Georgia Tech Research Institute Archives

Pediatric Health Technologies

April 24, 2015 by angishields

Health Connect South

Pediatric Health Technologies

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Pediatric Health Technologies

This week we had experts on the show talking about developments in Pediatric Health Technologies. We were joined in studio by Leanne West, Principal Research Scientist at Georgia Tech Research Institute, and Paul Spearman, Chief Research Officer with Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. They came by to talk about the innovative collaboration between academic research institutions, Emory and Georgia Institute of Technology, that help accelerate the rate that important technologies can be made available to the pediatric patient population in need. Carly Kiseleczynk, CEO/Founder of BrainChild Technologies also came by to talk about the intriguing technology that allows parents to have more interactive interaction with young infants through their pacifier-controlled device that interfaces and can control applications and toys through non-nutritional sucking patterns.

We discussed the goals of these important Atlanta research institutions of helping pediatric health providers to treat the unique needs of very young patients. They have what they call a “Quick Wins” program where they engage with promising technology companies to help them bring their solutions to market within a very-fast 18 months.

Carly talked about how they were able to advance their work on developing an interactive technology that allows infants to learn how to control toys and tablet-based applications with their sucking patterns. The infants are able to turn on a mobile or night light, or make remote-controlled toys move. And they’re able to advance language skills through interacting with special tablet-based applications that can provide data on certain developmental milestones.

Both of these initiatives can benefit from financial support to allow them to hasten the pace of their research and make these helpful technologies available to pediatric patients in need sooner.

Special Guests:

Leanne West, Principal Research Scientist with Georgia Tech Research Institute

Education, Vanderbilt University
Former High School Physics Teacher
17 years as Research Scientist Georgia Tech Research Institute
Recipient, 2014 Woman of the Year, Georgia Women In Technology

Paul Spearman, Chief Research Officer with Childrens Healthcare of Atlanta

Doctor of Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
Residency, Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, The Ohio State University
Residency, Infectious Disease, Washington University in St. Louis
Professor, Emory University School of Medicine

Carly Kiselyczynk, CEO/Founder, of BrainChild Technologies

PhD, Medical Sciences, Neurosciences, Karolinska Institutet
Published research author
Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale Depression Research Group
Recipient 2012 Ruth L. Kirchstein National Research Service Award

Turknett Leadership 2013 Award Winners

October 29, 2013 by angishields

Burr Forman's Results Matter Radio

Turknett Leadership 2013 Award Winners

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Bob and Lyn Turknett/Turknett Leadership Group

Dr. Robert (Bob) Turknett is co-founder and CEO of TLG. He is a licensed psychologist with over 28 years of consulting experience. Bob specializes in CEO Consulting, executive team development and individual development and coaching. He has served as an executive coach to more than 1,000 executives in more than 100 companies, both large and small businesses in a variety of industries. His unique approach to coaching blends psychological expertise with extensive business knowledge. Typical engagements involve work with a leader and the entire team, producing leadership development results that impact the whole organization.

Carolyn Turknett is co-founder and President of TLG. She has more than 25 years experience in management and leadership consulting. The focus of her work is character in leadership, organization assessment and change, executive team development, identification and development of high potentials and succession management.

Turknett Leadership Group’s expertise is Leadership. We are Atlanta’s premiere resource for Executive Coaching, Leadership Talent Assessment, Executive Team Development, Cultural Assessment, Executive Selection, and more. Through an approach grounded in science and guided by the Leadership Character Model, we help organizations with hiring the best people, identifying and developing high potentials, and creating an ethical culture.

Jim McGarrah/Georgia Tech Research Institute

Jim McGarrah joined the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) in November, 2008, as the Director of the Information and Communications Laboratory, where he led over 200 research faculty, staff and students in delivering applied research solutions for sponsors in federal, state and local government and in the commercial sector. In May 2013, he was selected as GTRI Chief of Staff. In this role, he coordinates executive staff actions in the planning and execution of GTRI and Georgia Tech strategy, strategic communications, policy analysis and input, and ethics and compliance. He also serves as GTRI’s principal point of contact for state and federal government relations, and coordinates GTRI’s external advisory councils and boards.

Prior to GTRI, Jim completed careers in the U. S. Navy and with Southern Bell/BellSouth/Cingular Wireless, where he retired as a Rear Admiral (O-8) and Executive Director-National Network Planning and Operations, respectively.

Kathy Colbenson/CHRIS Kids

After a number of years as a practicing clinician, in 1987 Kathy Colbenson became the CEO of CHRIS Kids and found her calling. CHRIS Kids offers a values-driven Family of Services that provides trauma-informed, strength-based services through a counseling center, a training institute, eight group homes, a supportive housing apartment complex for single and parenting youth of ages 17 – 24, adoption services, and a host of in-home services designed to help children, youth, adults and families unlock their potential for self sufficiency and good citizenship.

Andy Lipman/DiversiTech and Wish for Wendy Foundation

Marci McCarthy/T.E.N.

Marci McCarthy is currently the CEO and President of T.E.N., an award winning technology and information security executive networking and relationship-marketing firm. She is responsible for driving the strategic direction of this widely respected company.

McCarthy has over 20 years of business and marketing experience, including founding T.E.N.’s flagship program, the Information Security Executive® of the Year (ISE®) Awards. For over a decade, the ISE® Awards Program Series is lauded as the premier recognition program for security professionals. Previously, McCarthy was the CEO of Executive Alliance, an organization that hosts leadership forums and held management positions with Lancope, SecureWorks, Deloitte, and PwC.

As a 2012 recipient of a congressional citation from Rep. Henry C. “Hank” Johnson, Jr. (D-Ga.) in the 4th Congressional District of GA, McCarthy was cited for her work in fostering greater professionalism in the IT security industry, naming March 13, 2012 “Marci McCarthy Day” in Georgia. She was the 2013 Turknett Leadership Character Award winner in the Small/Medium Business Category, recognized in “Who’s Who in GA’s Technology Community” by the Atlanta Business Chronicle, is a “Woman to Watch” by Atlanta’s BroadSheet and WIT WOTY nominee.

McCarthy serves on TechBridge’s Board of Directors, is a lifetime member of WIT’s Honorary Council. Other non-profit boards include: Technology Association of Georgia (TAG), SciTrek’s Advisory BOD, past Chairman of the American Diabetes Assoc. Father’s Day Council and its acclaimed Father of the Year Awards. As an author to WIT’s book, “CLIMB: Leading Women In Technology Share Their Journeys To Success,” McCarthy’s chapter is profiled amongst 60 leaders influencing Atlanta’s business and technology landscapes. She has been a guest lecturer at George Washington University and is a speaker on technology and leadership topics.

She is a magna cum laude graduate of Babson College and holds a B.S. in Marketing.

WIT's Women of the Year in Technology 2012 Awards

November 27, 2012 by angishields

Burr Forman's Results Matter Radio

WIT's Women of the Year in Technology 2012 Awards

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WIT announced the winners of its 13th annual Women of the Year in Technology Awards at an awards gala on Thursday, November 1st at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre. Results Matter Radio is pleased to host the winners for Enterprise, Medium and Small Business.

Jackie Breiter/Goizueta Business School at Emory University, Winner – Small Business

Jackie Breiter is the Senior Director and CIO at the Goizueta Business School at Emory University. She has over two decades’ experience building and leading teams in Fortune 1000 companies and combines extensive technological knowledge with strong strategy and communication skills. Jackie has a particular expertise in aligning organizational objectives with real-world solutions and a “get it done” approach. At Goizueta, Jackie drives the strategic direction and management for all aspects of technology relating to teaching, faculty research, students, and administration.

Prior to joining Goizueta, Jackie served for nearly four years as vice president of global customer success for CA Technologies, an IT management software and solutions company. At CA she managed a team of VP- and director-level associates responsible for increasing customer loyalty among the firm’s top global CIO clients. She previously served for nearly three years as vice president of technical services at PharMerica Inc., where she led a team of technology directors responsible for setting the technical vision and managing the operations of PharMerica’s IT services.

Lora Weiss, Ph.D/Georgia Tech Research Institute, Winner – Medium Business

Dr. Lora Weiss is a Lab Chief Scientist and Technical Director of Autonomous Systems at the Georgia Tech Research Institute. Her research focus is on the design and development of technologies for unmanned and autonomous systems. She has conducted research on systems spanning the domains of air, ground, sea-surface, and undersea. She has chaired technical sessions at professional conferences and has provided over 300 technical presentations. Dr. Weiss was on the Board of Directors for the Association of Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI), which is the world’s largest unmanned systems organization. She was on the Technical Advisory Board of the Nation’s Robotics Technology Consortium, and she was an Executive Board Member of the National Defense Industrial Association. She currently chairs the ASTM Committee on Unmanned Maritime Vehicle Autonomy and Control. Dr. Weiss has provided testimonial to the Science and Technology Committee of the Georgia House of Representatives, she developed a video for IEEE Educational Services, and in 2012, she was recipient of the AUVSI Foundation Award for Academic Champion.

Carolyn Holcomb/PricewaterhouseCoopers, Winner – Enterprise Business

Carolyn Holcomb is a Partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in Atlanta with over 21 years of experience helping clients manage their risk and systems of internal control, specializing in information technology and business process. Carolyn leads the Risk Assurance Data Protection & Privacy practice and in so doing, assesses and provides recommendations for improving companies’ information security and privacy programs. Carolyn helps organizations build and enhance their privacy and information security programs and ensure they will be sustainable over the long term. She focuses on governance and risk assessment, data inventories, flows, and classifications. Carolyn helps organizations assess their program models, training and awareness programs, communications across the organization, and systems of control. In addition, Carolyn helps organizations build control mechanisms and implement monitoring programs that include reporting to senior management and the Board of Directors. Carolyn also assesses her clients’ controls and monitoring of third parties and provides advice to such clients to help them enhance, and often remediate, such controls and programs. She also signs attestations when PwC serves as the Assessor in response to requirements from various regulators such as the FTC and OCR. Carolyn also serves public external audit clients by auditing the internal controls and information systems for both financial statement audits and Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 attestations. In addition, Carolyn signs AICPA SOC and other attestation reports.