Kentucky-Based Waystar Appoints Alpana Wegner as Chief Financial Officer

Wegner joins the company to support its continued growth and strengthen the value of its healthcare payment platform. She brings decades of experience in growing technology businesses, improving operations, and creating value at publicly traded companies.

Alpana Wegner will succeed Steve Oreskovich, who has served as Waystars Chief Financial Officer for the past eight years. Oreskovich is stepping down from the role for personal reasons. He will remain with the company as an advisor until 15 June 2027, to help ensure a smooth leadership transition.

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Alpana Wegner brings more than 25 years of experience in finance and business leadership. She has served as Chief Financial Officer at several publicly traded companies.

Most recently, she was CFO of Integral Ad Science. She also previously served as CFO of Secureworks and Benefitfocus and held senior finance leadership roles at the cloud software company Blackbaud.

"Following a robust national search, we are excited to welcome Alpana Wegner to Waystar," said Matt Hawkins, Chief Executive Officer of Waystar. Alpana is a proven financial leader growing public technology companies, demonstrating operational excellence and expanding profitability. As we extend the reach of our platform and bring the autonomous revenue cycle to life she will be an excellent guide for our finance organization with a focus on capitalizing on the significant opportunities ahead."

"Steve has served as a trusted partner in driving Waystar's long-term growth across major financial milestones, including our successful initial public offering. We are grateful he will advise the company during this transition, and we wish him the best in his next chapter," said Hawkins.

About Waystar

Waystar develops healthcare payment software that helps healthcare providers simplify payments, improve financial performance and focus more on patient care. The company serves more than 30,000 clients including over 1 million healthcare providers and many of the top hospitals in the United States. Its platform processes more than 7.5 billion healthcare payment transactions every year.

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