About Clinicom

Nelson M. Handal, M.D

Nelson M. Handal, MD attended Medical School at the Ruprecht Karl University in Heidelberg, Germany, and graduated from Universidad Mayor de San Andres in La Paz-Bolivia, his hometown. He completed his internship and residency training in General Psychiatry at the State University of New York Health Science Center at Syracuse in Syracuse, New York. Following residency, he completed his Fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Miami School of Medicine in Miami, Florida. At the present time he is a Clinical Faculty at the Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine in Dothan, Alabama.

His vision to create CliniCom^® was born after many years of work focused on perfecting a mental health clinical model that uses technology while implementing sensible, practical, and modern clinical practices. Developing CliniCom® for over 10 years has been for him the most challenging and expensive endeavor, but it led to an article in Forbes in 2018 after CliniCom^® was used by thousands of patients around the US. Clinicom was also awarded at the Psychiatry Innovation Lab at the American Psychiatric Association. Dr. Handal was invited to testify before the United States House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs regarding innovative technologies and treatments for veterans; he spoke about CliniCom^®.

For the past 20 years, Dr. Nelson M. Handal has been the Founder, Chairman, and Medical Director for Dothan Behavioral Medicine Clinic a large and modern mental health clinic. Four physicians, two nurse practitioners and thirteen therapists serve about 180 patients a day, half of whom live more than an hour away.

He is also the Founder and Medical Director of Harmonex Neuroscience Research where he participated in clinical research as a primary investigator in over 80 clinical trials for the past 14 years. He was Chief Medical Officer with NLS Pharmaceutics from Switzerland in a critical award-winning research study.

Dr. Handal has dedicated much of his career to developing and implementing technologies that elevate the quality of patient care. In the late 1980s, Dr. Handal was president of one of the first international telemedicine referral services in the world. This system was featured in Business Week.

Awards include the Heroes in the Fight Award given by Mental Health America. Excellence in Public Mental Health Award given by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). In addition, Dr. Handal has been recognized as one of America’s Top Psychiatrists given by the Consumers’ Research Council of America. Dr. Handal has also received the Patient’s Choice Award and the Mental Health Professional of the Year Award for Alabama. He was presented with the Clinical Scholar Award conferred by the University of Miami School of Medicine. His private practice, Dothan Behavioral Medicine Clinic, has received the Best of Dothan Award in the Physicians' category by the U.S. Local Business Association (USLBA). Dr. Handal is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.

Michael Horning

Michael Horning is the Chief Executive Officer of Clinicom, bringing over two decades of leadership experience in healthcare software, sales, and operations. As a seasoned healthcare technology executive, Michael has a proven track record of building scalable SaaS platforms that solve real-world problems in clinical environments.

Prior to joining Clinicom, Michael was the co-founder and COO of Simple Admit, a web-based patient admissions platform that streamlined preoperative processes for ambulatory surgery centers. Under his leadership, Simple Admit expanded nationally and served over 1000 facilities across 50 states. The company received multiple industry awards, including top recognition at the Excellence in Healthcare Awards. Michael successfully exited the company following its acquisition, marking a major milestone in his entrepreneurial journey.

At Clinicom, Michael leads the organization’s strategic growth initiatives, focusing on expanding access to comprehensive, data-driven mental health assessment and treatment support. His leadership is guided by a deep understanding of both the clinical and technological landscapes, and a commitment to improving patient outcomes through innovation.

Ignacio Handal

Ignacio Handal is the President at Clinicom Healthcare. Ignacio has completed a multitude of FDA phase I, II, & III studies in pharmaceuticals, and devices over two decades. Ignacio has completed more Pharma sponsored clinical research studies than 99.8% of all clinical researchers internationally per globaldata.com Mr. Handal has completed clinical studies that have help put a myriad of drugs and devices to market over the last twenty years, These products have touched the lives of over a two hundred million patients. In 2022 Ignacio was honored with one of the highest honors in Clinical Research, the Christine Pierre Clinical trials lifetime achievement award. Only 8 clinical researchers globally have ever been awarded this honor.

Mr. Handal has led the creation and development of two nationally recognized US clinical research centers, Harmonex Neuroscience Research and Trinity Research at Eye Center South. Harmonex Neuroscience is the clinical research institute that gave birth to Clinicom at its inception, Prior to Clinicom, Ignacio was Director of Clinical Project Management and Director of Program Management at Biorasi, a global CRO. He was Director of Clinical Research at Eye Center South the Third largest surgical center ASC in the USA from 2015-8/2018 where he founded their research division.

Ignacio and his team have used the profits of their research trials over the last twenty years to develop the world's first online mental health assessment software that can assess anyone remotely for 81 mental health conditions in one virtual adaptive ML assessment. Clinicom has helped patients all over the world find answers on their mental health journey. Clinicom has also helped accelerate enrollment and patient identification for precise inclusion and exclusion criteria in phase II and III studies in the US. The Clinicom mission is to give every patient a voice and to bring equity and access to mental health. Clinicom currently serves patients in 6 continents.

Trish Corey

Trish Corey is the Chief Operating Officer of Clinicom, where she leads operations, strategic planning, and service delivery across the organization. With a deep background in healthcare SaaS and patient engagement platforms, Trish brings a hands-on, systems-focused approach to scaling operational success.

Before joining Clinicom, Trish played a key role in the growth of Simple Admit, a preoperative patient admissions platform used by ambulatory surgery centers across the U.S. As a member of the core leadership team, she contributed to the company’s national expansion and operational excellence, supporting more than 100 centers in over 30 states. Simple Admit was recognized for its innovation in healthcare and successfully exited following an acquisition.

At Clinicom, Trish focuses on building scalable systems and optimizing internal processes to support Clinicom’s rapid growth and its mission of improving access to comprehensive mental health care. Her expertise lies in healthcare delivery systems, workflow automation, and customer success.

Michael Gronau

Michael Gronau is the Chief Strategy Officer at Clinicom Healthcare, Inc.
He is presently helping to drive the financial planning and fundraising strategy of the company by building out the financial projections, analyzing performance and suggesting appropriate funding strategies for Clinicom.
Presently, Michael also serves as an elected official on the town council in his home town. On council Michael serves as Council President, Chairman of the Finance Committee, Water Commissioner and is responsible for the town’s technology infrastructure.

Prior to joining Clinicom Michael spent the last 15 years in the private investment banking world working with small boutique firms to help entrepreneurs prepare for private equity investments. Michael’s primary focus and skills were on problem solving, operations and financial modeling.

Michael began his career building a multimillion-dollar enterprise called, On-Site, a service company, that included multiple business arms and a national reach. Michael successfully grew and sold his business at a young age. One of the keys to the success of “On-Site” was the ability to build trust with customers and hosts which translated into lucrative agreements with a litany of Fortune 500 companies like Merck, Johnson & Johnson, Bristol Myers Squibb, ADP, and Merrill Lynch. Michael distinguished his company by providing excellent renowned support and service.

Michael Weinberger

Michael Weinberger serves as the Chief Technology Officer at Clinicom. Michael brings more than two decades of experience leading technology, engineering, and data teams across healthcare and enterprise software. Throughout his career, he has overseen the development and scaling of national clinical and analytics platforms that support providers, payors, and large care organizations.

Michael has led major initiatives in clinical data integration, security, and infrastructure modernization, ensuring that the systems under his leadership remain secure, compliant, and capable of supporting large scale clinical operations. His work has enabled organizations to transform complex clinical information into clear insights that strengthen care delivery, improve outcomes, and enhance operational efficiency.

Prior to joining Clinicom, Michael held senior technology leadership roles where he guided product innovation, architected interoperable health technology solutions, and managed high performing engineering and product teams during periods of rapid organizational growth. His expertise in building scalable, regulatory compliant platforms is central to Clinicom’s mission of improving mental health care through intelligent systems and data driven clinical support.

Michael now leads Clinicom’s product development and technology strategy with a focus on empowering clinicians, advancing secure and adaptive assessment technology, and ensuring the platform continues to meet the highest standards of reliability, compliance, and clinical impact.

Marcus Couch

Marcus Couch is a growth-focused marketing architect who designs and scales enterprise marketing systems that drive pipeline, revenue, and customer lifecycle performance.

With more than two decades of experience, he has led go-to-market strategy and marketing transformation initiatives across global brands including Nokia, Farmers Insurance, GoDaddy, and Foot Locker, as well as enterprise-scale digital environments at Verizon. His expertise lies in building integrated marketing ecosystems that connect CRM, automation, and digital platforms into a unified growth engine.

Brandon Paul

As Director of Client Success at Clinicom, Brandon Paul dedicates himself to ensuring that clinicians can leverage the full power of Clinicom's technology. His role involves not just training but also actively supporting clients to enhance their clinical practices effectively.

Karim Soliman

Karim is Clinicom’s Director of Operations, focused on aligning the strategy and operations of sales, marketing, and Customer Success to drive growth. With a multi-faceted background that includes investment management, risk management, product management, and the successful launch of B2C and B2B products, he has built monetization strategies and growth loops by collaborating closely with product and engineering teams.

An expert in optimizing workflows and boosting growth for tech startups, he excels in building and optimizing service and customer success strategies and has successfully led teams to deliver impactful results across multiple domains. Karim has a strong track record of institutionalizing product analytics, setting up teams with a data-driven culture, and making evidence-based decision-making a core part of the operational process.

A strong proponent of process-driven strategies, he has played a pivotal role in setting up customer success operations and aligning cross-functional teams to achieve operational excellence in previous startup environments. Passionate about innovation and efficiency, Karim's work consistently aligns operational excellence with strategic growth initiatives.