Global Leadership

Stuart McLean

Chief Executive Officer

Stu McLean was appointed to the role of CEO in April 2024. Stu brings to this role over 25 years of success developing and implementing market-leading strategies to drive durable improvements in competitive positioning, operating performance, and financial results to ensure the success of the healthcare companies he leads.

He holds a bachelor's degree in computer sciences from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and a Master's degree in business administration, with concentrations in strategy and finance, from the University of Michigan.

Stu lives in Westchester County, NY and Cape Cod, MA. He is the proud father of four amazing young adults, one of whom is a student at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Paul Slaughter

Chief Operating Officer

Paul joined Nordic in June 2021 as the executive vice president of Enterprise Technology Transformation. In 2024, he took on Nordic's Chief Operating Officer (COO) role, bringing his wealth of expertise to further enhance the company's operational excellence. He has over 25 years of leadership and experience in information technology services and operations, with a primary focus on the healthcare industry.

Paul began his career with the United States Army and spent eight years as a commissioned officer. He then joined Perot Systems, which Dell Inc. later acquired. During his six years at Perot, Paul worked his way up the client account leadership track, working with various clients to implement and support their IT platforms and systems. He then took a role at E5 Systems, serving as Director of West Coast Operations.

In 2007, Paul joined Kaiser Permanente as the Director of the Program Management Office, where he was responsible for leading highly visible and complex business and technology projects. After three years, he joined Dell, Inc. on the Dell Services Healthcare and Life Sciences business development team. Paul then led the business development team responsible for managing $1.4B+ of annual healthcare information technology services opportunities.

He spent most of his two years at NTT Data Services as Vice President, Healthcare Provider Western Region, providing strategic leadership and oversight for managing, delivering, and growing a $150M+ portfolio of accounts. Paul then took a role as Chief Operating Officer at Leidos Digital Health Solutions, his most recent position before joining Nordic.

Paul has a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Texas Tech University. He lives in New Braunfels, Texas with his wife and four children and is an avid outdoorsman.

Jenny Shimon

Chief Financial Officer

Jenny joined Nordic in 2019 and since March 2023 has served as chief financial officer, overseeing financial strategy, accounting, and treasury.

A Certified Public Accountant, Jenny has led Nordic’s finance and accounting teams and supported daily operations, mergers and acquisitions, integrations, tax, treasury, financial planning and analysis, and reporting.

Prior to joining Nordic, she held accounting, finance, and mergers and acquisition roles at Kohler Co., Lands’ End, and Thermo Fisher Scientific. Most recently at Thermo Fisher Scientific, she held a global finance leadership role and oversaw the business unit’s financial planning and analysis function with plants and commercial entities in 43 countries.

Jenny earned a bachelor’s degree from University of Wisconsin – Lacrosse and a Master of Business Administration from University of Wisconsin – Whitewater. She lives in Madison, Wisconsin, with her husband and two children.

Uyon Johnson

Chief Human Resources Officer

Uyon Johnson joined Nordic in April 2024 as interim Chief Human Resources Officer. In this role, she oversees Nordic’s human resources team in their support of Nordic’s global employees.

Uyon has nearly 30 years of human resources experience with expertise in employee relations, DEI, organizational design, and succession planning. Most recently, she served as System Director for Diversity and Inclusion at Bon Secours Mercy Health. She also spent more than 20 years at General Electric.

A trained Six Signa Certified Greenbelt, Uyon holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications from Northwestern University and a Master of Business Administration, HR concentration from University of Phoenix. She and her husband enjoy being Bengals season ticket holders and spending time with friends and family, attending their children’s sporting events, and traveling.

Katherine Sager

Chief Consulting Officer

As Chief Consulting Officer, Katherine leads the Nordic advisory and staffing divisions, ensuring seamless service delivery to more than 700 healthcare organizations across the United States. She oversees a diverse team of 1,000+ healthcare professionals with deep expertise in digital health, performance improvement, and EHR and ERP strategy, implementation, optimization, and support.

An award-winning and accomplished senior executive, Katherine is recognized for driving transformative strategies and operations in dynamic, rapidly changing environments. In her 13 years at Nordic, she has played a key role in the company’s transformation from an Epic staff augmentation firm into an end-to-end, multi-platform and management consulting services provider, committed to connecting people, data, and technology to address a full range of clinical and operational challenges.

Prior to her working at Nordic, Katherine served as an Epic technical expert and operations leader in for-profit and non-profit settings. She holds a Master of Philosophy in economic and social history from the University of Oxford and a Bachelor of Arts from Davidson College. She resides in Madison, Wisconsin with her husband and two children.

Mickey Davis

President, Managed Services

Mickey joined Nordic in April 2023 as senior vice president of Global Delivery. In 2024, he assumed the role of President of Managed Services, focusing on growth and operational excellence to ensure consistent delivery of quality managed services.

Mickey is a proven IT and business leader with an exceptional track record built on a unique combination of business, technical, financial, and leadership expertise across all sectors, including business development, global delivery, technology implementation, data center migrations, and IT management. He started his career at the Sisters of St. Joseph in Northern California and spent 18 years at Perot Systems/Dell, where he was responsible for its healthcare and life sciences customer services center for the infrastructure services delivery organization. In this role, he oversaw 1,000 global team members to deliver a seamless customer experience. Mickey has also held leadership roles at Xerox, Unisys, and DXC, owning professional services, managed services, and driving strategic direction to support organizational growth.

Outside of his responsibilities at Nordic, Mickey enjoys reading and traveling. He lives outside of Dallas, Texas with his wife.

Terri LeFort

President, Nordic International

Terri LeFort joined Nordic in 2019, when it acquired Healthtech Consultants. After continuing to serve as president of Healthtech for three additional years, in 2022 Terri took on an expanded role as Nordic’s president and senior executive, International. In this role, the 30-year healthcare veteran sets policy and strategic direction for Nordic’s international markets, ensuring close coordination with the U.S. and fulfilling the company’s mission and financial targets internationally. She also ensures integration and standardization across the geographies, bolstering Nordic’s efforts as a global leader that addresses the local needs of regional geographies.

Prior to joining Nordic, Terri led Healthtech for 20 years, guiding healthcare organizations through successful patient safety and clinician adoption initiatives. She has significant experience in clinical systems assessment, planning, and implementation, along with CPOE and electronic medication management. She also boasts decades of clinical practice, both on the front lines and in management, has spoken internationally on electronic clinical documentation best practices, and is an industry leader in advanced clinical system planning and implementation.

Craig Joseph, MD

Chief Medical Officer

Dr. Craig Joseph has more than 30 years of healthcare and IT experience and has served as chief medical officer at Nordic since June 2020. In addition to practicing medicine as a primary care pediatrician for eight years, he worked for Epic for more than six years and has served as chief medical information officer (CMIO) at multiple healthcare organizations, using both Oracle Health/Cerner and Epic electronic health records (EHR).

While at Epic, Dr. Joseph helped build what is now called the Foundation System. He also assisted in the EHR implementation and optimization for Epic customers across the United States and Europe.

After leaving Epic, Dr. Joseph was the CMIO/interim CMIO at Agnesian HealthCare in Fond du Lac, Wis., Texas Children's Hospital in Houston, and El Camino Health in Mountain View, Calif. He has most recently served as the interim CMIO at Seattle Children's Hospital.

Dr. Joseph co-authored “Designing for Health: The Human-Centered Approach” in 2023. The book explores the application of basic human-centered design principles to healthcare writ large.

Dr. Joseph is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and American Medical Informatics Association. He remains actively board-certified in both pediatrics and clinical informatics.

Marty Edwards

Compliance & Privacy Officer

Marty joined Nordic in December 2023 as the compliance and privacy officer. He oversees all aspects of Nordic’s compliance and privacy activities, including ensuring compliance with HIPAA, GDPR, CMS, and other domestic and international regulations.

A seasoned healthcare compliance professional with more than 30 years of experience, Marty has held a variety of roles at NTT Data, Baylor Health Care System (now Baylor Scott & White), TpHR, Methodist Health System, and Parkland Health and Hospital System.

Marty has a bachelor’s degree in biology with a minor in chemistry from Clark College and a master’s degree in health care administration from Texas Woman’s University. He is Health Care Compliance and Health Care Privacy Compliance Certified.

In his spare time, Marty enjoys cheering on the Dallas Mavericks and Dallas Cowboys, listening to jazz and R&B music, and has served on several nonprofit boards. He has two grown children, a granddaughter, and a goldendoodle named Maverick. Marty lives in Little Elm, Texas.

Steve Eckert

Chief Growth Officer

Steve joined Nordic in March 2025 to oversee sales, operations, and marketing in support of the company’s strategic growth objectives. As Chief Growth Officer, he is focused on delivering value to our clients through a strong set of services and competitive offerings that help organizations improve the health of their patients and businesses.

With a proven 25-year track record in healthcare operations in the provider setting and healthcare IT consulting management, Steve’s expertise is in leading high-performing teams to deliver results and improve business performance. He previously served as Chief Technology Officer at Cook Children’s Health Care System, in addition to executive leadership roles at Avaap, Divurgent, Healthlink Advisors, Encore Health Resources, and IBM Global Services.

Steve graduated from the University of North Texas with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree and received his MBA from Fitchburg State University. He is a fellow with the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE), a CHCIO and a former board member of CHIME, and a long-standing member of HIMSS. He lives in Fort Worth, Texas with his wife, and is the proud father of two children.

Bob Branchini

Chief Information Officer

Bob joined Nordic in October 2022 as president of Digital Engineering, responsible for all phases of product and solutions development. In April 2023 he assumed the role of CIO at Nordic. He has 30+ years’ experience, primarily leading large-scale healthcare payer business and IT systems and transformations.

Prior to joining Nordic, Bob spent over 20 years in Healthcare Payer IT in the role of CIO at regional plans in the New York marketplace. Most recently he led technology and the product development of solutions that assisted payers and health systems with achieving their regulatory compliance and interoperability initiatives.

Bob and his wife reside in Montvale, NJ, and frequently visit WI. They have two sons that reside in New Jersey and one son that lives in Wisconsin.

Irina Brault

General Counsel

Irina provides leadership, legal counsel, and employee training across Nordic’s global operations, in areas that include the evaluation and development of compliance and risk mitigation strategies, labor and employment law, contract review and negotiation, data privacy and security, and intellectual property. In addition, she is integral in supporting Nordic’s strategy of accelerating growth and diversification through acquisition and partnership development and has played a key role in advancing its employee-focused diversity and inclusion initiatives. Irina also serves as Nordic’s corporate secretary.

Prior to joining Nordic in 2013, Irina gained invaluable experience in a variety of Wisconsin-based organizations, including, among others, working as an in-house counsel with a cybersecurity-focused firm, as a law clerk with a corporate law firm, and as a judicial intern in the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

A native of Russia, Irina graduated summa cum laude from Southern Ural State University with both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in linguistic studies. After her teaching assignments in Russia, she immigrated to the United States to continue her career as an educator and administrator at the Russian Community School in Madison, WI, which was followed by earning a Juris Doctorate degree from the Marquette University Law School. Irina also obtained the Certified in Healthcare Privacy and Security designation through the American Health Information Management Association (CHPS).