# David Winn

> David Winn is the physician founder and former CEO and chairman of Austin-based software company eMDs. He founded the business in 1996, publicly endorsed the Agile Manifesto in 2005, and retired in connection with its 2015 acquisition by Marlin Equity Partners and combination with MDeverywhere.

- **Role:** Physician, software entrepreneur, and former executive
- **Organizations:** eMDs
- **Education:** Bachelor’s degree, University of Texas, Medical degree, Baylor College of Medicine
- **Known for:** Founded eMDs in 1996 and served as CEO and chairman., Led eMDs during its recognition as a 2006 ACG Austin corporate growth award finalist., Publicly endorsed Agile development and stated support for sharing software components with the open source community in 2005.

## Career timeline

- **1996** — Founded e-MDs, now styled eMDs.
- **2001** — Published the business case article Leaving Money on the Table? as e-MDs founder, president and CEO.
- **2005** — Added an independent signature and software development statement to the Agile Manifesto signatories page in the February 9-28 batch.
- **2006** — e-MDs was one of four finalists for an ACG Austin corporate growth award; Winn commented on winner Motion Computing.
- **2008** — Stepped down as CEO while remaining chairman; said he planned to expand philanthropic endeavors.
- **2012** — Resumed the CEO post while serving as founder and chairman.
- **2014** — Profiled as founder, CEO and board chairman of e-MDs in Austin Business Journal.
- **2015** — Retirement announced with Marlin Equity Partners’ acquisition of e-MDs and its merger with MDeverywhere.

## Achievements

- Founded eMDs in 1996 and served as CEO and chairman.
- Led eMDs during its recognition as a 2006 ACG Austin corporate growth award finalist.
- Publicly endorsed Agile development and stated support for sharing software components with the open source community in 2005.
- Led eMDs into its 2015 acquisition by Marlin Equity Partners and combination with MDeverywhere.

## Latest updates

- **2015-04** — Corum’s April 13 transaction announcement described Winn’s retirement as e-MDs was acquired by Marlin Equity Partners and merged with MDeverywhere.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-winn-9a31aa4

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