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Ingenious Med Hires New CEO to Maintain and Further Expand Company Development
ATLANTA, GA- December 2, 2008- Ingenious Med (IM) welcomes new CEO, S. Hart Williford. Williford joins IM, the leader in inpatient practice management solutions, with an extensive background as a leader in healthcare, software, revenue management, medical services, sales, and digital media.
Founder and nine-year CEO, Dr. Steven Liu, is confident Williford will enhance the company’s success and development in all sectors, as he steps into the role. Liu, a successful hospitalist and businessman, will remain chairman of the board and CMO. He gladly brings Williford in as CEO to shepherd IM through rapid growth and evolving opportunities.
“I searched for the perfect person to take my place as CEO and was impressed by Hart Williford’s extensive experience,” said Liu. “He is an exceptional businessman and a genuinely good person. He’s quite accomplished at taking companies at our current stage and launching them to the next level, and we are very excited to have him.”
Williford comes to IM from Memorial UniversityMedicalCenter (Memorial) in Savannah where he served on the board and as Senior Vice President. His responsibilities included involvement with Memorial’s Cancer Institute, IT, marketing and strategic planning, foundation and office-sponsored programs, business development and physician relations and recruitment. Memorial is a two-state, 35-county hospital with more than 530 beds and $800 million in revenue.
Williford’s business profile also includes senior management positions from Boston to Hong Kong with companies such as VeriSign Corporation, IBM, AT&T and Digital Equipment Corporation. Relative past successes include H.O. Systems’ (a software company serving the cell phone industry) growth from $16 million to over $120 million between 1999 and 2002 under Williford’s lead. This dramatic growth led to an acquisition by VeriSign, while achieving record-high customer satisfaction.
“IM’s products and services really enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of physicians rounding in hospitals. Coming from a technology background, and directly from an executive position in a large health system, I can appreciate the value in their technology from my own personal work experience. In my mind, this places them at the top of the list of innovators in healthcare technology,” said Williford. “It’s truly exciting to have the opportunity to work with a company that has already succeeded in its industry and is now poised for explosive growth.”
Under Williford’s leadership, IM will seek to further mature product and service-lines, organize for fast growth in revenue and profits, as well as encourage and ensure excellence in customer satisfaction.
About Ingenious Med, Inc.
Ingenious Med was founded in 1999 by a group of practicing hospitalist leaders and has a customer base comprising thousands of users in more than 500 facilities across the United States.
Ingenious Med’s flagship product, IM Practice Manager is an Internet-based application that enables inpatient physicians to capture charges, improve quality of care, and communicate digitally with peers and administrators. In addition, the program aggregates management data separately from the hospital information system, so individual physician and total department performance can be accurately evaluated. Nationwide, they are the leader in inpatient practice management solutions, and have recently responded to increasing demand for their product-lines in specialty groups.
For more detailed information on Ingenious Med, visit www.ingeniousmed.com or call 404.815.0862.
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