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How Can Building Georgia’s Health IT Community Enhance Revenue,
Productivity and Innovation?
July 22, 2010
8:00-9:00am Mark Reiboldt, Coker Capital Advisors
Hodges Room, 3d floor, Centergy Building
75 - 5th Street, NW
Atlanta, GA 30308
TAG Health will consider the healthcare IT (HIT) industry in Georgia and
how business,
education, healthcare, and technology leaders have been laying the
foundation to
position Georgia as the center of Healthcare IT in a way that achieves the
benefits of an
economic cluster including enhanced innovation, productivity, access to
capital,
economic growth, and jobs.
How did “Silicon Valley” become the center of the technology world? Why is
Detroit home to the auto industry? Perhaps you’ve never considered the
clustering of certain industries and why related companies are located
closely together. The primary characteristic that these regions share is
explained in an economic theory known as “Cluster Economics,” which was
coined by the famous strategy expert Michael Porter of the Harvard
Business School. But what does this have to do with healthcare technology
in Georgia? During this informative TAG Health Society event, we will
consider the healthcare IT (HIT) industry in Georgia and how business,
education, healthcare, and technology leaders have been laying the
foundation to position Georgia as the center of Healthcare IT in a way
that achieves the benefits of an economic cluster including enhanced
innovation, productivity, access to capital, economic growth, and jobs.
The presentation will be led by Mark Reiboldt, an economist and Vice
President of the healthcare-focused investment bank Coker Capital
Advisors. Mr. Reiboldt will explore the potential benefits of such a model
for Georgia’s private business sector as well as the social and community
benefits that ultimately make clusters so valuable to a region’s economic
infrastructure and growth.
As federal funding continues to be directed to healthcare initiatives,
there is an immediate opportunity for Georgia to build on the assets we
have in the HIT space, including improving the workforce to meet the
rapidly growing HIT needs in Georgia and throughout the country.
Mark Reiboldt is an economist and Vice President at Coker Capital
Advisors, a middle market investment bank specializing in the healthcare
industry, where he specializes in mergers and acquisitions for healthcare
technology and healthcare services companies throughout the US.
Previously, Mr. Reiboldt worked in the public policy sector in Washington
DC and Atlanta. Reiboldt received an MSc from the University of London and
a BA in political science from Georgia State University. He is a FINRA-registered
securities dealer with Series 7, 63, 65 and 79 licenses.
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