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April Cleek and Jennifer Oelenberger of EHR Concepts

EHR Concepts

April Cleek /President & CEO of EHR Concepts

Prior to founding EHR Concepts in 2008, April worked globally implementing Electronic Health Records solutions, adapting EHR software to each client’s specific needs and each user’s learning process. Her proven healthcare IT implementation/ consulting processes form the foundation of EHR Concepts, which is still dedicated to treating each client as if they were the only one – relying on a unique consulting approach that helps clients utilize EHR applications to their fullest potential.

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Jennifer Oelenberger / Director of Operations & Account Management  EHR Concepts

Jennifer has twelve years of experience in healthcare, with specific expertise in complex IT implementations. Her understanding of healthcare operations and clinical knowledge enable us to place the consultants that best fit our clients’ needs. Jennifer acts as our knowledge ambassador and interacts with our clients to ensure that our projects run smoothly. She also serves as Community Relations Chair on the Allscripts Eastern Regional Users Group (ERUG) board.

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Tai Anderson of Syrup Marketing

Tai Anderson

Tai Anderson / Syrup Marketing

After a 20 year career developing lifelong fans for a multi-Grammy award-winning entertainment brand, Tai brings an insatiable passion in helping businesses create champions to Syrup.  Whether meeting with a tech startup or an established business, Tai offers fresh insights to better serve your customers at every phase of their relationship with your company.

When not growing businesses, Tai can be found on the sidelines or in the stands cheering on one of his 6 children in their sporting events and activities.

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Martina Stellmaszek of the German American Chamber of Commerce and Don Nicholson of DEKRA North America

Martina Stellmaszek

Martina Stellmaszek / German American Chamber of Commerce

Martina Stellmaszek is originally from Munich, Germany. She has a double degree in Business Administration from the European School of Business in Reutlingen, Germany and the Universidad Pontificia Comillas in Madrid, Spain, and earned her MBA from Emory University’s Goizueta Business School in Atlanta, GA in 2011.

Since joining the German American Chamber of Commerce of the Southern U.S. (GACC South) in 2004, Martina has held various roles. She became Director of Consulting Services in 2008 and Vice President in 2010. She was appointed President & CEO by the Board of Directors effective March 1, 2012. Martina also serves as the Chapter Director of the Atlanta Warburg Chapter of the American Council on Germany.

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Donald Nicholson / DEKRA North America, Inc.

Donald O. Nicholson is President and Chief Executive Officer of DEKRA North America.  DEKRA is one of the world’s leading expert organizations, with more than 35,000 employees in more than 50 countries committed to helping companies ensure long-term safety, at home, at work and on the road.  In 2014, DEKRA generated sales totaling approximately $3 billion.

Nicholson has over 20 years of strategic planning, business development, project management, and leadership experience in the safety and quality assurance industry.  Prior to joining DEKRA as President and CEO, he was Vice President of TUV SUD North America, an international service corporation focusing on consulting, testing, certification, and training.  Prior to TUV SUD he began his career at Intertek Testing Services, a leading provider of laboratory testing, research, inspection and consulting services for global industry, markets and institutions where he served as Vice President.

Nicholson holds a degree in electrical engineering technologies from the State University of New York at Alfred.

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Patrick Renn of Renn Wealth Management Group & Jonathan Wilfong of Focus Investment Banking

Patrick Renn

Patrick Renn / The Renn Wealth Management Group

Pat Renn is a financial professional that has been cited in ABC, NBC, FOX, and CBS for his work in wealth management.

Pat is Founder & President ofThe Renn Wealth Management Group, Inc. He is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional with over 40 years experience  providing wealth  management  strategies to individuals, their families  &   charities.

He has been President of the Georgia Society of the Institute of Certified Financial Planners & President of the Georgia Chapter of the International Association for Financial Planning. He is a member of the Society of Financial Service Professionals, the Atlanta Estate Planning Council and the Georgia Planned Giving Council. He is a graduate of Villanova University and holds an MBA from Loyola College.

He has served on the Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School Board and chaired their Endowment Funds Committee. Pat chaired the Cathedral of St. Philip Endowment Funds and is a trustee of the Alliance for Christian Media Endowment. He chaired the   Georgia Special Olympics Board and served on the Schenk School Board.

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Jonathan Wilfong / Focus Investment Banking, LLC

Jonathan E. Wilfong, a FOCUS Partner, has over forty five years of broad industry experience in mergers and acquisitions, business development, and capital formation. Mr. Wilfong has participated in over 100 transactions, as intermediary or principal. In his capacity as business advisor he participated in numerous capital formation and merger and acquisition activities that aggregated in excess of $500 million.

Prior to joining FOCUS, Mr. Wilfong was the Senior Managing Director of The March Group, LLC, a private investment banking firm headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. While at March he completed a number of successful merger and acquisition engagements for middle market companies in the chemical, oilfield and wellhead supply, equipment manufacturing and healthcare industries. Some of the more significant transactions he participated in are Verify Solutions, Alliance Healthcare, Excelsior Medical, Control Devices, Drain All, VeenendaalCave, SBC Systems and Encore Construction among others.

Mr. Wilfong was a founder and co-founder of two physician practice management companies, OrthAlliance and the Plastic Surgery Company. In founding these companies Mr. Wilfong raised over $5 million in Regulation D offerings and negotiated the acquisition of over 75 medical practices. Both of these companies completed successful initial public offerings with a combined market capitalization in excess of $125 million at the IPO date.

In addition, he was a co-founder of Ouch.com; an Internet-based medical supply superstore. During his tenure as president and chief executive officer, he recruited an experienced management team, managed the development of a web site that offered over 65,000 items and initiated and implemented strategic alliances with several significant medical associations including the Orthopaedic Foundation of America.

In 1970, Mr. Wilfong joined Price Waterhouse, LLP and from 1983 through 1995 he served as a Partner with that firm, including 5 years as an office managing partner. During his tenure at Price Waterhouse Mr. Wilfong served as a business advisor to numerous clients, many with global operations, in a wide spectrum of industries including media, transportation, manufacturing and distribution, consumer packaging and products, healthcare and retail.

Mr. Wilfong, a CPA, received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree from East Carolina University and participated in the Executive Program at the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University.

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