David Metcalfe

About David

David joined the NextGen Healthcare leadership team as our chief technology officer and executive vice president, effective February 1, 2016. He brings 30 years of experience, including with leading large, global, cross-functional teams and developing, delivering, and supporting enterprise software solutions, having worked in the health IT (HIT) industry for the past 11 years.

Previously, David served as the vice president of Research and Development at Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD), a leading worldwide medical technology company. Prior to BD, he was the vice president of Product Development at CareFusion Corp., a global medical technology company that aids healthcare institutions in improving the safety and quality of care, until 2015, which was when BD acquired CareFusion. David has served in a variety of roles throughout his extensive career, most notably as the vice president of Development at Allscripts, a provider of HIT solutions, and the director of Software Engineering at Hill-Rom IT Solutions, a leading worldwide manufacturer and provider of medical technologies and related services for the healthcare industry.

David earned a bachelor of science (with honors) in Instrumentation and Control Engineering from Teesside University in England.