Former Epic executive joins Cylerity as the company accelerates its emergence as a next-generation healthcare finance platform

MADISON, Wis. — Cylerity today announced that Drew McCombs has joined the company as Chief Technology Officer and Chief Information Security Officer, further strengthening the company’s leadership team as it scales innovative financial infrastructure for healthcare.

McCombs, based in Madison, Wisconsin, brings nearly two decades of experience building, securing, and leading mission-critical technology platforms within some of healthcare’s most demanding environments. His appointment marks a significant milestone for Cylerity as the company continues its evolution from an emerging fintech innovator into a platform positioned to help redefine how healthcare organizations access capital, manage financial performance, and unlock growth.

Throughout his career, McCombs has held senior leadership positions spanning cloud infrastructure, enterprise analytics, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, privacy, and regulatory compliance. His experience includes executive leadership roles at Epic, one of the most influential healthcare technology companies in the world, where he helped oversee technologies relied upon by thousands of healthcare organizations and millions of patients.

At Cylerity, McCombs will lead technology strategy, platform architecture, information security, and product innovation. His focus will include expanding the scalability and resilience of Cylerity’s core platform while accelerating the development of advanced analytics, intelligent automation, and AI-enabled capabilities that create measurable financial value for healthcare organizations.

“Every industry experiences moments when legacy systems can no longer keep pace with the demands placed upon them,” said Ryan Wheeler, Chief Executive Officer of Cylerity. “Healthcare finance has reached that moment. Providers need faster access to capital, greater financial intelligence, and technology that responds in real time to the realities of modern healthcare operations.”

“Building that future requires exceptional people. Drew has spent his career leading technology platforms that operate at enormous scale, under rigorous security requirements, and in environments where reliability is non-negotiable. The fact that a leader of his caliber sees the opportunity in Cylerity reflects both the strength of our vision and the magnitude of the problem we are solving. His addition significantly accelerates our ability to build a defining platform for healthcare finance.”

McCombs joins Cylerity at a time of increasing demand for technology-enabled financial solutions that help healthcare organizations improve liquidity, navigate complexity, and operate with greater confidence. His experience operating at the intersection of healthcare, security, analytics, and enterprise technology will help guide Cylerity through its next phase of growth and innovation.

“The most meaningful opportunities often emerge where large industries have accepted unnecessary constraints as normal,” said McCombs. “Healthcare organizations continue to face significant financial friction despite generating extraordinary amounts of operational and reimbursement data. Cylerity is building a platform that transforms that data into financial opportunity. The combination of mission, market, team, and vision creates an exceptional opportunity to build something that can have a lasting impact across healthcare. I’m excited to help shape what comes next.”

The appointment also reflects Cylerity’s continued investment in building a leadership team capable of operating at enterprise scale while preserving the speed, focus, and innovation that have defined the company’s growth.

By combining healthcare expertise, financial infrastructure, advanced analytics, and intelligent automation, Cylerity is creating a new category of responsive financial resources designed specifically for healthcare organizations. The company enables providers to access capital more efficiently, improve financial performance, and make faster, better-informed decisions in an increasingly complex healthcare environment.