Leadership Team

Kirk Nilson is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for ParcelShield.  Kirk leads the ParcelShield Executive Team and works closely with the Board of Directors to provide overall leadership and direction for evolving and expanding the company’s Strategic Initiatives and Partnerships. Kirk is responsible for ParcelShield’s Portfolio Diversification, Product Development, Technology Enablement, Innovative Data/Analytics Solutions, Operations and Customer Service.  Kirk is committed to driving innovation in Products and Services at scale that deliver unparalleled value to ParcelShield’s clients and their customers. 

Kirk is a passionate leader who fosters a team-centric culture where people are genuinely supported, empowered and enabled to perform at their best while aligned to ParcelShield’s Mission, Purpose & Values which serve as the foundation in how the team collectively works together and serves our customers.

Prior to joining ParcelShield, Kirk served as the Chief Operating Officer of Pharmacy & Supply Chain Operations for OptumRx, where he was responsible for leading Home Delivery and Specialty Pharmacy Mail-order operations, Customer Service, Inventory Procurement, Distribution, Logistics, Engineering, Automation & Technology, Business Intelligence, and Network & Strategic Planning.  Prior to OptumRx, Kirk served as an Executive and Officer with Target Corporation in various leadership roles in the Stores’, Distribution and Global Supply Chain organizations. 

Kirk and his wife reside in the Nashville, TN area.  In his free time, Kirk enjoys music, movies, racquetball, family activities, and vacationing at sunny destinations.

Neil Garnichaud is the Chief Technology and Product Officer (CTO) for ParcelShield and has 25 years of technology, product, M&A, and operations experience.

He provides technology and product leadership for the company across all functional areas by working closely with the ParcelShield executive team and board of directors to establish and implement technology and product strategies while maintaining applications for maximum customer value.

Neil is driven by building scalable solutions that support ParcelShield's growth objectives while focusing on customer value and solving customer problems, providing exemplary service, and building a delivery-focused organization.

Prior to joining ParcelShield, Neil served as an executive at multiple organizations focused on delivering SaaS solutions and solving targeted industry problems.  Neil is in Orlando, FL, and enjoys traveling and experiencing other cultures around the world.

Jessica Cooley is the Chief Growth and Customer Officer for ParcelShield, responsible for the satisfaction, growth, and retention of the client base and for influencing corporate strategy and tactics across all departments, to ensure these objectives are achieved. Jessica is also tasked with providing a comprehensive view of the customer, enabling ParcelShield to create a strategy to maximize customer acquisition, retention, and profitability. This position was developed to build upon our customer-centric culture with single vision across all customer touchpoints. In this role, Jessica will lead the Business Development, Account Management, and Sales Operations teams.

Jessica joined ParceShield in 2021 and has been focused on building a customer centric client management organization. Jessica has over 20 years executive experience in healthcare and has held several roles on the provider side, revenue cycle management and supply chain in Sales, Marketing and Strategy. She is results-driven, customer-centric and has a track record of helping healthcare organizations migrate from a dated transactional approach to a forward-thinking solutions model, driving growth and profitability.

Jessica has a B.S. from Texas Tech University. Jessica resides with her Family in Frisco, TX and in her free time enjoys cheering on her children on the soccer field, traveling and spending time with family and friends.

Sebastian Pistritto is the Chief Marketing Officer for ParcelShield. He is responsible for marketing communications, brand management, and strategy. Sebastian is an experienced enterprise software marketing executive with over 20 years of experience developing go-to-market strategies and brand narratives, building high performance teams, and driving demand generation. Sebastian brings marketing leadership experience and a proven track record of driving transformative growth.

Prior to joining ParcelShield, he served as Chief Marketing Officer for GrayHair Software and Regulatory DataCorp and has held marketing leadership roles at Harte-Hanks, Real Media and Jornaya. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Wilmington University and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Delaware. Sebastian and his family live in West Chester, PA.

Deb Goldstein is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) for ParcelShield, responsible for leading company operations.  This includes our contact center and courier network teams, our newly formed quality, issue resolution, and continuous improvement team, and vendor management.

Deb is a Transformational Leader and Executive Partner with a history of developing strategies to drive growth and efficiencies.  Her compassion for people, Team Focus and philosophy of creating a clearing for everyone to have the Freedom to Succeed result in empowered and accountable associates solving critical business issues and delivering results.

Most recently, Deb served as the EVP/Chief Transformation Officer for Southeastern Grocers, one of the largest conventional supermarket companies in the US.  In this role she led the Supply Chain and IT organizations and established the Transformation Office to drive change and deliver the strategic initiatives for the business.   In her role she was accountable for the Teams and systems that completed the end-to-end supply chain processes as well as the Central Operations Teams that developed and delivered the processes linking the support center to the stores

Prior to joining SEG, she owned and operated DFG Consulting, a global consulting business focused on providing thought leadership and solutions for everything from end-to-end supply chain planning, processes and strategy to improved forecast accuracy, inventory optimization and cost savings. Previously, she was Vice President of Industrial Demand Planning and Customer Fulfillment at McCormick.

She has also served in various strategic positions at Pfizer Consumer Health Care, L’Oreal USA, Guinness Bass Import Company, KPMG and Pharmavite.

Deb holds a bachelor’s degree from Michigan State University in Supply Chain.  She and her wife live in Ponte Vedra, FL and she enjoys spending her free time with her Bernese Mountain Dogs, photography and traveling to unique destinations like Antarctica and the Artic Circle.

Erin Rausch is the Vice President of Strategic Partnerships for ParcelShield. She has worked in healthcare for the past 30 years, with roles in business development, network development, market access, and strategy.

Before joining ParcelShield, Erin was Vice President of Client Development for a Pharmacy Benefit Manager—FliptRx—and responsible for the company’s health care vertical strategy. This included specialty pharmacy network expansion, self-insured health system business development, and B2B strategic partnerships.

Erin also spent 7 years with drug wholesaler AmerisourceBergen and was responsible for advising health systems on specialty pharmacy strategic business planning, implementation, and expansion—as well as facilitating market access for their specialty pharmacy subsidiary, US Bioservices.

Erin earned a BA in English from Penn State University and now lives in Raleigh, NC. In her spare time, she enjoys being active, playing golf, swimming, and running.