Thomas W. Hughes, MBA CEO & President
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Board
J. Warren Hughes Chairman of the Board
Keith W. Collins, DMD Private Practice, Implant Surgery and Restoration
Bill B. Lefler, DDS, FACD, FICD, FACP
Nnaoke Ufere Founder and CEO of iServiceX
Thomas W. Hughes, MBA
CEO & President
Mr. Hughes founded Electronic Claims & Funding, Inc. (ECF), in 1990 and along with a strong entrepreneurial group, built the company into the nation's largest dental electronic claims clearinghouse. In 1995, Mr. Hughes sold ECF to MedeAmerica and today ECF is basically the Dental Division of Emdeon. While growing the business at ECF, Mr. Hughes saw a need for an electronic attachment clearinghouse and in 1997 started NEA. Many of the former employees of ECF now work with Mr. Hughes, and NEA remains today as the largest collection of brainpower and knowledge in the area of electronic attachments. Mr. Hughes further expanded his vision in 2007 and created Medical Electronic Attachment, Inc. to fill the void for attachment processing in the medical market space. Mr. Hughes is recognized as a thought leader in the attachment committee of HL7.
Mr. Hughes is an avid sailor and often speaks at healthcare events around the country. He is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Alliance for Children Everywhere and is a sponsor of the Faith Works schools in Zambia, Africa. Mr. Hughes and his wife Barbara have three children and six grandchildren. Mr. Hughes graduated from Florida State University and has an MBA from Kennesaw State University.
J. Warren Hughes
Chairman of the Board
J. Warren Hughes graduated from Hillsborough High School, Tampa, Florida, in 1956 and served in the U. S. Army following graduation. He has resided in Clearwater, Florida, since 1959. Mr. Hughes owned Reed's Florists at six locations in the west coast of Florida and sold out to Buning the Florist in l969. That year Mr. Hughes started Dynamic Investments, a real estate development company. Development included mobile home parks, travel trailer parks, subdivisions, apartment buildings, shopping plazas and a million dollar sewage treatment plant. He also owned an insurance agency, a lumber company, Largo Intracoastal Marina, and Nautical Sailboats (40 foot and 65 foot boats.)
Mr. Hughes also was a sports agent for baseball and is a past member of the Gator Booster Board for the University of Florida. He has been an active supporter of Clearwater for Youth, giving the annual J. W. Hughes Award for Outstanding Contribution to Youth Sports. In connection with Clearwater for Youth, Mr. Hughes has received the Frederick E. Fisher Humanitarian Award for lifetime dedication and contribution toward development and growth of youth activities and has been named "Vice-President Emeritus" in recognition of lifetime support of our youth. He also owned Mill Creek Country Club, a residential and golf course community in Franklin, North Carolina. Mr. Hughes is a partner in Florida Community Property Management, an owner of Community Cable and is involved in a private telephone business.
He is Chairman of the Board at NEA (National Electronics Attachment, Inc.) and Chairman of MEA (Medical Electronics Attachment, Inc.). He and his wife, Nancy, have 5 children and 11 grandchildren. They reside in Clearwater, FL, and Franklin, NC.
Keith W. Collins, DMD
Private Practice, Implant Surgery and Restoration, Vancouver, Washington
Dr. Keith W. Collins is a general dentist with a passion for dentistry and patient advocacy. This passion has extended beyond day-to-day practice to efforts including software design, web design, electronic patient record standards, creation of patient education materials, and political action at national, state and local levels.
Dr. Collins received his DMD from Oregon Health Sciences University in 1978. He is a well-known lecturer and a member of numerous associations including the American Academy of Implant Dentistry, International Congress of Oral Implantologists, Task Force for Dental Informatics- ADA, Consortium for Clinical Information Systems - American Association of Dental Schools, and the Washington State Dental Association.
Dr. Collins has been with NEA since its inception in 1997 and has been an integral component in the development and success of NEA.
Bill B. Lefler, DDS, FACD, FICD, FACP
Major General, Dental Corps, US Army (Retired) Private Practice
General Lefler is a graduate of the University of Tennessee School of Dentistry. He received his commission as a dental officer in March 1956.
During his career of over 34 years, General Lefler distinguished himself as a clinician, teacher, administrator and leader. He held a wide variety of important command and staff positions culminating in 1986 with his selection as the Assistant Surgeon General for Dental Services and the twentieth Chief of the Army Dental Corps. He has also served as the Chief of Fixed Prosthodontics and Director of the Prosthodontic Residency Program at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Chief Department of Dentistry at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. He was promoted to Brigadier General in 1979 and served as Deputy Commander and Director of Dental Services, US Army Health Services Command, until July 1984. General Lefler is the only Chief of the US Army Dental Corps to have served as Mentor, Dental Activity Commander, Senior Dental Corps Staff Officer, and in all three Dental Corps General Officer positions.
Following his retirement, General Lefler joined the staff of the American Dental Association as Assistant Executive Director for the Division of Legislative Affairs and Director of the Washington, DC, office of the American Dental Association. He is currently practicing dentistry in Hot Springs, AR, where he lives with his wife, Carolyn. They have three children and eight grandchildren.
Nnaoke Ufere
Founder and CEO of iServiceX
Mr. Ufere founded iServiceX in 1999 and serves as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board. Mr. Ufere is responsible for leading the firm and achieving their strategic objectives.
Prior to founding iServiceX, from 1997 to 1999, Mr. Ufere was a Vice President and co-head of the Chemical Industry Practice at A. T. Kearney, Inc. (EDS). From 1989 to 1997, Mr. Ufere was a Vice President with Gemini Consulting, Inc. While at A. T. Kearney and Gemini Consulting, Mr. Ufere focused on business development, client relationship management and engagement delivery. Mr. Ufere worked on engagement issues of business strategy, operations effectiveness and information technology strategy for Fortune 500 clients in Oil & Gas, Chemical/Life Sciences, Telecommunications and Financial Institutions.
Mr. Ufere also brings five years of engineering and technical services experience and expertise from Schlumberger Services where he served as a senior field-operating engineer in several locations around the world.
Mr. Ufere holds a B.Eng. (first class Honors) in electrical/electronic engineering from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka and an MBA from Harvard Business School.