Zach Sikes.
Zach Sikes founded ZuluSierra in 2026 after a thirty-year career applying emerging technology to operational work, principally in healthcare and procurement.
A thirty-year operating pattern.
The pattern is the same every time. Find the structured operational sector that has not yet applied the available technology to its core work. Build the infrastructure. Stay until the value is real.
The pattern across four technology waves:
- 1998. Knowledge management at Arthur D. Little and IBM.
- 2002. ERP and physician digital platforms at Leverage Consulting.
- 2011. GPO enrollment and servicing technology at Purchase Clinic.
- 2026. AI-driven workflow improvement at ZuluSierra.
Two companies founded. Three exits. Most recent: Purchase Clinic, acquired by HealthTrust in 2022.
Career.
Purchase Clinic (2011 to 2022).
Co-founder of Purchase Clinic, a GPO platform serving non-acute healthcare and procurement-heavy operating environments. The company grew to 29,500 members and more than $1B in GPO sales before its acquisition by HealthTrust (HCA) in 2022. Year-over-year growth at acquisition: 112%. Member retention: 97.5%. Doubled division EBITDA over the SVP tenure period that followed the acquisition.
Leverage Consulting (2002 to 2011).
Co-founder of Leverage Consulting. The Oracle ERP practice was sold to a systems integrator. The healthcare physician digital platform spun out as ValueFirst and was sold to Pfizer Healthcare.
Earlier work (1998 to 2002).
Knowledge management work at Arthur D. Little and IBM. The first technology wave in the operating pattern.
Education.
Georgetown University, MBA. United States Military Academy at West Point, BS Engineering.
Now.
Founder of ZuluSierra, based in Park City, Utah. Concurrent part-time operating role at HealthTrust.
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