Mr. Whitters joined Frazier Healthcare Ventures in 2005 as a Senior Advisor to the Growth Equity investment team and became an Operating Partner in 2009. Previously, Mr. Whitters was the Chief Financial Officer for First Health (FHCC), a managed care organization. During Mr. Whitters' tenure with FHCC (1986 to 2005), the company grew from $5 million in revenue and 100 employees to approximately $900 million in revenue and 6000 employees. Mr. Whitters assisted with taking FHCC public in 1987 at a split adjusted price of $.69 a share and with the eventual sale of the company in early 2005 for $1.8 billion or $19 per share. Prior to FHCC, Mr. Whitters held various financial positions with United Healthcare and Overland Express. Mr. Whitters began his career in public accounting with Peat Marwick. He has an accounting degree from Luther College in Iowa and is a CPA.

Currently, Mr. Whitters is on the board of two Frazier Healthcare portfolio companies, Zonare Medical Systems and Pentech Health, Inc. and he previously served on the board of Aspen Education Group (acquired by CRC Health in 2006) and Mentor Corporation (acquired by Johnson and Johnson in 2009). He also serves on the board of Omincell, a publicly traded medication dispensing company and Lumient Mortgage, a $4 billion asset REIT.

Feel free to contact him at joe@frazierhealthcare.com