Company leader
Steve Cagle
Chief Executive Officer
Clearwater
Steve Cagle is chief executive of Clearwater, which helps a hospital find and manage cybersecurity risk so a ransomware attack does not take the record offline.
Nine Years at Sparta Systems
He earned a bachelor of science in finance from Rutgers Business School in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and an MBA from New York University's Stern School of Business. He was a founding team member of Sparta Systems, quality-management software for pharmaceutical and medical-device companies, and over nine years there he held roles in marketing, sales, operations, and product innovation while its sales grew a hundredfold.
Running Consumer Health Companies
He became president and chief executive of Alterna LLC, a consumer healthcare products company, and stayed on to run Moberg Pharma North America after the Swedish drugmaker Moberg Pharma bought it. He was also executive chairman of CMP Pharma, a specialty pharmaceutical company.
Taking Over Clearwater
On May 15, 2018, at 41, he became chief executive of Clearwater in Nashville, Tennessee. Founder Bob Chaput moved to executive chairman, and chief financial officer Mary Chaput moved into an advisory role. He also sits on the board of the Association for Executives in Healthcare Information Security.