Lisa Shalett Keynotes Digital FSI Transformation and FSI Transformation Assembly

Posted on December 19, 2016 by milladmin

Lisa Shalett Keynotes Digital FSI Transformation Assembly

Lisa Shalett, retired Goldman Sachs Partner, Keynotes the 2017 Digital FSI Transformation and FSI Transformation Assembly!

NEW YORK, December 19, 2016 – The Millennium Alliance is incredibly honored to introduce Lisa Shalett, Retired Partner at Goldman Sachs, as the opening keynote speaker at our Digital FSI Transformation and FSI Transformation Assembly taking place February 8-9, 2017 at The Ritz-Carlton in Amelia Island, FL. You won’t want to miss what she has to say!

The FSI Transformation Assembly will bring together North America’s most prominent technology and business leaders from all major financial services and insurance organizations. While financial services and insurance CIOs will deal with many challenges in the coming year, one particular technological challenge raises to the top-dealing with the complexity of data. The massive explosion in data is creating unprecedented manageability issues for firms around the world that can be linked to the following factors: expanding customer touch points, emerging types of structured and unstructured data, new customer engagement and social media platforms, rising data security, and controlling the overall data volume. As this takes high precedence, IT leaders need to understand the convergence of mobile, social, and cloud to stay ahead of the competition. This premier gathering will address the most important marketing/business priorities of 2016/2017 and identify new opportunities to lead a marketing transformation. Through a cutting edge program designed by the industry for the industry, we will provide the freshest and most up-to-date insight that will help move your organization to the next level. A series of executive education roundtables, keynote presentations, educational workshops and networking sessions will offer industry-specific topics and trends to ensure your company sustains its competitive advantage.

The Digital FSI Transformation Assembly will bring together North America’s most prominent most prominent digital, marketing, technology, and business leaders from the Financial Service industry. CEOs around the world are anticipating a highly complex marketing environment over the next few years; this makes the CMO and CDO more important than ever before. The digital revolution has forever changed the balance of power between individual consumers and brands. CMOs and CDOs especially know that there is an explosion of information that is creating the digital enterprise. In addition, a CMO having an understanding that social media is the key channel for engaging with customers and knowing how to measure those results is what will help their organizations stay ahead of the competition.

This premier gathering will address the most important digital marketing at IT business priorities of 2017 and identify new opportunities to lead a digital transformation. Through a cutting edge program designed by the industry, for the industry, we will provide the freshest and most up-to-date insight that will help move your organization to the next level. A series of executive education roundtables, keynote presentations, educational workshops and networking sessions will offer industry-specific topics and trends to ensure your company sustains its competitive advantage.

About Lisa Shalett

Lisa Shalett is a retired Goldman Sachs Partner, who now advises and invests in early stage companies and serves on public and private company boards. Over her 20-year Goldman career, Lisa held senior leadership roles in 5 divisions, worked in 2 regions, led revenue-producing and revenue-supporting businesses, managed global P&Ls and important client relationships, and helped transform the way Goldman communicates with its key stakeholders. Most recently, Lisa was Global Head of Brand Marketing & Digital Strategy in the Executive Office, managing Goldman’s brand during the financial crisis, as a change agent and innovator. Prior to that, she was Global COO of Compliance, Legal and Internal Audit, and before that led International Equities sales and trading, leveraging her Japan background. She currently serves on the boards of Brookfield Property Partners (NYSE: BPY) and PerformLine, the leading marketing compliance SaaS platform. For 12 months she “failed” retirement and and joined the executive team at Odyssey, an explosively-growing millennials-focused media platform, as CMO and Advisor, working for its 28-year-old CEO and getting startup experience firsthand.

Lisa focuses on using her considerable, diverse business expertise and operational experience to help startups and non-profit organizations run well, and help large organizations stay innovative. She is known for (and enjoys) connecting people, building brands, and being a sounding board and creative thought partner on issues relating to business models, strategy, digital transformation, leadership, and talent.

Lisa earned her MBA from Harvard Business School, and BA, summa cum laude, in East Asian Studies from Harvard University.

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Henry Chao, Retired CIO & CTO at Centers For Medicare & Medicaid Services, Headlines 2016 Healthcare Payers Transformation Assembly

Posted on September 22, 2016 by milladmin

NEW YORK, September 22^nd, 2016 – The Millennium Alliance is incredibly honored to have Henry Chao, Retired CIO & CTO at Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, as the gala dinner keynote speaker at our upcoming Healthcare Payers Transformation Assembly taking place on December 7^–8, 2016 at The Biltmore Hotel in Miami, FL

Mr. Chao has over 20 years of experience as a Federal government Senior Executive leading national scale implementations of complex healthcare programs. Over the course of his esteemed career in public service formulating strategies and directing the implementation of major programs, Mr. Chao led innovative solution development efforts and delivered technical capabilities for national and state level healthcare initiatives. Mr. Chao fully embraced the role of change agent and effectively managed all facets of product and systems lifecycle to meet go-to-market strategies.

As a Chief Technology Officer he established technical standards and reference architectures for the Medicare and Medicaid programs to promote greater efficiency and responsiveness to key healthcare business processes. As a CIO Mr. Chao optimized secure and efficient data sharing across Federal and State Programs through implementation of a data services hub and built from ground up, a major IT organization to support the Insurance Marketplace under the Affordable Care Act supporting one of the most significant program implementation challenges in the history of healthcare in the US. As a recognized and trusted leader he forged strategic relationships and formed coalitions with government and commercial organizations across the healthcare ecosystem to achieve common policy and business objectives.

ABOUT THE HEALTHCARE PAYERS TRANSFORMATION ASSEMBLY

The Millennium Alliance and its Peer to Peer division is pleased to announce their biannual Healthcare Payers Transformation Assembly taking place on December 7th – December 8th, 2016 at The Biltmore Hotel in Miami, FL. This program has been designed for all of our partners, affiliates, and members to once again gather in our unique format to develop new relationships, collaborate with like-minded peers, and learn cutting edge intelligence to take back home and help tackle the biggest business issues of today.

The Healthcare Payers Transformation Assembly will bring together North America’s most prominent IT and business leaders from the Health Insurance Industry. As we settle into the ACA era, health insurance carriers will need to become more retail-focused as they respond to consumer demand for greater price transparency and cost savings. Businesses must address rapid innovation and competition from non-traditional players, but above all, they must respond to empowered consumers as customer-centric transformation sweeps healthcare. We will be discussing these items in addition to the recent push for new technology services to accompany the demands the ACA will bring.

This premier gathering will address the most important technology/business priorities of 2017 and identify new opportunities to lead a healthcare transformation. Through a cutting edge program designed by the industry, for the industry, we will provide the freshest and most up-to-date insight that will help move your organization to the next level. A series of executive education roundtables, keynote presentations, educational workshops and networking sessions will offer industry-specific topics and trends to ensure your company sustains its competitive advantage.

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Jack Barsky Former Undercover KGB Agent Headlines 2016 Digital Enterprise and Transformational CISO Assembly!

Posted on September 7, 2016 by milladmin

Jack Barsky Former Undercover KGB Agent Headlines 2016 Assembly

Jack Barsky
Former Undercover KGB Agent Headlines 2016 Digital Enterprise and Transformational CISO Assembly!

NEW YORK, September 7^th, 2016 – The Millennium Alliance is incredibly honored to have Jack Barsky, Retired CIO of NRG Energy and Former Undercover KGB Agent, as the gala dinner keynote speaker at our upcoming Digital Enterprise Transformation Assembly and Transformational CISO Assembly taking place on November 10-11, 2016 at the TPC Sawgrass Marriott Golf Resort & Spa.

Jack Barsky is a retired Information Technology executive with over thirty years of experience. During his career he has held management positions, up to and including the role of CIO at a number of Fortune 200 companies such as MetLife, United HealthCare, Prudential, ConEdison, and NRG Energy.

Jack graduated as valedictorian with a Bachelor of Business Administration from Baruch College. He also holds a Master’s Degree in Chemistry from the Friedrich Schiller University, Jena Germany, except in those days he was known as Albrecht Dittrich.

He cut short his university career to join the KGB and came to the US as an undercover agent in 1987. His life story was featured in May of 2015 on CBS 60 Minutes. Jack resides with his wife and daughter in the Atlanta area where he is busy putting the finishing touches on his upcoming book “Deep Undercover”. jackdittrich.com/ | LinkedIn

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Jim Stengel Keynotes Transformational CMO Assembly

Posted on July 19, 2016 by milladmin

Jim Stengel Will Keynote Upcoming Transformational CMO Assembly

Jim Stengel, President & CEO at Jim Stengel Company as well as Former Global Marketing Officer at Procter & Gamble, Keynotes the 2016 Transformational CMO Assembly!

NEW YORK, July 19, 2016 – The Millennium Alliance is incredibly honored to have Jim Stengel, President & CEO at Jim Stengel Company as well as Former Global Marketing Officer at Procter & Gamble, as the opening keynote speaker at our Transformational CMO Assembly taking September 18-20, 2016 at the Four Seasons Resort & Club Dallas in Las Colinas, TX. You won’t want to miss what he has to say!

The Transformational CMO Assembly brings together North America’s most prominent marketing, technology, and business leaders from all major consumer-driven industries. CEOs around the world are anticipating a highly complex marketing environment over the next few years; this makes the CMO more important than ever before. The digital revolution has forever changed the balance of power between individual consumers and brands. CMOs especially know that there is an explosion of information that is creating the digital enterprise. In addition, a CMO having an understanding that social media is the key channel for engaging with customers and knowing how to measure those results is what will help their organizations stay ahead of the competition.

This premier gathering will address the most important marketing/business priorities of 2016/2017 and identify new opportunities to lead a marketing transformation. Through a cutting edge program designed by the industry for the industry, we will provide the freshest and most up-to-date insight that will help move your organization to the next level. A series of executive education roundtables, keynote presentations, educational workshops and networking sessions will offer industry-specific topics and trends to ensure your company sustains its competitive advantage.

About Jim Stengel

Jim Stengel is President/CEO of The Jim Stengel Company, a think tank and consultancy conducting proprietary research, generating thought leadership andapplying an ideals-driven framework to drive business growth in today’s global economy. A prolific writer, speaker and advisor, Jim is the author of Grow: How Ideals Power Growth and Profit at the World’s Greatest Companies. Jim serves as an advisor for Myrian Capital, a private equity firm and Metamorphic Ventures, aventure capital firm. He is also Chairman of the International Advisory Board for in/PACT, an interactive cause-marketing firm. Jim is the former Global Marketing Officer of P&G.

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Dr. Vindell Washington to Deliver Keynote Address at the Healthcare Providers Transformation Assembly

Posted on July 7, 2016 by milladmin

Dr. Vindell Washington to Deliver Upcoming Keynote Address

National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Headlines the October 2016 Healthcare Providers Transformation Assembly!

NEW YORK, July 7, 2016 – The Millennium Alliance is incredibly honored to have Dr. Vindell Washington National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), U.S. Department of Health & Human Services as the gala dinner keynote speaker at the Healthcare Providers Transformation Assembly taking place on October 17th-18th, 2016 at The Ritz-Carlton Amelia Island in Fernandina Beach, FL. You won’t want to miss what he has to say! ‪

The Healthcare Providers Transformation Assembly brings together North America’s most prominent IT and business leaders from Major Health Systems. As we settle into the ACA era, Health Systems will need to become more retail-focused as they respond to consumer demand for greater price transparency and cost savings. Businesses must address rapid innovation and competition from non-traditional players, but above all, they must respond to empowered consumers as customer-centric transformation sweeps healthcare. We will be discussing these items in addition to the recent push for new technology services to accompany the demands the ACA will bring.

About Dr. Vindell Washington

Dr. Vindell Washington is the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and provides high-level executive direction and leadership for ONC programs, operations, and policies and advances key Administration initiatives, such as delivery system reform, the Precision Medicine Initiative, and implementation of the Interoperability Roadmap.

Prior to joining ONC, Dr. Washington served as the President of the Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System (FMOLHS) Medical Group and as the health system’s Chief Medical Information Officer. The FMOL Health System is headquartered in Baton Rouge and has five acute care hospitals and affiliated facilities located throughout Louisiana provide care to 40% of the state’s population.

Dr. Washington’s primary responsibility was to develop and execute ambulatory strategies for the health system with a focus on transforming ambulatory care delivery models. In this role, he led over 500 physicians, advanced practitioners and 1,400 employees in more than 70 care locations throughout Louisiana. Additionally, his responsibilities included quality and process improvement.

He was also the senior accountable executive for information technology for FMOLHS. During his tenure, the health system has been an early adopter of technology including solutions including the integration of medical device information into the electronic health record and the widespread deployment of clinical decision support within the provider documentation workflow. FMOLHS has been recognized as an Information Week Top 500 Company and the institution’s help desk has won the Help Desk Institute best in class award.

Before joining FMOLHS, Dr. Washington served as CEO of Piedmont Healthcare Management Group (PHMG) in Charlotte, North Carolina where he led the development efforts of coding and billing process technologies. PHMG was sold to Anodyne Health, which in turn was acquired by AthenaHealth. Before PHMG, he was president and CEO of Piedmont Emergency Medicine Associates, also located in Charlotte, NC, where he led a 70 provider hospitalist medicine and emergency medicine group.

Dr. Washington received a Bachelor of Science from Pennsylvania State University and a Doctor of Medicine from the University of Virginia. He earned his Master of Science in Healthcare Management from the Harvard University School of Public Health. He is board certified in Emergency Medicine and a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians.

www.healthit.gov | @VindellW | LinkedIn

About the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC)
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is at the forefront of the administration’s health IT efforts and is a resource to the entire health system to support the adoption of health information technology and the promotion of nationwide health information exchange to improve health care. ONC is organizationally located within the Office of the Secretary for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

ONC is the principal federal entity charged with coordination of nationwide efforts to implement and use the most advanced health information technology and the electronic exchange of health information. The position of National Coordinator was created in 2004, through an Executive Order, and legislatively mandated in the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act) of 2009.

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Keynote Panel: Digital Transformation

Posted on June 9, 2016 by milladmin

Announcing Our Dynamic Keynote Panel

Digital Transformation
A dynamic panel of senior level executives will be brought together to deliver the keynote breakfast panel discussion. Moderated by McKinsey & Company’s Partner of Marketing and Sales Practice, David Edelman, this panel will set the tone for Day 2 of the Digital FSI Transformation Assembly!

The keynote panel, “Digital Transformation,” will dive into how businesses around the world are presently engaged in rethinking their marketing, products, and operating models to adapt to changing technologies, media, and customer behavior.

The keynote session takes place on Friday, June 10, from 7:45-8:45am. The Keynote discussion, “Digital Transformation”, will feature:

About McKinsey & Company
McKinsey & Company is a global management consulting firm that serves leading businesses, governments, non governmental organizations, and not-for-profits. We help our clients make lasting improvements to their performance and realize their most important goals. Over nearly a century, we’ve built a firm uniquely equipped to this task.

David Edelman is a global co-leader of McKinsey’s Digital and Marketing & Sales Practices, based in Boston. For more than 20 years, David has specialized in helping marketing executives manage the strategy, organization, and infrastructure transformations required to become “digitally adroit” leaders. From creating digital centers of excellence, to developing marketing technology architecture plans, to redesigning entire go-to-market approaches, he has led work that is both strategic and highly tactical.

Together with the new McKinsey Digital Labs team of designers, developers, and digital analysts, his teams have helped marketers raise their digital traffic volumes, conversion rates, and customer lifetime value. In financial services, he has worked across many lines of business, including credit cards, retail banking, institutional banking, and retirement products.

One of the early leaders of Digitas, a market-leading digital agency, David built the strategy and analytics team, which worked alongside the agency’s creative and technology teams on implementation of large scale digital advertising and web e-commerce programs. Before that, as a partner with The Boston Consulting Group, he pioneered early work at the intersection of marketing and database technology, developing their “Segment of One Marketing” strategy service line, and was a leader in developing their e-commerce practice.

A frequent contributor to leading publications, and a Top 5 LinkedIn Influencer, David has also spoken or participated in panels at many top CMO and industry gatherings. He also sits on the advisory boards of a couple of small agencies and startups in the social and video markets.

About Digital FSI Transformation Assembly
The Digital FSI Transformation program has been designed for all of our partners, affiliates, and members to gather once again in our unique format to develop new relationships, collaborate with like-minded peers, and learn cutting edge intelligence to therefore take back home and help tackle the biggest business issues of today.

This premier gathering will address the most important digital marketing/business priorities of 2016 and identify new opportunities to lead a digital marketing transformation. Through a cutting edge program designed by the industry, for the industry, we will provide the freshest and most up-to-date insight that will help move your organization to the next level. A series of executive education roundtables, keynote presentations, educational workshops and networking sessions will offer industry-specific topics and trends to ensure your company sustains its competitive advantage.

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Susan Avarde will “Connect the “Bits”” at The Digital FSI Assembly!

Posted on May 17, 2016 by milladmin

Susan Avarde Will Keynote The Digital FSI Assembly

Susan Avarde Former Head of Global Brand, Citigroup will “Connect the “Bits”” at The Digital FSI Transformation Assembly!

NEW YORK, May 17^th, 2016 – The Millennium Alliance is incredibly honored to have Susan Avarde Former Head of Global Brand at Citigroup, as the opening keynote speaker at our Digital FSI Transformation Assembly taking place June 9-10, 2016 at The Biltmore Hotel in Miami, FL.

The Digital FSI Transformation Assembly will bring together North America’s most prominent digital, marketing, technology, and business leaders from the Financial Service industry. CEOs around the world are anticipating a highly complex marketing environment over the next few years; this makes the CMO and CDO more important than ever before. The digital revolution has forever changed the balance of power between individual consumers and brands. CMOs and CDOs especially know that there is an explosion of information that is creating the digital enterprise. In addition, a CMO having an understanding that social media is the key channel for engaging with customers and knowing how to measure those results is what will help their organizations stay ahead of the competition.

About Susan Avarde @AvardeSusan

Susan modernizes companies by creating “future-fit” strategies. She has served 20+ companies, in 30+ countries. Most recently she was Head of Global Brand at Citigroup where she provided leadership to Citi’s country CEOs and the regional marketers enterprise-wide.

HBS has written about her work and she has been invited to the White House twice to promote excellence in innovation and design. Her current focus is on how businesses can transform and leverage mega-trends, with particular focus on Millennials, digital and the female economy. She is a TED, Fortune MPW and DLD participant and is a board advisor to various firms covering areas such as; media, tech, marketing, valuation and venture capital investment.

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Greg Stuart Keynotes Digital Transformation Assembly

Posted on May 17, 2016 by milladmin

Greg Stuart CEO, Mobile Marketing Association Keynotes The 2016 Digital Transformation Assembly!

NEW YORK, May 17^th, 2016 – The Millennium Alliance is incredibly honored to have Greg Stuart, CEO at Mobile Marketing Association, as the opening keynote speaker at our Digital Transformation Assembly taking place June 6-7, 2016 at The Biltmore Hotel in Miami, FL. You won’t want to miss what he has to say about what really is the mobile marketing opportunity! ‪

The Digital Transformation Assembly will bring together North America’s most prominent digital, marketing, technology, and business leaders from all major consumer-driven industries. CEOs around the world are anticipating a highly complex marketing environment over the next few years; this makes the CDO more important than ever before. The digital revolution has forever changed the balance of power between individual consumers and brands. CDOs especially know that there is an explosion of information that is creating the digital enterprise. In addition, a CDO having an understanding that social media is the key channel for engaging with customers and knowing how to measure those results is what will help their organizations stay ahead of the competition.

About Greg Stuart @gregstuart

Greg Stuart is the CEO of the Mobile Marketing Association (MMA), the leading global media trade group focused on the burgeoning mobile marketing industry. Over the past four years, Greg has transformed the association, attracting marketing and business leaders across the industry to lock arms and advance the mobile marketing movement. By expanding and evolving the MMA’s core resources, Greg has more than doubled the organization’s revenue, oversees the 800 member companies globally with operations in 12 countries, and works alongside top “mobile-first” brands on the MMA Global Board.

The MMA’s position on mobile marketing, “nothing gets marketers closer to consumers than mobile,” is a testament as to why Greg, a proven business builder, is dedicated to developing mobile as the most powerful channel available to marketers.

While Greg is an expert on mobile marketing, his background expands to include both the traditional and digital arena. He was formerly the CEO of the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), the trade group for interactive advertising and marketing. During his tenure, Greg grew the IAB’s revenue significantly, providing vision and direction to spur the industry to invest $17 billion in Internet advertising, a monumental leap from $6 billion when he first started with the IAB.

With nearly three decades spent in marketing, two of which focused on digital and emerging technology, Greg has worked across the media landscape including roles with Y&R, Sony Online Ventures, Cars.com, Flycast Ad Network that IPO’d in 1999 and advising the CEO’s of two dozen other venture-backed businesses, a group of which have now sold for over $2 billion.

In addition to being a sought after speaker and a member of the National Speakers Association, Greg is an author of What Sticks: Why Most Advertising Fails and How to Guarantee Yours Succeeds, which was recognized by AdAge as the as the No. 1 book of the “10 books you should have read”.

Industry authorities have awarded Greg for his work as a pioneer in emerging media. In 2006, AdAge selected Greg as part of the “10 Who Made Their Mark” and he is a regular contributor to leading publications such as Fast Company for his views on mobile marketing.

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C. WEBB EDWARDS Former Chief Executive Officer & President, Wells Fargo & Company Headlines 2016 FSI Transformation Assembly!

Posted on April 5, 2016 by milladmin

C. Webb Edwards Headlines 2016 FSI Transformation Assembly

NEW YORK, April 5^th, 2016 – The Millennium Alliance is incredibly honored to have Former Chief Executive Officer & President, Wells Fargo & Company, C. Webb Edwards, as the opening keynote speaker at our FSI Transformation Assembly taking place June 13-14, 2016 The Biltmore Hotel in Miami, FL. You won’t want to miss what he has to say! ‪

This premier gathering will address the most important IT and business priorities of 2016 and identify new opportunities to lead IT transformation. Through a cutting edge program designed by the industry for the industry, we will provide the freshest and most up-to-date insight that will help move your organization to the next level. A series of executive education roundtables, keynote presentations, educational workshops and networking sessions will offer industry specific topics and trends to ensure your company sustains competitive advantage.

About C. Webb Edwards

Webb Edwards served as Chief Executive Officer and President of Wells Fargo Services Company from 1998 to 2006. Prior to that he served as an Executive Vice President of Operations Group and Technology of Wells Fargo & Company. His areas of responsibility included the project management office; infrastructure technology operations (network, LAN/desktop, data center, information security, and risk); application development; payment systems strategy and execution; retail phone banks; payment operations for wholesale and retail; consumer loan operations; internal customer service delivery; and enterprise technology and data architecture. This organization had an annual budget of $2.2 billion and 21,000 employees.

Mr. Edwards served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Norwest Technical Services, Inc., a subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company from 1995 to 1998. Edwards was responsible for all decisions related to technology, operations and call centers during the merger of Norwest and Wells Fargo. At the time it was the largest and most successful merger of two large banks.

Prior to the merger with Wells Fargo, Edwards was Executive Vice President of Norwest Corporation and President for Norwest Services, Inc. He joined Norwest after serving as Executive Vice President of Information Services and Operations for First Interstate Bancorp from 1984.

For several years Edwards has been consulting with mid to small size businesses around strategy development, market positioning, technology trends and payments evolution. Additionally he is co founder of Ganart Technologies in Dallas, Texas. Ganart developed software and hardware for providing transactional services to the unbanked and underserved market.

Additionally, he has done speaking engagements with companies on subjects such as Future Technology Trends, Improving Vendor/ Client Relationships, The paradigm shift in payments and businesses brought about by the rapid evolution of telecommunications and technology, Value of Information and Mobile Payments. Some of these include IBM, Cisco, Microsoft, SunGard, Cannon, Allstate, Fiserv, Kofax and Filenet.

He served on the Board of Carreker Corporation and also later consulted with the Board. He has also served on the Board of Minnesota Mutual, Sterling Savings Bank where he served as vice chair of the Audit committee and chair of the Trust committee and the Board of Umpqua Bank.

Edwards began his career with the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta where he managed Operations and Fiscal services.

He has attended Stonier Graduate School of Banking, University of Tennessee Executive Management School, and the Harvard Business School’s Executive Education Program. Edwards did his graduate and post-graduate work in economics and finance at Middle Tennessee State University.

Edwards is a native of Tennessee. He and his wife Cathy currently reside in Malibu, California. They have two children and three grand children.

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HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS 2016 THOUGHT LEADERS

Posted on March 31, 2016 by milladmin

HEAR FROM HEALTHCARE THOUGHT LEADERS AT OUR UPCOMING HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS TRANSFORMATION ASSEMBLY!

Catch top Healthcare thought leaders at our biannual Healthcare Assembly and join the discussion with our eminent authors, academics and industry pioneers!

WE’RE THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE:

Brian Ahier Director Of Standards & Government Affairs Medicity

Don Novo Principal Health Management Associates

Judy Hanover Research Director, Healthcare Provider IT Strategies Practice IDC

Michelle Katz Author, Healthcare Contributor ABC News & “The Doctor’s Show,” Author: Healthcare Made Easy

Pierre Vigilance Associate Dean For Public Health Practice & Associate Professor Of Global Health The George Washington University Milken Institute School Of Public Health

Robin Farmanfarmaian Patient & Medical Technologist and Best Selling Author “The Patient As CEO: How Technology Empowers The Healthcare Consumer”

Scott Lundstrom Group Vice President and General Manager, Financial, Government and Health Insights IDC

“The Healthcare Assembly was really great this year! The thought leadership as well as the involvement from the CMOs, CMIOs, solution providers and some government officials really provided a great opportunity for great discussion, networking and interactive learning from our own community.” Brian Ahier Director Of Standards & Government Affairs at Medicity.

Named by George Washington Public Health Top Healthcare Conferences to Attend in 2016, the Healthcare Providers Assembly takes place from April 17^th to the 19^th at the Four Seasons in Houston, TX.

The Healthcare Providers program is a collaborative effort between our thought leaders and leading healthcare systems such as: Memorial Hermann Health System, Cedars-Sinai Health System, Sharp Healthcare, and Geisinger Health System.