Steve Goldsby of Integrated Computer Solutions
Comments: 0 - Date: July 30th, 2007 - Categories: Technology, Leadership
Interested in Information Security post 9/11? Listen in on this podcast with the President and CEO of Integrated Computer Solutions. Steve is a popular and featured speaker at national and state conferences as an Information Security subject matter expert. His Information Security articles and papers have been featured in national trade magazines and journals. Steve shares with our listeners his views, which range from the impact 9/11 has had on information security, to looming threats and risks and common misconceptions.
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Gary York is the founder and Chairman of Awarix. Awarix provides patient care solutions to hospitals to improve the efficiency of their patient management. Gary received his Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon and served as a research fellow at the University of California at Berkeley. He is a popular speaker and author in the areas of entrepreneurship and technology. Gary not only holds impressive academic credentials–he has been to the “entrepreneur’s mountain-top” not once, but three times. Previous to Awarix, he founded and led two other highly successful companies: Comframe Software, an IT Consultancy and Emageon, a medical imaging provider for the healthcare industry.
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