Mike Thomas became the new CEO of iSonea Ltd in June 2011. He has over 22 years of healthcare industry experience. He is the President and CEO of Appian Partners, a medical devices and healthcare services consulting firm. Earlier in his career, Thomas was President and CEO of Sleep Solutions, a VC-backed medical device manufacturer. He helped to raise over $50 million in VC funding for that company and launch a new industry in the $5B Sleep Medicine market. Thomas successfully lobbied the largest Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to alter their medical policy and approve reimbursement for in-home sleep apnea diagnostic services. Prior to joining Sleep Solutions, Thomas wasEVP of Sales and Marketing for National Sleep Technologies (NST), where he led acquisitions of more than 80 sleep labs, making NST the largest sleep-testing company in the US. NST was later sold to GE Medical. Earlier in his career, Thomas was Vice President of Sales at Patient InfoSystems (NASDAQ: PATI) and instrumental in taking that company public. He began his career in sales and marketing at Merck and GlaxoWellcome. Thomas graduated from Cornell University with a degree in Microbiology.