Management Team
Gary G. Twigg
President and CEO
As President and CEO, as well as Chairman of the Board, Gary oversees all Bloodhound Technologies™ activities. He directs the company’s strategic initiatives and personally works with the senior executive team to ensure that Bloodhound’s established leadership role in technology, content management and project execution is maintained. He is a collaborative manager and instills this philosophy throughout the company as the way to do business with clients and industry partners. He personally launched the analytic services now offered by Bloodhound, and which is delivered to clients with high integrity and a consultative service approach.
With 25 years experience in information management, Gary is himself an industry leader. He spent 10 years with companies providing contract services to Federal and State governments and led the development of the first large-scale information system developed for the Food and Drug Administration. He also managed the primary regulatory information center for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Additionally, Gary spent 15 years pioneering medical claims auditing for the Property and Casualty industry, and personally designed the first system introduced into this market. ADP, a Fortune 100 business, acquired his company, calling it ADP Integrated Medical Services (IMS). IMS provided audit software, a UCR product, data warehousing and an outsourcing service with more than 60 utilization review nurses and three physicians. Within five years, IMS established itself as the market leader with a revenue base of $80M and a staff of 750 professionals. During this time, Gary was also the first to introduce a PPO to the P&C industry. IMS was featured in ADP’s Annual Report as the fastest growing business for six consecutive years.
Gary is an accomplished “Change Manager” in every field he has entered. For example, he developed history-based audits prior to the HPR and GMIS products now featured by Bloodhound’s competition. He was also the first to source edits and introduce the concept of web-based access to these sources. Prior to joining Bloodhound he led the entrepreneurial successes of two early stage companies.
David Whipple
Chief Technology Officer
David is a co-founder of Bloodhound Technologies™. In his role as CTO, David leads all development and software architectural initiatives for the company. He directs Bloodhound’s 24x7 ASP production environment, which is vital to the company’s ASP delivery model. He led the design and development of the company’s flagship product, ClaimsGuard™, and its evolvement into real-time processing capabilities.
Prior to his career at Bloodhound, David was a first-stage employee of a successful telecommunications company in Perth, Western Australia. He was responsible for the start-up development of the company’s high-speed digital trunk switching system, which later became the company’s central product offering. This system was responsible for securing the company’s contract with Lucent Technologies, and its ultimate acquisition by a publicly traded Australian company.
His interest in Artificial Intelligence and Intelligent Systems began with experimentation in image processing and industrial control systems. This led to the development of an intelligent control system utilized as a feedback component for online ore sizing in a number of major Australian mining operations. This system continues to yield a number of commercial strength products that remain in use within the mining industry today.
David received his Bachelor’s Degree in Electronics Engineering with first class honors, majoring in Mathematics and Physics, from the University of Western Australia. He is an active participant in the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, the Engineering Society of the University of Western Australia and a regular attendant of the Council for Entrepreneurial Development programs.
Charles H. Cadwell, CPA
Chief Financial Officer
Charles has more than 15 years of experience in the accounting and finance profession, spending the last seven in senior financial positions within the technology industry. Prior to that, Charles spent three years as the North American Finance Manager for Scapa Group, Inc, a $1 billion international manufacturer of specialty products to the paper industry. He began his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP providing audit and business advisory services to national and international corporations in the technology, pharmaceutical, banking, healthcare and manufacturing industries. His experience includes initial public offerings, private equity financing, strategic alliances, mergers and acquisitions, SEC reporting and treasury management.
Charles is a Certified Public Accountant and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from East Carolina University.