LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Beacon Healthcare Systems announced today the appointment of Kerry Winkle as its new vice president of national accounts. In this role, Winkle will be responsible for identifying, qualifying and securing new national accounts for Beacon, which is home to the healthcare industry’s leading compliance and risk management technologies.
Winkle brings to his new assignment four decades of experience in marketing and sales. Most recently, he served as regional vice president of sales for ZeOmega where he was responsible for sales of the company’s population health management solutions and for developing brand awareness and marketplace penetration of ZeOmega in new markets.
“Kerry has a proven track record of building relationships, creating strategies for prospect development and exceeding company benchmarks for growth,” said Beacon CEO Ken Stockman. “With an increasing number of health plans around the country looking to add accuracy and efficiency to their operations, we know that Kerry will help lead a sales effort that will continue to position Beacon as the trusted healthcare partner prepared to help health plans meet today’s regulatory requirements with confidence and ease.”
Throughout his career, Winkle has held senior-level sales positions for a number of organizations in the healthcare-related industry. In addition to ZeOmega, these include serving as senior vice president of sales and marketing for Casenet, vice president of sales for Healthedge, and chief marketing and sales officer for Mphasis Eldorado. In each of those assignments, Winkle helped create strategic and tactical plans for growing market share, developing new sales pipelines, penetrating new markets and representing his company in ways that cultivate leads and establish new contacts.
Winkle is an active member of AHIP (America’s Health Insurance Plans), HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society) and the California Association of Health Plans and is a United States Air Force veteran.
Beacon Healthcare Systems is home to the healthcare industry’s leading compliance and risk management technologies, providing health plans of all sizes and sponsorships with customizable and scalable SaaS (Service as a Software) solutions that ensure accountability, accuracy and operational efficiency. With a focus on appeals, grievances, compliance and analytics, Beacon HCS is the first place health plans turn to when they are looking for a trusted, experienced partner who can help them reduce costs, grow revenue and achieve their strategic goals. Founded in 2011, Beacon HCS is a privately held California-based company with a technology center located in Austin, Texas. beaconhcs.com
