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Marilyn Teplitz, MT (ASCP), MBA, FHIMSS

Principal

Marilyn has more than twenty-five years of experience in strategic marketing, marketing communications, operations, product development and customer service for U.S. and international markets in software, healthcare, legal and high tech industries.

Marilyn's expertise is in marketing strategy, product management and the commercialization of software products. She focuses on results and understands how to integrate sales, marketing and product development into a cohesive strategy to increase revenues.

Marilyn has held senior management positions in healthcare, semiconductor, software, and call center industries where she was responsible for bringing new products to market in the US and internationally as well as extending the product life cycle of mature products, representing over $300 million in revenues. She has also been responsible for implementation and customer support for companies ranging from $25 million to $4 billion. These positions have included senior vice president with Catholic Healthcare West/Shared Business Services, senior vice president of marketing and customer service with a $30 million software company (now part of McKesson), marketing manager and manager of software business development with Motorola, and senior manager with Ernst & Young (now Cap Gemini).

Marilyn holds a BS in Biology from Cleveland State University, a Medical Technology degree from Cleveland Clinic with a focus on microbiology, and her MBA from the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton Graduate Division, concentration in healthcare administration and marketing. She is a HIMSS Fellow.

Marilyn's community activities include:

· Past-president of the Arizona chapter of HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society)
· Executive committee member of the Arizona chapter of AeA (American Electronics Association)
· Member of the Arizona Health-e Connection and Clinical Technical Committee
· Member of Dean's Advisory Council, ASU School of Global Management & Leadership
· Member of Arizona's Bioscience Roadmap Steering Committee
· Member of the board of directors and executive committee member of the Arizona Technology Council from 1995 to 2003
· Invited speaker at several national and industry organizations, including Strategic Research Institute, Barnett International, University of Phoenix, and HIMSS

Stephen Meyer, BBA

Principal

Steve has almost 40 years of successful entrepreneurship and business experience, over 20 of which have been spent in healthcare IT. In 1968, he helped start a small company that provided automated financial management systems to hospitals. As a systems analyst and programmer, he helped to deliver some of the earliest known automated financial systems in healthcare. In 1975, he joined Shared Medical Systems, now Siemens Medical, as senior installation manager.

In 14 years at SMS, he held a variety of sales and management positions. His unique background and knowledgebase enabled him to be a leader at SMS in selling multimillion dollar, enterprise-wide hospital information systems. He won numerous sales awards, attaining the company's 100% Chairman's Club each year he was in sales.

After retiring from SMS on his 40th birthday, Steve became a serial entrepreneur, founding and investing in companies such as retail golf stores, pest control, aqua farming, and real estate. He has returned to his first "love", healthcare, and joined MGT Associates in 2007.

Steve currently leads MGT Associates' business development efforts as well as business and sales strategy, and sales outsourcing for MGT Associates clients. His expertise is in finding creative business solutions along with understanding and selling enterprise-wide and innovative software and technology solutions.

He earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Florida Atlantic University. He is a lifelong Florida resident and is involved in a variety of civic activities including Boys & Girls Club, Toys for Tots, Sarasota Chamber of Commerce, 1St Tee Foundation and Rotary International. He is also a member of HIMSS and HFMA.