NTC Veterans Mentorship Program

B. Anderson Flatt (Andy) has over 32 years of experience with healthcare companies in the Public and Private sector. He has more than 17 years of C-level experience, including roles at Corizon Health, Cigna-HealthSpring and AIM HealthCare (now a division of Optum). Mr. Flatt has led teams that have received national and global recognition for Electronic Health Record, Large Scale Transaction Processing and VoIP telephony / Call Center.

Mr. Flatt serves on the boards of Ascend Federal Credit Union and Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee. He previously served as Chair for the Nashville Technology Council (NTC) and Lipscomb University’s College of Computing and Technology Advisory and College of Business Alumni Boards.

Mr. Flatt is the recipient of the NTC CIO and Volunteer of the Year (2011), Nashville Business Journal Technology Power Leader (2011 and 2012), Healthcare Hero (2014) and CIO Award (2015). He holds a BS degree in Computer Science from Lipscomb University.

Sean Tuley is a healthcare information technology executive with over 19 years industry experience, preceded by 9 years as an officer in the United States Army. Sean has served in executive positions for over 15 years and is currently the CIO at LifePoint Health, a publicly traded, $6.5B company serving communities across the country.

In addition to his role as CIO, Sean is engaged in a formal advisory capacity with the following organizations: Heritage Healthcare Innovation Fund, Federation of American Hospitals, ClearData, Medicity, Microsoft and Agrin Health. Sean is also active in several Middle Tennessee charities and sits on the Nashville March of Dimes March for Babies executive committee.

Sean earned his MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and received his undergraduate degree from The Citadel. Following his undergraduate program, he was commissioned in the Army and served in several command and staff positions. Sean is a graduate of the Army’s Engineer Officer Basic Course, Infantry Officer Advanced Course, Ranger, Airborne and Air Assault schools.

Sean is an avid traveler and enjoys challenging himself outside of the office, having completed an Ironman distance triathlon and summited two of the world’s seven continental highest points – Mt. Kilimanjaro and Mt. Elbrus.

Andy Baxter is an experienced leader with over 5 years of experience in Healthcare Information Technology. Currently, he works at HCA where he serves as the Director of Endpoint Services. In this role, he is responsible for the enterprise standards and certification of workstations/laptops/peripherals, enterprise mobile device management, corporate desktop services, corporate meeting room audio visual, and document management services. He has also held roles as the Director of Performance Management, Manager of Clinical Imaging Systems, and Clinical Imaging Consultant.

Prior to HCA, Andy worked for Booz Allen Hamilton, a large strategic consulting firm, where he was a Program Manager for the United States Navy’s International Training Center. At NITC, he was responsible for developing and sustaining multiple programs designed to educate multinational military and civilian personnel in a wide range of technical and leadership courses. Additionally, he worked at Nicol Investment Company where he served as the Director of Technology and Corporate Pilot.

Lastly, Andy served in the United States Navy for over 20 years on both Active Duty and Reserves in a variety of roles ranging from Aviation to Counter Improvised Explosive Device Warfare. He last served in a part-time reservist role as the Commanding Officer of a squadron augment unit in Pensacola.

He earned a BS in Computer Science from the US Naval Academy and his MBA from Auburn University. He has been married for 17 years and has 3 children.

Steve is a proud Air Force veteran who served almost 13 years on active duty as an enlisted airman. Steve held various roles during his career supporting commands ranging from United States Air Forces Europe (USAFE), Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), and Air Education & Training Command (AETC).

Currently, Steve is the CTO of Synchronous Health, a Nashville based startup focused on population behavioral health care, combining a network of credentialed mental health counselors with an artificial intelligence platform in the form of human-assisted “bots”.

Steve has over 20 years of healthcare technology experience serving various leadership roles at companies like Lovelace Health Systems, Stanford University Medical Center, Healthways, and Sharecare.

At Sharecare, Steve was the SVP of Technology and directly managed an IT portfolio with a total contract value of $600M+, delivering population health services to employers, state agencies, health plans, and health systems.

Charles is an accomplished technology executive with over 20 years of demonstrated success spanning healthcare and information technology. Charles has held leadership positions with Cigna-HealthSpring, Community Health Systems, Healthland, The Company Leader, Humana, and General Electric. He has been responsible for strategy, solution delivery, Infrastructure, development and management across IT in complex and heavily regulated environments.

Currently, Charles is the SVP IT of Archimedes, a Nashville based startup focused on specialty drug management with an industry-leading technology platform that health plans and employer groups can use to manage specialty drug spend.

Charles serves on the Board of Directors for Operation Stand Down Tennessee (OSDTN) where he focuses on efforts to ensure that all honorably discharged veterans receive the services and support, they need to transition back into their communities. Charles is also a founding member of the Veterans Corporate Council (VCC) whose mission is to build an authentic and purpose-driven network between Veteran Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) across the US.

Charles earned his MBA and MSc in Telecommunications Management from the University of Maryland College Park, and his undergraduate in Management Information Systems (MIS) from the University of Alabama in Huntsville. Charles earned his military commission from Marion Military Institute (MMI) and served in several command and staff positions. Charles is a graduate of the Army’s Signal Officer Basic Course, Signal Officer Advance Course, and Combined Arms and Services Staff School.

Christopher A. Bayham is a technology executive with over twenty years of experience as an entrepreneur, operator, and consultant. He has participated in successful transactions as a member of the senior leadership team at two private equity-backed companies.

During his career, Chris has led technology organizations at three healthcare companies, and he has experience across payor, provider, pharmaceutical, and laboratory segments. His expertise lies in healthcare IT, cloud services, and process automation. Chris currently serves as the Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Change Healthcare, one of the largest healthcare IT companies in the world.

He graduated summa cum laude from the University of Alabama with a major in management information systems and received his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Chris serves on the Board of the Greater Nashville Technology Council as well as the NTC Veteran Peer Group; he is also on the Board of the Visitors for the College of Business for the University of Alabama. Chris is an angel investor with NueCura Partners as well as Purple Arch Ventures, where he is a member of the Operating Committee. Chris lives in Brentwood, TN with his wife and two children.

Debbie Glover is an Information Technology Leader who specializes in building high performing IT teams aligned to business and customer needs. She has a proven track record as a problem solver, delivering on challenging initiatives and improving team capabilities and contributions. Spending the last three decades focused on the design, implementation and management of financial and healthcare technology solutions, Debbie knows what truly drives successful teams. Her leadership experience and style have encouraged and supported collaborative teams, both business and information technology, motivated to design and implement innovative solutions to complex challenges. Debbie understands the need to continuously improve internal processes to deliver quality services and products using well governed and compliant approaches.

Debbie is engaged as an IT consultant working with a healthcare software development company on security and compliance projects. She served over a decade as a key member of the Cigna-HealthSpring Information Technology Senior Leadership team leading and managing several areas of IT, including data warehousing, ERP applications, PMO, quality assurance, security and compliance, budgeting, vendor management and pharmacy applications. During her tenure there she was instrumental in several enterprise projects including the implementation of an ERP system and leading three pharmacy technology integrations. Debbie also built several teams from concept to fully functioning departments, bringing in other leaders to strengthen the IT teams and build a first-class IT organization. Debbie also worked at AIM Healthcare (purchased by Optum in 2007) where she held the positions of Director of Finance and IT Program Manager. She was the financial architect and the program leader for a two-year project to develop and implement a custom built financial and operational healthcare claims recovery application. This system is still in use today by Optum and was one of the technology drivers for the Optum purchase. She also established the Financial Analysis team from inception to become an integral part of the company’s success. During her career, Debbie has held other financial leadership positions, as the Controller of an automotive finance company, along with several financial management and analyst positions at PRIMUS, a Ford Credit subsidiary that handled private label automotive financing.

Debbie holds a BS in Accounting from Lipscomb University with a minor in mathematics. She has a passion for missions and has been to Honduras several times. She also works locally with the Inner City Ministry and other non-profit organizations that assist at risk youth and families.

Michael Broxterman is an information technology advisor with over 30 years of industry experience in leadership and technical roles working in large-scale semiconductor design, Start-up, and aerospace research environments.

Before his recent relocation to Nashville as an independent consultant, Michael built and led a global engineering IT organization spanning 5 countries over his 15 years working for Qualcomm enabling the creation of next-generation mobile technology.

A proud Air Force veteran, he served 7 years on active duty as an enlisted airman. Stationed in the US and Europe, even skiing for the USAFE ski team, Michael worked in various capacities in tactical communications and as a programmer.

Eric Harrison has over 20 years of IT Leadership experience and served several leadership roles within the Health Care industry including: Division CIO, ITS COO, CTO, and CISO. He has served as Deloitte’s Enterprise Technology Leader and currently serves as US Service Management Leader, Global Service Management COE Leader, and Global Command Center Leader.

Russ Haskett has worked in the healthcare IT industry for 20 years in technical, as well as, senior leadership roles.

He currently works for Universal Health Services (UHS), a Fortune 500 company. His duties at UHS include strategic and operational oversight of IT support for the company’s 200 behavioral hospitals, as well as, the organization’s enterprise IBM infrastructure.

Russ volunteers in various community activities most notably serving in a mentor role with the Tennessee Baptist Children’s Home and having served on the Mercy Community Health Tech Committee for several years.

He earned his Bachelors of Business Administration from Middle Tennessee State University and currently lives in Franklin, TN with his wife and two daughters. When not spending time with his family he enjoys training in martial arts and watching Predators hockey.

Holly Fryburger, MA, PMP, CSM, has nearly 20 years’ experience in leadership, IT and Project Management. The last 5 years have been with Information Technology and Services at HCA Healthcare. She has worked on various MEDITECH projects and several new implementation projects such as the Planview implementation across parts of HCA. Holly also served as the Information Protection & Security Program Manager leading a team of over 15 PMs and a portfolio of approximately 60 projects each year for the Chief Information Security Officer of HCA. During the last year, she has served as the Manager of the Enterprise Mobility Team responsible for the development of the Mobile Device Management Strategy across HCA.

Prior to joining HCA, Holly served as a Consultant to Marine Corps Systems Command and Marine Corps Combat Development Command in Quantico, Virginia serving in various Project Management, Lead Engineer and Service Liaison billets for 9 years. Prior to working as a Consultant, Holly served as a Marine Corps Command and Control Officer for five years.

Holly holds a B.S. in History from United States Naval Academy and a M.A. in Criminal Justice.

Jeff Rozell is the Founder, President, and Principle of Teleo Consulting, LLC. Teleo Consulting was founded in 2013. Teleo Consulting is providing companies technical consulting services that are focused on ERP Implementation, technology strategic planning, and IT Due Diligence. Teleo Consulting has engaged with Fortune 500 companies and small startups. Teleo is always focused on delivering tangible business results.

Prior to Teleo Consulting, Jeff served at LifeWay Christina Resources for 20 years with his last position leading the IT Division as its AVP. Jeff also spent over 9 years at Electronic Data Systems in the Detroit area and Spring Hill, TN supporting GM/Saturn and in the EDS corporate finance division.

Jeff has earned a BS in Business Management from Bob Jones University in Greenville, SC. Jeff lives in the Franklin area with his wife Cindy. When not spending time with family and 11 grandchildren, Jeff enjoys fishing, golfing, and other outdoor activities.

Jeri Garland is a healthcare inspired professional with over 24 years of experience in clinical information systems and the health information technology field. She currently serves as the Senior Director of IS Clinical Applications at Community Health Systems, one of the largest healthcare organizations in the nation.

In her current role, Jeri ensures the quality and reliability of all CHS’s clinical applications in over 110 hospitals in 19 different states. Additionally, she serves as a volunteer for the Tennessee Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) and acts as a board member for her HOA.

Jeri was a member of the Arkansas Army National Guard for 25 years and retired as a Lieutenant Colonel. During her military career, she served in both the non-commissioned and commissioned officer ranks. Jeri is a graduate of the Army’s Transportation Officer Basic Course and the Signal Officer Advance Course. She was awarded the Military Order of Saint Christopher and a Bronze Star Medal.

Jeri earned a Bachelor of Science in Nuclear Medicine Technology from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and a Masters in Health Informatics from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Nathan Vaughn is a business transformation executive for Red Hat. As a business transformation executive Nathan assist customers on their digital transformation journeys.
Before joining Red Hat, Nathan’s responsibilities included both development and operational roles. Since his military service Nathan has believed you achieve success by making the complex simple. Having taught over 100 classes across North America, Nathan found simplicity to be king. Today his team focuses on emerging technologies and data privacy.
When not working with customers Nathan enjoys volunteering and supporting his community with his family.

Richard Gericke is the Sr. Manager of IT Services at CKE Restaurants. He has over 18 years of hands-on experience as a Technology Professional and leader in the IT industry.

He is a U.S. Navy Veteran having honorably served as a Network and NTCSS Administrator aboard the USS Nimitz (CVN-68).

Richard has a passion for promoting true relationship over screen-based interaction. When not working as a super-nerd, he can be found spending time with his family, volunteering at church, and engaging in maker projects.

21 years of IT experience with 10 of those being in various leadership positions for IT infrastructure. Currently Director of System Engineering at Change Healthcare

BS Computer Engineering

A mind for problem solving and an interest in doing things the right way instead of the fast way, and when possible both.

Hobbies include mechanical automotive work and drag racing.