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Board of Directors

James M. Denny
Chairman, Navicure Board of Directors

Mr. Denny has served as Chairman of Navicure’s Board of Directors since the company’s founding in 2000. He also serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Gilead Sciences, Inc., and is a director of GATX Corporation. Additionally, Mr. Denny is a member of the advisory boards for several privately-held fund management companies.

Prior to his retirement in 1995, Mr. Denny served as Vice-Chair and Chief Financial Officer of Sears, Roebuck, and Company. Other executive positions include: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial and Planning Officer of G.D. Searle & Co.; Chairman of Pearle Health Services, Inc., a Searle-affiliated publicly-held company; and Treasurer, The Firestone Tire and Rubber Co.. Prior directorships include: Astra AB; ChoicePoint, Inc.; The Principal Financial Group; The Allstate Corporation; General Binding Corporation; and General Instruments Incorporated. Mr. Denny began his career as Associate Counsel, Dewey Ballantine Bushly Palmer and Wood, where he practiced law in New York and Paris.
James M. Denny, Jr.
Director

Jim Denny is the Founder, President and CEO of Navicure, Inc. He is responsible for Navicure’s corporate development and strategy with an emphasis on revenue growth, product development, and mergers and acquisitions.

Mr. Denny has more than fifteen years of leadership experience in the healthcare technology industry. Before founding Navicure in 2000, he held a variety of senior management positions with NDCHealth’s Provider Healthcare Transaction Group. Most significantly, Mr. Denny was responsible for a business unit that supported 30,000 healthcare providers and processed more than 70 million transactions annually. During his six year tenure, he led this unit to profitability for the first time in its operating history.

Prior to NDC, Mr. Denny was with PepsiCo’s Pizza Hut division, where he oversaw operations for the Southeast Atlanta market. He also held various sales and marketing roles with National Reference Laboratories and Bio-Analytical Technologies.

Mr. Denny graduated from St. Lawrence University with a bachelor’s degree in English Literature. He holds an M.B.A. degree from Emory University’s Goizueta Business School with a concentration in Finance and Marketing
Richard U. DeSchutter
Director

Mr. DeSchutter has served on Navicure’s Board of Directors since 2002. He also serves on the following boards of directors: ING Americas; Ecolab; London-based Smith & Nephew plc; Varian, Inc. Mr. DeSchutter is non-executive Chairman of the Board of Incyte Co.

Prior to his retirement, Mr. DeSchutter served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of DuPont Pharmaceuticals Company. Previously, Mr. DeSchutter was a director and Chief Administrative Officer of Pharmacia Corporation, which was created through the merger of Monsanto Company and Pharmacia & Upjohn in 2000. At Monsanto, Mr. DeSchutter was a director, also serving as Vice Chairman and Chief Administrative Officer. From 1995 to 1999, he served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of G.D. Searle & Co., Monsanto's wholly owned pharmaceutical subsidiary. Mr. DeSchutter’s prior management experience at Searle included President and Chief Operating Officer and President, International Operations.

Mr. DeSchutter is a recipient of the 1989 University of Arizona Centennial Medallion, awarded to highly distinguished alumni, as well as the university's 1999 Technology & Management Lifetime Achievement Award.
Jack M. Greenberg
Director

Mr. Greenberg has served on Navicure’s Board of Directors since 2003. He is the Chairman of Western Union Company, and the retired Chairman and CEO of McDonald’s Corporation. He was named Chairman of Western Union Company in September 2006. Mr. Greenberg previously served McDonald’s Corporation as its President and CEO, and Chairman and CEO of McDonald’s USA, as well as Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer.

Before joining McDonald’s, Mr. Greenberg was a partner and Director of Tax Services for both the Midwest Region and the Chicago office of Arthur Young & Company, and served on the firm’s Management Committee.

Mr. Greenberg currently serves on the boards of The Allstate Corporation, Hasbro, Inc.; Manpower Inc., and Western Union Company.

A graduate of DePaul University School of Commerce, Mr. Greenberg also earned a juris doctor degree from DePaul University School of Law. He is a certified public accountant and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Harry Gruner
Director

Mr. Gruner co-founded JMI in 1992 and is based in Baltimore, Maryland. Mr. Gruner is currently a Director of Aptela, Inc., Autotask Corporation, Catapult Learning, Inc., Courion Corporation, Halogen Software, Inc. and Navicure, Inc. Mr. Gruner is a former Director of Appriss, Inc. His past JMI investment experience includes Corliant, Inc., CyberTech Systems and Software, Inc., Financial Alliance, Inc., Intellitactics, Inc., Jackson Hewitt Tax Service, Inc., META Group, Inc., Optika Imaging Systems, Inc., PROS Holdings, Inc., Transaction Systems Architects, Inc. and Transcentive, Inc. Additionally, Mr. Gruner was a Director of Hyperion Software Corporation for ten years.

Prior to co-founding the firm in 1992, Mr. Gruner was a Principal in the Technology Group at Alex. Brown. Prior to joining Alex. Brown, he worked in marketing at Sigma Design, Inc. and in investment banking in the Technology Group of Blyth Eastman PaineWebber, Inc.

Mr. Gruner graduated from Yale University and the Harvard Business School.
Neele E. Stearns, Jr.
Director

Mr. Stearns has served on Navicure’s Board of Directors since 2002. He has been Chairman of Financial Investments Corporation, a private equity investment firm, since February 2001.

Mr. Stearns’ past corporate governance and management experience includes: Director, Maytag Corporation and Click Commerce, Inc.; Director and Interim Chairman and CEO, Footstar, Inc.; Director and Interim Chairman and CEO, Wallace Computer Services, Inc.; President and CEO, CC Industries, Inc.

Mr. Stearns is currently a director of several privately held companies. He is also a director at both Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, a not-for-profit healthcare organization, and Presbyterian Homes, a not-for-profit group of continuing care retirement communities serving the Chicago Metropolitan area. Mr. Stearns was Chairman of Highland Park Hospital prior to its merger with ENH.

Mr. Stearns graduated with distinction from Harvard Business School, and received his undergraduate degree from Carleton College.
Bob Sywolski
Director

Mr. Sywolski became a director on Navicure’s board in 2009. He is a Venture Partner at JMI Equity, based in Baltimore, Maryland. Mr. Sywolski is currently a Director of Catapult Learning, Inc., and Kronos, Inc. Mr. Sywolski’s past JMI investment experience includes Blackbaud, Inc., Changepoint Corporation, DoubleClick, Inc. and Transcentive, Inc. Prior to Mr. Sywolski’s current role as Venture Partner at JMI Equity, he served as Chief Executive of Blackbaud, Inc. from 2000 to 2005 before retiring from the company.

Before joining JMI Equity as a General Partner in 1998, Mr. Sywolski was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Cap Gemini America, President of CGA Computer, Inc., Chief Executive Officer of Huthwaite, Chief Executive Officer of several divisions of Bradford National Corporation, Senior Vice President of Wood Struthers & Winthrop and was employed at Stanford Research Institute in the Research and Client Services Division.

Mr. Sywolski graduated from Widener University and earned an MBA from Long Island University.
 
 
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