Speaking Engagements

Consultant Network

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 TechAmerica (formerly AeA)
· Member of the Arizona Health-e Connection and Clinical Technical Committee
· 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 40 years of successful entrepreneurship and business experience. He currently leads business and sales strategy, and sales outsourcing for MGT Associates' clients as well as running MGT Associates' East Coast operations. Steve understands the intricacies of starting and running successful businesses. He has managed all the major functional areas of a business, including strategic planning, sales, marketing, advertising, purchasing, warehouse/distribution, operations, finance and accounting. He is business process-oriented and focuses his efforts on generating bottom-line results for his and his clients' businesses.

In 1968, he helped start a company that provided automated financial management systems to hospitals, which was subsequently sold to a major software company. As a systems analyst and programmer, he helped to deliver some of the earliest known automated financial systems in healthcare.

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

After retiring from SMS, Steve became a serial entrepreneur, founding and investing in companies such as retail golf stores, pest control, aqua farming, and real estate, totaling more than $500 million in revenues. He has been actively involved in turnarounds and acquisitions. He earned a Bachelor of Business Administration 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.