Leadership
The executive team at Surgical Notes has decades of combined experience in both the healthcare technology and ASC industries. True visionaries, they continuously strive to innovate their ASC software and service offerings while maintaining a stable foundation from which to grow. They are dedicated to providing outstanding service for their clients and a supportive environment for their team of talented professionals.
TOM STAMPIGLIA
Tom Stampiglia is the president and chief executive officer (CEO) for Surgical
Notes, a Surgical Information Systems company where he has served as CEO
since 2015. Mr. Stampiglia has over 30 years of healthcare technology
experience. Previously, Mr. Stampiglia served as CEO at Origin Healthcare
Solutions, a revenue cycle management and analytics solutions provider.
He also served as CEO at Medical Present Value and President and Chief
Operating Officer of WebMD’s Practice Services Division, where he
was responsible for the company’s physician practice management,
electronic health records and electronic claims solutions. Earlier in
his career, he served as President of the Software Division at Checkfree
Corporation and held various management positions at Lanier Worldwide,
Inc., including General Manager of Lanier Healthcare. Mr. Stampiglia has
a B.A. from Georgetown University.
Nick Brignola
Nick Brignola is the chief financial officer (CFO) for Surgical Notes. Mr. Brignola is a results-driven financial leader, with an established record of building high-performing teams, implementing processes that enable companies to effectively scale, and partnering with operations to meet and exceed company objectives. Mr. Brignola has more than 20 years of experience within the healthcare industry
Prior to joining Surgical Notes, Mr. Brignola served as the senior vice president for R1, a publicly traded healthcare revenue cycles services company. He also held the role of vice president, FP&A, at Cloudmed, a tech-enabled revenue integrity healthcare services company. Mr. Brignola helped oversee the integration of six acquisitions and triple revenue growth while at Cloudmed.
Mr. Brignola received a Bachelor of Business Logistics from Pennsylvania State University and a Master of Business Administration from Louisiana State University. He resides with his wife and three daughters in Frisco, Texas.
NATHAN HESS
Nathan Hess is the chief technology officer (CTO) for Surgical Notes. Mr.
Hess has 17 years of experience in various information technology (IT)
leadership roles, working across different sized organizations such as
Perot Systems, Dell Services-Tenet Healthcare, Dell Services-Stellaris
Health Network, Dell Services-Triad Hospitals, Dell Services-MedStar Health,
AIG, and DaVita Rx. In these previous and primarily healthcare-focused
engagements, Mr. Hess led small, U.S. teams of highly experienced architects
to large, global IT teams located across the world and operating on multi-million-dollar budgets.
Mr. Hess earned his Bachelor of Business Administration from Texas Tech University with a major in management information systems and is currently pursuing his Master of Business Administration from the University of Massachusetts’ Isenberg School of Management. He lives with his wife and family in Prosper, Texas.
Nate Kiely
Nate Kiely is the chief revenue office (CRO) for Surgical Notes. Mr. Kiely
is a results-driven sales leader with a comprehensive record of achieving
growth objectives within the healthcare industry.
Prior to joining Surgical Notes, Mr. Kiely served as the vice president of sales for Intelligent Medical Objects, a healthcare data enablement company. He also held the role of chief revenue officer at iMedX, a company that offers a suite of high-value revenue cycle management solutions that include data analytics and business intelligence, clinical documentation, outsourced billing, and medical coding, as well as the vice president of sales for Ingenious Med, who offers a point of care revenue cycle solution for physicians.
Mr. Kiely received a Bachelor of Business Administration in Information Systems and Business Intelligence from Georgia Southern University. He resides with his wife and son in Austin, Texas.
Hilary Sondik
Hilary Sondik is the executive vice president of operations for Surgical Notes. Ms. Sondik has over 20 years of experience in revenue cycle operations leading large U.S. and global teams and creating a culture of results-oriented solutions. Prior to joining Surgical Notes, Ms. Sondik served as senior vice president for customer operations at R1 RCM, an end-to-end healthcare technology revenue cycle provider for large health systems where she helped customers maximize revenue.
Ms. Sondik received her undergraduate degree from Michigan State University and her Juris Doctor from Case Western Reserve University. She resides in Zionsville, Ind., with her husband and son.
