James P. Aylward
Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Aylward is Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of
Sy.Med Development. He joined Sy.Med in February of 1997 and was named
President and Chief Executive Officer in May of 1997. Under his leadership,
Sy.Med has won numerous business achievement awards and became an MGMA
AdminiServe Partner and a Microsoft® Gold Certified Partner. Prior
to joining Sy.Med, Mr. Aylward held sales and marketing management
positions with three Tennessee HMOs: Complete Health, HealthWise of
America and American Medical Security. He was an integral part of the
senior management startup team at each of these companies, and was
responsible for growing the health plan membership from zero members
to tens of thousands of members in two years. United HealthCare acquired
both Complete Health and HealthWise of America. After earning his Bachelor
of Science degree from Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois, Mr.
Aylward began his business career at Caterpillar Financial Services
Corporation. Over a seven year period, he held various positions, including
Territory Manager, and was responsible for all sales and marketing
activities in Alabama, Kentucky and Tennessee.
Thomas H. Luton
Director of Finance and Administration
Mr. Luton joined Sy.Med in October of 2003 as the Director of Finance
and Administration, bringing over thirteen years of medical practice
management experience and over twenty years of financial management
experience to the company. During his tenure as executive director
of a specialty surgical practice, he saw first hand the challenges
faced by medical practices in the area of provider credentialing. His
duties at Sy.Med encompass all financial aspects of the company, as
well as contracting, personnel management, and general administrative
duties. Mr. Luton began his career with a certified public accounting
practice in Nashville before moving into the medical management profession.
He graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Accounting degree from
Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Lance A. Hebert
Vice President, Sales and Marketing
Mr. Hebert is Vice President, Sales and Marketing of Sy.Med Development,
and is responsible for the company’s national sales team. He joined
Sy.Med in September of 2000 and was promoted to Vice President, Client
Services in September of 2003. Lance also served as Vice President,
Technical Resources, at which point he was responsible for product
installation, application testing, upgrade distribution, and technical
support. Prior to joining Sy.Med, he was a Systems Consultant for Superior
Consultant Company, Inc. His responsibilities included client management,
project management, and business development. Prior to joining Superior
Consultant, Mr. Hebert gained network installation experience with
Cahoon Corporation and financial and accounting experience with PhyCor,
Inc. Mr. Hebert earned his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
degree from Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama with a concentration
in Management Information Systems (MIS) and Telecommunications. Additionally,
Lance has passed six certification exams covering Microsoft operating
systems, networking, and database administration, and is a Microsoft
Certified Professional and a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer.
Roger Platt
Vice President, Client Services
Mr. Platt is currently Vice President, Client Services of Sy.Med Development.
He joined Sy.Med in October of 2002 as a member of the Client Services
department and was promoted to his current position in July 2010.
As Vice President of Client Services, he is responsible for product installation,
application testing, upgrade distribution, technical support and infrastructure
management. Prior to joining Sy.Med, Mr. Platt was with Dialogic Communications
Corporation (DCC) in Franklin, TN. While at Dialogic, he gained experience
with software development with a focus on relational databases and
statistical analysis while creating databases and GIS maps for DCC’s
emergency notification system. Mr. Platt earned his Bachelor of Science
in Business Process Management from Indiana University, Kelley School
of Business in Bloomington, Indiana.
Bill Locke
Chief Information Officer, Product Development
Mr. Locke is currently Chief Information Officer, Product Development
of Sy.Med Development. He joined Sy.Med in April of 2003. Mr. Locke’s
responsibilities at Sy.Med include all aspects of product development,
conception, planning and implementation. Prior to joining Sy.Med Mr.
Locke was a consultant with Oakwood Systems Group Inc where he was
the original author of OneApp Pro. During his tenure at Oakwood, Mr.
Locke also worked for various other clients, such as MAPCO, Inc's Corporate
Headquarters (The Williams Companies Inc.) and HCA Inc. (formerly Hospital
Corporation of America). At HCA he led various projects, including
delivery of patient data to physicians through a secured internet connection
drawing patient data from legacy patient information systems. Additionally
at MicroHelp Inc., the original creator of an Uninstaller program for
Windows, Mr. Locke managed a development department that produced programming
tools for Microsoft programming languages as well as end user utilities.
Mr. Locke is the author of “Visual C++ for Visual Basic Developers”,
Addison-Wesley and has spoken around the world at programming conferences,
including Visual Basic Insider’s Technical Summit (VBITS) and VSLive
on subjects including Visual Basic and Visual C++. Mr. Locke graduated
from the University of Florida with a Bachelor of Science, major in
accounting.
