911 BILLING SERVICES & CONSULTANT - Key Persons


Beverly Pinkston - CCO, COO

Job Titles:
  • CCO
  • COO

Billy Basham - Founder

Job Titles:
  • Co - Founder

Brittany Knowles

Job Titles:
  • Director of Billing and Client Accounting

Cheryl Nantz

Job Titles:
  • Director of Billing Support

James Simmons

Job Titles:
  • IT Manager

Levi Worth

Job Titles:
  • Business Development

Linda Basham - CEO, Founder

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Founder
  • Member of the Billing Services Management Team

Michael D. Harris - VP

Job Titles:
  • Vice President
Mr. Harris joined W.G. Nielsen & Co. in July 2016. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Harris was the Controller for DataGryd Data Centers, a start-up urban data center located in TriBeCa and funded by a large, publicly-traded private equity firm. Prior to DataGryd Data Centers, Mr. Harris worked as a Senior Associate within the valuation practice of Duff & Phelps' New York office where he advised clients on the valuation of tangible and intangible assets on a pre- and post-merger basis. He also performed investment valuations for large private equity groups and provided merger & acquisition advisory services. Additionally, Mr. Harris has investment management experience from roles at Bear Stearns and KM Capital Management. Mr. Harris has extensive financial modeling experience, having taught financial modeling to incoming investment banking analysts at several bulge bracket banks in New York while working with Training The Street. He also served as a Teaching Assistant for a graduate level valuation and finance course taught through the Harvard University Extension School. Mr. Harris earned his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and his M.B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He also completed graduate studies at Handelshögskolan (Stockholm School of Economics), and has passed the CFA Level I and Level II Exams.

Rachel Sanders

Job Titles:
  • General Manager

Ronald M. Barber - EVP

Job Titles:
  • Executive Vice President
Mr. Barber joined W.G. Nielsen & Co. in August 2002. Prior to joining the firm, he consulted for several clients of W.G. Nielsen & Co. Mr. Barber previously served as CEO of Corybant, Inc., a company that develops Active Information Models for enterprise applications and social networking. Prior to Corybant, he was a founder and served as Executive Vice President of Sales and International Operations for TomTec Imaging Systems, a manufacturer of medical imaging and information management systems. In addition, Mr. Barber has extensive experience in building corporate sales and marketing organizations, as well as hands-on experience in the biomedical and medical laboratory fields. Mr. Barber received his Medical Technology degree in Pathology from Bethesda Memorial Hospital/Florida Atlantic University.

Samantha Althouse

Job Titles:
  • Director of Patient Accounts

Sarah Earl

Job Titles:
  • Director of Imports and Implementation

Scott Basham - CFO

Job Titles:
  • CFO

Shannon Pool

Job Titles:
  • Director of Coding

Wayne G. Nielsen - CEO, President

Job Titles:
  • Managing Partner
  • President
  • Managing Partner of W.G. Nielsen & Co
Mr. Nielsen is the Managing Partner of W.G. Nielsen & Co. and has more than 30 years of investment banking experience. Since 1996, he has specialized in providing customized mergers and acquisitions services for privately held middle-market companies. Prior to founding W.G. Nielsen & Co., Mr. Nielsen was Executive Vice President of Kirkpatrick Pettis, a subsidiary of Mutual of Omaha, where he founded and managed the firm's Rocky Mountain investment banking operations, including corporate and public finance, retail and institutional sales, trading activities and money management services. Before that, Mr. Nielsen managed United Bank of Denver's investment banking activities. He began his financial career as a commercial loan analyst with Midland Bank, a Norwest Bank, and then moved to Northwestern National Life Insurance Co. as a portfolio investment analyst. Mr. Nielsen holds a bachelor's degree in Communications from Pacific Union College and an MBA from Webster University.