OUR TEAM

Patrick Brennan is the Founding Partner and Managing Director of Locke Health Ventures. He grew up in Cape Cod, MA and is now based in Kansas City with his wife Rachel and their son Theodore. He focuses on driving the strategy, growth and vision of Locke's early-stage venture capital fund and commercial advisory business. Through Locke's VC fund and advisory businesses both Patrick and the Locke Health team actively support the growth of health tech ventures across the country. Prior to Locke, Patrick served as Director of Sales and Business Development at Oracle Health (Cerner), where he led growth and competitive strategy initiatives across the for-profit health system and payer lines of business. He is also a co-founder of Sought Group and FY Summit Capital, investment platforms focused on energy, real estate, and health technology. An avid mountaineer, Patrick has been on climbing expeditions on six continents—including the Himalaya, Andes, and Antarctica—and is an Advanced Open Water scuba diver. Patrick holds a BBA in Quantitative Economics from the University of Iowa.

Chad Butler is a Nashville-based healthcare and technology executive with more than 20 years of experience driving enterprise growth through strategic partnerships and complex solution selling. Prior to joining the Locke Health team, Chad served in multiple roles at Cerner/Oracle Health and Oracle, focused on growth across all major segments of healthcare. He is highly process-focused, driving disciplined revenue operations to support customers throughout their journey to sustained revenue growth. He is an angel investor through Launch Tennessee and serves on the boards of Faith Family Medical Center and the Middle Tennessee Council Scouting America.

David Nickloy has spent the past decade in deal procurement, primarily focusing on commercial real estate investments. As co-founder of Locke Capital, David's ability to foster new relationships quickly and effectively has made him a natural fit to spearhead various equity sourcing efforts for Locke over the past 7 years. Prior to entering the private equity real estate sector, he spent 5 years in various corporate development roles including strategic planning and business development for 2 plastics manufacturing facilities in Nevada and California. David graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from the University of Kansas.

Chris brings more than 30 years of healthcare technology and services leadership experience, including executive roles at Cerner Corporation and Symplr. During his tenure at Cerner, he helped scale consulting and managed services revenue from approximately $30 million to more than $500 million while leading large-scale healthcare transformation initiatives. Most recently at Symplr, Chris led national sales organizations focused on SaaS growth, analytics, AI-driven solutions, and operational transformation. At Locke Health, Chris leads all sales and go-to-market strategy as the company expands across health systems, ambulatory surgery center groups, physician networks, and enterprise partnerships.

Kevin Suhrheinrich is a healthcare technology executive with more than 15 years of experience driving enterprise sales, product strategy, and strategic partnerships. Throughout his career at Cerner and Oracle Health, he has helped health systems improve operational performance and accelerate digital transformation. Now with Locke Health, Kevin partners with customers to lead go-to-market initiatives, develop sales and growth strategies, and manage strategic partnerships that drive market expansion and long-term customer success. Kevin divides his time between Chicago, Illinois, and Charlotte, North Carolina.

Brings deep enterprise sales leadership and tech/energy investment experience to accelerate our growth.

Serial entrepreneur and startup ecosystem leader who brings hands-on venture building expertise to our team.

Brings deep distribution, logistics, and sales leadership expertise to our team.

Extensive leadership experience across strategy, product, sales, and business ops. Focused on improving administrative and payment efficiencies.