Sears joins CodeRyte management team

CodeRyte, a provider of computer-assisted coding and clinical data extraction technologies, has added George Sears to its management team as vice president of business development.

For eight years, Sears served as vice president of sales for 3M Health Information Systems, where he grew the company’s health information management and revenue cycle product portfolios, according to the Bethesda, Md.-based CodeRyte. Prior to that role, Sears served as 3M’s national sales manager.

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