Chris DeBeer Speaks at Annual Educational Symposium and Networking Event, Hosted by Colorado Association of Healthcare Executives

Percentix Managing Director Chris DeBeer, based in the firm's Denver office, was invited to serve as a panelist on the highly-anticipated 2008 Annual Educational Symposium and Networking Event in Breckenridge in November. The event is titled, "Executive Leadership in Performance Transformation and Technology," was hosted by the Colorado Association of Healthcare Executives (CAHE).

Speaking on the topic of "Making Sense of Performance Transformation Methodologies," Chris joined other panelists from nationally-renown business and healthcare organizations, including Oracle and St. Joseph's Hospital. The event takes a look at emerging technologies and performance solutions in the healthcare industry.

The event proved to be a huge success with a standing-room only audience in the presentation hall. The event hosted CEO's from three healthcare systems in attendance with nearly 50 people in total attending the event, including representatives from Catholic Healthcare, University of Colorado at Denver, Banner Health, the U. S. Air Force Academy and many others.

With a high level of audience participation, the event's four breakout sessions featured in-depth analysis and discussion of such topics as:

• Emerging technologies in healthcare
• Electronic medical records
• Rural healthcare connectivity
• Performance transformation methodologies
• Sustaining innovation and transformative initiatives
• How to be a "Leader" within your organization

A sought-after speaker and expert resource in the business performance industry, Chris has extensive experience in the fields of Enterprise Performance Management (EPM), business intelligence and finance. Over the last 12 years, he has worked in investment banking doing strategic financial advisory work and as the Group Manager of a large multi-national conglomerate, where he spent extensive time in Europe working on financial transformation initiatives.

Prior to joining Percentix he held the position of Services Manager for Hyperion Solutions Corporation where he managed all of Hyperion's implementations for the Western Canada, Pacific Northwest and Rocky Mountain West Regions.

For more about Percentix and Chris' EPM and business intelligence experience and expertise, visit www.percentix.com.

For more information about 2008 Annual Educational Symposium and Networking Event, visit http://cahe.ache.org/x175.xml.