Chris DeProfio Joins HYC Health as VP Account Director

HYCHealth, a fast-growing healthcare and pharma agency, has hired Chris DeProfio as VP account director. He is working on the agency’s Singulex account.

DeProfio’s strengths include managing multiple pieces of business and leading the development of client strategies, brand platforms and business plans. He has a remarkable ability to anticipate client needs and acts swiftly to meet them.

“What we look for when seeking new talent is not just a great résumé, but an attitude and passion that fits in with what we are here to accomplish for our clients,” says Larry Farkos, VP of Operations. “Chris embodies all of that and so much more. We are thrilled to have him as part of the HYC Health team.”

Before joining HYC Health, DeProfio served as VP account director for healthcare marketing agency Discovery USA, where he led the engagement planning process for the agency’s largest account, Astellas Pharma US, and developed client strategy, brand platforms and business plans in collaboration with key stakeholders and agency partners. Before that, he was marketing manager for the University of Chicago Medicine, where he developed and implemented the annual marketing plans for the cancer and pediatric service lines and created the launch plan for the opening of the new hospital.