Sg2 names four to leadership team

Marketwire

SKOKIE — Sg2 named four new members to the company’s management team.

Tom Potter was named senior vice president of sales and client service delivery, LeAnne Hester will become senior vice president of marketing, Beth Markus-Boles will become associate vice president of client service delivery; and Jeff Ridge was named senior director of technology and product development.

The appointments emphasize Sg2’s commitment to transforming health care delivery through its premier growth and value solutions and customer service, said President Steve Lefar.

Potter, a 20-year veteran of the health care industry, joins Sg2 after serving as national sales manager of MediRegs, the provider of compliance content and software as a service work flow tools. At Sg2, Potter will oversee more than 35 senior sales and service individuals who support more than 1,200 health care organizations. His responsibilities will include client utilization and satisfaction as well as value delivery to strategic counsel, education, analytics and intelligence customers.

As senior vice president of marketing, Hester will drive the company’s marketing strategy as a health care intelligence leader. She will be responsible for the creation and execution of integrated marketing initiatives for Sg2 solutions, including the EDGE Growth Planning System and INSIGHT Clinical Performance Management System. Hester brings a wealth of experience in strategic marketing, product management, communications and sales enablement. With over 15 years of experience in the health care industry, she most recently served as chief marketing and sales officer for Ontario Systems, a leading provider of revenue recovery solutions.

Hester formerly served as senior director of business development and marketing for The Advisory Board, a health care research firm. She also held roles as program director for WellPoint’s 360 degreesHealth and as vice president of services and support for Mezzia, a health care software and services company.

Markus-Boles will lead the company’s client service delivery, managing a team of client-facing individuals including account executives, solution delivery directors and service line specialists. She will be responsible for ensuring that Sg2’s partner organizations receive the full value of their memberships, products and services, along with the highest level of customer service and satisfaction.

Markus-Boles’ background includes 18 years of account management, sales, process improvement, and facility network and contract management. Before joining Sg2, she worked for MedSolutions Inc, where she was instrumental in the development and implementation of a diagnostic imaging service.

Ridge comes to Sg2 with 24 years of information technology experience and more than 10 years in IT management. As a senior director in the technology and product development group, he will be responsible for the overall performance of the data and analytics operations group. He will also focus on implementing system improvements to the data processing environment.

Before joining Sg2, Ridge was a senior director of technology services at University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC), where he oversaw all areas of the IT department, including custom software development, infrastructure, security and the help desk. Jeff earned a bachelor’s degree in computer science and an MBA in finance and management from Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago, IL.

“It is a testament to the strength of Sg2’s brand, capabilities and client relationships that we have been able to attract leading industry talent. While our existing team is incredibly strong, we have added senior leaders to help us drive excellence in all areas of the company,” says Sg2 President Steve Lefar. “Our clients will benefit greatly from the level of investment we are making in our intelligence, advisory, education and analytics services.”

Sg2 is a health care intelligence and information services company, working with more than 1,200 hospitals and health care organizations in the US and around the globe.