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In this episode of Gratitude Through Hard Times, host Chris Schembra sits down with Ash Shehata, Chief Information Officer of AHMC Healthcare System, to explore the intersection of leadership, adaptability, and human connection. Ash shares the story of a life-changing health crisis that transformed his perspective on healthcare and leadership, leading him to adopt a philosophy inspired by the adaptability and humility of water.Chris and Ash dive into the importance of human connection in leadership, emphasizing the value of truly listening to understand rather than just waiting for your turn to speak. Drawing on lessons from Ross Perot Sr., Ash discusses how vulnerability, empathy, and the courage to make mistakes are crucial for effective leadership. They also explore the challenges of the ever-evolving healthcare landscape, highlighting the need for proactive pauses—moments to step back, prioritize, and move forward with purpose.In addition to his professional insights, Ash reflects on how the principles he applies as a father—understanding, listening, and unconditional love—inform his approach to leading a large healthcare organization. Whether you're in healthcare, business, or simply looking to lead a more connected and purposeful life, this episode offers valuable lessons on the power of empathy, adaptability, and human connection. Key Discussion Points:The Philosophy of Water: Ash discusses how a TED Talk on the adaptability of water profoundly influenced his approach to leadership and life. He explains that water's qualities of being adaptable, humble, and harmonious have become central to his personal and professional philosophy (06:42:305).A Life-Altering Health Scare: Ash recounts a near-death experience in 2017 that reshaped his perspective on healthcare delivery and leadership. This moment of vulnerability emphasized the importance of empathy and the human connection in healthcare, leading Ash to re-evaluate the systems he once helped build (08:37:537).Leadership Lessons from Ross Perot Sr.: Ash shares valuable insights learned from working at Perot Systems under Ross Perot Sr. He emphasizes the importance of listening to understand rather than just waiting for a pause to speak, a lesson that has deeply impacted his leadership style (19:56:654).The Power of Human Connection: Reflecting on a dinner party where they first met, Chris and Ash discuss the significance of understanding and connecting with people at a human level. Ash notes that despite the differences in professional roles, we are more alike than different, and it's these shared experiences that bind us together (22:28:042).Navigating Healthcare Challenges: Ash talks about the complexities of the healthcare industry and the importance of taking proactive pauses to evaluate and prioritize initiatives. He shares how sometimes taking two steps back is necessary to move forward with greater clarity and purpose (30:57:397).Closing Thoughts on Fatherhood and Leadership: Although not deeply explored in this episode, Ash's principles of fatherhood—seeking to understand, listening without always solving, remembering childhood complexities, and loving unconditionally—are touched upon as part of his broader leadership and life philosophy (36:28:833). Notable Quotes:"Technology is irrelevant without the human connection, the ability to listen, to support, to understand, to connect." — Chris Schembra"Water is silently successful; it adapts to its environment and grows, nourishes, and feeds. That's how I strive to live my life." — Ash Shehata"Some of the most thought-provoking conversations I've had were during those 47 days in the hospital, where I learned the true power of empathy from the nurses who cared for me." — Ash Shehata"The biggest mistake in leadership today is listening for the pause instead of listening to truly understand the person in front of you." — Chris Schembra"You don't have to be everything to everyone. Sometimes, the most powerful thing you can do is pause, listen, and then respond with intention." — Ash Shehata"Human connection is the foundation of great leadership. We are more alike than different, and it's those shared experiences that bind us together." — Ash Shehata"The unavoidable pause is where growth happens. It's where you step back, evaluate, and decide how to move forward with purpose." — Chris Schembra ABOUT OUR GUEST:Ash Shehata is the Chief Information Officer of AHMC Healthcare System, one of California's largest healthcare providers. With over two decades of experience in the healthcare industry, Ash is known for his innovative approach to technology and leadership. He has played a pivotal role in transforming healthcare delivery by integrating cutting-edge technology with compassionate patient care, overseeing a system that serves over 200,000 patients annually.Ash's leadership philosophy is deeply rooted in adaptability, humility, and empathy, principles that were significantly shaped by a life-altering health crisis in 2017. This experience gave him a unique perspective on the importance of human connection and the critical role of empathy in healthcare. Beyond his professional achievements, Ash is a dedicated father and husband, drawing on his personal life to inform his approach to leadership. He is passionate about fostering environments where teams can thrive by prioritizing human connection, understanding, and the courage to make mistakes.Ash's career has also been influenced by his time at Perot Systems, where he worked under Ross Perot Sr., learning valuable lessons about the importance of listening, understanding, and leading with integrity. Today, Ash continues to advocate for a patient-centered approach to healthcare, combining the latest technological advancements with the timeless values of empathy and human connection. ABOUT OUR HOST:Chris Schembra is the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Gratitude Through Hard Times and Gratitude and Pasta. USA Today calls him their "Gratitude Guru", he's a Founding Member of Rolling Stone Magazine's Culture Council, and he sits on the Executive Board at Fast Company Magazine.He is the Founder and Chief Question Asker of the 7:47 Gratitude Experience™ — an evidence-based framework used to strengthen client and team relationships in profound ways. He's used the principles of gratitude to spark thousands of relationships within the workplace. FOLLOW CHRIS:**WEBSITE |INSTAGRAM |LINKEDIN |BOOKS**

Growing up in S. Florida I encountered many people from Cuba. My brother-in-law is Cuban, and I spent a lot of time working in Miami. I love the Cuban people, food, coffee, family values and strength so I really loved reading Maria Quintana's memoir, Last Flight from Havana. Cuba is a fascinating place that a lot of us don't really know a lot about. Marie Quintana is a Fortune 50 corporate leader from humble beginnings. She has held executive positions with companies like PepsiCo, Perot Systems, Tenet Healthcare and IBM. She shares her remarkable life journey in her new memoir. Her story is a celebration of strength, triumph, family, and hope- inspiring us all to never give up in the face of adversity. Get the book- Last Flight from Havana by Maria Quintana Connect with Marie Quintana here www.mariequintana.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Marie Quintana, a nationally acclaimed business leader and inspiring speaker, boasts a distinguished 30-year career in Corporate America, holding key positions at renowned companies such as Tenet Healthcare, PepsiCo, Perot Systems, and IBM. Recognized among the Top 50 Hispanic Women in Business by Hispanic Business Magazine, she has also been honored as one of the Top 50 Women in Grocery by Progressive Grocer and named one of the Top 5 Latina Executives by Latina Style Magazine. In 2022, she received the prestigious Latino Leaders Maestro Award for Professional Achievement. https://www.mariequintana.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariequintana/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Marie Quintana experienced an emotional roller coaster when her family left behind everything that was familiar and embarked on an uncharted path to a new country. Guided by her faith and sense of purpose, Marie built a remarkable career, attaining executive leadership positions in some of the world's biggest corporations. She discusses how she was able to create her identity in an unfamiliar life. Marie has had a 30-year career in corporate America, holding key positions at companies like Tenet Healthcare, PepsiCo, Perot Systems, and IBM. She is recognized as one of the Top 50 Hispanic Women in Business by Hispanic Business Magazine. Committed to fostering future women leaders, Marie co-founded the PepsiCo Women of Color Alliance and served on the founding board of the Network of Executive Women. She is the author of the book, Last Flight from Havana. Follow CYACYL: Website: www.cyacyl.com Digital: www.cyacyl.com/digital Upcoming shows: www.cyacyl.com/shows Facebook: www.facebook.com/changeyourattitudechangeyourlife Music: www.purple-planet.com

May 20, 2024: In today's episode of Keynote, PV SubbaRao, SVP at Rackspace Technology, explores the dynamic shifts in IT outsourcing and cloud security. They delve into the evolution of cloud services, discussing how the interplay of automation, AI, and multi-cloud strategies can optimize healthcare operations. What does doing "more with less" truly mean in the context of current IT frameworks? How can healthcare leaders navigate the delicate balance between best-of-breed approaches and the potential pitfalls of vendor lock-in? As they reflect on past experiences, particularly the transition from Perot Systems to Dell Services, the conversation also probes the implications of hybrid cloud strategies and private equity influences in tech partnerships. These insights prompt us to consider whether modern IT architectures can support the increasingly complex landscape of healthcare needs without compromising on security or efficiency.Key Points:IT Outsourcing EvolutionCloud Security ChallengesVendor Lock-in RisksMulti-Cloud ManagementAI and Automation ImpactNews articles:CEOs' top priorities for IT leaders todayThis Week Health SubscribeThis Week Health TwitterThis Week Health LinkedinAlex's Lemonade Stand: Foundation for Childhood Cancer Donate

In this engaging episode of The Digital Executive, host Brian Thomas sits down with Bethany Williams, a seasoned M&A business developer with two decades of experience leading business growth for high-profile companies like Price Waterhouse Cooper, Perot Systems, and General Electric.Williams shares her journey from running healthcare technology SaaS companies to developing real estate deals and raising capital for real estate development projects. She discusses the importance of grit, caring ingenuity, and determination in achieving business success and emphasizes the critical role of personal and company branding in advancing careers and enhancing revenue.With a rich background in technology and business, Williams also offers her insights on the future of the real estate sector, highlighting the potential of AI and digital solutions to transform investment strategies. Her unique approach to overcoming challenges and leveraging opportunities for growth makes this podcast a must-listen for professionals aspiring to leadership roles and success in their fields.

Raj Asava, originally from India, enjoyed a successful corporate career in senior/executive roles for renowned companies, including serving as President of two startup organizations. He retired in 2010 as the Chief Strategy Officer at Perot Systems. Aradhana (Anna) Asava, has over 20 years of experience in the Global Information Technology industry, specializing in leading organization-wide transformational programs. In 2009, Anna transitioned from corporate America to philanthropic endeavors, demonstrating her results-oriented approach and knack for creative problem-solving. Together, Raj and Anna founded HungerMitao in 2017, a movement aimed at uniting the Indian American community to combat food insecurity. Within six years, HungerMitao expanded to multiple cities, facilitating over 55 million meals for the Feeding America network of Food Banks. Notably, the HungerMitao model has been shared with the Chinese and Hispanic communities. Their outstanding contributions to philanthropy have garnered recognition and accolades: • August 2021: Raj and Anna honored as top 100 philanthropists of Indian origin. • August 2022: President Joe Biden awarded them the prestigious "Lifetime Achievement" medal. • January 2023: Raj was selected as one of the prominent Indo-Americans in "Jewels of India: Leading Indo-American Personalities (Vol II)" where his personal, professional, and philanthropic journey is highlighted along with that of other leaders like US Vice President Kamala Harris and Google CEO Sundar Pichai. • May 2023: Hunger Free America commended the impactful HungerMitao movement and honored Raj and Anna Asava for their tireless efforts. • November 2023: Anna and Raj received the 2023 National Philanthropy Day Outstanding Volunteer Fundraisers award from the Association of Fundraising Professionals. The Asavas' dedication to eradicating hunger and their innovative approach through HungerMitao have left a lasting impact on communities in need. https://www.hungermitao.org/ https://nexuspmg.com/

Jim Champy is a leading expert on management issues involving business engineering, a topic for which he wrote a New York Times best-selling book that has sold more than two million copies. In addition to being the co-author of Reengineering the Corporation, Jim was most recently chairman emeritus of consulting for Dell Services. Before that, he was chairman of consulting and head of strategy for Perot Systems.In this episode, Jim shares how his college education prepared him to launch his first business, Index, a consulting practice he founded with a few hundred dollars with his classmates from MIT. Today, Jim continues to consult with business executives of major companies seeking to improve business performance. He also gives back as a philanthropist and as a mentor, including to Ball State students. Jim also shares the story of how his long-standing engagement with Ball State began with one business student seeking his advice—and his reasons for why he chooses to remain involved in influencing the lives of so many more of our students.  

At the turn of the millennium, Jon Warner worked as a UI/UX designer at Perot Systems—till the day he arrived at work and found out he was no longer a designer there. Laid off for the first time, he took a friend's advice and applied at Microsoft, where he became a test lead for Xbox. After that, he went on to work as a producer at the Walt Disney Company and Electronic Arts. He served as a senior producer on Mass Effect 3's multiplayer component, then Mass Effect 3: The Citadel, and other BioWare releases before winding up in the role of game director on the short-lived Anthem. Music by Christy Carew. Art by Audrey Estok. Get full access to The Endpoem Podcast at endpoem.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode, Dolf Zantinge joins Jim and Matthew to share the importance of coherent water on the body and mind. Jim also shares his concerns with artificial intelligence and his excitement for the many benefits of Food Forests. Dolf is an entrepreneur with a background in fibre optics, telecommunication, artificial intelligence and data mining. Early in his career, he co-founded Syllogic, an international IT firm in the domains of AI, machine learning and database management systems. After Syllogic was acquired by Perot Systems, Dolf was European Director for the company. Later, he was the Director of IT at KPN, the largest Dutch telecom company. He founded and chaired UNET, one of the first fiber optics companies in Europe. From a tech-heavy career, Dolf's career took an unusual turn when he pursued the study of Chinese medicine / acupuncture and delved into the impact of electromagnetic frequencies on biological systems. This led to further research on photonics, physiology, light, and water. He partnered with Eric to develop the technology to create full spectrum coherent water and measure its positive effects on biological systems. He is passionate about providing holistic and natural solutions to counter the impact of electromagnetic radiation on our health and consciousness.   The Rainwater Harvesting Masterclass starts on Jan 25th here: https://vergepermaculture.ca/rainwaterharvestingcourse Analemma Water: https://analemma-water.com?ref=3068 Save 10% with Coupon Code: FFA    Follow Analemma: Website: https://analemma-water.com?ref=3068 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/analemmawater YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@analemmawater1346 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/analemmawater_/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@analemmawater Food Forest Abundance: Website: https://foodforestabundance.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FoodForestAbundance Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/foodforestabundance/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/FFAbundance LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/food-forest-abundance/   The Jim Gale Show Podcast: https://linktr.ee/jimgaleshow   Sponsored by The Weston A. Price Foundation: https://www.westonaprice.org

Bill Moore has been designing/developing applications for top trading firms for many years. Prior to that he grew an applications development business to 300 employees on three continents. That company was acquired by Perot Systems, where he was then head of advanced technology for four years. His web site is FastTrading.Academy.com

Dolf Zantinge is a pioneer IT entrepreneur with a background in fiber optics, telecommunications, data mining, enterprise solutions, and artificial intelligence. Early in his career, he co-founded Syllogic, an international IT firm integrating artificial intelligence, machine learning, and database management systems, sold eventually to Perot Systems, where he became a European Director. Later he worked for KPN, the largest Dutch telecommunications company, where, as Director of IT, he was responsible for IT Research and Development for new technology. He went on to found and Chair UNET, one of the first fiber optics companies in Europe. He is widely published in the field of technical innovation and the influence of technology on society and is an adviser to organizations and governments on issues relating to innovation, cleantech, and renewable energy. Dolf's career took a fascinating turn when he pursued the study of Chinese Medicine/Acupuncture and began seriously exploring the biological impacts of electromagnetic frequencies. For the past two decades, his focus has been on researching electromagnetic fields and their influence on biophotonics, water, light, and system physiology. Dolf has documented important insights about the supercomputing power and energy of water and developed new innovations that will be game-changing for advancement in the water industry. [00:04:51] - Why should we care about water? [00:10:29] - What does Dolf Zantinge do? [00:23:38] - The more trained we are on university, the less flexible we become [00:25:12] - The problem with most water [00:30:16] - An elegant solution to reduce water pollution [00:35:46] - Quartz Crystal [00:40:58] - Rudolf Steiner's work on water [00:44:35] - Definition of “coherence” [00:46:13] - Creation of their quartz water wand [00:49:44] - Natural cycles of nature [00:54:36] - Dolf's health after adopting better water [00:56:32] - Devices to supply all water in the home with better water References and Links Analemma - Website, Instagram, Facebook (use code BELOVED for 10% off!) Viktor Shauberger documentary Rudolf Steiner and Biodynamic Farming Big thanks to our sponsor! Waveblock: https://www.waveblock.com/ (Use Code “BELOVED” for 25% off) Organifi: https://www.organifi.com/beloved (Use code "BELOVED" for 20% off at checkout) Show Notes | Donate Music by: Labrinth, Chancha Via Circuito, and Joaquín Cornejo --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theholisticobgyn/message

Dell is one of the largest technology companies in the world, and it all started with a small startup that sold personal computers out of Michael Dell's dorm room at the University of Texas. From there, Dell grew into a multi-billion dollar company, bought and sold other companies, went public, and now manufactures a wide range of electronics including laptops, desktops, servers, and more.  After graduating high school, Michael Dell enrolled at the University of Texas at Austin with the idea that he would some day start his own company. Maybe even in computers. He had an Apple II in school and Apple and other companies had done pretty well by then in the new microcomputer space. He took it apart and these computers were just a few parts that were quickly becoming standardized. Parts that could be bought off the shelf at computer stores. So he opened a little business that he ran out of his dorm room fixing computers and selling little upgrades. Many a student around the world still does the exact same thing. He also started buying up parts and building new computers. Texas Instruments was right up the road in Dallas. And there was a price war in the early 80s between Commodore and Texas Instruments. Computers could be big business. And it seemed clear that this IBM PC that was introduced in 1981 was going to be more of a thing, especially in offices. Especially since there were several companies making clones of the PC, including Compaq who was all over the news as Silicon Cowboys, having gotten to $100 million in sales within just two years.  So from his dorm room in 1984, Dell started a little computer company he called PCs Limited. He built PCs using parts and experimented with different combinations. One customer led to another and he realized that a company like IBM bought a few hundred dollars worth of parts, put them in a big case and sold it for thousands of dollars. Any time a company makes too much margin, smaller and more disruptive companies will take the market away. Small orders turned into bigger and ones and he was able to parlay each into being able to build bigger orders.  They released the Turbo PC in 1985. A case, a mother board, a CPU, a keyboard, a mouse, some memory, and a CPU chip. Those first computers he built came with an 8088 chip. Low overhead meant he could be competitive on price: $795. No retail store front and no dealers, who often took 25 to 50 percent of the money spent on computers, let the company run out of a condo. He'd sold newspapers as a kid so he was comfortable picking up the phone and dialing for dollars. He managed to make $200,000 in sales in that first year. So he dropped out of school to build the company.  To keep costs low, he sold through direct mail and over the phone. No high-paid sellers in blue suits like IBM, even if the computers could run the same versions of DOS. He incorporated as Dell Computer Company in 1987, started to expand internationally, and on the back of rapid revenue growth and good margins. They hit $159 million in sales that year. So they took the company public in 1988. The market capitalization when they went public was $30 million and quickly rose to $80 million. By then we'd moved past the 8088 chips and the industry was standardizing on the 80386 chip, following the IBM PS/2. By the end of 1989 sales hit $250 million.  They needed more Research and Development firepower, so they brought in Glenn Henry. He'd been at IBM for over 20 years and managed multiple generations of mid-range mainframes then servers and then RISC-based personal computers. He helped grow the R&D team into the hundreds and quality of computer went up, which paired well with costs of computers remaining affordable compared to the rest of the market.  Dell was, and to a large degree still is, a direct to consumer company. They experimented with the channel in the early 1990s, which is to say 3rd parties that were authorized to sell their computers. They signed deals to sell through distributors, computer stores, warehouse clubs, and retail chains. But the margins didn't work, so within just a few years they cancelled many of those relationships. Instead they went from selling to companies to the adjacent home market.  It seems like that's the last time in recent memory that direct mailing as a massive campaign worked. Dell was able to undercut most other companies who sold laptops at the time by going direct to consumers. They brought in marketing execs from other companies, like Tandy. The London office was a huge success, bringing in tens of millions in revenue, so they brought on a Munich office and then slowly expanded into tother countries. They were one of the best sales and marketing machines in that direct to consumer and business market. Customers could customize orders, so maybe add a faster CPU, some extra memory, or even a scanner, modem, or other peripheral. They got the manufacturing to the point where they could turn computers around in five days. Just a decade earlier people waited months for computers. They released their first laptop in 1989, which they called the 316LT. Just a few years earlier, Michael Dell was in a dorm room. If he'd completed a pre-med degree and gotten into medical school, he'd likely be in his first or second year. He was now a millionaire; and just getting started. With the help of their new R&D chief, they were able to get into the server market where the margins were higher, and that helped get more corporate customers. By the end of 1990, they were the sixth largest personal computer company in the US. To help sales in the rapidly growing European and Middle Eastern offices, they opened another manufacturing location in Ireland. And by 1992, they became a one of the top 500 companies in the world. Michael Dell, instead of being on an internship in medical school and staring down the barrel of school loans, was the youngest CEO in the Fortune 500. The story is almost boring. They just grow and grow. Especially when rivals like IBM, HP, Digital Equipment, and Compaq make questionable finance and management choices that don't allow those companies to remain competitive. They all had better technology at many times, but none managed to capitalize on the markets. Instead of becoming the best computer maker they could be, they played corporate development games and wandered away from their core businesses. Or like IBM they decided that they didn't want to compete with the likes of Dell and just sold off their PC line to Lenovo. But Dell didn't make crappy computers.  They weren't physically inspiring like some computers at the time, but they got the job done and offices that needed dozens or hundreds of machines often liked working with Dell. They continued the global expansion through the 90s and added servers in 1996. By now there were customers buying their second or third generation of computer, going from DOS to Windows 3.1 to Windows 95. And they did something else really important in 1996: they began to sell through the web at dell.com. Within a few months they were doing a million a day in sales and the next year hit 10 million PCs sold.  Little Dell magazines showed up in offices around the world. Web banners appeared on web pages. Revenues responded and went from $2.9 billion in 1994 to $3.5 billion in 1995. And they were running at margins over 20 percent. Revenue hit $5.3 billion in 1996, 7.8 in 1997, 12.3 in 1998, 18.2 in 1999, and $25.3 in 2000. The 1990s had been good to Dell. Their stock split 7 times. It wouldn't double every other year again, but would double again by 2009. In the meantime, the market was changing. The Dell OptiPlex is one of the best selling lines of computers of all time and offers a glimpse into what was changing. Keep in mind, this was the corporate enterprise machine. Home machines can be better or less, according to the vendor. The processors ranged from a Celeron up to a Pentium i9 at this point.  Again, we needed a mother board, usually an ATX or a derivative. They started with that standard ATX mother board form factor but later grew to be a line that came in the tower, the micro, and everything in between. Including an All-in-one. That Series 1 was beige and just the right size to put a big CRT monitor on top of it. It sported a 100 MHz 486 chip and could take up to 64 megabytes of memory across a pair of SIMM slots. The Series 2 was about half the size and by now we saw those small early LCD flat panel screens. They were still beige though. As computers went from beige to black with the Series 3 we started to see the iconic metallic accents we're accustomed to now. They followed along the Intel replacement for the ATX motherboard, the BTX, and we saw those early PCI form factors be traded for PCIe. By the end of the Series 3 in 2010, the Optiplex 780 could have up to 16 gigs of memory as a max, although that would set someone back a pretty penning in 2009. And the processors came ranging from the 800 MHz to 1.2 GHz. We'd also gone from PS/2 ports with serial and parallel  to USB 2 ports and from SIMM to DIMM slots, up to DDR4 with the memory about as fast as a CPU.  But they went back to the ATX and newer Micro ATX with the Series 4. They embraced the Intel i series chips and we got all the fun little metal designs on the cases. Cases that slowly shifted to being made of recycled parts. The Latitude laptops followed a similar pattern. Bigger faster, and heavier. They released the Dell Dimension and acquired Alienware in 2006, at the time the darling of the gamer market. Higher margin hardware, like screaming fast GPU graphic cards. But also lower R&D costs for the Dell lines as there was the higher end line that flowed down to the OptiPlex then Dimension. Meanwhile, there was this resurgent Apple. They'd released the iMac in 1998 and helped change the design language for computers everywhere. Not that everyone needed clear cases. Then came the iPod in 2001. Beautiful design could sell products at higher prices. But they needed to pay a little more attention to detail. But more importantly, those Dells were getting bigger and faster and heavier while the Apple computers were getting lighter, and even the desktops more portable. The iPhone came in 2007. The Intel MacBook Air came 10 years after that iMac, in 2008. The entire PC industry was in a race for bigger power supplies to push more and more gigahertz through a CPU without setting the house on fire and Apple changed the game. The iPad was released in 2010. Apple finally delivered on the promise of the Dynabook that began life at Xerox PARC. Dell had been in the drivers seat. They became the top personal computer company in 2003 and held that spot until HP and Compaq merged. But their spot would never be regained as revenue slowed from the time the iPad was released for almost a decade, even contracting at times. See, Dell had a close partnership with Intel and Microsoft. Microsoft made operating systems for mobile devices but the Dell Venue was not competitive with the iPhone. They also tried making a mobile device using Android but the Streak never sold well either and was discontinued as well.  While Microsoft retooled their mobile platforms to compete in the tablet space, Dell tried selling Android tablets but discontinued those in 2016. To make matters worse for Dell, they'd ridden a Microsoft Windows alliance where they never really had to compete with Microsoft for nearly 30 years and then Microsoft released the Surface in 2012. The operating systems hadn't been pushing people to upgrade their computers and Microsoft even started selling Office directly and online, so Dell lost revenue bundling Office with computers.  They too had taken their eye off the market. HP bought EDS in 2008, diversifying into a services organization, something IBM had done well over a decade before. Except rather than sell their PC business they made a go at both. So Dell did the same, acquiring Perot Systems, the company Perot started after he sold EDS and ran for president, for $3.9 billion, which came in at a solid $10 billion less than what HP paid for EDS.  The US was in the midst of a recession, so that didn't help matters either. But it did make for an interesting investment climate. Interest rates were down, so large investors needed to put money to work to show good returns for customers. Dell had acquired just 8 companies before the Great Recession but acquired an average of 5 over each of the next four years. This allowed them to diversify, And Michael Dell made another savvy finance move, he took the company private in 2013 with the help of Silver Lake partners. 5 years off the public market was just what they needed. 2018 they went public again on the backs of revenues that had shot up to to $79 billion from a low of around $50 billion in 2016. And they exceeded $94 billion in 2021.  The acquisition of EMC-VMware was probably the most substantial to $67 billion. That put them in the enterprise server market and gave them a compelling offer at pretty much every level of the enterprise stack. Although at this point maybe it remains to be seen if the enterprise server and storage stack is still truly a thing.  A Dell Optiplex costs about the same amount today as it did when Dell sold that first Turbo PC. They can be had cheaper but probably shouldn't. Adjusted for an average 2.6 percent inflation rate, that brings those first Dell PCs to just north of $2,000 as of the time of this writing. Yet the computer remained the same, with fairly consistent margins. That means the components have gotten half as expensive because they're made in places with cheaper labor than they were in the early 1980s. That means there are potentially less components, like a fan for certain chips or RAM when they're memory integrated in a SoC, etc.  But the world is increasingly mobile. Apple, Google, and Microsoft sell computers for their own operating systems now. Dell doesn't make phones and they aren't in the top 10 for the tablet market. People don't buy products from magazines that show up any longer. Now it's a quick search on Amazon. And looking for a personal computer there, the results right this second (that is, while writing this paragraph) showed the exact same order as vendor market share for 2021: Lenovo, followed by HP, then Dell. All of the devices looked about the same. Kinda' like those beige injection-molded devices looked about the same.  HP couldn't have such a large company exist under one roof and eventually spun HP Enterprise out into its own entity. Dell sold Perot Systems to NTT Docomo to get the money to buy EMC on leverage. Not only do many of these companies have products that look similar, but their composition does as well. What doesn't look similar is Michael Dell. He's worth just shy of $60 billion dollars (according to the day and the markets). His book, Direct From Dell is one of the best looks at the insides of a direct order mail business making the transition to early commerce one can find. Oh, and it's not just him and some friends in a dorm room. It's 158,000 employees who help make up over a $42 billion market cap. And helped generations of people afford personal computers. That might be the best part of such a legacy.

Have you heard of Ross Perot, the billionaire Presidential candidate well before Donald Trump? Well, Perot was one of the most unique Americans ever. And Perot's life and approaches have many lessons for us to consider, with the result that many view him as one of the best leaders ever. Join Kevin as he reports some of the most unusual, seemingly craziest things you've ever heard about a leader doing business in America. // Download this episode's Application & Action questions and PDF transcript at whitestone.org.

Ron Nash is an experienced business operations leader who has successfully developed and scaled multiple high-valued technology companies. He is known for executive leadership of high-growth breakthrough technology companies as well as for providing critical executive leadership in both rapid growth and turnaround situations in multibillion-dollar technology companies like Perot Systems and EDS.  He has developed companies as a CEO and led both publicly and privately held companies and taken companies through their initial public offering. His book is entitled The Making of a Business Leader: My Path to Leadership in the Information Technology Industry.

Ron Nash is an experienced business operations leader who has successfully developed and scaled multiple high-valued technology companies. He is known for executive leadership of high-growth breakthrough technology companies as well as for providing critical executive leadership in both rapid growth and turnaround situations in multibillion-dollar technology companies like Perot Systems and EDS.  He has developed companies as a CEO and led both publicly and privately held companies and taken companies through their initial public offering. His book is entitled The Making of a Business Leader: My Path to Leadership in the Information Technology Industry.

Ross Perot built two powerhouse companies and changed the way politicians communicate with their constituents. Perot was an Eagle Scout who went on to join the US Naval Academy in 1949, and served in the Navy until the late 1950s. He then joined the IBM sales organization and one year ended up meeting his quota in the second week of the year. He had all kinds of ideas for new things to do and sell, but no one was interested. So he left and formed a new company called Electronic Data Systems, or EDS, in 1962. You see, these IBM mainframes weren't being used for time sharing so most of the time they were just sitting idle. So he could sell the unused time from one company to another. Perot learned from the best. As with IBM he maintained a strict dress code. Suits, no facial hair, and a high and tight crew cut as you'd find him still sporting years after his Navy days. And over time they figured out many of these companies didn't have anyone capable of running these machines in the first place, so they could also step in and become a technology outsourcer, doing maintenance and servicing machines. Not only that, but they were perfectly situated to help process all the data from the new Medicare and Medicaid programs that were just starting up. States had a lot of new paperwork to process and that meant computers. He hired Morton Meyerson out at Bell Helicopter in 1966, who would become the president and effectively created the outsourcing concept in computing. Meyerson would become the president of EDS before leaving to take a series of executive roles at other organizations, including the CTO at General Motors in the 1980s before retiring. EDS went public in 1968. He'd taken $1,000 in seed money from his wife Margot to start the company, and his stake was now worth $350 million, which would rise sharply in the ensuing years as the company grew. By the 1970s they were practically printing cash. They were the biggest insurance data provider and added credit unions then financial markets and were perfectly positioned to help build the data networks that ATMs and point of sale systems would use. By the start of 1980 they were sitting on a quarter billion dollars in revenues and 8,000 employees. They continued to expand into new industries with more transactional needs, adding airlines and travel. He sold in 1984 to General Motors for $2.5 billion and Perot got $700 million personally. Meyerson stayed on to run the company and by 1990 their revenues topped $5 billion and neared 50,000 employees. Perot just couldn't be done in business. He was good at it. So in 1988 he started another firm, Perot Systems. The company grew quickly. Perot knew how to sell, how to build sales teams, and how to listen to customers and build services products they wanted. Perot again looked for an effective leader and tapped Meyerson yet again, who became the CEO of Perot Systems from 1992 to 1998. Perot's son Ross Jr took over the company. In 2008, EDS and their 170,000 employees was sold to Hewlett-Packard for $13.9 billion and in 2009 Perot Systems was sold to Dell for $3.9 billion. Keep in mind that Morton Meyerson was a mentor to Michael Dell. When they were sold, Perot Systems had 23,000 employees and $2.8 billion in revenues. That's roughly a 1.4x multiple of revenues, which isn't as good as the roughly 2x multiple Perot got off EDS - but none too shabby given that by then multiples were down for outsourcers. Based on his work and that of others, they'd built two companies worth nearly $20 billion - before 2010, employing nearly 200,000 people. Along the way, Perot had some interesting impacts other than just building so many jobs for so many humans. He passed on an opportunity to invest in this little company called Microsoft. So when Steve Jobs left Apple and looked for investors he jumped on board, pumping $20 million into NeXT Computer, and getting a nice exit when the company went to Apple for nearly half a billion. Perot was philanthropic. He helped a lot of people coming home from various armed services in his lifetime. He was good to those he loved. He gave $10 million to have his friend Morton Meyerson's name put on the Dallas Symphony Orchestra's Symphony Center. And he was interested in no BS politics. Yet politics had been increasingly polarized since Nixon. So Perot also ran for president of the US in 1992, against George Bush and Bill Clinton. He didn't win but he flooded the airwaves with common sense arguments about government inefficiency and a declining market for doing business. He showed computer graphics with all the charts and graphs you can imagine. And while he didn't get even one vote in the electoral college did manage to get 19 percent of the vote. His message was one of populism. Take the country back, stop deficit spending just like he ran his companies, and that persists with various wings of especially the Republican Party to this day. Especially in Perot's home state of Texas. He didn't win, but he effectively helped define the Contract with America that that Newt Gingrich and the 90s era of oversized suit jacket Republicans used to as a strategy. He argued for things to help the common people - not politicians. Ironically, those that took much of his content actually did just the opposite, slowed down the political machine by polarizing the public. And allowed deficit spending to increase on their watch. He ran again in 1996 but this time got far less votes and didn't end up running for office again. He had a similar impact on IBM. Around 30 years after leaving the company, his success in services was one of the many inspirations for IBM pivoting into services as well. By then the services industry was big enough for plenty of companies to thrive and while sales could be competitive they all did well as personal computing put devices on desks across the world and those devices needed support. Perot died in 2019, one of the couple hundred richest people in the US. Navy Lieutenant. Founder. Philanthropist. Texan. Father. Husband. His impact on the technology industry was primarily around seeing waste. Wasted computing time. Wasted staffing where more efficient outsourcing paradigms were possible. He inspired massive shifts in the industry that persist to this day.

"We never rise further than the level of our thinking" In this episode, CEO CP Gurnani talks with Xquadrant's Founder Richard Medcalf to continue our season on "CEO Success Formulae", where highly impactful CEOs share what's driven their success to date - and explore what it will take to reach the next level. CP Gurnani is the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Tech Mahindra. In a career spanning 35+ years, CP has held several leading positions with HP, Perot Systems and HCL Corporation. CP was awarded the 'Best CEO of the year' three years in a row by Business Today.

In episode 02 of the Let's Connect! Podcast, Stuart Gavurin & Carson McDonald of OpSense join us to talk about what Real-Time really means in IoT, how real-time continuous monitoring works in the field, and what kind of outcomes users and implementers should expect. Stu Gavurin is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of OpSense. His career includes serving in roles as an engineer, consultant and executive at technology-oriented consulting and outsourcing businesses with particular emphasis in business strategy, infrastructure technology outsourcing and systems integration. Currently, he is the CEO of both OpSense, and its parent company Mission Data. Prior to joining Mission Data in 2007, was a partner at Ernst & Young and a vice president with Unisys Corporation. At Ernst & Young for sixteen years, he served as a leader in the firm's distributed computing and infrastructure consulting practice before serving as the Chief Operating Officer of the North American IT consulting organization. Interested in connecting with Stu? Reach out to him on Linkedin or Twitter!Carson McDonald is the Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of OpSense. Previously he served as a Principal Engineer and Vice President of Service Innovation where he led the company's R&D efforts building competencies in IoT and mobile solutions. He is the chief architect of the company's mobile video platform product which was used to create award-winning products such as Bravo's Top Chef University offering that has had nearly 300,000 subscribers. Prior to OpSense, he worked as an engineer at Mission Data, IBM Global Systems, and Perot Systems.Interested in connecting with Carson? Reach out to him on Linkedin!About OpSense: OpSense is an IoT platform built for food safety and quality monitoring for retail and foodservice industries. OpSense allows businesses to be compliant with governmental regulations and helps prevent inventory loss, improve refrigeration efficiency, and improve employee productivity. The company takes a consultative approach, getting to know its customers and their business process. They work to make things simple, minimize the time spent touching the solution and providing support when needed. Follow OpSense on Twitter! 

A Dallas, Texas, native, Ross Perot Jr. serves as Chairman of The Perot Group, which manages the various Perot family interests that include real estate, oil and gas, and financial investments. Additionally, Mr. Perot is Chairman of Hillwood, a Texas-based, leading global real estate development company he founded in 1988. Mr. Perot also is a founder of Perot Systems Corporation and served in various roles within the company including CEO, Chairman of the Board, and as a member of its Board of Directors. Perot Systems was acquired by Dell Inc. in 2009 at which time Mr. Perot joined the Dell Inc. Board of Directors where he served until 2013. An aviation enthusiast, Mr. Perot completed the first helicopter flight around the world in less than 30 days in 1982 and served as a pilot in the United States Air Force for over eight years. Perot then served as chairman of the Air Force Memorial Foundation, leading the 14-year effort to build the United States Air Force Memorial in Washington, D.C., honoring the men and women of the United States Air Force. The Memorial was dedicated to the nation in October 2006.Mr. Perot is the recipient of numerous awards throughout his life and career including the Gold Medal Award for Extraordinary Service from President Ronald Reagan, the Woodrow Wilson Award for Corporate Citizenship, and the Secretary of Defense Medal for Outstanding Public Service. He also was inducted into Junior Achievement's 2017 Dallas Business Hall of Fame, was named one of the Most Powerful Business Leaders in Dallas-Fort Worth as a member of the 'Dallas 500' by D Magazine, and was co-awarded, alongside his father, the inaugural Vision Award from the Urban Land Institute North Texas District Council. In 2020, he received the J. Erik Jonsson Ethics Award from Southern Methodist University and was honored with the National Business Aviation Association’s highest honor, the Meritorious Service to Aviation Award.

I have the pleasure of interviewing Arn Terry and we cover lots of topics in this Part 1 interview! Back in 2008 when we went through a Global Recession, I was NOT READY and I nearly lost everything!!!!! I was distracted but for good reason..... 2005 bought my first house with my fiancee.... 2007 married my fiancee with a honeymoon to Excellence Rivera, Cancun...... (all on LOANS!!!) I was so happy and on cloud 9, my childhood sweetheart and I married and ready to begin our lives together, what could go wrong...... Then onto 2008 my daughter was born in July, one of the best moments in my life to date, first born and a complete new experience and a little person so devoted to me, this was all happening right in the middle of the 2008 global crisis, I was a Recruitment Consultant at the time and just landed some large clients one being Perot Systems (basically they where a competitor to IBM) Money was stilling coming in, I bought a nearly new Audi A4 2.4 S-Line like you do..... then BANG! Everything stopped.... one of my clients was Bear Stearns who was a global investment bank then like dominoes my clients was disappearing one by one, I worked harder and longer hours but it just did not help, if companies are not recruiting then you can't do anything about it... Feeling alone, tired and failing fast with my debts rising I did the only thing I knew and followed the majority.... So at the back end of the 2008 I took a job at Tesco Supermarket (Thurs - Sun) as an additional job to bring in more money due to difficult times..... so this meant on Thurs and Friday starting my recruitment job at 08:15 finishing at 6ish then straight to Tesco for 4 hours of more work......... Saturday would be a 10am to 7pm and working a Sunday 10 to 4pm.... That is the definition of crazy to me! But I did not know any better.....No time with my wife or my baby girl... but I had to provide for my family and keep going because we had bills to pay...(Wedding and honeymoon was on a LOAN) I sold my car and bought a banger............................... this was an easy decision but sooooo difficult for me as I thought I deserved a nice car because I was working hard but instead I was gathering more liabilities taking more money out of my pocket... The Car that I bought, all the electrics failed so I had no indicators, the wipers failed and stopped working the engine made a loud knocking sound and my speedometer did not even work so I had to view the revs to guesstimate the speed I was travelling, embarrassment, shame disappointment, failure feeling sorry for myself was all the emotions I was feeling and going through..How did this happen to me. I made it through the tough times with that part time job and full time job and deiced that I can't put my family and myself through that situation again........but failed over the years............... time and time again at different business ideas, I did not want to be in the same situation again from 2008 after multiple setbacks to find a side business that would pay me more than my normal working day....... I think I have found the solution and answer==============> I invested my time and money to learn about making money online by using social media so when the Virus crisis happened in 2020 I was ready FOR IT

Joe R. Bengfort, SVP, Information Technology & CIO, UCSF Health Joe R. Bengfort is senior vice president, information technology, and chief information officer at UCSF Health as well as an associate vice chancellor at UCSF. His responsibilities span across the university, including UCSF Health, research, education and administration, as well as strategic information technology (IT) initiatives at the University of California (UC) health system. At UCSF, he leads IT information and analytics, financial and human resources core systems, infrastructure, operations, customer support services and security. He represents UCSF at UC to establish strategy and tactics to protect data, systems, and university and health system operations. Bengfort joined UCSF in 2011. He worked for 22 years at Perot Systems, where he held a broad range of senior leadership positions, including the management of client relationships and service delivery at Parkland Hospital, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford, Triad Hospitals and Stanford Health Care. He has a bachelor of science in electronic engineering technology from Texas A&M University.

As former President for Perot Systems healthcare division and current CEO of startup GuideIT, Chuck Lyles has an exceptional view into the evolution of healthcare IT outsourcing and how the shift to virtual care also means more virtual partnerships in IT. He describes the emergence of the Clinical Help Desk as a managed service and … Continue reading Episode 37: The evolution of Healthcare IT outsourcing and the new trend towards Clinical Help Desk as a service Ft. Chuck Lyles →

Connect with Trina on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/trinawellendorf/ Connect with Daniel on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/laidaniel/ Join our Community of Health IT Professionals: https://community.projectviolet.com/ Timestamps: 00:42 - University of Iowa and figuring out possible career paths 02:39 - Starting her career with Perot Systems and the Health Care Academy 04:38 - Learning through early career transitions in Chicago, Rhode Island, and Dallas 07:05 - Managing doubt and finding the right fit in your career 08:38 - The power of having mentors and sponsors 10:00 - Consulting and discovering Change Management 12:16 - Finding purpose and Trina’s transition to becoming an 8th grade science teacher 14:30 - Learning to become a teacher and building resiliency in a tough environment 16:21 - Trina’s transition back to consulting and joining Accenture 18:32 - How to view career transitions and the journey to get to where you need to be 20:45 - Consulting, getting an Master’s degree, and making Manager 22:32 - Do good work and the rest will follow 23:34 - Insights to Accenture's people development and performance management 27:02 - How Trina has created unique roles for herself in her career. Being an “intrapreneur" 30:42 - Tips for working and managing teams in a global/virtual environment 36:15 - Trina’s definition of success 37:28 - Rapid fire questions (a day in the life, daily habits for success, managing stress) 42:22 - Final thoughts and advice for emerging professionals and early careerists Show Notes: Caffein by Michael Pollan (audible)- https://www.amazon.com/Caffeine-How-Created-Modern-World/dp/B083MYJXZT/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=caffeine+michael+pollan&qid=1596664265&s=audible&sr=1-1 Learn more about Accenture's pivot on performance reviews - https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/on-leadership/wp/2015/07/21/in-big-move-accenture-will-get-rid-of-annual-performance-reviews-and-rankings/

This week’s guest has an insatiable passion for learning and the future and she has the career portfolio to prove it! We’re talking about international company director, entrepreneur and global philanthropist, Laura Anderson. Laura grew up near Chicago in the US. She found out early on that she was good at maths and loved ideas and set about immersing herself in areas that fascinated her. As a girl she wanted  to be an astronaut and to this day is convinced the Space Program is critically important. And yes, she’s passionate about humans getting to Mars! Laura’s “why not?” attitude ultimately led her to a career in the technology industry where she worked around the world for companies such as HP, KPMG and Perot Systems, as well as starting her own successful supply chain company.  Laura is now based in Australia where she has a full and fascinating portfolio of local and international interests and directorships including being Chair of LaunchVic (a Government organisation to foster a start-up ecosystem), the Foundation for the Advancement of Science and Technology in Schools, and SVI Global Pty Ltd.  She’s also on the boards of: the Fulbright Commission, the Australian Grand Prix Corporation, Epworth HealthCare, the National Basketball League, and the Defence Science Institute.  In this episode, you’ll learn: How Laura goes about influencing people, particularly in a male dominated environment What tools and tactics she uses to manage her mindset How she thinks about her global network Her advice to entrepreneurs And the reasons why she’s on a Mission to Mars! Sit back, buckle up and enjoy this episode with the very accomplished and delightful Laura Anderson.     Links of Interest Laura's Website Laura on Twitter Laura on Instagram   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this health care podcast, Pam Arora, SVP and CIO at Children’s Health in Dallas, talks about the work she and her team are doing. Spoiler alert: It’s pretty visionary. They have integrated telemedicine solutions in schools and in patients’ homes. They’ve also been monitoring adherence to vital transplant meds by putting chips on the capsules. They have initiatives happening with voice and GPS technology. I asked Pam what it takes to get all of this done while, at the same time, balancing the usual suspects—the EHR upgrades, the security patches, the virtual desktops, the inevitable panic of the month. Pam explains her answer far more eloquently than I’m going to be able to recap here, but in a nutshell, she says it’s all about getting the fundamentals right. A hospital, a health system, needs a capable, robust EHR infrastructure that really works. She further adds that attaining that infrastructure takes a lot of things, but one of them is a relentless attention to the details, particularly the details around what exactly and specifically patients and their families want and need. I met Pam at the NODE.Health conference earlier this year in New York City. You can learn more at childrens.com or onTwitter at @ChildrensTheOne.  You can also connect with Pam on Twitter at @pkarora. Pamela Arora serves as senior vice president, information services, and chief information officer (CIO) and is responsible for directing all efforts of the information services groups in the organization. Her oversight encompasses systems and technology, health information management, and health care technology management and support. Pamela joined the Children’s Health team in 2007. With more than 30 years of experience in Information Technology, Pamela is a proven leader with a history of achieving results in large corporations in various industries, as well as in entrepreneurial endeavors. Prior to her arrival at Children’s Health, she served as the SVP and CIO at UMass Memorial Health Care in Worcester, Massachusetts, and CIO of Perot Systems in Dallas, Texas. In 2010, she was instrumental in leading Children’s Health in achieving the Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Stage 7 Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model award designation. Under her leadership, Children’s Health has been named multiple times to the InformationWeek500, InformationWeek Elite 100, and Hospitals & Health Networks’ Most Wired. In 2013, Children’s Health was named a HIMSS Enterprise Davies Award winner for the organization’s innovative use of the electronic health record as well as Health Information Trust Alliance Common Security Framework certification. Pamela is a member of HIMSS and serves as a HIMSS Davies Award judge. She is also a member of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) and the Children’s Hospital Association (CHA). In 2015, Pamela was named one of the top 50 leaders in Health IT by Becker’s Health IT & CIO Review, and in the same year, she received the Dallas Business Journal Women in Technology Award. Pamela has spoken and continues to speak and lecture at IT-related health care events across the nation and internationally. Pamela holds an MBA from Southern Methodist University and a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Wayne State University. 02:12 What Children’s Health’s telemedicine program looks like and its wide reach into 140 schools. 03:03 “We truly want to be where children live, learn, and play.” 03:22 “We prefer to be out in the community wherever possible for those wellness programs.” 06:50 Making pediatric medication with chips possible. 10:26 EP203 with Greg Makoul of PatientWisdom.11:41 “We, in health care, have to do a better job with the patient experience.” 13:07 Geisinger study on food deserts. 13:35 Children’s Health pilot programs with Alexa. 15:10 “I think that the real game changer is when you think of people in their home setting.” 15:30 From the pediatric standpoint, the “digital natives” and the positive benefit this presents. 19:01 “You do the visionary projects, but you recognize that you have to address the details in a relentless way.” 25:41 Governance processes and orienting everyone around the same goal. 27:06 Data’s place in this process. 27:16 The importance of defining your data. 29:00 Meaningful use and its usefulness. 29:23 “We need to be able to share data with the food banks and the YMCAs etc.” You can learn more at childrens.com or on Twitter at @ChildrensTheOne. You can also connect with Pam on Twitter at @pkarora.  Check out our newest episode with @pkarora of @ChildrensTheOne on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #EHR #healthinnovation #digitalhealth What does a wide-reaching telemedicine program look like within the school structure? @pkarora of @ChildrensTheOne discusses on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #EHR #healthinnovation #digitalhealth “We truly want to be where children live, learn, and play.” @pkarora of @ChildrensTheOne discusses on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #EHR #healthinnovation #digitalhealth “We prefer to be out in the community wherever possible for those wellness programs.” @pkarora of @ChildrensTheOne discusses on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #EHR #healthinnovation #digitalhealth Making #pediatricmedicine with chips possible. @pkarora of @ChildrensTheOne discusses on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #EHR #healthinnovation #digitalhealth “We, in health care, have to do a better job with the patient experience.” @pkarora of @ChildrensTheOne discusses on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #EHR #healthinnovation #digitalhealth What do Children’s Health pilot programs with Alexa look like? @pkarora of @ChildrensTheOne discusses on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #EHR #healthinnovation #digitalhealth “I think that the real game changer is when you think of people in their home setting.” @pkarora of @ChildrensTheOne discusses on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #EHR #healthinnovation #digitalhealth The upside to working with “digital natives” in #pediatriccare. @pkarora of @ChildrensTheOne discusses on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #EHR #healthinnovation #digitalhealth “You do the visionary projects, but you recognize that you have to address the details in a relentless way.” @pkarora of @ChildrensTheOne discusses on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #EHR #healthinnovation #digitalhealth Why are governance processes so necessary? @pkarora of @ChildrensTheOne discusses on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #EHR #healthinnovation #digitalhealth The importance in defining your #healthdata. @pkarora of @ChildrensTheOne discusses on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #EHR #healthinnovation #digitalhealth “We need to be able to share data with the food banks and the YMCAs etc.” @pkarora of @ChildrensTheOne discusses on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #EHR #healthinnovation #digitalhealth

After years of working for huge companies like Hewlett Packard and Perot Systems, Chris Creel, author of Adaptive: Scaling Empathy and Trust to Create Workplace Nirvana, dedicated eight years of research and development ... The post Adaptive: Christopher Creel appeared first on Author Hour.

After years of working for huge companies like Hewlett Packard and Perot Systems, Chris Creel, author of Adaptive: Scaling Empathy and Trust to Create Workplace Nirvana, dedicated eight years of research and development ... The post Adaptive: Christopher Creel appeared first on Author Hour.

In this conversation with Sivaguru, Diwakar Menon talks about * The focus for testing effectiveness would be to address risks * Some stories of testing in projects adopting agile approaches * High functioning development organizations * What made him launch a startup And some more.. Diwakar Menon has over 30 years of work experience ranging from test consulting to delivery to pre-sales. He has been the head of service delivery for key customer contracts that encompass a variety of services from Software QA, Testing, Application Development, Application Management, Infrastructure Management and Business Support Services across a multiplicity of pillars like Telecom, Banking & Financial Industry, Government, and Health. He is the co-founder of Last Mile Consultants , a boutique test consulting organisation, that works with IT Service providers, product organisations, captives and startups and helps set up or improve their software testing function, focusing on test strategies, capabilities, test automation, or process transformations.   Diwakar possesses a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering from Mumbai University. Prior to founding Last Mile, Diwakar has worked in global organisations like Tech Mahindra, Perot Systems (now Dell), Deutsche Software, Tata Unisys (now TCS) and CMC Ltd.

Indianapolis is home to some great industry leaders. Joe Mack started his career as an Army Officer who graduated from West Point Military Academy. He moved on to Perot Systems, mentored and guided by Ross Perot. Joe Mack has personally been in charge of over 50 teams, ranging in size from 3 to over 150, in military and civilian organizations, in both peacetime and forward-deployed situations... and he's consulted on enterprise-level technology transformations for companies ranging from "mom and pop" shops to household names. Joe has developed an innate ability to recognize both good and bad examples of management, leadership and corporate culture almost instantly. He's worked for managers of just about every kind. He fondly remembers those that he would have followed to the ends of the earth, and wince when "he remembers those that could not pour pee out of a boot if the instructions were written on the heel". Join us for this entertaining conversation with Joe on his lessons of leadership. Special Guests: Benjamin McCann and Joe Mack.

Connect with Joel Whitworth on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joelwhitworth/ Timestamps: 01:40 - Being a Director at HCSC and the responsibilities of a product owner 03:30 - Joel’s first job as an Educational Leadership Consultant for Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity 05:34 - How to approach networking conversations and connecting with people quickly 10:10 - Transitioning to the corporate world and his initial roles at Perot Systems 13:30 - Getting the opportunity to work overseas in China 14:50 - Making the decision to accept the opportunity to move to China 16:15 - Implications and logistics of moving overseas 17:57 - The experience of moving, life as an expat, working in China, and building services in a new market 24:08 - General advice on working in China as an expat 25:41 - Building a professional network 28:45 - Running events for K-State Alumni Association 30:27 - Book recommendations, podcasts, and other career influences 33:30 - Opportunities in other industries 34:58 - Final thoughts and advice for young professionals Healthcare Terms and Acronyms: UM - Utilization Management HCSC - Health Care Service Corporation Books, Podcasts, and Other Recommendations: Never Eat Alone - https://www.amazon.com/Never-Eat-Alone-Expanded-Updated-ebook/dp/B00H6JBFOS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1517856676&sr=8-1&keywords=never+eat+alone Harvard Business Review - https://hbr.org/ How I Built This - podcast This Week in Tech - podcast Hardcore History - podcast Curious City - podcast Companies and Organizations: Lambda Chi Alpha - https://www.lambdachi.org/ Health Care Service Corporation (Blue Cross Blue Shield of TX, NM, OK, MT) - http://www.hcsc.com/ Perot Systems (now NTT Data) - https://us.nttdata.com/en/industries/healthcare-and-life-sciences

Alright, our guest today is Richard Corbridge, he is both the Chief Information Officer for the Health Service Executive in Ireland and he’s the CEO of eHealth Ireland. Richard has a wealth of experience in the Health and Clinical Research sector leading business change, benefits management and Information security projects. He originally planned to be a school teacher, but after a role as a quality analyst with Perot Systems, he went on to specialize in IT development, procurement and implementation across national and local health care arenas in the UK. Over the last 15 years, Richard has delivered a wide range of technology in health systems and he’s had some great success, and he also has success with perhaps the most complex systems in healthcare: the people. Richard and I spoke about what can be learned from the UK’s National Program for IT, a program that is largely criticized as a £12billion pound failure but that did provide some key infrastructure and systems to modernize the UK’s health system. We also spoke about clinical engagement, and the role of clinicians - all clinicians, not just doctors - in leading and embracing change. We also spoke about the lighthouse projects that are underway in Ireland to provide technology solutions for bipolar disease, epilepsy and hemophilia. They have a cool solution using chatbots for mental health that I think you’ll want to hear about. Today's Topics Why patients should care about securing their health identityHow the GS1 Number is being used as a unique identifier for patients across all the EUIreland's Lighthouse projects in epilepsy, hemophilia and bi-polar disorder.How chatbots are being used to manage bi-polar episodesHow mobile phone technology be used in treating mental healthWhat the UK’s National Program for IT delivered and what lessons can be learned from that experienceHow digital transformation is not an IT project, but rather a business change projectHow to engage clinicians in business and tech transformationCheck out the full show notes at digitalhealthtoday.com/32   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Show Summary: Today's show is about how much and when to invest in yourself. Let's break this down a little bit. First, the why and the when. When do you invest in yourself? Immediately. If not, sooner. Back in 1998, I was on the help desk answering tech support phone calls for a company called Perot Systems, which is Ross Perot's old company. I had the opportunity to go to a Window's boot camp because this was a big deal back then. It was new cutting edge technology. I was going to be certified at the end of it. It was a two and a half-week intensive where you studied and took test type of thing. So I went there and I was investing in myself and although the company paid for, it's was a significant time investment. Passing the test and getting certified were valuable but the one of the people I met there became my manager a couple of years later because of the relationship and investment I built and just being a good person. And that same manager became my manager fifteen years after that, the first time I met him again at a second company. Investing in something doesn't always bring good immediate results. Hopefully, everyone realizes that you are reaping what you sow. The seed you plant now will be the fruit and the food you get later on in life, two or three months from now. In my case, it was 15 years from the time I've met Dave. Therefore, immediately is when you should start investing in yourself. It doesn't have to be a boot camp but hopefully that illustrates the power of investing in yourself and it certainly has for me. Why invest in yourself? To reap rewards you never expected How much? Be careful to not be only a consumer of this information and always on the hunt or always consuming it that you're consuming it so much that you'll rot and you'll never take action. You're always wanting to learn more or think you need to learn more to get in the perfect place before you do something, this podcast being a good example. It actually took 6-8 months before I actually took action. I read a lot of blogs and people and tried to model a lot of them. I was consuming too much that I should have taken action sooner. Be mindful of the dollars. Especially now with all the info products, digital downloads, and webinars, etc., you have to be mindful of how much money you spend. It is easy to get wrapped up and get caught with $5 or $6, $200 or $99 programs that really aren't that valuable information that you could have gotten otherwise or something you just don't need. Make it a part of your daily practice. Find some free things that you can integrate in everyday to reap rewards later in life or later in your business.   How to integrate this into your daily practice: Learn why you're on the go. Be aware. You don't have to sit down and read a book to gain knowledge or invest in your own education. When you're out with your family, be aware of your surroundings. When you see advertising on billboards, wall, or phone, know what works about it and what doesn't. When you walk into a retail store, notice how it's laid out, notice the customer service, the cleanliness, how you feel about it. When you interact with people at a professional place, notice how you feel, what they look like, how they talk to you. Get the sense of how you can integrate that into your life and business. You can always be learning.   Ways you can invest in yourself: Listen to podcasts. There are tons of awesome podcasts out there and gain a lot of value. YouTube This is a fantastic resource for any information. Find some legacy ones or just old stuff that doesn't come across well-written. Videos are great especially if you're a visual person like me. They are great for training and investing some time and they're free. Books You don't have to read them from cover to cover. Pick out the parts you like. Find books that speak to you. Find books that are in your business. Find books that other people recommend. I love books! Mastermind Groups There are free and paid versions of mastermind groups which I've talked about before. With mastermind groups, you get to surround yourself with like-minded people. Just be aware of the things you can't control: Members Skill sets Openness Just get in there and see if they're a good fit for you. Accountability Groups You come and say what you're going to do. You go do it or not. You come back and then the people in the group call you out on it. It's like a subset of a mastermind group. They are good for people who have focus issues so you can hold them accountable. These groups are often free. Conferences Watch people. Meet new people. Hear different stories. Oftentimes you can listen to 7 or 8 really good presenters or really good stories in a few hours. They also allow you to go elbow-to-elbow with other people in person than just watching them on YouTube. This can go from really inexpensive to spending thousands and thousands of dollars. They usually have a wide range of experiences and topics. If you don't already, at least check a couple out. Go to some local ones that don't cost that much to get a sense of what they're about. Coaching Hire a coach to see your blind spots to tell you what no one else is telling you. Successful people are surrounded by people that support, love them, encourage them, or for the really, really successful people, people that are just yes men. No one challenges them or their thoughts or get deeps with them. Coaches will help you see those blind spots and change your perspective on how you see things. It's literally life changing! Personally, I went from no endurance training to doing an Ironman. In short, I wanted to go from point zero to point 100 which was finishing the Ironman, which is a massive feat. The same holds true for a business or life in general. You start at a point and you want to go to point 100. There is no way in the world that I would have been able to do that without a coach to help me see my blind spots, to get me through the struggles I had, to encourage me. It was my own accountability knowing that I had someone that I would let down or disappoint if I didn't take care of my business. It was more of me feeling accountable to him that I owed him my best because he gave me his best coaching. Coaching to me, in any way, shape, or form, is beneficial if you get the right coach. There is no mystery that the greatest athletes in the world, the greatest business professionals in the world, the greatest anyone in the world have coaches to help them see their blind spots, tough spots, and things they normally wouldn't see. Invest in a coach. It's the best thing you'll do with your money this year. That's all for today. I hope you invest some time. Slow down. Smell the roses. Check out a book. Check out some YouTube. But, don't let that consume you. Take action and focus. Books, People, & Resources: eye9design - A boutique web design and WordPress agency that just celebrated 10 years in business (an eternity in the web design space). They built hundreds of websites for businesses of all sizes. Finding a web design company is hard. There are lots of options, lots of good ones but lots of bad ones. Let the team at eye9design take care of you. If you need a great website for a great price, visit www.focus53.com/eye9. Mention this ad and get 10%. Download the 15 Most Popular Tools Business Owners Should Be Using

A Continuing Series of Podcasts from Perot Systems on the Impact of Technology on Healthcare

A Podcast from Perot Systems on the Role of Information Technology in Improving Healthcare

Perot Systems continues its series of podcasts with a forward-looking discussion about the increasing role Information Technology will play in the transformation of healthcare. In this episode, Dr. Kevin Fickenscher discusses with Dr. David Pryor some very effective techniques that have improved the quality of care at Ascension Health.

Perot Systems continues its series of podcasts with a forward-looking discussion about the increasing role Information Technology will play in the transformation of healthcare. In this episode, Dr. Kevin Fickenscher discusses with Dr. Jack Lord the innovations taking place across the healthcare industry, as well as what the future holds for healthcare providers.

Perot Systems continues its series of podcasts with a forward-looking discussion about the increasing role Information Technology will play in the transformation of healthcare. In this episode, Dr. Kevin Fickenscher discusses with Dr. Elliot Sternberg how changes in technology will impact healthcare quality and patient safety.

Staffing shortages, rising costs, and the slow pace of technology adoption are just a few of the issues that are pressuring the US healthcare industry. Add in globalization, medical tourism, and the aging population, and the picture of an increasingly challenged industry becomes clear. Peter Altabef, president and CEO of Perot Systems Corporation (NYSE: PER) talks with Healthcare Tech and the World host Dr. Kevin Fickenscher about the state of healthcare in the US, and around the world. From medical tourism, to universal standards of care, Mr. Altabef describes how technology is leveling the field in terms of care delivery, cost and quality across the globe.

Medicare's pay-for-performance (P4P) initiatives are fast becoming a fact of life for physicians. Already, 34 percent of internists, 29 percent of family physicians, and 44 percent of physicians in large practice groups are being impacted by P4P according industry studies. In November's "Healthcare Tech and the World," Perot Systems (NYSE: PER) looks at P4P, and whether or not it is a major driver for physicians to widely adopt technology.

Back in 2008 when we went through a Global Recession, Arn was NOT READY and he nearly lost everything!!!!! He was distracted but for good reason..... 2005 bought my first house with my fiancee.... 2007 married his fiancee with a honeymoon to Excellence Rivera, Cancun...... (all on LOANS!!!) he was so happy and on cloud 9, his childhood sweetheart and himself married and ready to begin their lives together, what could go wrong...... Then onto 2008 his daughter was born in July, one of the best moments in his life to date, first born and a complete new experience and a little person so devoted to Arn, this was all happening right in the middle of the 2008 global crisis, Arn was a Recruitment Consultant at the time and just landed some large clients one being Perot Systems (basically they where a competitor to IBM) Money was stilling coming in, he bought a nearly new Audi A4 2.4 S-Line like you do..... then BANG! Everything stopped!! .... one of his clients was Bear Stearns who was a global investment bank then like dominoes his clients was disappearing one by one, he worked harder and longer hours but it just did not help, if companies are not recruiting then you can't do anything about it... Feeling alone, tired and failing fast with his debts rising he did the only thing he knew and followed the majority.... So at the back end of the 2008 he took a job at Tesco Supermarket (Thurs - Sun) as an additional job to bring in more money due to difficult times..... so this meant on Thurs and Friday starting his recruitment job at 08:15 finishing at 6ish then straight to Tesco for 4 hours of more work......... Saturday would be a 10am to 7pm and working a Sunday 10 to 4pm.... That is the definition of crazy to me! But he did not know any better.....No time with his wife or his baby girl... but he had to provide for his family and keep going because they had bills to pay...(Wedding and honeymoon was on a LOAN) he sold his car and bought a banger............................... this was an easy decision but sooooo difficult for him as he thought he deserved a nice car because he was working hard but instead he was gathering more liabilities taking more money out of his pocket... The Car that he bought, all the electrics failed so he had no indicators, the wipers failed and stopped working the engine made a loud knocking sound and the speedometer did not even work so he had to view the revs to guesstimate the speed he was travelling, embarrassment, shame disappointment, failure feeling sorry for himself was all the emotions he was feeling and going through..How did this happen to him? He made it through the tough times with that part time job and full time job and deiced that he can't put his family and himself through that situation again........but failed over the years............... time and time again at different business ideas, hedid not want to be in the same situation again from 2008 after multiple setbacks to find a side business that would pay me more than my normal working day....... Arn thinks he has found the solution and answer==============> He invested his time and money to learn about making money online by using social media so when the Virus crisis happened in 2020 he was ready FOR IT