Our Team

Jason Pratt

Jason Pratt is President, Co-Founder and the Structural Architect of United Medical Equipment Business Solutions Network, Inc. What he brings to the table for UME is an amazing 25+ years of multi-faceted business background and real-world experience. Jason has successfully built, developed and sold multiple corporations from the ground up. He is currently President of three additional corporations which he founded. You might call him an insatiable American entrepreneur.

While serving as Regional Director for a Home Health Care company, Jason saw the need for a reliable Senior Referral Source – one providing affordable, targeted solutions for seniors and their families. Serving in this role in Home Health afforded him the opportunity to work directly and closely with seniors, nurses and staff at facilities where seniors’ individual needs were assessed. Jason spent months visiting dozens of senior family homes — plus Hospice, Assisted Living and Independent Living facilities – along with staff nurses and rehabilitation therapists. This unique experience deeply affected Jason personally.

UME was developed based directly on this experience. Jason brought the idea for UME’s ground-breaking Medication Management App to the forefront. Along with UME Co-Founder and long-time healthcare professional, Lesley Hauck, this handy mobile application was carefully and thoughtfully designed as a “go-to” tool for the management and care of seniors and others individualized healthcare needs. The patient mismanagement and the medication errors and abuse witnessed were real. And, therefore a real solution was demanded!

The Medication Management App is a trusted referral resource. The elements incorporated into the app are based on the actual witnessing of improper senior placement at care facilities, in some cases in direct contradiction to their actual conditions and individual requirements. When Home Health Care companies and other facilities focus more on their census rather than good care, our seniors and their families are the losers. This is simply wrong. Helping to change this paradigm was the guiding principal upon which UME was built.

Jason is a tremendous supporter of veterans and seniors, and in that regard, UME is partnered with Changing Course Foundation and its Founder and CEO, Dr. Cathi Neal. CCF provides critical mental health resources to veterans and others, regardless of their ability to pay.

Jason also believes in second chances and has been a major supporter of the Unlocking Doors Reentry Program. This non-profit organization focuses on helping provide excellent employment opportunities and training for people who deserve a second chance — a fresh start in life.

Lesley Hauck, MSN,RN

Lesley Hauck, MSN, RN, is one of the United Medical Equipment Business Solutions Network, Inc.’s Co-Founders,  Secretary/Treasurer and Director of Nurses as well as the CEO.   She brings to the table invaluable medical knowledge from her over 10 years of experience as a Cardiovascular Critical Care Nurse, Nursing Supervisor, and Preceptor serving on America’s healthcare front lines.

Lesley earned her Master of Science in Nursing degree with an emphasis on Clinical Systems Leadership from the University of Arizona. She has also spent the last 30 years as the spouse of a career military officer. During that time, she has served in many positions, including as a senior spouse advisor on non-profit boards in support of children, veterans, and our wounded American soldiers. She understands both the financial struggles and needs of our seniors, veterans, fellow nurses, and students.

Lesley’s sincere and straightforward ambition for UME is to bring patient safety to the forefront. Whether it is through UME’s innovative and proprietary Medication Management App or PPE distribution, she will work diligently to make sure our seniors and veterans are placed in the proper facilities through the right referral resource.

Brian Gartland

Born and raised in the Midwest, Brian started his career as a radio DJ known as Marc Andrews and concert promoter in Youngstown, Ohio. Later, he moved to Columbus, Ohio to attend The Ohio State University where he double-majored in Business Marketing and Economics. Brian immediately accepted a position with Steiner & Associates, launching the Easton Town Center, an outdoor entertainment complex backed by Les Wexner where he drove the events team and the media buying team.

Later, he moved to the non-profit arena, where he worked for the Columbus Arts Council. After being hired, he was able to secure more cash sponsors than any of his predecessors in the 40-year history of the event. Brian worked tirelessly to reinvigorate the event and was able to draw the largest crowd exceeding 500K people over a 3-day period.

In 2002, Brian relocated to Los Angeles to chase his dreams to work in the entertainment industry. He worked in the shopping center industry at the Burbank Town Center for several years winning multiple awards for Marketing and Community Impact campaigns. All while building a new revenue stream by working with locations scouts from all film studios securing filming location opportunities.

In 2006, Brian joined the Skechers USA team, where he directed the marketing efforts of over 250 retail locations in the US and Canada. He was able to drive over $13M in sales over a 3-month Back-to-School program exceeding all previous year efforts.

In February of 2008, he started at Sony Pictures as the Director of the Merchandising and was quickly promoted to Executive Director of Retail Marketing. During his time at Sony, he was able to renegotiate several agreements to ultimately save the company over $18M in service fees. In addition, Brian worked to drive Home Entertainment sales for over 45 film releases at various retail accounts.

In 2011, he moved to 20th Century Fox where he drove retail marketing efforts for Walmart and Target by developing in-store marketing programs, .com executions, and digital platform overlays. Brian was actually on the task force to help Walmart launch its Vudu streaming service. Later, he transitioned to the Global Partnerships team as an Executive Director where he secured millions of dollars in media advertising dollars through partnerships with national brands and films such as X-Men, Deadpool, Alvin & The Chipmunks, Maze Runner, and several others.

Brian later moved to the Fox Consumer Products team where he was able to flex his creative abilities, ultimately leading to a highlight in his career, which was winning “Best Global Partnership of the Year” in 2019 for a partnership with Google and the Home Alone franchise. Brian secured over $11M in licensed promotions and licensed products.

Bob Bounds

Bob brings a deep media-marketing background to the table. He started his career in broadcast as a camera man and video editor, then progressed to producer/director at KTVT-Channel 11 in Dallas-Ft. Worth. He served several years as Assistant Director of the Miss Texas Pageant during his stint at KTVT.

From there he shifted into the sales-marketing side of the business as a lead Account Development Manager at WBAP-AM radio in DFW for over six years. He was then recruited to serve as a National Account Manager for Salem Radio Reps where he represented over 150 Christian radio stations to multiple national advertisers.

Bob and his wife, Debbie, then founded and operated a DFW-based national, regional and local advertising-marketing agency for over 25 years, serving clients such as Honda Motorcycles, Life way Christian Stores, Al Boenker Insurance and more. Bob and Deb’s experience in that environment included print, broadcast, direct mail and more, including deep involvement in the evolution of internet and digital marketing.

Fast-forward to today and Bob is proud to bring that experience to bear as Director of Marketing & Account Development for United Medical Equipment Business Solutions Network, Inc.

Brock B.

Brock Bradshaw is a truly outstanding Application Developer with deep and impressive experience. He is an experienced IT professional with a strong background in Enterprise-level software design, development, testing and then, importantly, customer support. Brock also serves as UME’s Medication Management App’s lead development director.He graduated from the University of Texas at Dallas in May 2001 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science. In addition, Brock is an alumnus of world-renowned Texas Instruments Inc., where he worked as a Software Object Engineer from May 2001 to April 2013. He also worked at Computer Associates Inc. as a principal support engineer.

Debbie Bounds

As the recipient of the 2018 Wise County Chamber Citizen of the Year Award, Debbie Bounds brings to the table a well-deserved reputation for her deep commitment to the community and beyond. Her service has focused on serving seniors and veterans across her immediate sphere of influence,and beyond.

Debbie’s background as an Executive Director for a successful Assisted Living Community, and subsequently as a Hospice Care Consultant, gives her the experience to under stand the resources seniors need and the personal attention they deserve. Debbie was appointed by the County Judge for the region to serve on the North Central Texas Council of Government’s Area on Aging Committee, serving to identify and address the needs of our senior citizens across the area. She serves on several additional regional/local boards, including Wise County Meals on Wheels, the county-wide Chamber of Commerce and more.

As founder and owner-operator of a successful Advertising-Marketing Agency located in the Dallas Ft-Worth metroplex for many years, she has served multiple national, regional and local accounts. Now as Director of Marketing & Brand Development for United Medical Equipment Business Solutions Network, Inc., she brings a deeply cultivated desire to serve the needs of clients with a sincerely caring spirit and a highly focused attention-to-detail.

Dr. Cathi Neal

Cathi Neal is the Founder and the CEO of Changing Course Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that works with groups and individuals by providing Professional Staff Development, Experiential Therapy for Substance Abuse Treatment Centers, Business and Life Coaching, and Individual and Family Counseling.

Cathi has many attributes to contribute to the professional staff development and counseling industry. She has worked in the Experiential Learning Field since 1997. She is an ACCT Trained Challenge Course Manager, holds a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice with a minor in Forensic Psychology, a Master of Science in Management with a Change Leadership Emphasis, and a Ph.D. in Clinical Christian Counseling.

She is a published author of the book titled Genesis: An Addict’s Viewpoint. This is a commentary on Genesis that is simple to understand.

Cathi has received training from the International Consultant Firm, Next Element, the creator of Compassionate Accountability©.

She is a Licensed Clinical Pastoral Counselor, and holds Advanced Certifications in Crisis and Abuse Therapy, and Substance Abuse and Addiction Therapy through the National Christian Counselors Association.

Cathi has 20 years’ experience in training youth and adults in areas of effective communication skills, group cohesion, improving decision making skills, improving problem solving skills, conflict resolutions skills, leadership development, and providing trainings that increase her clients’ self-efficacy.

Cathi is a skilled professional and individual Life Coach.

Cathi founded Changing Course Foundation out of the desire to help others learn how to make life decisions that will lead to a fuller more satisfying life.

Cathi is dedicated to ensuring the growth and stability of the people that come into her life.

Cathi believes that her faith and commitment to showing others the love of Christ and their acceptance of Jesus is the only way to create true change in a persons’ life.

Mistie Ibarra

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Ben Bounds

Ben comes to UME as a top Medical Equipment and PPE Account Manager after running his own successful business in California for over twenty years. Ben initially expressed his entrepreneurial spirit in a big way by founding and running his own exclusive entertainment industry catering service in Los Angeles serving such Hollywood clients as The Voice, American Idol, You’ve Got Talent and many more TV and feature film productions.

When events recently shut down in Hollywood due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, Ben was determined to do his part to help others acquire the PPE and other medical supplies they so desperately need. This new direction for his career was a natural transition from his service-oriented, upscale catering company. It was another valid way for him to serve his fellow man and provide the very personal hands-on customer service he is known for in the industry today.

Sarah S.

Sarah graduated from Wright State University in 2013. After teaching high school, she turned her problem solving skills to the accounting world. She branched our to start her bookkeeping & consulting business, 67b Bookkeeping, in March 2020.