Webify Solutions Names Industry Veteran Walt Culbertson Chief Technology, Security and Privacy Officer
Company Bolsters Healthcare Executive Ranks With New Appointment
AUSTIN, TX,(PRWEB) November 12, 2003 - Webify Solutions, the company that
pioneered Business Services Networks, today announced that technology and
healthcare veteran Walt Culbertson has joined the company as Chief Technology,
Security and Privacy Officer. Widely recognized as one of the nation’s leading
HIPAA experts and healthcare technologist, Culbertson brings more than 28 years
of technology and operations experience spanning all major facets of the health
care industry to Webify Solutions. Culbertson assumes responsibility for
Webify’s worldwide technology and product direction including technology
strategy and communications, alliance and partner initiatives, and product and
applications management.
Prior to Webify Solutions, Culbertson held
senior executive positions at a number of corporations, from start-ups to
publicly held firms, largely focused on the development and deployment of
customer-centric business solutions. Most recently, he was the founding Chief
Technology, Security and Privacy Officer of Availity, an integrated eHealth
network co-owned by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida and Humana. Under
Walt's technology leadership, Availity earned the reputation as one of the most
successful integrated Health networks. Earlier, Culbertson also served as Vice
President of HIPAA Solutions for the TriZetto Group, Vice President of
Healthcare for CMC, and was a senior healthcare consultant for
PriceWaterhouseCoopers, LLP, performing in a consulting role as a Director
within the Healthcare Consulting Practice.
"Walt brings a great depth of
senior leadership experience and foresight around successfully implementing
distributed applications, systems and technology," said Manoj Saxena, Chief
Executive Officer of Webify Solutions. "His wealth of technology, product, and
operations experience is a tremendous asset to the Webify team as we continue to
build momentum in our key markets. We are fortunate to attract a seasoned
executive of his caliber, and look forward to accomplishing great things with
Walt as part of the team."
Culbertson has served as the keynote and
featured speaker at dozens of conferences, forums, summits, and HIPAA events. He
is currently serving as Co-Chair of a CMS Sponsored Insurance Commissioner Task
Force, and is the founding Chair of the Southern HIPAA Administrative Regional
Process (SHARP). Culbertson is also one of the founding Security and Privacy
Co-Chairs for the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDi) Strategic
National Implementation Process (SNIP).
"Webify Solutions is the emerging
leader in Web services based business collaboration networks. The company has a
strong heritage in innovative technologies and business models required to
capture leadership position in emerging, high growth markets," said Walt
Culbertson. "I look forward to helping the company build a large and loyal
customer base by demonstrating the benefits of this powerful technology and
solution framework."
"The Healthcare industry today spends over $300
billion annually in manual and administrative paperwork and unnecessary or
duplicate tasks. The industry today is characterized by disparate and complex
technology environments and a variety of point-to-point and Internet based
technologies for mission critical business functions,” added Culbertson.
"Business Services Networks can save hundreds of millions of dollars each year
by enabling healthcare organizations to leverage their existing investments and
offer personalized, on demand business functions to their customers and trading
partners. This will be our core focus as we expand our solution footprint and
launch compelling new products and services in the coming months.”
ABOUT
WEBIFY SOLUTIONS
Webify Solutions pioneered the market for Business Services
Networks and is the leading provider of loosely coupled, on demand applications
and services. Webify's solutions connect systems, processes, and people within
and across enterprises, to dramatically reduce costs and generate new revenue
streams.
Webify Solutions was founded in early 2002 by a seasoned team of
software and industry executives, to deliver the next generation of enterprise
software and services with Business Services Networks. Privately held Webify
Solutions is based in Austin, TX and Mountain View CA, and is backed by premier
technology and financial partners.
Visit http://www.webifysolutions.com or call 1-866-4WEBIFY for more
information.
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