Speaking

I speak to founders, leadership teams, and industry audiences about building and scaling technology companies — and about betting early on the platforms that reshape an industry.

I bring the perspective of a technical founder and operator: someone who built a healthcare technology company, scaled it to national recognition, and led it through acquisition. I speak from experience rather than theory — about what it takes to build a durable company, adopt new technology with discipline, and navigate the full arc from founding to exit.

Topics

• Founding and scaling a technology company outside the traditional venture hubs
• The founder-to-acquired journey: preparing a company for enterprise acquisition, and what changes after the sale
• Betting early on emerging platforms — from wireless and IoT to Salesforce to AI
• Adopting enterprise AI with discipline, and the real risks of scaling it across large organizations
• Building and leading high-performing technical teams
• Women in technology leadership

Formats

• Keynotes
• Fireside chats and panels
• Executive and board workshops
• Founder and leadership roundtables

Past speaking engagements

Podcast

• Host, “How I Transformed This” — HealthcareNOW Radio, co-hosted with Clark Buckner. 35 episodes featuring guests including DP Brightful (Salesforce), Ray Guzman (SwitchPoint Ventures), and Derek Brochu (Premise Health). (Series concluded — no longer in production.)

Keynotes

• Women’s Entrepreneurship Day Summit — Keynote speaker. East Tennessee State University / KOSBE, November 2020.

Panels & sessions

• Taking Action on Data — Panelist. ViVE 2023, Nashville, with the Nashville Health Care Council. March 2023.
• ACHE of Middle Tennessee, Spring Symposium — Session 2 panelist. 2024.
• Journey Through the AppExchange: From SI to ISV — Co-presenter with Sean Hogan, CodeScience. 2023.
• Nashville Young Enterprising Women Conference (6th Annual) — Panelist and mentor. DevMar Products, 2023.
• Women Business Collaborative — Panelist. Annual Summit (2021) and Action Summit (2022).

Nashville Health Care Council

• Crucial Conversations: AI Is Nothing Without Data — Panelist. Belmont University, August 2024.
• Understanding AI’s Role in Healthcare: From Basics to Real-World Applications — Co-led with Lynn Simon, M.D. (CHS). 2024.
• Socio-Technical Factors Driving Success in AI and Data Healthcare Initiatives — Panelist. 2024.
• Leadership and Legacy — Panelist, Council Fellows program.
• Council Fellows — Moderator, Council Fellows discussion (2023 Annual Report).
• Leadership Health Care, Next-Gen Programs — Featured speaker.

Webinars

• Virsys12 + Becker’s Hospital Review — Presenter. August 2022.

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