Informatics Corp strengthens VU ties, aligns team

Informatics Corporation of America (ICA), the VU spinoff led by CEO Gary Zgiestowsky, today announced adding several board members and realigning executive staff. While former VU Medical Center vice chancellor Harry Jacobson was an advisor to the company, there were no VU members on the board, apparently. The VU additions to the board include Brett Sweet, CFO at Vanderbilt University Medical Center; John F. Manning, VUMC chief administration officer and senior associate dean for Operations and Administration; and Gordon R. Bernard, M.D., associate vice-chancellor for research and senior associate dean for clinical sciences, VUMC School of Medicine. Sandra H. Lillie, formerly vice president in sales with TeraMedica Healthcare Technology (HQ:Milwaukee), has joined as VP sales and development. Brian Higdon joined from Affinion Group (Stanford, Conn., direct marketing) and now heads ICA client services. John Tempesco becomes chief marketing officer.