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.

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.

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.

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.