CEO Ingenious Med, Inc..
Greater Atlanta Area
- Current
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- Chief Executive Officer at Ingenious Med
- Board Member at VendorMate, Inc.
- Immediate Past Chairman at Savannah Music Festival
- Past
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- Senior Vice President at Memorial University Medical Center
- President at Morris Technology
- Board Member at Memorial Health
- General Manager/ Senior Vice President at VeriSign Corporation
- President at H.O. Systems
- Executive Vice President at Kirchman Corporation (now Metavante Banking Solutions)
- Vice President at NCR
- General Manager/ Far East at Digital Equipment Corporation
- Marketing Representative at International Business Machines
- Education
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- University of Tennessee-Knoxville
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Hart Williford’s Summary
Proactive Executive with both large Corporation and Entrepreneurial success. Experienced in the area of change management with an ability to set strategy and succeed through excellence in execution. Proven track record in moving an organization to and sustaining explosive growth in terms of revenue and profit. Dedicated to winning through the highest levels of quality and customer and team member satisfaction. Passionate about the success of the Companies and Organizations that I manage as well as the Communities where I live.
Hart Williford’s Specialties:
Profit & Loss, Sales, Marketing, Account Management, Business Development, Board Development, Partnering and Software Development experience both domestic and international.
Hart Williford’s Experience
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Chief Executive Officer
Ingenious Med
(Information Technology and Services industry)
October 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)
Ingenious Med, Inc. is the only provider in the nation exclusively devoted to inpatient practice management. Founded in 1999 by Steven Liu, MD, and several other inpatient physician leaders, Ingenious Med focuses on revenue enhancing solutions that help practices capture lost revenue, optimize practice performance and measure quality of care. Ingenious Med has built a national customer base comprised of thousands of physicians in more than 500 healthcare facilities. Clients range from small private practices to national healthcare systems and management companies. For more information, visit www.ingeniousmed.com.
Currently serve both as the Chief Executive Officer for the Company and as a member of the Ingenious Med Board. -
Board Member
VendorMate, Inc.
(Information Technology and Services industry)
2006 — Present (3 years )
Vendormate is a SaaS company that protects the health of supply chains with a unique vendor credentialing and compliance monitoring solution. The program assures compliance with both internal policies and government mandates, including OFAC Terrorist watch lists. An integrated badge feature controls access to facilities. Registered vendors are registered, screened, rated and catalogued by custom criteria and continuously monitored for non-compliance. See www.vendormate.com;.
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Immediate Past Chairman
Savannah Music Festival
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Music industry)
July 2002 — Present (7 years 6 months)
Currently serve as Immediate Past Chairman of the Music Festival Board and as a member of The Board's Executive Committee. From 2002 to 2007 served as Chairman of the Board recruiting Rob Gibson as the institutions Executive and Artistic Director at the beginning of that term. The annual Savannah Music Festival is one of the largest and most diverse music festivals in the southeastern United States. This unparalleled 18-day musical feast takes place mid March through early April each year in Savannah, one of America's most historic cities, offering a multitude of one-time-only performances and world premieres. The Festival's distinctive line-up showcases indigenous music from the Deep South, originally conceived chamber music, and a wealth of internationally renowned musicians representing an abundance of musical styles and genres.
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Senior Vice President
Memorial University Medical Center
(Hospital & Health Care industry)
January 2007 — September 2008 (1 year 9 months)
Memorial Health is a two-state healthcare organization serving a 35-county area in southeast Georgia and southern South Carolina. The system includes its flagship, Memorial Health University Medical Center, a 530-bed tertiary medical center; Memorial Health primary and specialty care physician networks; a major medical education program; business and industry services; and NurseOne, a 24-hour call center. Memorial Health has been named a Distinguished Hospital by J.D. Power and Associates three years in a row. They are also one of Fortune magazine's 100 Best Companies to Work For.
As Senior Vice President was responsible for The Anderson Cancer Institute, The Hoskins Research Center, Marketing and Strategic Planning, The Foundation, Office of Sponsored Programs, Information Technology, External Affairs and Public Policy and Business Development. -
President
Morris Technology
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
May 2004 — January 2007 (2 years 9 months)
Morris Technology LLC is a technology consulting and services firm that provides critical infrastructure services to the media industry, including print, broadcast, and multimedia. Using an Application Service Provider (ASP) model, we offer critical business solutions like accounting, circulation, advertising/classified, new media and services which include system support, email, security, network and switch management. Morris Technology is also a technology acquisitions company with strategic assets in eCommerce.
As the President of this startup company, the responsibilities include overall profit and loss management, sales, marketing, long range planning driving development processes, and managing implementations for WEB based applications, business tools, and critical business systems. The role also encompasses strategic business development, organizing models for channel partnerships, as well as managing technology companies as part of the umbrella of strategic acquisitions. -
Board Member
Memorial Health
(Non-Profit; 5001-10,000 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)
January 2004 — January 2007 (3 years 1 month)
Served on the Systems Board of Memorial Health responsible for the finance and investment committees. Also served on the Information Technology governance committee and the strategic planning and personnel committee. Continues to be a leader in the Development efforts for the new Hoskins Biomedical Research initiative.
Memorial Health is a two-state healthcare organization serving a 35-county area in southeast Georgia and southern South Carolina. The system includes its flagship, Memorial Health University Medical Center, a 530-bed tertiary medical center; CareOne, its two-state home care division; Memorial Health primary and specialty care physician networks; a major medical education program; business and industry services; and NurseOne, a 24-hour call center. Memorial Health has been named a Distinguished Hospital by J.D. Power and Associates three years in a row. They are also one of Fortune magazine's 100 Best Companies to Work For. -
General Manager/ Senior Vice President
VeriSign Corporation
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; VRSN; Information Technology and Services industry)
February 2002 — May 2004 (2 years 4 months)
After being acquired by Verisign in February 2002, I continued to manage the business as General Manager/ Senior Vice President. In this role I continued to have oversight and P&L responsibility for VeriSign's Wireless Carrier applications business. The parent company, VeriSign Inc (NASDAQ: VRSN) operates intelligent infrastructure services that enable and protect billions of interactions every day across the world’s voice and data networks.
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President
H.O. Systems
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 1999 — February 2002 (3 years 2 months)
Served as President of H.O. Systems from January 1999 continuing on for two years after the Company was acquired by VeriSign in 2002. During this period the Companies revenues grew from $16 million to over $128 million or by more than 800%.
H.O. Systems was a leading provider of billing and customer care solutions to wireless carriers. Our core product, speedSuite continues to be a highly flexible end-to end billing and Customer Relationship Management service designed to assist wireless carriers by targeting and supporting each stage of the subscriber life cycle from initiation through retention. In February 1999, Mr. Williford was instrumental in the selling of the Company to VeriSign for approximately $350 million cash. -
Executive Vice President
Kirchman Corporation (now Metavante Banking Solutions)
(Information Technology and Services industry)
October 1995 — January 1999 (3 years 4 months)
As the EVP Worldwide Sales was responsible for significant growth of the Company both domestically and internationally. During this period the Companies revenues grew from $32 million to over $50 million. Also was responsible for establishing and growing a very successful new professional services organization which added greatly to the Company's profitability. Kirchman Corporation was the oldest and one of the largest providers of Banking Solutions located in Orlando, Florida. The Company has since been acquired by Metavante Corporation and now operates as Metavante Banking Solutions.
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Vice President
NCR
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; NCR; Information Technology and Services industry)
March 1985 — October 1995 (10 years 8 months)
My final position at NCR ( which was acquired by AT&T and subsequently spun back off as NCR )was as the Worldwide Vice President, Channels and Alliances. In this capacity I managed a Division with a Corporate staff of 150 employees and matrix responsibility for the associated field organization that serviced all of our partner organizations including Systems Integrators, Value Added Resellers, ISV's, database companies, and other alliances. These channels leveraged over $1 Billion of revenue for the Company in 1995.
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General Manager/ Far East
Digital Equipment Corporation
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
November 1977 — March 1985 (7 years 5 months)
Hart joined Digital Equipment Corporation as its branch manager in Charlotte, North Carolina. He was promoted to Digital’s corporate office in Boston reporting directly to the Regional General Manager responsible for the Far East, Latin America, India, and Africa. He later became general manager of Digital’s Far East operations headquartered in Hong Kong. During his tenure in Hong Kong, Digital’s Far East revenues grew from approximately $22 million to $88 million, and personnel increased from 150 to over 400. As a result of the fast growth and performance of the Far East it was elevated to Regional status on January 1, 1985 reporting directly to the Vice President of the General International Area.
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Marketing Representative
International Business Machines
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
March 1974 — November 1977 (3 years 9 months)
Directly responsible for a manufacturing and distribution territory for the Data Processing Division. Qualified for 3 of 3 eligible "Hundred Percent Clubs"
Hart Williford’s Education
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University of Tennessee-Knoxville
BS , General Business , 1969 — 1974
Completed a BS degree in General Business and also worked on a double major in Architecture completing all required courses with the exception of Design Thesis.
Additional Information
Hart Williford’s Interests:
Hart and his wife Dee reside in the historic Oddingsell's home built in 1797 in the picturesque coastal community of Savannah, Georgia. He enjoys International travel and fly fishing.
Hart Williford’s Groups:
Hart is active in the community and serves as chairman of the Savannah Music Festival board, and as past president of the Business, Education, and Technology Alliance of Southeast Georgia. In addition, he is a member of the board of directors for Vendormate, a member of the board of directors as well as chair of the Finance committee for Memorial Medical Center, the advisory board of Savannah Economic Development Authority, an advisory board member of the School of Information Technology at Georgia Southern University, a board of director for the Savannah Technical College Foundation, and he is on the Board of the Downtown Rotary Club. Hart is on the Vestry and his family are members of St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Savannah.
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The Greater IBM Connection: IBM's alumni program for past and present IBM employees -
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Healthcare Revenue Integrity Professionals
Hart Williford’s Honors:
Captain of the Varsity Riflery team at the University of Tennessee
Memphis Home Builders Association Academic Scholarship
Kappa Sigma Scholarship/ Leadership Award
Howard J. Morrison Leadership Award
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