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The Premier DataPlus™ Team

David White, Founder, Frank Trew, Founder-COO, Joseph Wieck, MD

	Frank G. Trew Founder  Chief Operating Officer Email: frank.trew@premierdataplus.com Frank Trew has over 20 years of physician practice management experience and is the developer / designer and founder of Premier DataPlus.  As a state licensed Paramedic, Frank managed the largest private ambulance service in Tennessee, including setting up it's first computerized billing system.  After starting his own successful practice management consulting business in the early 1990's, he worked at Columbia / HCA Healthcare managing 70 of it's physician practices in Tennessee, Georgia and Kentucky.  He has been the Business Director of Premier Orthopaedics since 1999, having responsibilities for the Central Business Office and practice business office functions.  As the Chief Operating Officer for DataPlus, Frank oversees the overall day to day operations of DataPlus, including development, installation, sales and support.  Frank is one of the partners of the company.
	Susan Hurst Project Director Email: susan.hurst@premierdataplus.com Susan comes to DataPlus as our Project Director, our newest position.  Susan has over ten years experience is physician practice management, having been employed with Premier Orthopaedics for the past three years, serving as the Business Office Director in the Central Business Office.  Prior to coming to Premier, Susan served as a collection supervisor at HCA Healthcare in Nashville.  Susan has more than three years hands on day to day experience as a user of DataPlus, as well as extensive experience using the MegaWest Practice Management System.  Susan's move to DataPlus full time in July 2002 establishes a unique and critical link between our current clients, as well as new clients and our development / programming staff, prior to,  during and after implementing DataPlus on their system.  Susan's primary responsibility will be to work with new clients on a daily basis to assure the expedient pre-installation and installation of the DataPlus system, as well as providing medical / clinical support to current clients.  Susan's unique experience  in physician practice management, as well as  DataPlus and MegaWest utilization on a day to day "decision support" basis make her move to DataPlus a huge benefit to both the company, new clients and current clients.
	Tim McIntyre Manager  Information Systems Email: tim.mcintyre@premierdataplus.com Tim has been with Premier Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine since early 1999 as it's Information Systems Manager, supporting over 120 employees on MegaWest and the entire Premier network.  Tim's new duties include DataPlus hardware configuration, Installation and support of the MegaWest / DataPlus interface.  Tim is a Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP).
	Jane West Senior Programmer / Business Analyst Email: jane.west@premierdataplus.com Jane functions full time as the senior programmer / analyst for Premier DataPlus and has been with the company since January 2000.  Jane has worked in computer programming since 1975, having functioned as a systems analyst at Columbia / HCA Healthcare where she was responsible for writing the claims management software and new medical records system.  Jane graduated from Lake Erie College magna cum laude and Nashville State Technical Institute with highest honors.
	Barbara Suits Administrative Assistant Email: barbara.suits@premierdataplus.com Barbara serves as Administrative Assistant to Frank Trew.   Barbara is responsible for direct customer service to our clients both via the telephone and dispatching technical support issues through our Automated Technical Support System.  Barbara is also responsible for all correspondence and assuring that our clients have the documentation that they need.
	Chris Friedberg Support Data Warehouse Analyst Email: chris.friedberg@premierdataplus.com Chris joined DataPlus in November 2007, as the Support Analyst for the Data Warehouse.  Chris handles support calls from our clients regarding software issues and database support. Chris joined our team in December 2007. Chris graduated from Volunteer State Summa Cum Laude with an Applied Science degree in Computer Information Systems and was nominated the outstanding graduate of the year. He is working on finishing his BS in Computer Science with an emphasis on Databases and Application Development with an additional focus in web development.