James is an executive with more than 18 years of experience in corporate finance, mergers & acquisitions, private equity, and corporate strategy. He has spent the past decade in the healthcare industry, first in the Corporate Strategy Department at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana and then helping develop several healthcare ventures at Spivey & Company, where he serves as the CFO and interim CFO for multiple portfolio companies. James started his career in the energy industry working for two global fortune 500 companies. He has participated in almost $6 billion of closed financial transactions including CB&I’s $3.2 billion acquisition of The Shaw Group, $1.6 billion of credit instruments, $77 million of direct equity investments, and $1.2 billion of corporate share repurchases. James holds a Master of Business Administration from Tulane University’s A.B. Freeman School of Business. He also spent 12 years serving in the U.S Military, completing several overseas deployments.

Atalan facilitates access to top-tier laboratory medicine for both providers and patients, advancing health equity and sustainability.