Our Team

Linda Morales – Founder and President

With over 30 years of experience on both the pharmaceutical and life sciences education side of the business, Linda brings a depth and breadth of knowledge to HCI’s learning solutions. She started her career as a sales representative with Parke-Davis (now Pfizer). During her pharma career, Linda was promoted up the ranks to regional trainer, district manager, manager of training, and director of training. In 1995, she left Parke-Davis to start HealthCare Innovations (HCI). As the founder and president of HCI, Linda sets the approach of the company which has remained close to its roots by focusing on driving sales success through physician engagement. The greatest strength Linda brings to HCI comes from the fact that she “carried the bag” and provides real-life and practical experience.

Claude Beller – VP of Audio and Video Production

Recognized as one of the foremost experts in the field of health and medical media production, Claude brings over 30 years of experience to the field with a unique combination of medical knowledge, journalistic skill, and television production expertise. Claude has a keen ability to match informational scientific content with the interests and needs of diverse audiences, ranging from medical professionals to medical consumers and the general public. He is the recipient of major awards for health and medical programming, including the prestigious FREDDIE Award (3 times).

After graduating Lafayette College with a degree in engineering, Claude attended Columbia University to get his MBA. He then went on to study film and television production while working at NBC. Initially producing a number of independent documentaries for public television, he began specializing in medical and health programs and became a series producer for Lifetime Medical Television, as well as a senior producer for Medical News Television and Time Life Medical.

Claude has also created video news releases from the American Heart Association, reaching an average audience of 18 million viewers, and produced segments for HealthWeek while releasing an audio program for WebMD on current research results.

Jane Margolez - VP of Interactive and Multimedia Services

Jane's career in media spans over a 15 year timeframe, creating compelling applications for medical and pharmaceutical training as well as educational and promotional materials for the medical community. Jane's team creates the overall look and feel of a wide range of HCI interactive products. Using text, data, graphics, sound, animation and other digital and visual effects, they create digital healthcare and learning materials that ensure learner engagement.

JR Hughes-Darsee, MD – Creative Medical Writer

JR Hughes-Darsee, MD, is a board-certified physician with specialty training in internal medicine, critical care, and cardiology. After completing his specialty fellowships, JR taught both basic science and bedside clinical medicine at Harvard Medical School until he joined the private sector as a medical writer and educational program designer.

Over the course of his career, JR has written and developed over 365 programs with an exclusive focus on medical education for professional and healthcare education for pharmaceutical sales representatives. For the last 28 years, he has designed, written and produced medical education programs for organizations such as the National Institutes of Health, the American College of Cardiology, Johnson & Johnson, Merck, Schering, Janssen, Pfizer, Novartis, Boehringer Ingelheim, GlaxoSmithKline, and many others. While collaborating with colleagues from Netscape, JR helped establish Healtheon Corporation, which later became WebMD^®. He and several colleagues also started a new venture with the American Medical Association and other major medical associations called Medem^®, which created healthcare education resources for over 50,000 physician practices. Today, his primary focus is designing and writing training programs for pharmaceutical sales representatives and educational programs for physicians.

Monty Morales, MD, FACC – Consultant Medical Officer

HCI maintains a consultant medical officer on staff to ensure the accuracy and current relevance of our recommended solutions to today’s changing medical training needs. A board-certified internist and cardiologist, Monty Morales, MD, is a principal at the Pima Heart Institute in Tucson, Arizona, where he practices today. He has over twenty years of experience as a practicing cardiologist. After completing his MD at the University of California in Irvine, he conducted his internal medicine internship, as well as his cardiology/sports medicine fellowship at Lennox Hill Hospital in New York.

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This was the best 2-days out of the field my representatives have ever had.
John C. - Regional Sales Director
HCI continues to be an intricate partner in how we evolve our adult learning platform. They work side by side with my team from development to execution in bringing complex content to our people. Finding a company that listens to our needs and comprehends our landscape so well is such an asset to our business.
Matthew D. - Training Director, CV
I’ve had the opportunity to work with HCI the last couple of years and would highly recommend the HCI team. They have worked on several projects to include bringing in clinicians for our General Hospital, VTE Specialist for our Regional Meetings and the development of the VTE Educational Experience for the hospital team. HCI has been a great partner!
Keith W. – Director of Training
I have worked with Linda Morales and HCI Learning for the past 4 years, first in my training role at my first company and most recently, at my current company. The greatest strength Linda brings with her company is her real-life, practical and realistic application. She "carried the bag" and understands the healthcare system and challenges sales reps face. HCI learning has been the best training partner I have worked with to date.
Amy D. – Director, Commercial Training
Every training I have conducted, with resources provided by HCI have earned me rave reviews. Comments included that it was the best training folks have experienced and really focused on the critical, practical and effective tools and practice. I wouldn't do my job as well without HCI as my learning partner.
Cheryl B. – Associate Director of Training
The fact that I was able to get the point of view of 5 different specialists & their approach to treating their patients was invaluable.
Brenda T. – CV Sales Representative
One of the best training meetings I have ever attended!
Don S. – Area Business Manager
The faculty breakout sessions were great because they were small enough for me to ask real questions and get real-world answers.
Christy M. – Senior Territory Business Manager
I learned how real providers think and act to treat patients…my depth of knowledge was greatly enhanced.
Jane R. – Senior Oncology Sales Specialist
The panel discussion brought so much depth to the decision-making process in the treatment of the disease and provided me with the confidence as to the appropriate way to approach selling [product].
James T. – Senior Sales Specialist, Immuno-Oncology
Hearing from the specialists directly was great. It allowed us time to really pick their brain and learn more about their important points. I will definitely be modifying my approach when I get back to my territory.
Deborah G. – Clinical Specialist, Hematology
I loved getting to view the treatment decision from the physician's perspective and also being able to speak with patients directly. Thank you!
BeBe R. – Rheumatology Medical Specialist