Dairyland Healthcare Solutions named James F. Burgess as its new president and chief executive officer. He will join the company effective immediately.

Burgess who has held comparable positions at Mediware, 3M Health Information Systems and VHA, brings more than 20 years experience in healthcare information technology.  He assumed responsibility from John Trzeciak on September 5, 2007 who served as interim-CEO since the acquisition of Dairyland by Francisco Partners in June, 2007.   Trzeciak will continue to serve on the Dairyland board of directors and as healthcare advisor to Francisco Partners.

 “This is an exciting time for Dairyland,” said Ezra Perlman, Partner at Francisco Partners.  “We are the leading provider of comprehensive software solutions to the community and specialty hospital market. Given James’ substantial healthcare technology experience, we have selected the ideal executive  to lead Dairyland to the next stage of growth.”      

Burgess brings more than 22 years of experience in healthcare technology to his position at Dairyland.  Prior to joining Dairyland, Burgess was president and CEO of Mediware Information Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: MEDW).  While at Mediware, Burgess grew revenues YOY by 9% and improved customer satisfaction by 10%.  

Prior to Mediware, Burgess was Vice President and General Manager for 3M Health Information Systems.  During his five-year tenure at 3M, sales more than doubled and operating income increased five-fold.  Burgess built 3M’s HIS unit into a $215 million business.  He also served as Vice President of Information Technology at VHA, Inc. in Irving, TX, and launched his healthcare technology career during his 14 years at IBM.

Burgess said, “I am excited about joining a company that has such strong customer satisfaction and strategic relationships.  Dairyland’s breadth of products offers tremendous opportunity for the future.  It will be very rewarding to build on Dairyland’s past success while expanding our reach to larger healthcare institutions with our robust set of software solutions.  And the backing of a prestigious firm like Francisco Partners, ensures our success.”

About Francisco Partners
With $5 billion of committed capital, Francisco Partners is one of the world’s largest technology-focused private equity funds.  The firm was founded to pursue structured investments in technology companies undergoing strategic, technological, and operational inflection points.  Francisco Partners targets majority and minority investments in private companies, public companies, and divisions of public companies, with transaction values ranging from $30 million to $2.0 billion.