Smile CDR Inc., a leading health data and integration company, is pleased to announce the appointment of George Rollins to the newly created role of president, effective Sept. 6, 2022.
Mr. Rollins will support Smile's ongoing success as a world leader and activist in the growth of global health management systems, reporting to Smile CDR's Chief Executive Officer, Duncan Weatherston. He brings more than 35 years of senior leadership expertise in health information technology operations, sales, and management for organizations in the private and U.S. government sectors including, most recently, Peraton (based in Virginia) and, prior to that, IMS Health Inc. (now IQVIA). Over his career, Mr. Rollins has led international teams and grown comprehensive business portfolios with annual revenues of more than $250 million.
"George will help position Smile CDR as a game-changer at handling the world's emerging needs for health data, health technology, and health services IT/tech," said CEO Duncan Weatherston. "He will be focused internally, leading Smile CDR's executive team and working with the broader Smile CDR community to drive excellence and efficiency in the delivery of company operations."
"As a former business unit owner, George is passionate about Smile CDR's technologies and has first-hand knowledge of how to develop, sell and use them most effectively. He was an early advocate of interoperability and seamless technology, and he deeply believes in the 'care without boundaries' principle," Weatherston added.
Smile CDR has more than doubled its revenue and its team in the past year. The company won the 2022 Microsoft Canada ISV Breakthrough Partner Impact Award in recognition of its work bettering the lives of Canadians through skilling initiatives, excellent customer service, and digital transformation that leverages Microsoft technology.
"Smile CDR's leadership structure is now best matched to further this trajectory of growth and innovation, and support an expanding, diverse team and product portfolio in a rapidly evolving industry," said George Rizk, Chair of Smile CDR's Board of Directors. "George offers the visionary leadership and executional excellence that will enable Smile CDR to continue to lead the digital transformation of healthcare, improve patient outcomes, and make major advances towards #BetterGlobalHealth."
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For more information, please contact:
Lucy Railton Director of Marketing Smile CDR Inc. (800) 683-1318 x 712 [email protected]
Smile Digital Health, a leading health data exchange and innovation company, today announced that it has been named to the 2022 Deloitte Technology Fast 50™ and North America Technology Fast 500™, recognizing it as one of the world's fastest-growing technology companies. The Deloitte Technology Fast 50™ specifically recognizes Canada's 50 fastest-growing technology companies based on the revenue-growth percentage over the last four years of operation. The Deloitte North America Technology Fast 500™ similarly recognizes the fastest-growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences, fintech, and energy tech companies in North America.
"We believe open standards will drive successful innovation and the digital transformation of healthcare and this recognition is a testament to that belief and our goal of better global health," said Duncan Weatherston, Chief Executive Officer, Smile Digital Health. "This achievement can be credited to the talented employees who drive our growth and success on a daily basis by demonstrating the value we bring not only to our customers but to overall healthcare innovation."
Deloitte Technology Fast 50™ and Fast 500™ companies are driving the growth of Canadian and North American businesses. Last year, Smile was named as one of Canada's Companies-to-Watch in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50™ program. This is the first year Smile has been ranked in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50™ and the North America Technology Fast 500™ programs, where Smile Digital Health ranked 19th and 110th, respectively.
"It's inspiring how this year's exceptional cohort of Technology Fast 50 winners have delivered outstanding revenue growth even in the face of prevailing uncertainties in the economy and marketplace," commented Anders McKenzie, partner and national leader for the Technology Fast 50 program at Deloitte Canada. "Fueled by exemplary innovation, creativity, resilience, adaptability, along with superior business leadership, these companies are paving the way as catalysts in their respective sectors and delivering growth and value to the Canadian economy both at home and beyond."
To qualify for the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 ranking, companies must have been in business for at least four years, have revenues of at least $5 million, be headquartered in Canada, own proprietary technology, conduct research, and development activities in Canada and invest a minimum of 5% of gross revenues in R&D. Eligibility in the Fast 500 category requires applicants to meet the same criteria as for Technology Fast 50 nominees except that the revenue is measured in USD. To be qualified, candidates must devote a significant portion of their operating revenues to creating proprietary technology or intellectual property.
"This year's Technology Fast 500 list is a true reflection of some of today's most determined and inspiring pioneers who have prospered by anticipating what's next, understanding what's needed to succeed and driving creativity forward," said Christie Simons, partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP and industry leader for technology, media and telecommunications within Deloitte's audit and assurance practice. "Representing all facets of technology, the winners have shown they not only have the vision but can also expertly manage their companies through rapid growth. We congratulate each winner on their impressive achievements."
About the Deloitte Technology Fast 50™ Program
The Deloitte Technology Fast 50 program is Canada's pre-eminent technology awards program. Celebrating its 25th anniversary, the program recognizes business growth, innovation, and entrepreneurship in four distinct categories: Technology Fast 50 ranking, Enterprise Fast 15, Clean Technology, and Companies-to-Watch. The program also recognizes companies within the North American Technology Fast 500 ranking, identifying thriving technology companies in the United States and Canada. The 2022 program sponsors include Deloitte, RBCx, Osler, EDC, CBRE, Vector Institute, Council of Canadian Innovators (CCI), Clarity Recruitment, Lafond, and TMX. For further information, visit www.fast50.ca.
About the 2022 Deloitte Technology Fast 500™
Now in its 28th year, the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 provides a ranking of the fastest-growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences, fintech, and energy tech companies — both public and private — in North America. Technology Fast 500 award winners are selected based on percentage fiscal year revenue growth from 2018 to 2021.
About Smile Digital Health
Smile Digital Health is a health information technology company focused on delivering better global health through open standards. Our enterprise-grade, health data fabric and exchange platform fuels healthcare's digital transformation and accelerates value creation across all patient journeys at scale. Powered by our HL7® FHIR® standard-based clinical data repository (#SmileInside), our platform enables collaboration and allows organizations to ingest, transform, store, enrich, analyze, aggregate, and meaningfully share health information to power digital transformation. We prepare healthcare providers, payers, researchers, and life sciences organizations for a connected future beyond legacy systems, adding new value through intelligent use of information and ultimately delivering better patient outcomes. We help healthcare organizations confidently #ChooseOpenStandards with the goal of #BetterGlobalHealth. For more information, visit SmileDigitalHealth.com.
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Lucy Railton
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