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	Welcome

It is important to be an effective communicator and negotiator, one who is able to build strong relationships with the executive management team, potential strategic partners, staff, and key players within the industry.

I believe in the strength of character, strength of conviction, and a commitment to high standards of integrity.

A leader must be aggressive in achieving results, but sensitive to the need for communicating effectively with other members of the executive management team.

About Grant Wood

The following is a list of business skills I have acquired to some degree in my working career so far:

	Identify new business opportunities, develop new business models, and envision and implement a forward-thinking and successful business strategy.
	Initiate and execute partnerships, relationships, acquisitions and deals which enhance the company’s value to customers.
	Achieve a position of visibility and respect among key players in the corporate healthcare marketplace, and with the team inside the company.
	Perform due diligence.
	Track, measure and report on competition and company statistics.
	Monitor technology and consumer behavioral shifts on the Web.
	Track technology and consumer behavior shifts on the Web.
	Negotiate transactions with Web and non-Web based content partners and product/service suppliers.
	Negotiate contracts, acquisitions, equity investments and content relationship agreements.

MY QUALIFICATIONS

I believe that the successful Healthcare CIO or eHealth Strategist is a free thinker who has proven operational and business development experience. My deepest experience is with the physician marketplace, Managed Care, HMO's and healthcare insurance, and eHealth product and service providers for all areas of healthcare. I am also very familiar with the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry. I have a strong command of the information systems environment, including knowledge of the major players, business models and an expertise with emerging technologies. I consider myself to have the ability to thrive in a fast-paced entrepreneurial environment where there are high performance expectations.

My greatest interest is in strategic and tactical business development, with an emphasis on new service offerings/introduction, strategic deals, competitive analysis, pricing policies and product /service definition.

I continue to work on my analytical and business deal making skills, being able to look at new opportunities, find the hidden issues during due diligence, then making recommendations for bringing the transaction to a successful closure.

I am always conscious of my interpersonal skills and seek to foster a positive team-oriented working environment.


	About Grant Wood

The successful executive's personal style and charisma will evoke confidence and suggest a clear understanding of corporate culture, and a leadership ability to energetically leverage resources to achieve goals and objectives.

He must have the confidence, ambition, desire, and energy level, as well as a sense of proprietorship and humor to blend culturally with the management team.

He is action and results oriented. He demonstrates a bias to action, and is able to make and influence others to make decisions and implement plans.