About Us

We know healthcare. Financial software solutions built by healthcare professionals for healthcare professionals

What We Do

Harris Affinity is a comprehensive healthcare decision support solution that combines financial, clinical and patient activity information to help hospitals and health systems understand patient costs, reimbursement and profitability.

Who We Are

For more than 35 years, our singular mission has been to deliver data-driven insights that empower healthcare providers to make critical, evidence-informed decisions that optimize care delivery and financial performance.

Meet Our Leadership Team

Portfolio Leader & Senior Executive Vice President

Executive Vice President

Vice President, Research and Development

Vice President, Professional Services

Vice President, Sales & Marketing

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Tim Fitzgerald

Portfolio Leader & Senior Executive Vice President

With over 9 years tenure at Harris, Tim is an experienced business leader and senior executive who is focused on leadership development, strategy, profitable capital deployment and creating enduring organizations via Harris’ proprietary Operational Excellence Framework. Skilled at navigating through complex organizational and market challenges that lead to stronger products, services, cohesive teams and financial performance, Tim is passionate about building & leading successful teams and improving business performance.

Prior to joining Harris Computer Corporation in 2013, Tim worked for software solution providers across multiple industries with a focus on driving growth, improving operational efficiency, and increasing customer and employee retention.

Tim holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Dayton, a J.D. from Duquesne University School of Law and has completed the Workplace Mental Health certificate program from Queen’s University.

Roberta-Gall-Shuagis

Executive Vice President

Roberta has over 25 years in the Healthcare software industry with various roles from Professional Services, Operations, Mergers and Acquisitions, and Operational Excellence. Combined with her financial and clinical experiences, she values patient outcomes along with working to stabilize of healthcare organizations. Her focus is to build top-talent teams to provide the best customer service and drive growth.

As the Executive Vice President of Harris Affinity Decision Support, Roberta is responsible for overseeing the overall operations and strategic direction of the Healthcare software product.

Roberta holds a B.S in Health-Related Professions and Education from the University of Pittsburgh and a Master’s in Health Sciences from Saint Francis University.

Andrew Azzinaro ​

Vice President, Research and Development

Andrew is an accomplished technology leader with more than 25 years of technology and software engineering experience. Andrew’s career history includes executive-level product and program management, quality assurance and testing leadership, solution architecture and software development, project management, and team leadership.

Prior to joining Affinity Decision Support, Andrew was responsible for leading multiple teams to deliver highly scalable, mission-critical public safety software solutions that are in use at several local, state, and federal agencies throughout the United States through his work with the Harris Public Sector division.

Andrew received his B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Rhode Island and is a trained Emergency Medical Technician and a Level B Athletics Coach

Penny Weeks

Vice President, Professional Services

As a senior executive experienced in successfully leading complex operations and long-term projects in multiple sectors, especially healthcare, Penny is a recognized thought leader who fosters client engagement to provide innovation and advancement of healthcare information management throughout the healthcare system. She has also provided strategic direction and leadership for the development and implementation of Ontario’s provincial case costing initiative. Penny earned her MBA from the University of Toronto.

Brian McCarthy

Vice President, Sales & Marketing

Brian is a sales and marketing executive with more than 20 years of experience designing and executing revenue strategies for software and innovative solutions companies ranging from start-ups to large global organizations. Brian has more than 10 years of experience and dedicated service in the healthcare sector and has spent much of his career helping organizations gain visibility and insights that empower them to make critical financial and strategic decisions.

Steven Place

 Vice President, Support Services

Steven Place has been working with the Affinity Decision Support team since 2018. Steven has worked in various customer support environments for over 40 years. During this timeframe he has been involved in all aspects of application software, including development, quality assurance, installation, training and product management. Prior to joining the Decision Support Team, he spent the last 25 years exclusively in Hospital RCM Environments. He worked across multiple patient care departments throughout the hospital, coordinating all aspects of the application software experience. Responsibilities included everything from managing the installation, data conversion, report customization, training, software updates and post installation support. As the Vice President Support Services for the Affinity Decision Support team, Steven is responsible for managing the client experience including assisting with coordinating outsourcing projects, system conversions, application updates, new implementations and third party licensing. Steven has a BS from Robert Morris University in Pittsburgh, PA where he graduated Magna Cum Laude.