Tammy Hawes

Tammy Hawes is CEO and Founder of Virsys12, an award-winning, rapidly growing Salesforce Silver Consulting Partner focused on healthcare innovation nationwide. Hawes launched Virsys12 in 2011, with a track record of more than 25 years of executive success.

Prior to establishing Virsys12, Hawes’s career trajectory had taken her in and out of the healthcare industry as she rose through the ranks at HCA, Theraphysics and Behavioral Healthcare (now Ardent). She previously served in CIO and CTO roles for organizations including Central Parking Systems, Paradigm Health and Axis Accounting. She also held executive roles with SSR and Primex Wireless.

Under Hawes’s leadership, Virsys12 has received numerous awards, including the 2013 NEXT Award for Technology Start-Up from the Nashville Chamber of Commerce and Nashville Entrepreneur Center. In 2016, Hawes was named a member of the Nashville Health Care Council’s Fellows Initiative and one of four “Most Powerful Women in Technology” by the Nashville Post.

“Making complex processes simple and effective for our clients so they accelerate their success fuels my energy,” Hawes says. “I will not be content until we are healthcare’s #1 partner for technology.”

The Mississippi native received a BS degree in Computer Science from East Tennessee State University.