Keynote Speaker: Dr. Mehran Mehregany, PhD,Executive Vice President Engineering; Chief of Engineering Research, West Wireless Health Institute, San Diego, CA.

Presenter: Christina Walman, Founder and CEO of VGI, Inc., a developer of social networking software as a service (SaaS) platforms for fitness, corporate wellness, diet and life-coach leaders.

David Heer, VC / Private Equity Investor, Managing Director, Acacia Venture Partners – investor in local company InTouch Health with a demonstrated interest in the health care, fitness/wellness, and boomer/aging market opportunities.

Use of mobile technology to enhance personal health and wellness decision making is poised to shatter the traditional doctor/patient treatment and monitoring protocols.  Moreover, the importance of emerging mobile health (mHealth) devices and tools should not be underestimated in today’s health care debate as a means of preventing disease and other adverse conditions.  A breadth of new applications are enabling access to the real-time feedback needed to help us optimize our personal health and wellness choices, and ultimately minimize our reliance on medications and institutional care.

As EVP of Engineering and Chief of Engineering Research at the West Wireless Health Institute, Dr. Mehregany is driving engineering research and academic initiatives to accelerate the emerging field of wireless health.  His groundbreaking work in microsystems is particularly critical for the industry.Dr. Mehregany has over 300 publications describing his work, holds 18 U.S.patents and is the recipient of numerous awards and honors.  He received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1990.  From 1986 to 1990, he was a consultant for pioneering developments in microelectromechanical systems at the AT&T Bell Laboratories Robotic Systems Research Department.  In 1990, he joined the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Case Western Reserve University where he has served as a faculty member, center director and department chair, and held distinguished endowed chairs including the Goodrich Professor of Engineering Innovation.

Dr. Mehregany is an innovator and entrepreneur who has founded, financed and managed a number of technology start-ups.  His interest centers on novel technology-enabled products and new innovation models for broader enterprise impact.

http://www.westwirelesshealth.org

Christina Walman, Founder and CEO of VGI, Inc.

VGI is focused on offering social networking software as a service (SaaS) to leaders in behavior change that maximize their ability to serve clients and deliver meaningful and lasting results.  VGI’s flagship product, ChangeLeader, is a social networking platform designed specifically to engage, instruct, connect, and hold end-users accountable for programs of action.  From fitness centers and exercise professionals to life coaches and corporate wellness providers, VGI is providing private-label social networking solutions centered around task-based programs of behavior that help “Change Leaders” better serve their following.

Christina’s career spans twelve years of success in sales/business development and fifteen years as a top motivational leader including five years of pioneering work in the launch of the UCSB Entrepreneur Training Program.  Christina will discuss ChangeLeader’s market opportunity and progress as an early stage company working to address the increasing use of personal technology to support improved health and lifestyle decision making by individuals through the power of social network oriented platforms.

http://changeleader.com/                     http://www.mobilenetworkout.com/