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Park Broome, Commercial Account Executive, Florida Commerce Credit Union
Park has been a Commercial Account Executive with the Florida Commerce Credit Union since 2007. In this position, Park works to impacting the community by assisting local businesses with their commercial banking and lending needs. Park and Florida Commerce understand that a business is not “just a small business” when it’s their client’s business and they work with their clients to develop a financial relationship to fit their needs. For the past 70 years, Florida Commerce has been a strong, member-owned financial cooperative with assets of over $300 million and more than 35,000 members. Florida Commerce was one the only community based financial institutions that made it out of 2009 without a loss. Florida Commerce is well positioned to serve the business community with competitive rates and products and money to lend.
John Butler, Partner & CTO, Über Operations
As a “creative problem solver”, John brings more than 20 years of IT consulting experience to every engagement. Health care information technology, specifically data integration, has been his focus for over 10 years. His experience includes all industry standards including HL7 messaging, X12 HIPAA billing, physician/community portals, Electronic Medical Records, and Enterprise Master Person Indexes. With a working knowledge of all major Data Integration tool sets and certifications from the industry leaders his knowledge is extensive and has been thoroughly vetted. He is also a Partner at Uber Operations, where he has implemented technology tools to grow the company during these challenging economic and competitive times.
Jeff Couch, Managing Partner, Über Operations
Jeff Couch is an Integration Consultant, founder and Managing Partner of Uber Operations, award winning health care IT services company in Tallahassee, FL. A 1999 graduate of the Florida State University, Jeff has worked in health care IT and data integration for over 10 years. Jeff has worked with public health and private hospital clients implementing enterprise solutions. He is a frequent speaker and award winning integration engineer.
Zach Finn, Vice President, Avocare; Project Director, Big Bend RHIO; HIE Consultant
Zach Finn is the Vice President of Avocare, a Tallahassee based Health IT company, where he has been focused on Health Information Exchange and Regional Health Information Organization software and business since 2005. Currently he is the Project Director of Big Bend RHIO, the largest active HIE in the Southeast with over 475,000 unique patients in the system and processing over 450,000 new messages a month. Additionally, he is the HIE consultant for Tampa Bay RHIO, Gulf Coast HIE, and the Health Network of the Palm Beaches. His work in the HIE/RHIO field is from “soup to nuts” and his expertise ranges from fostering social capital with community healthcare leaders to technical system architecture implementation to grant acquisition and management to developing service based business models. His personal vision for HIE in Florida is one of Economically Sustainable, Connected Healthcare Communities that allow a higher quality of patient care at a lower cost. Prior to becoming involved in Health IT Mr. Finn has a background of 10 years of professional experience that includes database administration and data warehousing, software development, system design & requirements gathering, project management for complex information technology projects, as well as business development and account management for governmental and private clients.
Felipe Korzenny, Ph.D., Professor and Director of the Center for Hispanic Marketing Communication at Florida State University
Dr. Korzenny joined Florida State University in the Fall of 2003. Until then he was Principal and Co-Founder of Cheskin. At Florida State University he founded and directs the first Center for Hispanic Marketing Communication in the United States. This Center prepares students to serve the Hispanic marketing industry, conducts research projects, and produces publications to further the understanding of Hispanic consumer behavior: http://hmc.comm.fsu.edu. [MORE...]
Dr.Jerry Osteryoung, Director of Outreach Services, Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship, Florida State University
Dr. Osteryoung is the Director of Outreach Services of the Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship in the College of Business at Florida State University, the Jim Moran Professor of Entrepreneurship (Emeritus); and Professor of Finance (Emeritus). He was the founding Executive Director of the Jim Moran Institute and served in that position from 1995 through 2008 and has taught at FSU for over 34 years. [More...]
Jose A. Marquez-Leon, National President-CEO, Latinos in Information Sciences and Technology Association (LISTA)
Jose A. Marquez-Leon is the National President, CEO, and Founder of Latinos in Information Sciences and Technology Association (LISTA). In this role he serves as lead advocate on state and federal issues related to the role of Latinos in the technology sector. He is also charged with coordinating organization-wide strategic planning for LISTA initiatives as well as executive director of twelve LISTA Tech Council nationwide. A 20 year veteran of the telecommunications industry Jose Marquez has held various senior positions from implementation and sales engineering to channel development and internet policy, at companies such as Sprint, MCI, AT&T Global Crossing and Mi8.
Eduardo Gonzalez Loumiet, MBA, P.M.P., Managing Director, Über Operations
Eduardo is an award-winning information technology expert, mentor, recognized speaker, and Managing Director of Über Operations, a leading health care technology company. Eduardo plays a critical role in the continued development of the company’s strategic growth, including partnership and supplier relationships, ensuring flexibility and growth in response to an increasingly demanding marketplace. Prior to joining Über Operations, Eduardo served as Project Manager at Stanford International Bank in Antigua, West Indies. Eduardo, a Cuban-American born in Miami, Florida, earned a bachelor’s in Finance and Computer Information Systems from Loyola University and an Executive MBA from the University of Miami, where he was the recipient of the Recognized Student of the Year Award.
Claudia Marchena, CEO, Marchena Translations
Claudia Marchena is a local entrepreneur that has been in the translations business for over ten years. She is currently doing translations for businesses in Florida, Georgia, New Jersey, and New York. She is also a paralegal at a law firm in Tallahassee. Claudia Marchena was born and raised in Colombia, South America. After graduating from a bilingual high school in Bogotá, Colombia, Marchena came to the United States to improve her spoken English at the Evans Institute in Los Angeles, California. [More...]
Shane Molinari, P.M.P., President, Molinari Technical Solutions
Shane Molinari, President of Molinari Technical Solutions, is a leading expert consultant in Strategic Planning for science and technology organizations. Besides a Master’s in Science, his credentials include professional certifications in Project Management, Six Sigma Master Black Belt, and IT Service Management. His works have been published in the Department of Defense and state government agencies. His most recent publication describes the integration of best practices to ensure program and project success. His company has also sponsored formal and professional education for numerous individuals and schools.
Brian Ramos, Chief Brand Strategist, ThinkCreative
As a partner in ThinkCreative since 1997, Brian leads the firm’s branding and strategic planning initiatives. His core competencies include branding and identity development, visual communication, applied marketing consulting, and developing marketing partnerships to leverage client budgets. At his core lies a belief that an idea is only as good as one that can be implemented. He possesses the unique ability to harness both sides of his brain for robust and thorough branding execution. Brian stresses a team approach to branding and marketing effectiveness, rallying not only agency staff..but unifying efforts between the agency, client staff and other partners. [More...]
Chris Workman, CPA, MBA, Florida A&M University, Small Business Development Center
Chris is a business counselor at the FAMU Small Business Development Center. Over the past five years, he has advised approximately one thousand clients on business issues ranging from start-up to shut down. He also consults with members of The Incubator at Innovation Park. Chris has more than twenty years experience in owning small businesses and, with his wife, Carla, currently operates Workman Properties LLC and Long Term Care Insurance Advisors in Tallahassee.