Rick Laymance is a seasoned technology executive and VP of Engineering with 25+ years of hands-on experience building scalable SaaS and EMR platforms and currently leading R&D for MedSuite's healthcare portfolio. He has a strong track record of scaling engineering organizations—managing teams of 50+ developers, offshoring initiatives, and driving cost and reliability improvements across cloud migrations (Azure to AWS) and auto-scaling architectures. A pragmatic architect and former founder (Laymance Technologies), he has built high-traffic e-commerce systems and multiple proprietary SaaS products including an EMR used by specialty practices. Rick blends operational IT expertise (network migrations, virtualization, security) with product-focused delivery, regularly presenting technical strategy to executive leadership. Based in Knoxville, TN, he pairs a developer’s craft with executive-level planning and an eye for reducing run-time costs while improving product stability.
9 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Organizational Management, Organizational Management at Tusculum University
Bachelor of Science (BS) Information Technology, Bachelor of Science (BS) Information Technology at Western Governors University
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