Clark Golestani has been a member of the Zapata Board since September 2018. He has over 35 years of experience in health, life sciences and technology, and is an active investor, advisor and board member across the healthcare and technology, media, and telecommunications (“TMT”) sectors. Since May 2018, Clark has served as a Managing Director of C Sensei Group, a business consulting and services company and as a Senior Advisor at New Mountain Capital, a private equity firm. He also serves as a fund manager and member of the investment committee of the K2 Access Fund, and on the investment committee of The CXO Fund.
Previously, from 1994 to April 2018, Clark served in multiple positions at Merck & Co. (NYSE: MRK) (“Merck”), a multinational pharmaceutical company, where he was responsible for, among other things, Merck’s portfolio of digital health services and solutions companies, most recently as President, Emerging Businesses and Global Chief Information Officer, prior to his retirement in April 2018. He also serves as a member of the board of directors of a number of companies, including: eMids, a consulting firm that provides IT and business process management solutions to the healthcare industry, since April 2020; Emmes, a full service, digital clinical research organization, since March 2021.
Clark also previously served as a director on the boards of a number of companies, including: TruU, Inc. a cybersecurity company (May 2018 to December 2022); CIOX Health, a healthcare information management company (September 2018 to October 2021); Molecula Corp., an artificial intelligence and data analytics company, acquired by Circuit, Inc. (September 2020 to June 2024); Sparta Systems, Inc., an enterprise quality management software provider, acquired by Honeywell, Inc. (April 2018 to February 2021); Toposware Inc., a developer of blockchain technology, acquired by Polygon Labs (December 2020 – May 2024); UMUC Ventures Inc., a non-profit that provides innovative technology transformation services to educational organizations (April 2016 to September 2020); Seal Software Limited, a contract discovery and contract management software solutions company, acquired by DocuSign, Inc. (April 2016 to May 2020); and Liaison Technologies, Inc., a global integration and data management company (November 2011 to September 2015). He is also a co-founder of Crossroads Technologies, Inc., an IT management, hosting, infrastructure, consulting and professional services company. Clark has a degree in Management Science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management.
