2019 Keynote Speaker
Tom Mitchell
Speaker bio: Tom’s 30+-year background includes leading strategy, marketing, and operations for high-growth healthcare and technology firms globally. He serves as President and Chief Operating Officer of Insequence, Inc. and is also Managing Partner and Founder of Stratipoint Advisory, a company he created to drive high-valued go-to-market strategy into organizations based on research, strategic planning and execution.
He has led companies through corporate rebranding initiatives, new product launches, portfolio diversification and through acquisitions.
Tom has over 20 years of experience in healthcare, focusing on information technology and services, along with clinical, financial and consumer-related strategic initiatives. He is a multi-channel marketing professional experienced in creating significant brand value and successful marketing strategies at a number of top healthcare and technology companies, including MEDHOST, M*Modal, Dell Healthcare, and Life Sciences, DocuSys and SSI.
He currently serves on the board of the Tennessee chapter of HIMSS, serves as a Steering Committee Member of the Nashville Chapter of The Compassionate Friends, has served in an advisory role with the American Hospital Association, served on the marketing committee of CommonWell Health Alliance and been actively involved with the Healthcare Financial Management Association, along with Leadership Health Care and the Nashville Health Care Council.
Tom has been married for 31 years and has two sons and a daughter. His hobbies are playing the guitar, writing, history, and exercise.
2019 Featured Speakers
Candice Friestad
Avera Health
Jonathon Tunstead
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Marwan Abouelela
IWK Health Centre
David Shively
Stanford Health Care
Scott Kennedy
Connexall
Sean McDaniel
Arkansas Children’s Hospital
Natsumi Shiotani
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Aniket Nadkarni
Stanford Children's Health
Sumeet Bhatia
AIVA Health
Stanley Holt
AIVA Health
2019 Featured Panelists
Lori McCauley
Arkansas Children’s Hospital
Ed Grogan
Sibley Memorial Hospital Johns Hopkins Medicine
Kevin Spolini
University of California San Francisco Health
Patrick McDevitt
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Yihan Zhang
Connexall
Alexis Balingcongan
Connexall
2019 Conference Facilitator
Jane Gaynor
Speaker bio: Jane Gaynor is the founder of Gain Your Edge Coaching, INC. She is an authentic leadership coach and speaker, who has an extraordinary gift to empower, engage and inspire others. In her last role with Campbell Soup Company North America, Jane had the opportunity to work with an executive coach and the experience was life changing. After 20+ years in the corporate world, Jane transitioned into the coaching world with one goal; to have the same impact on others, as her coach had on her. Jane is passionate about supporting others to find their authentic leadership style, gain awareness, build confidence and take action to create a more fulfilling life, professionally and personally. Jane has been part of WorldConnex since 2016 and is excited to be back again as the conference facilitator.