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Sam Violanti

Samuel Violanti is the founder and President of Liberty Solutions. Sam received his bachelor’s degree in 1984 and worked as a medical technologist at Erie County Medical Center, Buffalo General, Roswell Park Cancer Institute and Mercy Hospital of Buffalo during his expansive career. Sam has over 26 years in the healthcare industry, the last twelve as an Information technology consultant in various projects across the United States.

In 1994 while working at Roswell Park Cancer Institute, he gave the gift of life and served as a bone marrow donor to a California resident.

A lifelong Buffalo resident, Sam enjoys spending time with his wife Judy and their three sons. His hobbies include winemaking, painting, photography and attending local sporting events.

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Abby Anderson

Abby is a Senior Healthcare Consultant and the Director of HR for Liberty Solutions. She started her career with Cerner Corporation and has since been consulting across the country for some of the nation’s largest hospital systems. After joining the Liberty team in 2005, she continued to work on client sites and took on recruiting and human resources roles to help grow the company.

Outside of work, Abby enjoys supporting her favorite sport teams, cooking, reading and being outdoors with her family. Abby resides in West Virginia with her husband, Todd and son, Domenic.

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Pete Zielinski

Pete is a Senior Healthcare Consultant and Director of Operations for Liberty Solutions. Having been with the company since its inception in 2005, Pete’s responsibilities include the design and support of Liberty’s SmartView, an auditing tool that offers an in-depth and real-time look at a system’s current build in an instant to uncover potential problems before they can occur in a clinical situation.

A Buffalo native who currently resides in Atlanta, Pete’s hobbies include travel, listening to great music and running.

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Mary Ellen Mesi

As the Manager of Recruitment at Liberty Solutions, Mary Ellen utilizes industry best-practices to provide and deliver the right resource at the right time, working to keep the clients happy and the consultants engaged. Her extensive background in successfully managing IT Consulting recruitment initiatives have made her make trusted adviser and consultant to our clients and partners.

Mary Ellen enjoys working in her garden and on creative remodeling projects. She and her husband Joe reside in the beautiful Buffalo area, are avid sports fans and love to entertain family and friends.

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Kathie Gallardo

In addition to being the Executive Assistant to the President, Kathie is the Contracts Administrator at Liberty Solutions and as such is also the customer service department with clients and consultants alike. Having been with Liberty since 2007, she is the administrator for our time and expense tracking system, ensuring that invoices are sent out, payments are received and consultants are compensated in a timely manner.

Kathie enjoys spending time with her husband Ray and their family, shopping excursions with the girls, reading and going to the theatre.

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