Founder & CEO
David Tyler
Executive leadership when experience, judgment and execution matter most.
Accountability for outcomes.
David is a healthcare executive, entrepreneur and advisor with more than 30 years of experience leading organizations through defining moments.
His career spans permanent and interim CEO roles, public company leadership, entrepreneurship and private equity, M&A and integration, complex carve-outs, and national professional services leadership.
His roles have included National Managing Principal, Healthcare at Grant Thornton, interim CEO, regional president, CFO, transformation and transaction leader, PE sponsor and board member.
He founded One5 to bring experienced leadership, independent judgment and disciplined execution to organizations when the stakes are high.
Perspective in practice
Sharing experience. Advancing the discussion.
Selected executive & transition leadership
Experience across the executive agenda.
National Managing Principal, Healthcare — Grant Thornton
Led the national healthcare practice across consulting, audit and tax, serving more than 1,200 healthcare clients. Achieved 17% organic revenue CAGR from 2020–2025.
Co-Founder & CEO — RecoverDebt.com
Developed a fintech platform for receivables management, with a healthcare application. Led the company from formation through private equity investment and sale to a strategic buyer.
Interim CEO
Assignments included a PE-backed employer-sponsored health benefits company and a southeastern health plan. During one permanent CEO search, maintained operating momentum and began priority cost-reduction work, giving the incoming leader a stronger foundation and reducing the political burden of initiating difficult changes.
Regional Vice President — Advance Health Corporation
Held a regional executive role at a publicly traded healthcare company.
Merger advisory & integration planning
Supported the merger of a West Coast academic medical center with a $4B health system, from the initial joint board meeting through negotiation and transaction integration planning.
Health plan acquisition advisory
Led the advisory team for a health plan’s acquisition of a 16-facility health system, including transaction strategy, financial projections and regulatory approval, followed by five years of state regulatory reporting.
Carve-out leader
Led the carve-out of a three-hospital system from a $6B regional health system and transition to an academic medical center.
Board & governance
Leadership beyond the engagement.
Board Chair
Honduras Outreach International
Serves as Board Chair of HOI, supporting sustainable community development in rural Honduras through healthcare, education, agriculture and community programs. Its four rural medical clinics serve approximately 16,000 patients annually.
Board Member & Finance Committee Chair
Youth Villages
Serves on the board and chairs the Finance Committee of a nationally recognized nonprofit operating across 30 states and serving more than 50,000 children, young adults and families annually. Youth Villages has received White House recognition for its results-oriented approach, and its leadership and governance have been featured in a Harvard Business School case study. Also serves on the Strategic Planning and Audit & Risk Committees.