Verlan Stephens

Verlan Stephens has over 25 years experience in creating, developing and managing exceptionally successful projects throughout the entire product lifecycle. He has specific strengths in the compilation, management and analysis of large databases. He is an excellent problem solver, particularly in employing cost effective solutions to business and customer problems.

Verlan has held senior management positions in a number of highly successful companies. Most recently he was Director of Information Technology and Database Compilation for Quality Education Data, a Scholastic company. He had responsibility for computer systems, software development and compilation of QED's National Education Database. He was directly responsible for improving the quality of the QED databases while simultaneously lowering the costs.

Prior to QED, Verlan served as the Vice President of Development of Codecorrect, a medical information company. CodeCorrect was twice named to the INC 500 list of fastest growing privately held companies. Verlan has more than two decades of increasingly complex responsibilities in providing information technology solutions and a wealth of experience in creating, developing and managing new product development.

Prior to joining CodeCorrect, he was Director of Information Technology for a national non-profit organization, the Arabian Horse Registry of America. His other experience includes serving as Director of Information Systems at Health Decisions International (a subsidiary of WebMD) and Director of Operations and Product Management at IHS Health Information (a subsidiary of IHS Group).

Mr. Stephens earned a Bachelor of Science, with Honors, in Mathematics with emphasis in Computer Science from Boise State University.