Last month, Healthways announced Robert E. Dries has been named executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective August 22. Dries succeeded Alfred Lumsdaine, who is expected to join Sharecare, Inc. in October 2016 in connection with the previously announced sale of Healthways' total population health services business to Sharecare, will stay through September to assist in the transition.

Dries joins Healthways after serving in a variety of executive financial roles throughout his 27-year career. Most recently, he served as senior vice president, financial operations of Omnicare, Inc., a leading provider of pharmaceutical care for senior populations and a subsidiary of CVS Health Corporation. Dries is a graduate of the University of Kentucky and a certified public accountant.