When it comes to cultivating culture and setting the standard for innovation and excellence, PLEXIS’ executive leadership team serves as the exemplar for our team’s success. From thought leadership to effective scaling, collaboration, and performance, the PLEXIS executive team’s extensive industry-leading experience speaks for itself.
President and Chief Executive Officer
President and Chief Executive Officer
Highly acclaimed as a leading industry innovator and creative visionary, Jorge Yant’s unique leadership has guided PLEXIS Healthcare Systems since its founding in 1996. Mr. Yant’s expertise in developing key partnerships, and his experience directing the design, development, and deployment of information technology systems for the healthcare industry have resulted in PLEXIS’ continued growth in the U.S. and abroad.
Based in the Pacific Northwest, PLEXIS is recognized as one of the nation’s fastest growing healthcare technology companies. Mr. Yant is the founder of several successful technology businesses and a former CIO of one of the largest law firms in the country, Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe; Consultant with Price Waterhouse; and Director of Administration at U.C. Berkeley law school.
Mr. Yant was appointed to the Oregon Health Policy Commission by Governor Ted Kulongoski in 2004 and has delivered speeches to a wide range of executive, business, and health industry audiences. Mr. Yant holds a Master’s of Science degree in Systems Management from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of New Mexico.
Chief Operating Officer
Chief Operating Officer
Sean Garrett oversees PLEXIS Healthcare Systems’ operational business units, including product and market strategy, sales and marketing, customer delivery and support, and product development. This includes responsibility for the effective and efficient operation of PLEXIS, including organizational growth, and integration and execution of strategic plans with tactical operations. Mr. Garrett oversees the structuring and operation of cohesive teams, day-to-day management of simultaneous projects, process improvement initiatives, and innovative solutions to foster departmental efficiencies and quality. Mr. Garrett’s experience working with PLEXIS’ diverse client base for over a decade supports his role in helping validate market need and acceptance of new product and feature development, and helps to facilitate prioritization and developmental approach ensuring that PLEXIS products continue to fulfill market demand for evolving technology, architecture, and feature/functionality.
Mr. Garrett helps facilitate and manage the development of strategic partner relationships for PLEXIS, which are targeted to provide our clients greater value by promoting complementary products and services to PLEXIS’ core offerings. A valuable team member with PLEXIS since 1998, Mr. Garrett originally served as the company’s Vice President of Operations where he headed up implementation services, product technical support, and information technology. Prior to his current position, Mr. Garrett served as PLEXIS’ Chief Product Strategy Officer, and prior to that as Chief Sales & Marketing Officer, where he directed day-to-day and strategic management of PLEXIS’ sales, product management, and marketing department activities. Mr. Garrett is a member of HIMSS International and MS-HUG (Microsoft Healthcare Users Group).
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Financial Officer
Heath Grafton oversees PLEXIS Healthcare Systems’ Finance & Accounting department. Mr. Grafton is responsible for developing short and long-term financial strategies aimed at equipping PLEXIS for continued growth and success in the healthcare technology industry. This includes responsibility for monitoring, measuring and analyzing financial performance across the organization.
Mr. Grafton joined the PLEXIS team in 2016. Mr. Grafton brings a wide range of experience in leading the Finance & Accounting Departments of various manufacturing and sales organizations. His breadth of experience in process improvement and operational strategy allows the Finance Department to support other departments across the organization. Mr. Grafton holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and a Certificate in Applied Finance and Economics from Southern Oregon University.
Vice President, Finance
Vice President, Finance
Terri Coppersmith brings more than 20 years of experience to her position as Vice President of Finance. Mrs. Coppersmith is responsible for finance, corporate assets, and budgetary guidance. Prior to joining PLEXIS, Mrs. Coppersmith was Vice President of Western Energy Institute in Portland, Oregon, where she worked since 1992.
Mrs. Coppersmith holds a Bachelor’s of Science degree in accounting from the University of New Orleans, and graduated from the Institute for Organization Management at the University of Arizona.
Vice President of Client Success
Vice President of Client Success
Matt Stenson’s primary responsibilities include directing new client implementations and managing implementation partner relationships. Mr. Stenson previously served as PLEXIS’ Senior Project Manager, where he directed several successful client implementations and gained expert knowledge in healthcare information systems. Prior to joining PLEXIS, Mr. Stenson was Vice President of Global Consulting Services for Manugistics, an enterprise software company focusing on pricing and revenue management systems.
His previous experience includes account management, project management, and business analysis roles in consulting and software organizations, as well as a research engineer for General Electric. Mr. Stenson holds a Master’s Degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Ohio University.
Vice President of Client and Information Services
Vice President of Client and Information Services
Mr. Cross’s responsibilities include managing the PLEXIS Client Support department. He has over eight years’ experience in information technology, specializing in systems and database administration.
In his previous three years with PLEXIS, he served as Developer for the Technical Support team. Assisting a wide array of PLEXIS clients with coding, database, and system issues. Mr. Cross emphasize continued learning, effective communication, and the importance of collaboration.
Prior to joining PLEXIS, Mr. Cross worked at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, one of the nation’s oldest and largest repertory theaters, for four years as a Systems Engineer. He attended the University of Oregon where he studied Philosophy.
Vice President of Product Development
Vice President of Product Development
Kevin Follett has extensive experience with over 18 years in Information Technology including software development, network administration, solution delivery, process improvements, enterprise architecture, and development management.
As VP of Product Development, Mr. Follett manages and oversees the Product Development department at PLEXIS Healthcare Systems, including product management, architecture, design, software development, quality assurance, product documentation, technology standards, and solution delivery. Having been a part of the PLEXIS family since 2007, Mr. Follett has a strong working relationship with all departments at PLEXIS and an intimate understanding of the PLEXIS business.
Mr. Follett received a Bachelor of Science degree from Oregon State University, majoring in Business Administration and minoring in Computer Science.
Senior Vice President of Business Development
Senior Vice President of Business Development
Jose A. Lopez is a seasoned healthcare executive and accomplished business development strategist with over 20 years of experience providing IT and services solutions to health plans, employee benefits and insurance operations in the U.S., Latin America, Europe and Africa. His deep understanding of the global healthcare payer market stems from his diverse background as owner, operator, and business development executive of successful healthcare services companies in the areas of enterprise software, Third Party Administration (TPA), and Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) services. During his career, Jose has worked alongside top Managed Care Organizations, Blues, Commercial Payers, and Health Systems to help develop their IT and operational strategy, empowering them to deliver higher quality care at lower costs.
As a member of the PLEXIS leadership team, Mr. Lopez is intimately involved with aspects of business development and strategic client engagement methodologies that deliver increased speed and value realization of customer business investments and translate corporate vision into actionable strategy for healthcare payer clients across the U.S. and internationally.
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