Board Members

Tonya Harmon is the President and CEO of Harmony Information Systems, Inc. (Harmony) and is the original principle architect of Harmony.  Since founding HarmonyIS in 1998, Tonya has overseen the implementation of Harmony and its associated suite of information management products in over 50 customer sites.  Tonya provides the strategic and technical vision for Harmony and its product lines.  Tonya also plays a lead role in the sales cycle.  She has instituted several partnership agreements for Harmony with other vendors and leading systems integrators for the successful installation of Harmony.  Tonya has designed, developed and supported human services information systems throughout the United States and Canada, both as a software developer and as an MIS manager for a large public behavioral health organization.  In addition to software development, Tonya has also consulted with state and local governments to assist in the development of integrated systems of care, creating cross-agency platforms to share information about consumers receiving services in multiple agencies.  Tonya has also performed business process analyses and has conducted data audits in many State-run inpatient psychiatric facilities and substance abuse clinics.

Tonya has over 20 years of experience using and developing enterprise-wide relational database applications in health and human services, banking, law, and insurance.  She has spent over 25 years working and volunteering in health, social service and behavioral health programs, which has given her intimate knowledge of the information management needs of health and human service payer, provider, and regulatory agencies.  Harmony and the services Harmony employs to implement its products reflect that knowledge.  Tonya holds an undergraduate degree in mathematics from the University of Waterloo and completed coursework towards an MBA at George Washington University.

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John Burton is founder and managing general partner of Updata Partners, a leading  venture capital firm focusing on innovative, growth state IT companies.  Mr. Burton brings to Harmony’s board over three decades of experience building multinational information technology companies from the ground up.  He has held senior executive positions in both private and publicly held companies.  Prior to co-founcing Updata, Burton served as president, COO and CEO of Legent Corporation — then one of the largest software firms in the world — growing the company from $126 million to over $500 million in revenue.

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Tommy Thompson is the former secretary of the U.S. Department Health and Human Services and former Governor of Wisconsin.  Mr. Thompson has dedicated his professional life to public service, and is currently a partner at the law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Feld, LLP.  He also serves as president of Logistics Health Incorporates, and is the independent chairman for Deloitte Center for Health Solutions.

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Brad Woloson is a general Partner at JMI, one of Harmony’s primary investors. Mr. Woloson joined JMI in 1994 and is based in Baltimore, Maryland.  Mr. Woloson is currently Director of Apparent Networks, Inc., Aptela, Inc., Axeda Corporation, ClickSquared, Inc., Eloqua Corporation, Empathica, Inc., Harmony Information Systems, Inc., Managed Objects Solutions, Inc., Panorama Software, Ltd., Undertone Networks, Inc. and Unica Corporation.  Mr. Woloson’s past JMI investment experience includes Astrum Software Corporation, NEON Systems, Inc., Network Intelligence Corporation, Primax Recoveries, Inc., Qiave Corporation and Transcentive, Inc.  Prior to joining the Firm in 1994, Mr. Woloson was a Financial Analyst in the Technology Group at Alex. Brown.  Prior to Alex. Brown, Mr. Woloson was a Fixed Income Analyst at Kidder Peabody International, Inc. in London.  Mr. Woloson graduated from Harvard University.

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Tim Meyers is a Venture Partner at Updata Partners who focuses on building and broadening the fund's private equity activity through early and growth-stage investment opportunities.  Prior to joining to Updata Partners, Mr. Meyers served as President of The Morino Group, where he managed a $200 million portfolio, including direct investments, venture funds, hedge funds, and direct equity investments.  He oversaw a number of direct investments at TMG including Proxicom and Image Communications (bought by IXL).  During his tenure, Mr. Meyers conceptualized and developed the 11600 Sunrise project, a 153,000 square foot Internet and technology incubator located in Reston, Virginia.  From 1987-1993, he was CFO of The Brandon Company where he structured numerous deals with total transaction volume of over $250 million.  Prior to joining The Brandon Company, Mr. Meyers was a CPA with Deloitte, Haskins & Sells (now Deloitte & Touche) where he was involved in structuring and evaluating transactions with firms such as KKR, RAMCO, and Spaulding & Evenflow.