“We are thrilled to have marketing thought leaders of the calibre of Sherri and Elle join the Demand Spring Board of Advisors. Their background and experience will be of such benefit to the Demand Spring team, and will undoubtedly contribute to our continued growth in the Revenue Marketing space.”

OTTAWA, Ontario (PRWEB)
November 13, 2019

Revenue Marketing consultancy Demand Spring is pleased to announce the addition of two highly respected and experienced marketing professionals to their Board of Advisors – Sherri Leopard and Elle Woulfe.

Sherri Leopard, a Senior Advisor with SY Partners, is a sought-after marketing advisor and consultant. Sherri founded Leopard, one of the industry’s first B2B marketing services companies, in 1985 and she spent more than 30 years as a strategic partner to CEOs, senior marketing leaders, and sales leaders in the technology and telecommunications sectors at such blue-chip organizations as IBM, SAP, PeopleSoft, JDEdwards, Siemens, Motorola, and many others. Leopard’s success led to it being acquired by WPP and made part of the Ogilvy family in 2006, and Sherri remained with Ogilvy as a consultant for a number of years. In 2017, Sherri was the first woman inducted into the Association of National Advertisers, B2B Marketing Hall of Fame.

Elle Woulfe is a veteran in the marketing technology industry, and has held senior marketing executive positions with such organizations as Eloqua, Lattice Engines, and PathFactory. She is a thought leader in the field of demand generation and marketing operations. As a revenue-focused marketer, Elle has years of expertise in digital marketing and demand generation, and is an expert at bringing sales and marketing teams together through shared goals and processes.

Sherri and Elle join an exceptional group who are already part of the Demand Spring Board of Advisors, including:

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  Gary Connolly – Partner with Ottawa CPA firm Crowe BGK LLP
• Dave Laverty – former CMO of IBM Analytics
• David Pratt – President of DAP Associates, and former VP Worldwide Services at IBM and SVP of Global Operations at SAP
• Mark Sullivan – former President of MarketOne International

Mark Emond, President of Demand Spring, said: “We are beyond thrilled to have marketing thought leaders of the calibre of Sherri and Elle join the Demand Spring Board of Advisors. Their background and experience will be of such benefit to the Demand Spring team, and will undoubtedly contribute to our continued growth in the Revenue Marketing space. We are so fortunate to have such a high calibre group of experts on our Board, and Sherri and Elle certainly add to the depth of this group.”

About Demand Spring

Demand Spring is an integrated Revenue Marketing consultancy that helps marketing organizations stand taller by enabling them to scale their ability to contribute to pipeline and revenue. Our team of Revenue Marketing Strategists, Content Marketers, and Marketing Technologists help our clients transform their marketing practices, deliver exceptional customer experiences, and drive revenue. For more information, visit http://www.demandspring.com.

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Paul’s appointment is a major milestone in Glewed TV’s aggressive growth and expansion plans

NEWARK, Del. (PRWEB)
November 13, 2019

Glewed TV, a leading video on demand (VOD) discovery, distribution and monetization management platform for original and professionally produced video content, today announced it has appointed V Paul Coyne as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Coyne joins Glewed TV with extensive experience that spans more than three decades with a concentration on bringing emerging digital and media technology in the form of new product introductions and partnerships to the entertainment industry.

“Paul’s appointment is a major milestone in Glewed TV’s aggressive growth and expansion plans,” said Dean Marco, Chief Marketing Officer. “The Glewed TV team deserves to celebrate this news as Paul is a significant hire that gives immediate credibility to the company with his stellar industry reputation. I’m tremendously excited about the positive impact Paul will have taking our business to the next level while continuing in our mission to exceed our customers’ expectations.”

Prior to joining Glewed TV, Coyne was a Senior Vice President at Warner Music Group where he harnessed the new digital technology forces redefining music for both artists and labels. Prior to that, he was Chief Technology Officer at NBC where he worked closely with NBC Sports on three Olympic Games. His career also includes stints at IBM in conjunction with the prestigious TJ Watson Research Center and Lotus Development. In addition to the corporate world, Paul’s passion project was building the deal between WME owned IMG to fund the motorsports series Formula Drift where he remains part owner as they end their 16th season.

Commenting on his appointment, Coyne stated, “Glewed TV has already achieved great success sourcing high-value content for viewers looking for something different. I’m honored to be joining Glewed TV team at such a pivotal time for the company and look forward to building upon and sharing this success to the benefit of consumers, content creators and advertisers.”

With Glewed TV, video content creators are building audiences across all of the top OTT platforms –– Roku, Fire TV, and Apple TV — and discovering new revenue streams, while consumers are getting free access to premium on-demand TV programs that are unique, engaging, immediate and convenient.

By using Glewed TV’s extensive marketing, data and analytic services, brands are able to tell their story, reach and provide value added experiences and interactions for their target audiences.

Coyne concluded, “Video viewers want free content and as a result expect to see ads in exchange. Ad supported content is here to stay and Glewed TV is in a formidable position to lead and innovate the way viewers consume and pay for content.”

About Glewed TV

Glewed TV is one of the ways cord cutters are saving with free access to premium on-demand content. No subscription fees are required to watch movies and TV programs that are unique, engaging, immediate and convenient. Glewed TV is ad-supported and free across all platforms. Glewed TV sources and produces content of high production value with over 7,000 hours available. Main content categories include food, children, sports, DIY, educational, documentaries, animals/wildlife, travel, comedy, product reviews and movies.

Glewed TV was founded by a team of creators and technologists that have successfully launched and sold over 40 OTT/CTV channels in the past five years. Glewed TV knows exactly how to build channels for every CTV platform, reach and influence the right consumers with high quality and engaging content.

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“By earning their MBAs, these business leaders can celebrate their wise investment in themselves, both professionally and personally,” said Bradley Staats, associate dean of MBA Programs.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (PRWEB)
November 12, 2019

The University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School celebrated the graduation of 333 working professionals from its evening, weekend and online MBA programs on Nov. 9 at the Dean E. Smith Center.

“By earning their MBAs, these business leaders can celebrate their wise investment in themselves, both professionally and personally,” said Bradley Staats, associate dean of MBA Programs and an operations professor. “They studied – learning from each other as well as their professors – and took those lessons back to work to benefit their organizations. The strong bonds they built with their classmates now extend to an even wider network of more than 38,000 alumni in 50 states and 85 countries who are passionate about UNC Kenan-Flagler.”

Graduates of the Evening Program are from the Triangle, while graduates of the Weekend Program come from as far away as California, Rhode Island, New York, Tennessee and Georgia. Graduates of the online program live across the U.S. and in Canada and Italy.

They work in diverse industries and for small first to multinational organizations. Some of the organizations for which they work include Bank of America, Blue Cross Blue Shield, BP, GE Aviation, IBM, JP Morgan Chase, Lenovo, MITRE Corporation, Red Hat, UNC School of Medicine, U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps.

Stephen Cumbie (MBA ’73), chief executive officer and principal of NVCommercial Inc., NVRetail Inc. and Metro Management Services LLC, gave the keynote address.

Teaching excellence awards were presented to Hugh O’Neill, professor of strategy and entrepreneurship and Edward M. O’Herron, Jr. Distinguished Scholar; Christian Lundblad, Richard “Dick” Levin Distinguished Professor of Finance; and Amanda Thompson, clinical assistant professor of finance.

About the University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School

Consistently ranked one of the world’s best business schools, UNC Kenan-Flagler offers a broad range of programs – Undergraduate, MBA and Master of Accounting, PhD and Executive Development – and extraordinary, real-life learning experiences. Faculty demonstrate unparalleled dedication to students’ learning and a commitment to world-class research that addresses critical business challenges. Contributing to the School’s thought leadership is the Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise, which promotes innovative, market-based solutions to vital economic issues. UNC Kenan-Flagler’s collaborative culture is rooted in core values that date back to its founding in 1919, and graduates are renowned as effective, principled leaders with the technical knowledge and leadership skills to deliver results in the global business environment.

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Paola Bianchi Delp, MHA, MBA, ACHE, Chapters Health System, Chief Business Development Officer

“It became readily apparent that having Paola as a permanent team member was vitally important in order for the organization to meet our strategic goals.” Andrew Molosky, MBA, FACHE, CHPCA, president and chief executive officer at Chapters Health.

TAMPA, Fla. (PRWEB)
November 12, 2019

Chapters Health System, one of the nation’s premier not-for-profit, community-based healthcare organizations headquartered in Temple Terrace, names Paola Bianchi Delp, MHA, MBA, ACHE, as the organization’s new chief business development officer. Delp will be responsible for overseeing and expanding relationships with payors, hospital systems and assist in the development of additional strategic partnerships for Chapters Health.

“In December 2018, Paola joined the organization as a consultant, whereby she assisted us in reviewing and analyzing our existing managed care contracts. As time passed, it became readily apparent that having Paola as a permanent team member was vitally important in order for the organization to meet our strategic goals,” said Andrew Molosky, MBA, FACHE, CHPCA, president and chief executive officer at Chapters Health.

“For us at Chapters Health, Paola brings more than 25 years of experience in leading hospitals, medical groups, integrated delivery systems and health plans in terms of their operations, management, business development and strategic programs. She is a pioneer in the creation of risk-based delivery models, which allowed her to launch several alliances with independent physician associations, physician-hospital organizations, and Medicare-shared savings and accountable care organizations (ACO) programs,” added Dave O’Neil, chief financial officer at Chapters Health.

For the past eight years, Delp consulted in the areas of ACOs, population health and value-based outcomes for healthcare organizations across the United States. Prior to launching her consultant company, she served in a variety of leadership roles for United Healthcare, Physician Healthcare Plans, Ramsay-HMO as well as a number of hospital systems.

Delp received her Bachelor of Science degree in management and public relations from the University of Florida and she earned master’s degrees in both healthcare administration and business administration from the University of South Florida. She is a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives and served on the board of the American Hospital Association Managed Care. In addition, Delp has authored and advocated to modify claim payment accountability with payors.

About Chapters Health System

As a progressive leader and premier health system, Chapters Health System is dedicated to delivering innovative home health, palliative and hospice care along with durable medical equipment and pharmacy services. Since 1983 as a community-based, not-for-profit organization, Chapters Health has provided choices, education and guidance through its managed affiliates: Chapters Health Home Care, Chapters Health Palliative Care, Good Shepherd Hospice, Hospice of Okeechobee, HPH Hospice and LifePath Hospice, located in Citrus, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough, Martin, Okeechobee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk and St. Lucie counties. All offerings are provided in order to improve the patient/family experience well in advance of end-of-life needs. To learn more, visit http://www.chaptershealth.org, like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn.

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Michelle Fee, CEO and founder of Cruise Planners proudly shows off her Apogee Award as a distinguished CEO from the South Florida Business & Wealth

“Cruise Planners is such an amazing franchise because we have the best travel advisors in the industry. I am proud that we have created a company where entrepreneurs are able to run their own businesses and create their own wealth.”

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. (PRWEB)
November 12, 2019

Michelle Fee, CEO and founder of Cruise Planners, an American Express Travel Representative, was recognized as a distinguished CEO by the South Florida Business & Wealth (SFBW) at their annual Apogee Awards.

The Apogee Awards honors C-suite executives for their dedication to their industry, along with leadership, innovation, ability to overcome obstacles and their impact on the community. Honorees are selected from South Florida’s tri-county area.

“As the only female CEO honored in the Hospitality category, it is a pleasure to be an Apogee Award honoree,” says Fee. “Cruise Planners is such an amazing franchise because we have the best travel advisors in the industry. I am proud that we have created a company where entrepreneurs are able to run their own businesses and create their own wealth.”

Fee, a native Floridian, founded Cruise Planners 25 years ago in Coral Springs, Florida and reimagined the travel world. She was a trailblazer well before her time and her visionary leadership spearheaded Cruise Planners to become the nation’s largest network of home-based travel agents with more than 2,500 travel advisors across all 50 U.S. states today. The company has evolved to sell all types of travel from all-inclusive resort vacations, guided land tours and cruises.

Cements Position as Industry Leader

The Apogee Awards comes hot on the heels of Fee highlighted as one of the most influential executives in the 2019 Florida Trend’s Florida 500 List for the second year in a row. The power list recognizes Florida’s most prestigious business leaders who are movers and shakers within their community and beyond.

Recently in the South Florida Business Journal, Cruise Planners was named No. 2 South Florida Women-Owned Business and Fee earned a spot on the 2019 Power Leaders list, an elite group of 250 local professionals who have helped transform South Florida into a dynamic marketplace.

Positive Impact on Broward County

Cruise Planners’ positive economic impact on Broward County includes ongoing travel advisor training sessions held historically at the Greater Fort Lauderdale/ Broward County Convention Center with more than 800 cruise and travel agents annually, as well as additional specialty training events such as the company’s annual convention, being held again next month at the Diplomat Resort & Spa in Hollywood, Florida.

Furthermore, the company positively contributes to Broward County and Greater Fort Lauderdale’s tourism engine helping bring in the more than four million cruisers sailing from Port Everglades each year. Cruise Planners employs 135 employees and has consistently been voted “Top Workplaces in South Florida” by the Sun Sentinel with jobs in technology, marketing, sales and business development all within the hospitality industry.

Community Involvement

Fee is actively involved in CP Cares™ – Cruise Planners’ non-profit organization supporting local, national and international charities and other noble causes and through various fundraising efforts has raised more than $2 million. Cruise Planners champions the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s goal of a world without blood cancer where Fee was named the Woman of the Year by the South Florida Chapter after raising a record-breaking $292,000 for cancer research. She maintains a commitment to helping the community while positively impacting people’s lives and inspiring Cruisitude® – the company’s coined term describing a positive state of mind combined with a passion for travel.

“I’m beyond proud of my BFF Michelle and her success and feel incredibly lucky to be on this incredible journey alongside her every day,” says Vicky Garcia, Cruise Planners’ COO and Fee’s business partner as co-owner. “She’s an inspiration to so many and continues shaking things up to challenge the status quo, which makes our team rise above to drive the unstoppable innovation at Cruise Planners.”

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About Cruise Planners, an American Express Travel Representative

Cruise Planners, an American Express Travel Representative, is the nation’s largest home-based travel agent franchise network in the travel industry. Cruise Planners operates a network of more than 2,500 franchise owners who independently book vacation and travel experiences for their clients. Headquartered in Coral Springs, Fla. since 1994, Cruise Planners supports its network of franchise owners with innovative marketing, booking and technology tools, professional development and training with the industry’s top executives. Cruise Planners and has been named the No. 1 travel franchise by Entrepreneur magazine for 16 consecutive years and was recently featured in Entrepreneur as one of the top 30 franchise innovators in technology. Consistently named as one of the Top Women-Owned Businesses by the South Florida Business Journal, Cruise Planners is on the Inc. 5000 list as one of the fastest-growing private companies in America, has been ranked as the No. 1 travel franchise by Franchise Business Review for 6 years and is recognized as one of the Top Workplaces by the Sun Sentinel.

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Randal Roat, COO, Strategic Radiology

In contracting with GroupSource, we are aligning with a resource specifically developed to deliver savings and support to independent physician practitioners. We think all of our members can benefit, particularly the groups with ownership interests in outpatient diagnostic imaging centers.

CHARLOTTE, S.C. (PRWEB)
November 12, 2019

Strategic Radiology has added the GroupSource group purchasing organization as a Preferred Vendor, extending savings opportunities for members on everything from medical imaging technology to office supplies.

“In contracting with GroupSource, we are aligning with a resource specifically developed to deliver savings and support to independent physician practitioners,” said Randal Roat, chief operating officer, Strategic Radiology. “We think all of our members can benefit, particularly the groups with ownership interests in outpatient diagnostic imaging centers.”

GroupSource is a national physician-focused GPO that partners with Premier to deliver superior, sustainable procurement value to members by leveraging its more than $60 billion purchasing power across 165,000 sites. The GPO encompasses more than 2,000 contracts with national suppliers well-known and respected by the outpatient imaging center community. Participants can save significantly on their direct spend in product categories that include radiopharmaceuticals, medical imaging technology, and credit card services.

“In partnering with Premier, the GroupSource program uniquely overcomes the challenges physicians face by reducing the total delivered cost of supplies and services to allow independent physicians to remain independent,” said Matt Bowles, vice president of sales, GroupSource. “We look forward to extending our buying power through the participation of the independent radiology groups that belong to Strategic Radiology.”

Strategic Radiology’s vendor partnerships cover a wide range of medical imaging software, technology, and services, ranging from medical professional liability insurance to medical imaging technology, and including clinical decision support and post-processing software.

About Strategic Radiology

Strategic Radiology is a coalition of 27 independent, private radiology practices, representing more than 1,100 radiologists. The coalition’s goal is to achieve higher quality patient care and more cost-efficient delivery of medical imaging through an integrated approach of shared data and best practices, interchanging clinical expertise, and consolidating certain practice expenses. It operates the nation’s only radiology-focused Patient Safety Organization listed by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. http://www.StrategicRadiology.org.

About GroupSource

GroupSource is a national physician-focused GPO delivering superior, sustainable procurement value to members since 1996. Leveraging the purchasing power of more than $60 billion across 165,000 sites, its members gain access to more than 2,000 contracts with national suppliers that imaging centers know and trust. GroupSource delivers a niche program focused on the non-acute care sector and employs, at the clinic level, collective leverage principles typically enjoyed only by hospital-sized entities.

SR Core Members:

• Central Illinois Radiological Associates; Peoria, IL
• The Hill Medical Corporation; Pasadena, CA
• Huron Valley Radiology; Ann Arbor, MI
• Inland Imaging; Spokane, WA
• Mountain Medical Physician Specialists; Salt Lake City, UT
• Northwest Radiology; Indianapolis, IN
• Quantum Radiology; Atlanta, GA
• Radiology Associates of North Texas; Dallas/Fort Worth, TX
• Radiology Ltd.; Tucson, AZ
• University Radiology; East Brunswick, NJ

SR Affiliate Members:

• Asheville Radiology Associates; Asheville, NC
• Casper Medical Imaging and Outpatient Radiology; Casper, WY
• Mecklenburg Radiology Associates; Charlotte, NC
• Medical Center Radiology Group; Orlando, FL
• Minneapolis Radiology Associates; Minneapolis, MN
• Modesto Radiological Medical Group (MRMG); Modesto, CA
• Naugatuck Valley Radiological Associates; Waterbury, CT
• Radiologic Medical Services; Iowa City, IA
• Radiology Associates; Jeffersonville, IN
• Radiology Associates of Macon; Macon, GA
• Radiology Associates of Appleton; Appleton, WI
• Radiology Associates of Tallahassee; Tallahassee, FL
• Rome Radiology Group; Rome, GA
• Southeast Radiology, Ltd.; Glen Mills, PA
• Tower Imaging Medical Group; Santa Monica, CA
• United Imaging Consultants; Mission, KS
• X-Ray Consultants; South Bend, IN

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