James Wener has more than 25 years of experience in serving the healthcare, manufacturing and distribution, and public-transit industries as both a Partner-in-Charge of Management Consulting for a middle-sized accounting firm and as an independent consultant.

He has worked with software companies of various sizes in assessing and improving their financial and operating strength and preparing to be acquired. In assisting software projects and companies in trouble, he has functioned as the COO of an underperforming software company to turn around their financial condition; directed the short-term development of the mission-critical software system, which enabled the company to radically reduce operating staff and become profitable; worked with investors in performing their due diligence of software firms in advance of placing invested capital; and assessed a troubled distribution company’s software installation and managed a critical 90-day reversion to prior software, enabling the company to function and improve cash flow.

Mr. Wener has focused on assisting many healthcare organizations in developing and implementing the most effective systems strategies. He has worked successfully with medium and large managed-care organizations, providers and other healthcare stakeholders in understanding and planning for complying with the new federal HIPAA regulations; assisting many healthcare organizations in defining their information requirements, selecting appropriate systems, developing appropriate systems and operational budgets, and planning for and managing the implementation of those systems; and representing a wide variety of large and small healthcare organizations taking various levels of managed-care risk, such as HMOs, IPAs, PHOs and PPOs or organizations processing healthcare transactions, such as Hospitals and Medical Centers, IPAs and clinical facilities.

Mr. Wener holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University and an MBA from Loyola University in Chicago.