We believe that excellence in both management and leadership is critical in helping our customers fulfill their missions. Our leadership team was assembled with people experienced in pioneering and leading IT services with EDS and Perot Systems. All being unified by GuideIT's core values, our leaders are ready to redefine IT services and help companies do technology right.
Ross Perot, Jr. serves as Chairman of The Perot Group, which manages the various Perot family interests that include real estate, oil and gas and financial investments.
In addition, Mr. Perot is Chairman of Hillwood, which he founded in 1988. Hillwood is ranked among the top ten real estate developers in the United States and is recognized for its high-profile projects and public-private ventures. Hillwood Energy has natural gas and oil interests not only in the United States but worldwide.
Mr. Perot is a Founder of Perot Systems Corporation and served on its Board of Directors beginning in 1988. He served as CEO of Perot Systems from 2000 - 2004 and served as Chairman of the Board from 2004 until the company was acquired by Dell Inc. in 2009. During his tenure on the Board, Perot Systems grew to be a multi-billion-dollar global technology company with more than 24,000 associates in North America, Europe and Asia. Mr. Perot served on the Dell Inc. Board of Directors from 2009 - 2013.
A native of Dallas, Mr. Perot graduated from St. Mark's School of Texas in 1977 and earned his bachelor's degree in business administration from Vanderbilt University in 1981.
In 1982, after graduating from Vanderbilt University, he completed the first helicopter flight around the world. The 26,000-mile trip was completed in less than thirty days, crossing twenty-six countries and seventeen seas and oceans. His helicopter, The Spirit of Texas, is on permanent display at the Smithsonian Institution's Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.
After joining the United States Air Force in 1983, Perot earned a certification as an F-4 pilot and served for 8 1/2 years. Perot then served as chairman of the Air Force Memorial Foundation where he led a 14-year effort to build the United States Air Force Memorial in Washington, D.C., honoring the men and women of the United States Air Force. The Memorial was dedicated to the nation in October 2006.
Mr. Perot currently serves as Chairman of the Board of the EastWest Institute, serves on the board of Vanderbilt University, the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum, St. Mark's School of Texas and GuidelT.
Russell, co-founder and board member of GuideIT, has more than thirty-five years of operational, financial management and business development experience, twenty of which were with Perot Systems Corporation. He served as Chief Operating Officer of Perot Systems from 2007 – 2009 focusing on execution of company-wide strategic and operational objectives.
Prior to this role, he served as Chief Financial Officer for seven years. He was the main interface to the investment community, oversaw mergers and acquisitions activities and was responsible for the corporation's planning, accounting and treasury functions. He previously served as Corporate Controller and was a member of the leadership teams for several of the company’s operating units.
Since 2014, Russell has served as the Chief Executive Officer for Hillwood Energy and its subsidiary HKN Energy, for which he also serves as a board member. He also has served as Vice Chairman of the board for Petrus Trust Company since 2010. Russell Freeman is a member of the board of directors of Cricut Inc. and was previously a member of the board of managers of Cricut Holdings from 2015 until the Cricut IPO in 2021.
He received his bachelor’s degree in business administration in accounting from Texas Tech University.
Bob Kelly has more than twenty years of experience leading finance teams in entrepreneurial companies through growth, acquisitions, integrations and carve-outs, with extensive experience in the IT Services sector at Perot Systems, Dell and McAfee. Prior to joining GuideIT, he served as the Chief Financial Officer for GDT, where he streamlined and automated financial processes to ensure customers’ needs were met while improving cash flows to invest into expansion of the business, including the company's first acquisition that significantly expanded its managed services capabilities.
Previously, Bob held various finance leadership roles, including Chief Financial Officer at Bioworld Merchandising, Corporate Controller at American Express Global Business Travel, Chief Accounting Officer at McAfee, Controller at Dell Services, and Chief Accounting Officer at Perot Systems. He is a proven finance leader who transforms processes, systems and teams to create a scalable financial platform that enables data-driven decisions to drive strategic growth.
Bob earned a bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the University of Notre Dame and is a certified public accountant in the state of Texas.
Jeff successfully built his career working at Dell, formerly Perot Systems, for twenty-two years. During his tenure there, he served as Director of Infrastructure, Director of Business Development and Corporate Sales and finally as Executive Director of Healthcare Business Development. Jeff was responsible for IT Outsourcing, BPO and Healthcare Consulting Services. His team created multiple offerings, including a Hosted Clinical DR Environment, Clinical Service Desk and HIS Infrastructure architecture and design offering. His business development and leadership skills lead to growth that helped Dell’s Healthcare Vertical become one of the top HIT firms in the industry. Prior to joining Perot Systems, Jeff spent nine years at EDS in various technical and delivery roles.
Jeff earned an Associate degree from Richland College in Texas and was named Dell’s 2006 and 2007 Healthcare Business Development Leader of the Year and 2009’s Healthcare Sales Leader of the Year. Jeff joined EDS as an intern while still in High School and attended EDS IT development programs.
Rex Mills has over eighteen years of experience in the information technology services industry with Dell and Perot Systems. As a member of the Dell Legal Department, Rex led the legal team supporting Dell Services’ major commercial transactions. As an Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary of Perot Systems, Rex advised Perot Systems on securities law, corporate governance and general corporate matters, served as secretary of Board and of the Audit and Human Resources and Compensation Committee meetings, led the legal support of the Corporate Development Team and oversaw a team of contract negotiators supporting information technology and business process outsourcing transactions.
Before joining Perot Systems, Rex was an Assistant General Counsel at the Prudential Insurance Company of America, where he supported the Prudential Capital Group, a unit investing in privately placed securities. Rex began his career as a corporate and securities lawyer at Thompson & Knight in Dallas.
Rex earned a Bachelor of Arts in Government from The University of Texas at Austin and a Juris Doctor, with honors, from The University of Texas School of Law.
With 20+ years of experience in optimizing solutions, implementing enterprise-wide systems, and driving efficiency, I have been influential in moving teams and companies forward while driving cost savings, productivity and customer satisfaction.
Joe Boyd has more than thirty-five years of information technology experience. Joe began his IT career with Electronic Data Systems in the State and Local Government Healthcare Group. After leaving EDS, he worked in the healthcare practices of KPMG Peat Marwick and GTE before joining Perot Systems in 1990.
At Perot Systems, Joe progressed through a variety of positions and was named Vice President and General Manager for the Healthcare Industry practice in 1994. From 1994 – 1997, he grew the Healthcare business from $22 million to over $100 million in annual revenues. In 1997, Joe was promoted to Executive Vice President and General Manager for Perot Systems North American sales and operations, directing over 4,000 employees in a $600 million business that included seven industry verticals. Joe retired from Perot Systems in 2001 but has continued to be involved in the industry providing management consulting and executive coaching services through his own firm, Boyd Consulting.
Since leaving Perot Systems, Joe has served as the Chairman of three different successful companies. He was the Chairman of Healthlink Inc. from 2003 until it was sold to IBM in June 2005. He was the Chairman of Encore Health Resources – a fast-growing clinical consulting and Informatics Company based in Houston, TX from 2011 until it was sold to Quintiles Transnational in June 2014. He was also the Chairman of MedSynergies Inc. – a fast-growing Physician Alignment and RCM company based in Irving, TX from 2005 until it was sold to Optum in October 2014. Joe also served as a director at OnFocus|Healthcare from 2008 until it was sold to MedeAnalytics in November 2014 and was an advisor to 2M Biotech from 2014 until it was sold to UT Southwestern in January 2017.
Joe is also a former director and will be a life-long supporter of the Dallas-based non-profit, MediSend International.
Joe holds a B.A. in History and an M.B.A. from Mississippi State University.
Darin’s 29-year career has been spent entirely in the U.S. healthcare industry, with depth and breadth across multiple segments within the market. He has successfully led national and global technology and business process organizations, spanning Fortune 500 healthcare divisions to second-stage growth organizations and start- up software companies. He has also worked closely with various private equity firms on healthcare technology investing as an operating partner and advisor.
Capitalizing on the ever-changing healthcare market over the last 20 years, Darin has passionately driven growth in each phase of his career by addressing the clinical and financial needs of hospitals and other provider organizations, national and regional health plans, and pharmaceutical/life science organizations. This has been done through services, products, and consulting capabilities that help clients reduce cost, increase access, improve outcomes, and engage consumers.
Darin’s most recent leadership role took him back to the global, Fortune 500 world, as the North America leader for healthcare at Atos. During his short tenure there, Darin successfully organized the unit around payer, provider and pharma/life sciences sub-markets, re-built the senior leadership team, revamped the client delivery model, established a true go-to-market sales and marketing function, and established strong client relationships helping drive growth. In the first year, the division exceeded growth targets and established a go-forward revenue projection with greater than 20% growth for 2018. During this time, Darin and Atos also completed three acquisitions simultaneously, adding significant capability in the consulting areas of EHR implementation, optimization and adoption, as well as population health and financial services.
Darin launched his career at Electronic Data Systems (EDS) in the late 1980s, focusing on the largest Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) plans across the country; this included managing large, multi-functional, complex projects, as well as full IT outsourcing contracts. The pinnacle of this period was the successful implementation of the largest IT outsourcing contract in the industry at that time, including a complete implementation of claims, membership and all ancillary applications in a nine-month period for BCBS Massachusetts.
Subsequent to EDS, Darin formed, built and managed the healthcare division at Affiliated Computer Systems (ACS). Taking over as the President of ACS Healthcare Solutions, and with a handful of clients, he successfully established a divisional infrastructure poised for growth in the payer, provider and pharma/life sciences industries. This included a new client services model, full sales and marketing capability, partnerships with multiple high-value companies to accelerate penetration in each sub-market, and the acquisition of multiple strategic assets, increasing market footprint and operational capability for the division.
Leaving the corporate world, Darin spent the next 14 years as the President and CEO of two private equity backed organizations, and one founder-owned entity, successfully growing each of these organizations exponentially. Each of these companies were ultimately sold to strategic buyers in their respective markets. The companies spanned most aspects of the healthcare ecosystem, including Xactimed, a commercial software solution focused on the revenue cycle needs of hospitals and other provider groups, Phoenix Health Systems, a full-scale IT outsourcing, consulting and EHR implementation company focused on hospitals and payers, and Aldera, a claims processing software solution focused on all lines of business for health plans and other risk-bearing entities.
J.R. Thomas is the President & Chief Executive Officer of REVELOHEALTH, LLC., a health information company based in Frisco, Texas, serving healthcare systems, large provider organizations, payers, and employers. REVELOHEALTH converts healthcare data into information to reduce the high cost of collection and uses this information to improve people’s lives today in the communities where they live.
Since 2017, J.R. is the Co-Managing Partner of Thomas Marshall Group, LLC, a healthcare advisory firm based in Dallas, Texas, along with several of his associates from MedSynergies, Inc. J.R. served as Chief Executive Officer and member of the board of directors of MedSynergies, Inc. for over 17 years and was a founding executive of the company in 1996. MedSynergies served over 9,500 physicians in 29 states, processing over $30 million in medical payments daily through its domestic and global operations capacity. MedSynergies was acquired by Optum, a division of United Health Group, Inc. where J.R. retired in 2017.
Currently, J.R. serves on the Board of Managers of the Park City Club, and the advisory boards of GuideIT, LLC, EXL Health, a division of EXL Services, LLC., and the Marketing Department of the Mays School of Business at Texas A&M University. J.R. is a native of Arkansas and holds a B.A. degree in Zoology from the University of Arkansas and an M.B.A. from the McCombs School at The University of Texas at Austin. He and his wife Natalie make their home in Dallas, Texas, and have two adult daughters.
Will has nearly 30 years of experience as an investment banker representing growth companies in a wide variety of merger and acquisition transactions and public and private equity and debt transactions. After spending the first part of his career with the investment banking firms of J.C. Bradford & Co. and Jefferies, he established what is now Silvermark Partners in 2004 with the primary goal of serving as a trusted advisor to clients across the country that value candor and discretion. While he has experience across a broad range of industries, his practice focuses primarily on healthcare, business services and technology.
Kenny Springfield serves as a Portfolio Manager at Perot Petrus Asset Management.
In his current role, Kenny is responsible for screening and selecting private equity investment managers and oversees the firm's business development efforts. In this capacity, he sources, negotiates and structures investment opportunities.
Prior to joining Perot in 2008, he oversaw the Dallas office for GoldenTree Asset Management. Kenny is also an alumnus of GE Capital and has over 30 years of commercial finance experience.
Kenny graduated from the University of North Texas and holds an MBA in corporate finance.
Outside of work, Kenny likes to watch college football, read and play golf. He also loves spending time with his wife and three children.
Jamie Dye has more than 30 years’ experience in accelerating performance for healthcare services organizations. As the Chief Development Officer for Cedar Gate, a value-based care software and services performance management company, Jamie is responsible for strategic business development and marketing.
Prior to Cedar Gate, Jamie served as the Chief Development Officer for Global Healthcare Alliance (GHA), the bundled payment solutions provider acquired by Cedar Gate in late 2018. Prior to GHA, Jamie was Chief Development Officer for MedSynergies (now Optum360 Ambulatory Services), a for-profit ambulatory services company focused on improving physician enterprise performance. MedSynergies grew its business from a local to national healthcare services provider, resulting in the company’s strategic acquisition by Optum in 2014.
Jamie’s prior experience also includes a 20-year tenure with Perot Systems helping to build the organization into a multi-billion-dollar market leader in healthcare services. Jamie received his bachelor’s degree from the University of South Florida and his master’s degree in health law from Nova Southeastern University.
