BLUE BELL, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Halfpenny Technologies, Inc., a leader in clinical data exchange solutions, announced the appointment of Carl Smith as Chief Financial Officer. Smith brings more than 35 years of financial and operational experience in a wide range of industries, including healthcare information technology and enterprise software companies.
“We are delighted to welcome Carl to Halfpenny Technologies,” said Tim Kowalski, President and CEO. “His appointment underscores our plan of building a leadership team with proven experience to enable us to achieve our long-term growth aspirations. He is a talented CFO with a substantial track record of creating value by managing growth and absorbing change without sacrificing agility. That will enable us to continue to scale efficiently.”
Carl is a successful financial executive who has managed a number of emerging growth companies. He has raised private and public capital, led four companies through the IPO process, and worked with executive management to acquire and integrate products and businesses. Most recently, Smith was CFO of Airclic, a provider of supply chain execution solutions. Prior to Airclic, he was CFO of MEDecision, a provider of care management, clinical decision support and analytics solutions.
Smith’s hire follows Halfpenny Technologies continued strong financial performance. The company has been recognized in 2013 and 2014 as one of Deloitte’s Fast 500 for North American technology companies. This award is based on year over year revenue growth.
“I am excited to join Halfpenny Technologies at such an exciting time and become part of a financially-savvy executive team,” said Smith. “The company is firmly focused on strategic growth and its core priority of supporting patient-centered care. By collaborating with our partners and clients to make clinical information available wherever and whenever it’s needed, we are seeing real positive change that will benefit the patient and the industry at large.”
Carl received a B.S. in Accounting from the Penn State University and is a CPA.
About Halfpenny Technologies
Halfpenny Technologies, Inc. provides clinical labs, hospitals, accountable care organizations (ACOs), health plans, health information exchanges (HIEs) and EHR vendors with a cloud-based, secure, scalable and vendor-neutral clinical data exchange platform designed to optimize patient care coordination while reducing waste. We have a long-standing, proven track record of providing advanced features, rapid implementation, reliable technology infrastructure and LOINC mapping that enables laboratories and hospitals to win new accounts and improve service to existing clients. www.halfpenny.com
