Bruce Fryer

ProtoHIT is passionate about making a major impact on the workers' compensation industry. They want to help WC clinics improve patient treatment outcomes, cut waste from worker's compensation system and encourage innovation in treatment plans. They have developed and are continuously improving a system that enables outcomes-based medicine to improve patient outcomes from job-related injuries and illnesses. The system provides treatment guidelines through use of protocols that handle the most common WC cases. It facilitates communication between the WC clinics and those they serve, especially self-insured employers. And it tracks all outcomes against treatments used to provide analytics to enable objective tools to provide the best treatment in the future. They believe outcomes-driven treatment modification provides the best methodology for continuous improvement in patient outcomes. The ProtoHIT system was designed as a web-based system (SaaS), making it easy to implement. The clinic only requires a browser and an Internet connection. It was also designed so it could be used with an Apple iPad. They believe the iPad to be an ideal mobile device for occupational nurses, physical therapists and physicians. The ProtoHIT system was developed based on the work of an experienced occupational health physician and his clinic (Dr. Phillip Wagner). ProtoHIT has commercialized his work so that it can be used by any workers' comp clinic. They are working with ACOEM to insure that the protocols stay current.

American Red Cross Nashville Chapter provides blood collections and disaster relief services. The firm provides neutral humanitarian care to the victims of war, emergency assistance, disaster relief and education. It offers compensate services such as support and comfort for military members and their families, the collection, processing and distribution of blood products, educational programs that promote health and safety, and international relief and development programs. The company was founded on January 16, 1990 and is headquartered in Nashville, TN.

BEA Systems, Inc. provides business software solutions. The firm provides transaction processing systems, telecommunication billing applications, and enterprise financial systems. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Micro Focus (US), Inc. develops implements and supports proprietary, mixed source and open source software. Its solutions include visual cobol, terminal emulation, borland, corba and mainframe solutions. The firm helps to organizations securely deliver and manage computing services across physical, virtual and cloud computing environments. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Provo, UT.