About the AXE! Team

Adam Black

At AXE, Adam plays multiple roles. He contributes as a project manager, scrum master, and business analyst to help facilitate a smooth team operation day-to-day.

Al Branca

Al brings over 30 years of corporate sales and sales management expertise to the AXE team. Over his career, he has mastered the art of the sale in various industries including radio broadcasting, advertising, telecommunications, financial services and pharmacy benefits. He runs the day to day operations of the company and is a huge sales and training resource to marketing partners and independent agents.

Christine Brunetti

Christine graduated from Rowan with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration. For the past twenty-five years, she has worked in healthcare, property management, construction, and hospitality industries. Christine supervises accounting practices throughout the organization. As part of the executive team she is involved in strategic matters relating to operations, cost-benefit analysis and forecasting department needs.

Eric Shugarts

Eric is an entrepreneur starting and leading companies in the information technology and pharmacy benefit administration spaces. Over the past fifteen years Eric has utilized his technology and business expertise to build the platforms driving a number of successful consumer savings programs, now administered by AXE. Eric is open to new opportunities and is fully invested in continued growth and taking AXE to the next level.

Fady Khalil

Fady has been in the healthcare/hospitality business for 8 years. His main role with AXE is the implementation of all pharmacy accounts and services. He is currently finishing up a double major at Rutgers university.

Jackie Alberici

After a successful career in Events & Marketing in the New York City and Philadelphia markets, Jackie now provides administrative assistance to the executive team at AXE. Because she won’t shine if they don’t shine, Jackie enjoys contributing to her team’s overall success by implementing organizational solutions, planning and scheduling strategies and market research initiatives.

James Summer

James has been writing software in some form since his time in the Air Force over 15 years ago and started to develop professionally in 2011. He assists the team as a Web Developer.

Jasmine Beckett

Jasmine is a mom of six from New Jersey. She takes great pleasure in providing superior customer service and working with the public. Jasmine loves planning activities so she can spend time with her family and friends. She is also a movie fanatic! Jasmine has never been out of the U.S., but hopes to fulfil this dream in the near future.

Joe Tropea

With a sales career spanning 30 years and counting, Joe specializes in B2B sales in the pharmaceutical industry. His previous sales experience stems within the IT and restaurant construction industries. Now at AXE, Joe works directly with pharmacies, assisting them in achieving their sales goals along the AXE Rx platform. In his spare time, Joe is an avid sports fan and is also an event DJ.

Lorraine Wood

Over the past 15 years Lorraine has worked in operations across various industries, including 7 years in healthcare. At AXE she is currently responsible for the project and account oversight of multiple brands and products.

Paul Vallas

Paul was born and raised in Connecticut. He moved to Los Angeles where he lived for 11+ years. Paul has a background in project management, and has been in the tech space for about 5 years working as a QA Analyst and a BA. Paul went to school in Chicago at DePaul University, and has also taken classes at Cal State and UCLA. Right now, he is working on a Computer Science degree to help build his role as an Analyst.