation of federal regulations with a high probability of being closed. He was able to re-structure these facilities both on a clinical and financial level resulting in a profitable facility. His vast knowledge of operational systems and his creation and development of policies and procedures has been key to his long-term success in the healthcare industry. In addition, Mr. Emry has extensive experience in contract negotiations with public, private, federal and state healthcare reimbursement entities including HMOs, Medicare, Medicaid, VA and Military contracting and billing.
Preceding Mr. Emry's focus on the acquisition and restructuring of troubled healthcare facilities, he owned and operated a marketing company that focused on the healthcare industry. He developed creative and concise marketing strategies that were applicable to the target demographic of his clients. Mr. Emry's campaigns and tactics improved corporate revenues and profits by increasing their number of patients and controlling expenses.
Mr. Emry has also realized success in a number of industries outside of healthcare as well, including food processing and brokerage, construction, development, sales, marketing and property management. Mr. Emry has the ability to quickly identify operational and structural inefficiencies and replace them with systems and policies that enhance productivity and growth resulting in a more profitable business.
Mr. Emry holds a Bachelor's degree in Healthcare Administration from Oregon State University.
Joseph J. Galligan
Director
Mr. Galligan had served as senior advisor to the Company since April 2019. He was formerly an Executive Vice President and Portfolio Manager at DoubleLine Capital LP, an investment firm with over $100 billion in assets under management, where he was one of the five founding partners. Before joining DoubleLine at the time of the firm’s founding in 2009, Mr. Galligan was a Managing Director and Portfolio Manager at The TCW Group, Inc. Prior to joining TCW in 1991, he was a Vice President at Smith Barney in the Mortgage-Backed Specialist Group. Prior to that, he spent five years at First Boston as Vice President in the same area. In addition, Mr. Galligan spent over three years at Scudder Stevens & Clark as a Portfolio Manager/Trader. Mr. Galligan holds a B.S. in Economics with a concentration in Finance from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst.
Luisa Ingargiola
Director
Luisa Ingargiola presently serves as Chief Financial Officer of Avalon GloboCare, a leading global developer of cell-based technologies and therapeutics, where she helped navigate its Nasdaq uplisting in 2018. Luisa is a Board Director and Audit Chair of Electra Meccanica, a Nasdaq-listed company designing and manufacturing electric vehicles; she also serves on the board of Globe Photos, a leader in licensed sports photographic prints and iconic pop culture imagery; and she serves as director of Operation Transition Corporation, a strategic consulting and advisory firm that places ex-military special operations forces into corporate careers. Luisa holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Boston University, and an MBA in Health from the University of South Florida.
Louis Lucido
Director
Louis Lucido was formerly the Senior Advisor and Chief Operating Officer of DoubleLine Group, LP, a large investment firm with over $100 billion in assets under management. He recently retired in December 2018 and was one of the five founding partners. He was previously at TCW, where he served as a Group Managing Director. Prior to joining TCW in 2001, Mr. Lucido was the Chief Investment Officer for Delphi Financial Group (DFG) and was on several subsidiary boards. Before DFG, he was the Chief Operating Officer and Secretary for Hyperion Capital Management and was also a member of the Resolution Trust Advisory Committee. Former Board Chair of CASALA, currently Treasurer, member of Executive Committee and Trustee of National CASA/GAL. Former member of the Board of Directors of the Lupus Research Alliance. Former board member for Junior Achievement of Southern California 826LA & 826 National. Mr. Lucido received his MBA in Management and Finance from New York University, and was a member of the Dean’s Advisory Board of the N.Y.U. Stern School of Business.
Harsha Murthy
Director
Mr. Harsha Murthy is an experienced pharmaceuticals/finance executive with expertise in pharmaceutical operations, strategy, deal origination, strategic partnerships, and finance. Currently, Mr. Murthy is a managing partner of Consummate Capital LLC, a New York City-based private equity investment and advisory firm that sources and structures the acquisition of generic and branded pharmaceutical products for its clients. Mr. Murthy is also the Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Resilia Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a dermatology company based in Atlanta, Georgia. Previously, Mr. Murthy was a co-Founder and Managing Partner of Konanda Pharma Partners, a private equity fund investing in mature branded pharmaceuticals. Prior to Konanda, he served as the Executive Vice President and Corporate Head of Strategic Planning and Business Development for King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Prior to that, Mr. Murthy was Vice President of Business Strategy and Administration at Eyetech Pharmaceuticals, one of the most successful biotech companies in history, and was a Managing Director at GE Capital’s Structured Finance Group. Mr. Murthy has also served on a number of boards for pharma, biotech, corporate and non-profit organizations, including Electrolux Corporation, MedDEV Inc., Validus Pharmaceuticals, New York City Digital Health Technology Breakthrough Network, Rx Bandz, Inc., and the Aplastic Anemia & MDS International Foundation. Murthy received a B.A. degree summa cum laude from Duke University and a J.D. from Stanford Law School.