ProfNet Experts Available on Iran Nuclear Agreement, Net Neutrality, Investment Strategies, More

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EXPERT ALERTS

• Iran Nuclear Agreement Will Have Devastating Consequences
• ISPs Will Pass Net Neutrality Costs to Consumers
• Internet of Things Create Ecosystem for Criminals
• Insurance Industry Crafting Own Drone Regulations
• Opportunity Seen in Obama's Clean Energy Order
• Investing in Private Stock
• Misconceptions Surrounding Robo Advisers
• How Liquid Alts Are Reshaping Investment Strategies
• The Secrets of Business Success
• King v. Burwell Ruling Could Hurt Nonprofit Hospitals
• Using EHR/EMR Data to Improve Physician-Nurse Communications, Patient Safety

MEDIA JOBS

• Online News Producer/Writer – Wisconsin Public Radio (WI)
• Magazine Editor – Orlando Sentinel (FL)
• Shopping Content Strategist – NerdWallet (CA)

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• PR Newswire's Media Moves, April 6 Edition

EXPERT ALERTS:

Iran Nuclear Agreement Will Have Devastating Consequences
Chris Faulkner
CEO
Breitling Energy
"There are 30 million barrels of Iranian oil on tankers ready to permeate the already-oversaturated market. This sanction negotiation is going to be devastating for America in many ways, including relationships with our closest Middle Eastern allies. It's going to drastically affect the oil markets as well."
Faulkner, author of "The Fracking Truth" and executive producer of "Breaking Free," can discuss the impact of the Iran nuclear arms agreement, oil production and oil prices, and more.
ProfNet Profile: http://www.profnetconnect.com/chris_faulkner
http://www.breitlingenergy.com
Contact: Thomas Miller, [email protected]

ISPs Will Pass Net Neutrality Costs to Consumers
Greg Mishkin
Vice President of Research and Consulting
Market Strategies International, a market research consultancy.
"The American public has an insatiable hunger for Internet bandwidth. This demand requires extensive ongoing investment from Internet providers, and someone has to pay for this. The FCC made it clear that the Internet providers are not permitted to charge content providers (like Netflix, Hulu, etc.) for access to faster connections, so Internet providers will ultimately be forced to pass this expense on to their customers."
Mishkin, an expert on the wireless communications industry, is vice president of research and consulting for Market Strategies International, a market research consultancy. He earned a master's degree in business administration from Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, Ga.; a master's degree in clinical psychology from University of Hartford in Hartford, Conn.; and a bachelor's degree in psychology from Union College in Schenectady, N.Y. He is available to discuss net neutrality.
Contact: Nicole Burdiss, [email protected]

Internet of Things Create Ecosystem for Criminals
Paul Hartley
Vice President, Tech & Telecom Division
Market Strategies International
"While this new world of connectivity promises to add immensely to the comfort, productivity and knowledge of humans, it also creates is a highly fluid ecosystem for criminals. And to be clear, we're not talking about traditional cybercrime. No, this is the next level up. Not just using the network as a conduit for crime, but actually controlling the machines, using the billions of connected devices to commit real crimes that occur in our physical world."
Hartley, vice president in the Tech & Telecom division of Market Strategies International, a market research consultancy, has nearly 20 years of experience in the global telecom and tech sectors. He has focused on the North America market in the last decade, leading research projects with clients including AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Charter, Cox, CenturyLink, Google, Cisco, Oracle and IBM. Over the past decade, he has worked extensively with market-leading telecom and tech clients in Europe, Africa/Middle East and SE Asia. Paul holds a master's and bachelor's degree in marketing, advertising and economics from the University of Cape Town in South Africa. He is available to discuss the Internet of Things.
Contact: Nicole Burdiss, [email protected]

Insurance Industry Crafting Own Drone Regulations
Beverly Godbey
Attorney
Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP, Dallas
Despite a push to speed up the Federal Aviation Administration's approval of commercial drone use in the United States, the reality is that drones already are being flown on a daily basis throughout the country for both personal and commercial purposes. Says Godbey: "Because of this unregulated use, insurance underwriters have not had the luxury of waiting for government requirements. In order to serve their customers, the industry has been forced to invent and enforce its own safety requirements so it can begin deciding the type of insurance policies it will issue. In Texas, commercial general liability policies specifically exclude drone coverage, underscoring the need for operators in the state to get standalone drone insurance. However, in the absence of existing FAA policies, they need to be prepared to face industry requirements that will be more stringent than the eventual FAA regulations are expected to be."
Contact: Rhonda Reddick, [email protected]

Opportunity Seen in Obama's Clean Energy Order
Ram Sunkara
Attorney
Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP, Houston
President Obama's recent order to federal agencies to drastically cut the government's own greenhouse gas emissions widens the door of opportunity to clean energy providers. The order establishes binding targets for the use of clean electric and thermal energy at government buildings. Even though the government's carbon footprint is relatively small, "this mandate has the potential to spur major investments in renewable energy, clean heat and power, and fuel cell technologies," says Sunkara. "The order places a priority on installing agency-funded renewable energy on-site at federal facilities. That means big opportunities for distributed generation or 'behind-the-meter' energy systems, which can operate either independently or interconnected with the grid. Companies developing and building these increasingly popular systems may have the most to gain."
Contact: Kit Frieden, [email protected]

Investing in Private Stock
Sohail Prasad
CEO and Founder
Equidate, Inc.
"Those who made the most money by investing in Facebook were those who owned pre-IPO stock in the company. With more companies waiting longer -- and growing larger -- before they go public, private stock offers even more opportunities than it did before Facebook went public. Today, many private companies are worth billions of dollars, such as Dropbox, Airbnb and Pinterest. How can investors take advantage of private stock?"
Prasad, a 21-year-old serial entrepreneur and angel investor, is the founder and CEO of Equidate, a secondary marketplace for private stock based in San Francisco. He is available to discuss the options available to investors who want to invest in private stock.
Contact: Dave Kowal, [email protected]

Misconceptions Surrounding Robo Advisers
Mitch Caplan
CEO
Jefferson National
Caplan, former CEO of E*TRADE, is available to discuss misconceptions surrounding robo advisors, the ways robo advisors serve more than millennial consumers and why consumers still seek the "human touch" when it comes to wealth management: "Robo advisors help advisors create more value for clients by helping to streamline the planning process. But at the same time, consumers want a hybrid model of investing that combines an advisor's human touch with the benefits of technology."
Contact: Kristen Saldarini, [email protected]

How Liquid Alts Are Reshaping Investment Strategies
Larry Greenberg
President
Jefferson National
Greenberg is available to discuss how the democratization of alternatives in the form of liquid alts is reshaping investing strategies. Liquid alts emerged in response to the 2008 financial crisis amidst unprecedented drops in both bonds and equities. And, according to Greenberg, this has meaningful industry implications: "Alternatives are no longer the exclusive domain of HNW, UHN, and institutional investors because they offer less affluent advisors the daily liquidity, greater transparency, lower fees, and lower minimums required for more sophisticated management strategies."
Contact: Kristen Saldarini, [email protected]

The Secrets of Business Success
Joseph Carr
Founder and Winemaker
Josh Cellars Wine, Boston
Carr's secret to success: "Never give up: Adapt, evolve, take a step to the side and don't make an emotional business decision. Have fun: Share your success with those that helped you achieve it. Keep balance with your family and your profession, and drink a good glass of wine."
After 10 years serving as a world-class sommelier, then another 10 as an international industry executive, Carr set out on his own in 2005 to form his family-owned wine company. He created the Josh Cellars brand in tribute to his father, a volunteer firefighter and war veteran. Working with partner-growers and winemaker Wayne Donaldson on each vintage, Josh Cellars offers bold, complex and approachable wines handcrafted for drinking with family and friends. Carr's winemaking philosophy is balance, sophistication and approachability. He is available to discuss wine making, popularity of California wines, entrepreneurship, popularity of wine under $20, family business, and running/growing a business.
Website: http://www.joshcellars.com
Contact: Keri Madonna, [email protected]

King v. Burwell Ruling Could Hurt Nonprofit Hospitals
Dr. Bill Bithoney
Managing Director, Chief Physician Executive
BDO Center for Healthcare Excellence & Innovation
An adverse King v. Burwell ruling could be the straw that breaks nonprofit hospitals' backs, says Dr. Bithoney: "Nonprofit and safety net hospitals are already on track to lose funds that they receive for treating a disproportionate amount of Medicaid patients. Losing insured patients, too, could send them into financial tailspins."
Dr. Bithoney can explain how payers and providers should prepare and brace for the potential business impact. He has been chief medical officer for several $1B+ health systems; was a professor at both Harvard and SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn; and was vice dean and professor at New York Medical College. He served as chief of general pediatrics primary care at Boston Children's Hospital for 17 years, where he was also named senior associate in medicine, the highest clinical appointment available at Harvard Medical School. Specializing in efficient clinical and hospital management and the development of accountable care organizations (ACO), Dr. Bithoney has developed managed care and academic strategies, managed a Medicare Advantage ACO, and developed self-sustaining models for performance and quality improvement, utilization review, utilization management and research strategies. He also co-founded MediVector Pharmaceuticals, a successful contract research company that develops new drug therapies and medical devices. Also, Dr. Bithoney is a co-founder and board member of Medical Missions for Children, the largest private telemedicine program in the world.
Website: https://www.bdo.com/industries/healthcare/overview
Contact: Danielle Elliott, [email protected]

Using EHR/EMR Data to Improve Physician-Nurse Communications, Patient Safety
Stephanie Alexander
CEO
PeraHealth
"Care providers today are inundated with data, but many lack the resources to translate that data into meaningful information. What they need is a solution that makes patient data actionable to facilitate conversations about the right place and time to treat a patient."
Alexander is a 30-year healthcare industry veteran who founded and grew the IT division of Premier, Inc. from $1 million to $100 million in revenue. She is available to discuss how to take data stored in a hospital's electronic health/medical record (EHR/EMR) and make it meaningful to improve physician-nurse communications, patient safety.
Website: http://www.perahealth.com
Contact: Alven Weil, [email protected]

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