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ICE2019 IMAGING CONFERENCE & EXPO FEBRUARY 17-19, 2019 • TAMPA/CLEARWATER

THE CONFERENCE FOR IMAGING SERVICE ENGINEERS & ADMINISTRATORS

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ICE2019 IMAGING CONFERENCE & EXPO FEBRUARY 17-19, 2019 • TAMPA/CLEARWATER The Imaging Conference and Expo (ICE) is the only conference dedicated to imaging service professionals including technicians and directors of imaging services. ICE offers valuable CE credits from the ASRT and ACI(pending approval) and, keeping in line with our successful conferences in the past, offers world-class presentations and instructors. Whether it’s worthwhile continuing education, productive networking or the exclusive exhibit hall, attendees will have the perfect opportunity to enhance their careers and spend time with colleagues.

ICE 2019 OFFERS • CRES PREP COURSE • EDUCATION • SUPER SESSIONS

• EXHIBIT HALL • NETWORKING • FINALE PARTY

“A great opportunity to gain insight from industry peers and leaders from around the country.” R. Walston, Regional Director

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SCHEDULE SUNDAY

FEBRUARY 17 1–5 PM....................CRES Prep (Part 1)*

* Additional cost of $100 for the CRES Prep sessions. Both sessions MUST be attended to receive CE credit.

4:45–6 PM.............. Leadership Summit ICE18 Cocktails and Conversations** ** Leadership Summit/Reverse Expo is for confirmed applicants and participants only.

MONDAY

FEBRUARY 18 7 AM.........................Registration Opens 8 AM–noon.............CRES Prep (Part 2)* 8 AM–3:30 PM.......Exhibitor Set UP 8 AM–9:30 AM.......Leadership Summit ICE18Talks** 10 AM–12:30 PM..Reverse Expo** 12 PM–1:30 PM....ICE 2019 Official Event Launch 1:30–3 PM..............Education 3:30–5 PM..............Education 4:30–7 PM.............. Exhibit Hall Grand Opening/ Welcome Reception

TUESDAY

FEBRUARY 19 8 AM.........................Registration 9–10:30 AM............Education 11–12:30 PM.........Education 12–2:30 PM............Exhibit Hall (lunch served) 2:30–4 PM..............Super Sessions 5:30 PM...................Finale Party Schedule Subject to change

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EDUCATION Sunday, February 17

1:30-3 PM

CRES Preparation (Part I)

Digital Mammography – Quality Control and Medical Physics Checks

1-5 PM

Dale Cover, President & COO, Radiological Service Training Institute

TECHNICAL

AAMI Credentials Institute (ACI) offers independent certification testing in the areas of biomedical, clinical lab and radiology formerly offered by the International Certification Commission (ICC). The radiological endorsement is called Certification for Radiological Equipment Specialist (CRES). The test consists of a series of multiple choice questions divided into 5 sections. Up to 6 hours are allowed for completing the exam. This 8-hour course is designed to teach the experienced service professional the requisite knowledge necessary to successfully pass the radiological portion of the CRES test. The subjects include radiation physics, radiation safety, anatomy, physiology, X-ray equipment use, CDRH compliance testing, electronics and troubleshooting. Sample testing during this program helps to reinforce good testing techniques and confidence in the process.

Monday, February 18 CRES Preparation (Part II) TECHNICAL

Continuation of Friday’s class.

90%

TECHNICAL

This course will teach the service engineer what tests are performed during an annual PM and by a medical physicist. We will review the digital detector technology and performance characteristics from the major digital mammography OEMs. We will review the quality control tests and cover: • How tests and checks are • What the tests are attempting performed to quantify • What tools and test equipment • Corrective actions needed are required to perform system (component replacement, tests/checks calibration, etc.) when tests fail

Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Medical Devices – Then, Now and Tomorrow

G. Wayne Moore, CEO, Acertara Acoustic Laboratories

TECHNICAL

This presentation will address charting the beginning of AI in medical imaging devices, the core algorithm for AI and how Machine Learning (ML) takes place along with the strengths and weaknesses of AI/ML. The presentation will examine where we are now and where AI is headed in the near future.

8 AM-12 PM

Dale Cover, President & COO, Radiological Service Training Institute

Texas Medical Center Deluge Disasters: Tropical Storm Allison & Hurricane Harvey

MANAGEMENT

Carrie Stiles, MBA, CRA, RT (R)(CT), Houston Methodist Hospital

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In this session, we will regale you with stories of Tropical Storm Allison (June 2001) and Hurricane Harvey (August 2017) as we discuss the roles that planning, preparation and blind luck play to prepare for when a natural disaster strikes. The key takeaways from this discussion will be several ideas on which path is the right one for your organization to take toward securing medical devices and how to avoid being overwhelmed. ATTENDICE.COM | 3

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Staffing to Your Need: Meeting your patient volumes Danielle Jaramillo, Imaging Manager, Presence Saint Joseph Medical Center

MANAGEMENT

This presentation will address how to maximize staffing toward patient volumes, recognizing trends in shortages, preparing for next day rollovers and increased length of stay (LOS) and how to justify to administration the need for additional staff.

TECHNICAL

Monday, February 18 3:30-5 PM

Real-Time Ultrasound Machine Log Data & Analytics Larry Nguyen, CEO, Summit Imaging

TECHNICAL

Are you interested in learning about building intelligence with ultrasound system data? This presentation will present new connectivity technology which enables the distribution of data from local ultrasound machines to a cloud platform offering a window into machine log data analytics. This technology enables full remote visibility into device usage providing optimization of equipment uptime with preemptive hardware fault alerts enabling HTMs to maximize precious equipment up-time. Learn how you can build intelligence through your ultrasound equipment to meet you goals.

Bone Density 101

Ben Williams, President, DEXA Solutions

TECHNICAL

This is a first responders course designed to better equip in-house engineers to care for DXA equipment needs. We provide a brief overview of the equipment and common failures. This will allow an in-house engineer to more effectively identify the root cause of a failure and determine if the repair is something they can care for or if they need to call in a specialist.

Choosing Imaging Equipment and Managing Service in Today’s HighPressure Environment

MANAGEMENT

Douglas Dreps, Director Regional Clinical Engineering, Mercy Health

The presenter will share a case study on being part of the team when selecting the right imaging equipment for your hospital or health care system. The presenter will review the following: • Gathering total cost of ownership over 7-10 years • The importance of technical training to provide increased uptime • Examples of service strategies and negotiating contracts that fit your needs • Using the strength of a multi-hospital system for purchasing leverage and contract negotiations

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Operationalizing Imaging System Cybersecurity in IoMT Environment Pranav Patel, Founder & CEO, MediTechSafe

MANAGEMENT

The Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) trend has the health care industry believing that medical devices are the next security nightmare. Radiology departments and diagnostic imaging centers, in particular, are more susceptible to cyber-events because of equipment exposure to many interfaces, vulnerabilities in the equipment, criticality of the equipment and underdeveloped/ unenforced processes and policies. This session will present a holistic approach of managing medical device cybersecurity. The approach includes considerations at device, network, process and policy levels. The presentation will include examples demonstrating how the approach is operationalized for imaging systems.

Tuesday, February 19 9-10:30 AM

Print This! How Imaging and 3D Printing are Advancing Health Care

TECHNICAL

Christopher Bryant, Biomedical Imaging Support Specialist, Department of Veterans Affairs The purpose of this session is to familiarize attendees with the methods of taking a CAD generated image, or even a CT image, and making a functional item. We’re not at the point of sci-fi yet, but you might be surprised how far we have come.

Analyzing Your Data Simply in Excel

TECHNICAL Joseph A. Haduch, Director of Clinical Engineering, and Jim Fedele, Senior Program Director, UPMC and BioTronics

Attendees will learn how to analyze and manipulate large data sets easily in Excel. Some techniques and tools that will be discussed are: text to columns function, build a simple Macro, building a pivot table, building a pivot chart, and build an interactive sheet with graphs. The presenters will provide an example of data illustrating imaging equipment utilization.

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How to Optimize your Skills as an Imaging Leader

Laurie Schachtner, Director of Medical Imaging/Cancer Center, Amita/Presence Health

MANAGEMENT

This presentation will address the importance of the following: • Rounding for outcomes with your opportunities with IT or diagnostic team, other departments and equipment that you are physicians purchasing • Optimizing your time • Why to participate with any/all management skills teams as an engaged and active • Prepareing agendas for all contributing team member meeting – so to address all KPIs • Performing quick 1-page “pulse(key performance indicators) check” hand written feedback • Career development for assessment with your direct imaging leaders (next advanced reports as well as their direct degree, certification: CRA, PM, reports in order to adapt to them FACHE, grasp any/all training as their leader(s).

Alternative MRI Service

Mike Powers, Clinical Engineering Supervisor, Christiana Care Health System

MANAGEMENT

By the end of this presentation, participants should be able to advocate for a path away from OEM service for their MRI units. They should have an understanding of the failure points and potential risks for cost overruns, as well as how to acquire data to support a transition. Attendees will walk away with the building blocks for an “elevator pitch” to sell the idea to the correct stakeholders.

Tuesday, February 19 11 AM-12:30 PM

Securing Healthcare Networks: Mitigating Risk for Medical Imaging Devices

TECHNICAL

This presentation demonstrates how to secure the picture archiving and communications system (PACS) in health care delivery organizations. These systems can be vulnerable to cyberattacks. Securing them can limit exposure to a threat vector that could act as a point where an attack may be performed or serve as a pivot point into an integrated health care information system. The solutions presented can apply to a range of connected medical devices. The session will include a Q&A session.

MANAGEMENT

Hurricanes, tornados, volcanoes, tsunamis and earthquakes happen all over the world and they have devastating impacts of the lives of everyone affected. This includes the facilities that are often most needed during these disasters – health care facilities. How can you be best prepared? What happens when the decision is made to evacuate? What happens to the equipment left behind? What if, in the United States, FEMA decides to use your facility as a base of operations?

The Systematic Approach to Emotional Intelligence

Daniel Bobinski, President, Leadership Development, Inc.

MANAGEMENT

Did you know that in technical and middle management positions, two-thirds of the difference between average performers and top performers is emotional intelligence (EQ)? In positions of senior management and leadership, four-fifths of that difference is EQ! The good news is that EQ is learnable. It seems counterintuitive, but the easiest way to learn EQ is to not focus on emotions. Behavioral, cognitive and motivational styles each have affiliated emotions, so learn how to plug the styles into the EQ model and you’re heading toward top performance. If you want to improve productivity, effectiveness, and profitability, this session provides a systematic method for harnessing the power of emotional intelligence.

SUPER SESSION: Driving Equipment Service Success

Jeff Koford, Imaging Equipment Services Program Manager, Intermountain Healthcare

TECHNICAL

In this session, we’ll examine popular coil models and present their common modes of failure. Attendees will be able to understand how specific coil models fail, gain insight into minimizing common failures and learn some quick troubleshooting techniques so that costly repairs can be minimized.

MANAGEMENT

This session will discuss driving the results that your stakeholders are seeking from the perspective of an in-house imaging equipment services world in a health care delivery network. Being able to adequately measure and demonstrate success to your customers will prove your worth in a world where there are many options and opinions about how to best service imaging equipment.

SUPER SESSION: How Imaging Will Adapt to Market Changes Jef Williams, Managing Partner, Paragon Consulting Partners LLC

MRI Coils: Troubleshooting and minimizing common failures

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Wendy Stirnkorb, Director of Imaging Services and Dean of the School of Radiologic Technology, Regional West Medical Center

2:30-4 PM

Andrea Arbelaez, Cybersecurity Project Manager, and Sue Wang, Cybersecurity Engineer, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Ted Lucidi, Technical and Clinical Specialist, Innovatus Imaging

Shanghied by FEMA: Emergency preparedness at its worst

TECHNICAL

Health care is changing because of internal and external forces. Medical imaging remains a critical component to the entire continuum of care. The future of imaging within the health care space must prepare for radical change. This session will review the significant forces impacting medical imaging from an operational, technical and clinical factor and how leadership can prepare for an undefined future. ATTENDICE.COM | 5

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SPEAKERS Andrea Arbelaez

Christopher Bryant

Cybersecurity Project Manager, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Biomedical Imaging Support Specialist, Department of Veterans Affairs

Andrea Arbelaez is the IT project manager for the Healthcare Portfolio at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. She currently oversees and supports research methods to secure a Picture Archiving and Communication System. Prior to this effort, she supported efforts at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services developing resources for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. She has a bachelor’s of science degree in information systems from Columbus State University and a master’s degree in healthcare administration from Colorado State University.

Christopher Bryant has been an imaging specialist for eight years at the James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center and nine years as a biomed at the North Chicago Veterans Administration. His specialty is nuclear imaging systems. He is also a member of the Clinical Engineering Association of Illinois and serves on the scholarship and conference committees. He is also a member of the Coast Guard Reserve and has been activated for multiple hurricane responses. He is a 3D printing enthusiast and has three design prototypes published.

Daniel Bobinski President, Leadership Development, Inc. Thirty years ago, Daniel Bobinski decided to make a difference. He had been coached before coaching was a thing, and it made a huge impact on him. Before long, he was training others in what is now called emotional intelligence. He became certified as a behavioral analyst. He also earned a degree in workforce education and development and a master’s degree in training and development. Currently, he is close to a Ph.D. in organizational learning and leadership. He works with Fortune 500 companies (such as AT&T, HP, and ConAgra), but also hundreds of small-to-medium size businesses. His goal is always the same: Help people and teams become more effective through valuing, adapting to, and capitalizing on the different strengths of people on the team.

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Dale Cover President and COO, Radiological Service Training Institute Dale Cover joined RSTI in 1990. During his time with RSTI he has held several positions including lab instructor, technical instructor, senior instructor and training manager. He served as vice president and director of training from 2009-2013 and was promoted to president. He received his electronics training in the U.S. Army as well as leadership, equipment maintenance management, instructor and personnel management training.

Douglas Dreps, MBA Director Eastern Regional Healthcare Technology Management, Mercy Health Douglas Dreps has 32 years of health care industry experience with the last 24 years in leadership roles. He is responsible for all aspects of business concerning HTM including policy/procedural development, business strategies, staff recruitment/training and budgeting/fiscal management. He has

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been credited with reducing spending by more than $1 million through in-house training on imaging equipment. He currently works for Mercy Health in Chesterfield, Missouri, as Eastern Regional Director of HTM over five hospitals, surgery centers, urgent care centers and clinics with a combined 2,117 licensed beds.

Jim Fedele, CBET, AAS Senior Program Director, Clinical Engineering, BioTronics Jim Fedele is a senior director of clinical engineering at UPMC Susquehanna. He presently manages seven hospitals located in central Pennsylvania. He has been in the industry for 28 years and has been an contributing author to TechNation and Medical Dealer magazines for more than 18 years. He is also a regular presenter for the MD Expo covering topics like alternative equipment maintenance and maintenance effectiveness.

Joseph A. Haduch, MBA, MS Senior Director of Clinical Engineering, UPMC and BioTronics Joseph “Joe” A. Haduch is responsible for the operational and administrative duties associated with UPMC’s Clinical Engineering Department, which includes imaging services, general biomedical, surgical instruments, infection prevention services and clinical support for image guided surgery. His responsibilities include managing a staff of more than 165 service engineers, parts procurement and service contract negotiations. Prior to his service with UPMC, Haduch worked for Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh (now UPMC Mercy) where he began his career as an entry-level imaging engineer and soon moved through the ranks. He has over 30 years of experience in the repair, installation, management and procurement of medical equipment and service. He has several degrees including an MBA and masters of science in management and technology as well as a bachelor’s of science in electrical engineering technology and an associate degree in biomedical equipment technology from Penn State University.

Danielle Jaramillo, CRA, ARRT (R)(M) ARDMS Imaging Manager, Presence Saint Joseph Medical Center Danielle Jaramillo is a diagnostic imaging leader with over 24 years of experience in the hospital and health care industry. She is a Certified Radiology Administrator (CRA) and is board certified as a radiology, mammography and ultrasound technologist.

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Jeff Koford, MBA, CRA, RT (R)(MR) Imaging Equipment Support Director, Intermountain Healthcare Jeff Koford is the program manager for imaging equipment services at Intermountain Healthcare. He has more than 20 years of experience in the imaging area. He began his career as a technologist and has been an imaging director for a community hospital. He transitioned to imaging equipment service and contracts in 2006 and has been an integral part of developing an in-house imaging service team with 17 field engineers responsible for more than 3,000 devices since 2012. He received his masters of Business Administration with emphasis in health services administration from University of Utah, and is a certified radiology technologist for X-ray and MR.

Ted Lucidi, CBET Technical and Clinical Specialist, Innovatus Imaging Ted Lucidi is an experienced clinical and technical professional as well as an established universitylevel instructor. He has worked in the health care and medical device industries since 1986. He has worked academically at Penn State University since 2000. He has acquired a unique skill set encompassing customer education, project management, product management, clinical applications and technical support throughout his various roles. Over the past few years, he has worked with large national account customers assisting them with qualifying their service providers, refining their buying criteria relative to medical device repair services and maximizing the life cycle of their radiological devices. His present focus is in the area of diagnostic ultrasound, MR coils and computerized, as well as digital radiography.

G. Wayne Moore, B.Sc., MBA, FASE CEO, Acertara Acoustic Laboratories G. Wayne Moore has been directly involved with the development and commercialization of new diagnostic ultrasound systems, ultrasound transducers, ultrasound-related test equipment and acoustic power (API) testing devices for the past 30 years. In 2009, He was elected as a Fellow of the American Society of Echocardiography (FASE). He is co-inventor on and has been awarded more than 25 U.S. and international ultrasound patents focused on devices intended for ultrasound imaging and ultrasound probe and system testing. He is a voting member of the Medical Imaging Technology Alliance (MITA/ NEMA) and has been elected as the 2018 Chair of the MITA/NEMA Ultrasound Section; he is also the co-chair of the MITA/AIUM ultrasound output standards committee. He is currently the CEO for Acertara Acoustic Laboratories located in Longmont, Colorado.

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early innovator in big data, artificial intelligence, Internet of things and cybersecurity. He previously served as the general manager of GE Healthcare’s North American services business. He held leadership roles in GE’s Aviation and Transportation businesses. He holds a bachelor’s degree with honors in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a master’s degree in electrical and computer engineering and a master’s degree in industrial engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He also has a MBA degree from the Georgia State University.

Mike Powers, MBA, CDP Clinical Engineering Supervisor, Christiana Care Health System

“ The presenters were truly knowledgeable in their fields and had concise, relevant, actionable information which they shared very well. The discourse between attendees during the lectures was also very valuable since I could see and hear what is happening around the country with like individuals.” N. Trageser, Imaging Specialist Larry Nguyen CEO, Summit Imaging As founder and CEO/CTO of Summit Imaging, Larry Nguyen has shaped the company’s culture to focus on constant innovation and customer satisfaction. Since founding Summit Imaging in 2006, He and his team have developed and implemented proprietary methods to improve ultrasound device testing and repair down to the component level and an efficient end-to-end customer services process that minimizes costly equipment downtime. He received his B.B.A. in corporate entrepreneurship and information systems from the University of Washington in 2004 and his background stems from software/database development and securities bringing a fresh perspective and approach to troubleshooting the latest generation ultrasound systems.

Pranav Patel Founder & CEO, MediTechSafe Pranav Patel is the founder and CEO of MediTechSafe and serves as a board member for Centum Electronics and Adetel Group. He is a thought leader and an 8 | ATTENDICE.COM

Mike Powers received his undergraduate degree from Appalachian State University and an MBA from Wilmington University. He served in the U.S. Navy, as a nuclear electrician in Iraq and Afghanistan. After his military service, he worked for Siemens Healthineers and learned about using radiation and electronics to save lives. After five years with Siemens Healthineers, he moved on to his current clinical engineering role with Christiana Care Health System where he works closely with radiology, radiation oncology and the heart and vascular institute while supervising a team of eight imaging service engineers.

Laurie Schachtner, PH.D., MBA, FACHE, CRA, RT (R)(M) Director of Medical Imaging/Cancer Center, Amita/Presence Health Dr. Laurie Schachtner is the Director of Presence Saint Joseph Hospital’s Medical Imaging and Cancer Center in Elgin, Illinois. She holds a Ph.D. in applied management from Walden University and a Master of Business Administration from Keller Graduate School of Management. She is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives and is a Certified Radiology Administrator. She is a boarded radiologic technologist and mammographer.

" THE BIGGEST BENEFIT IS NETWORKING. THERE IS SO MUCH YOU CAN LEARN, ESPECIALLY FROM DIFFERENT COMPANIES, FROM TRAINING, FROM PARTS (SUPPLIERS) AND ALSO GETTING TO KNOW WHAT OTHER HOSPITALS HAVE IN STORE FOR THE FUTURE." J. Walls, Department of Veterans Affairs

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Carrie Stiles, MBA, CRA, RT(R)(CT)

Ben Williams

Lead Multi-Modality Technologist, Houston Methodist Hospital

President, DEXA Solutions

Carrie Stiles has been in the health care field for 18 years. She originally trained as a CT technologist after receiving an associates of applied science degree in medical radiography from San Jacinto College in 2005. She went on to obtain a bachelor’s degree in corporate communications and an MBA with a concentration in finance from the University of Houston. She is a Certified Radiology Administrator (CRA) and has experience in CT, MRI, cardiology, service quality/patient satisfaction, process improvement, and project management. She is active in the Association for Medical Imaging Management (AHRA) where she currently serves as editorin-chief of Radiology Management. She also serves on a standards review panel for The Joint Commission.

Wendy J. Stirnkorb, CRA, MBA, RT R MR MRSO MRSCTM, PMP, RSO-EMS Director of Imaging Services, Dean of the School of Radiologic Sciences, Professor of Advanced Imaging Modalities, Regional West Medical Center Wendy J. Stirnkorb is the director of imaging services and the dean of the school of radiology in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, overseeing a staff of about 150 employees. She is a certified radiology administrator and a Mayo Clinic Quality Fellow. She is currently building her LEAN Six Sigma Green Belt portfolio. She teaches MR physics and MR safety, mentors new technologists and imaging leaders and serves on several patient advisory committees. She is a member of ARRT, ASRT, SMRT, ISMRM and AHRA. She is a past board member for the WSRT, currently serves on the American Board of MR Safety and is a current marketing committee member for SMRT. She is also on the AHRA National Steering Committee for Advancing Education, Research, Leadership and Advocacy of Imaging professionals. She is a published writer, penning articles on MRI safety and patient advocacy. She speaks globally on MR safety, advocating for all MR patients and technologists to have a safer MRI environment.

Ben Williams is currently the president of DEXA Solutions LLC where he leads a team of professionals in caring for all service and salesrelated needs for the bone densitometer market. He has a degree in biomedical engineering from St. Louis University and has been in the DXA market for 16 years. Williams began his career as a field engineer for the GE Lunar business where he was later promoted to director of service for the Lunar products. When not working, he enjoys spending time with his family and in the outdoors.

Jef Williams, MBA, PMP, CIIP Managing Partner, Paragon Consulting Partners LLC Jef Williams has worked in the medical imaging and health IT space for more than 15 years. He has led multiple initiatives providing technical and organizational expertise. His expertise lies in architecture and standards associated with medical imaging including technical design, data management processes, vendor selection, workflow and dataflow design and analysis, system optimization efforts, and analytics solutions for the advancement of evidence-based decision making. He has worked with providers, vendors, global entities, consultancies and startups within the health IT space. He is widely published and participates in several industry societies in an effort to advance standards and practice improvement of technology and clinical support.

“ W hat a wonderful opportunity to discuss hot topics with industry leaders from both Biomed and Imaging! Thank you!” W. Stirnkorb, Director of I ma ging Services

Sue Wang Cybersecurity Engineer, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and MITRE Corp. Sue Wang is a cybersecurity engineer at the MITRE Corporation and currently serves as the health care sector technical lead at the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence. She has co-authored multiple cybersecurity guidance documents for the health care sector. Previously, she has supported the Department of Homeland Security, Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity, and MITRE research projects in software assurance, secure programming, static analysis and software weaknesses. Prior to joining MITRE in 2011, she had nearly 20 years of experience in system development life cycle and project management. FEBRUARY 17-19, 2019 • TAMPA/CLEARWATER

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What Does Your Registration Include? • Education approved for CE credit by the ASRT & ACI • FIVE hours of exhibit hall time to meet with world-class vendors! • SUPER SESSIONS: How Imaging Will Adapt to Market Changes by Jef Williams, Managing Partner, Paragon Consulting Partners LLC Driving Equipment Service Success by Jeff Koford, Imaging Equipment Services Program Manager, Intermountain Healthcare • Admission to the Finale Party

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LOCATION WYNDHAM GRAND RESORT 100 Coronado Drive, Clearwater Beach, Florida 33767 Website: wyndhamgrandclearwater.com Reservations: 727-281-9536 Group Reservation Rate: $239/night Group Code: ICE2019 Deadline: Jan. 18, 2019 (room block may sell out prior to deadline) AIRPORT PARKING

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Regional Director, Adventist Health • Biomedical Equipment Support Specialist, Lovel Federal Health Care Center • System Director, Clinical Engineering, Intermountain Healthcare • Director of Imaging, SSM Health St Joseph Hospital St Charles • Director of Healthcare Management, Corona Regional Medical Center • Director Biomedical Engineering/Imaging, Cape Code Hospital • Manager Clinical Engineering, Good Samaritan Hospital • Senior Radiology Advisor, Select Specialty Hospital • Healthcare Technology Management Imaging Services, Texas Health Resources • Manager Imaging Services, Texas Health Resources • Director of Diagnostic Imaging, St Luke’s Magic Valley • Manager Imaging Engineering, Fairview Health Services • Director of Radiology, HCA: Las Palmas Medical Center • Corporate Director, Healthcare Technology Management, Universal Health Services, Inc. • Imaging Field Service Engineer - CBET, Philips Healthcare Imaging Division • MSET - Medical Systems Equipment Technologist, Palmdale Regional Medical Center • Biomed Imaging Manager, NY Presbyterian Hospital • Director of Cardiovascular and Imaging Services, Houston Healthcare • Director of Imaging and Dean of the School of Radiology, Regional West Medical Center • Regional Director, Adventist Health • Site Director, Desert Radiology • Senior Directory, Equipment Services Mgmt, Alliance Health • SR Director, Imaging, Cardiopulmonary, Transport & Logistics, Dignity Health- SRDH FEBRUARY 17-19, 2019 • TAMPA/CLEARWATER

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