BenefitPoint CEO, Mark A. Pulido, to Present At Technologic Partners Conference; Healthcare Outlook 2000: Where Medicine Meets the Internet.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers Healthcare Outlook 2000 SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 30, 2000 BenefitPoint, Inc., the leading employee benefits industry infrastructure company for the distribution and management of employee benefits, today announced that Chief Executive Officer, Mark A. Pulido, was selected by editors and staff of Technologic Partners to present at its Healthcare Outlook conference in San Francisco, California “San Francisco” redirects here. For other uses, see San Francisco (disambiguation). The City and County of San Francisco (EN IPA: [sænfrənˈsɪskoʊ] on October 31st. The conference will draw several hundred investors and industry executives that are, like BenefitPoint, shaping the new era of health-related electronic commerce and services. "I am honored hon·or n. 1. High respect, as that shown for special merit; esteem: the honor shown to a Nobel laureate. 2. a. Good name; reputation. b. to be among an elite group of electronic commerce leaders featured at Technologic Partners Healthcare Partners HealthCare is a non-profit organization that owns several hospitals in Massachusetts, primarily in the Boston area. Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital founded the organization in 1994. Conference," said Mark A. Pulido, chairman, president, and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of BenefitPoint. "Technologic Partners and leaders in the eCommerce and insurance communities clearly see BenefitPoint as the company best positioned to streamline the archaic, paper-laden employee benefits industry." About Mark A. Pulido Pulido brings seasoned Fortune 100 executive leadership experience and deep distribution channel management knowledge and experience to the conference. Prior to joining BenefitPoint, Mark was the president and chief executive officer for McKesson HBOC HBOC HBO & Co of Georgia HBOC Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer HBOC Hemoglobin-Based Oxygen Carrier HBOC Hawke's Bay Orienteering Club (New Zealand) HBOC Hunter Bird Observers Club HBOC Horse Breeders and Owners Conference , Inc. Prior to that he was chief executive officer at Sandoz Pharmaceuticals Corporation and previously served on the Board of Directors of the Charles Schwab Charles Schwab can refer to:
Technologic Partners Healthcare Outlook Conference A number of new companies -- from applications service providers to disease-management services to employee benefits and healthcare insurance services, like BenefitPoint -- are using the Internet to enhance and transform the way health insurance and care are delivered. The conference "Healthcare Outlook 2000: Where Medicine Meets the Internet" will feature BenefitPoint as well as several other innovative eHealthcare companies that are well-poised to transform and streamline the currently highly-fragmented and archaic healthcare industry. Although the healthcare industry is just beginning to adopt Web-based technologies, BenefitPoint and others featured at the conference promise to raise the standard of service, while saving time and lowering costs. For more information about this conference, see http://www.tpsite.com/tp/conf/ho2000/default.html. About Technologic Partners Technologic Partners is a publishing and services firm tracking the important strategic business and financial issues of high technology. Technologic Partner's newsletters and industry outlook conferences provide a unique perspective on where technology companies are going and where they're going wrong, as well as how they're building businesses, developing markets, and advancing innovation. Technologic Partners was founded by Richard A. Shaffer, one of the industry's most respected analysts. His expertise in emerging growth companies and venture investing venture investing The acquiring of a stake in a start-up company by a brokerage firm or analyst by obtaining discounted, pre-IPO shares. Critics claim venture investing causes analysts to have a vested interest in seeing a stock appreciate in value and so has gained him a broad following among key industry executives, entrepreneurs and visionaries Visionaries may refer to:
An investor who provides capital to either start-up ventures or support small companies who wish to expand but do not have access to public funding. Notes: Venture capitalists usually expect higher returns for the additional risks taken. , top investment bankers Investment Banker A person representing a financial institution that is in the business of raising capital for corporations and municipalities. Notes: An investment banker may not accept deposits or make commercial loans. , and large insurance companies, as well as Wall Street brokers, securities analysts, and investment fund managers. Dick Shaffer writes the "Watch This Space" column for Fortune magazine, and is editor-in-chief of Fortune's semi-annual technology guides. He is also editorial director of The Wall Street Journal Technology and Healthcare Summits. For more information about Technologic Partners, see http://www.tpsite.com/tp/aboutus.html. About BenefitPoint, Inc. BenefitPoint, Inc. delivers the leading Internet-based employee benefits infrastructure for the distribution and management of group insurance and financial products. As the central nervous system of the employee benefits industry, BenefitPoint provides a complete set of B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business services enabling benefits professionals to manage the entire group health insurance and benefits lifecycle. Building on the existing industry relationships among carriers, brokers, employers, and employees, the BenefitPoint solution combines the efficiency of the Internet with the established distribution model of the insurance industry to eliminate paper (saving everyone time and money), to make it possible to deliver more products and services (giving everyone more choices), and to make better information available (enabling everyone to make better decisions). Releasing its first solution in December 1999, BenefitPoint has already received widespread industry adoption from regional and national insurance carriers as well as from more than 120 of the leading U.S.-based brokerage and consulting firms Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a . The company, headquartered in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , Calif., can be reached at 415/277-5600 or at www.benefitpoint.com. BenefitPoint, Inc. is privately held. Note to Editors: BenefitPoint is a trademark of BenefitPoint, Inc. All other company and product names mentioned here are trademarks of their respective owners. |
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