Dave deBronkart

Dave deBronkart

Bringing empowerment and high tech thinking to healthcare transformation

Greater Boston Area

Current
  • Co-Chair at Society for Participatory Medicine
  • Principal at e-PatientDave.com
  • blogger at e-Patients Scholars Working Group
  • Director of Marketing Analytics at TimeTrade Systems
  • Principal at deBronkart & Associates
Past
  • Analyst / Architect at Business Card Service
  • Senior Analyst at W. Caslon & Company (PODi)
  • Product Manager & consultant at Indigo America (now HP)
  • Consultant, then Product Manager at Hewlett-Packard (nee Indigo)
  • Product Management & Marketing at Itek Graphix
  • Product Manager at Compugraphic
Education
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Connections
212 connections
Industry
Health, Wellness and Fitness
Websites

Dave deBronkart’s Summary

Insightful, analytical communicator, mapping what customers need onto what technology can do. Fast learner, experienced requirements analyst, product launcher. Career concentration in data-driven graphic arts workflows with highly usable UIs; recent exposure to converting legacy business processes to an object-oriented .Net / SQL Server 2000 environment including XML.

Dave deBronkart’s Specialties:

Defining requirements: understanding business needs, mapping them onto system capabilities, documenting them clearly, identifying pivotal design issues. UI, automation. Clarifying complex subjects: writing, speaking, visual aids, creating metaphors that drive understanding.


Dave deBronkart’s Experience

  • Co-Chair

    Society for Participatory Medicine

    (Computer Software industry)

    2009Present (less than a year)

  • Principal

    e-PatientDave.com

    (Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)

    August 2009Present (4 months)

    Insight, analysis, and advocacy for the new world of patient engagement and health data rights. Social media user with a purpose: building networks that make a difference.

  • blogger

    e-Patients Scholars Working Group

    (Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)

    2008Present (1 year )

  • Director of Marketing Analytics

    TimeTrade Systems

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

    September 2006Present (3 years 3 months)

    SEM (SEO and PPC); web site strategy & content; marketing analytics (segmentation strategy, LTV analysis, lead gen & deal gen by segment, customer data analysis); salesforce.com database & process management; sales process (help define; automate, track)

  • Principal

    deBronkart & Associates

    (Computer Software industry)

    January 1989Present (20 years 11 months)

    Specializing in consulting projects that require out-of-the-ordinary ability to analyze, solve, and communicate. Areas of expertise: understanding and explaining new technologies; understanding how data affects business processes; graphic arts workflows; writing; public speaking. (Have also held full-time positions during this period.)

  • Analyst / Architect

    Business Card Service

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Printing industry)

    November 2003June 2006 (2 years 8 months)

    Integrated our major system provider after acquisition; mapped out transition strategy from their legacy system to a modern, object-oriented, .Net / SQL Server platform. Previously, did years of consulting projects to identify, analyze, and implement solutions for technical challenges in automation.

  • Senior Analyst

    W. Caslon & Company (PODi)

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Management Consulting industry)

    January 1999September 2003 (4 years 9 months)

    Principal evangelist and applications analyst for personalized printing during the startup phase of a new industry. Analyzed real-world case studies, wrote much or most of each year's Best Practices in Digital Print study, gave highly-rated talks at industry events. Led technical meetings to develop PPML, a new XML-based industry standard print language.

  • Product Manager & consultant

    Indigo America (now HP)

    (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Printing industry)

    April 1998December 1998 (9 months)

    Evangelist / analyst for a completely new technology being used in unprecedented print and marketing applications. Analyzed and explained print applications and workflow to key technical staff. Guided development of training materials; defined market requirements for annual operating plan. Promoted business strategy in talks to user group and industry conferences. (Consulting assignments 1994-1998.)

  • Consultant, then Product Manager

    Hewlett-Packard (nee Indigo)

    (Printing industry)

    19941998 (4 years )

  • Product Management & Marketing

    Itek Graphix

    (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Printing industry)

    19831989 (6 years )

    International product marketing manager; U.S. product manager, including writing requirements documents, specifying products, competitive analysis, and large systems pre- and post-sales support. A key technical figure in a sharp company turnaround. Product evangelist; became architect of the three biggest and most profitable system sales in company history.

  • Product Manager

    Compugraphic

    (Printing industry)

    19801981 (1 year )


Dave deBronkart’s Education

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    S.B. , Managerial psychology , 19681972


Additional Information

Dave deBronkart’s Websites:

Dave deBronkart’s Interests:

Patient engagement, healthcare transformation, patient empowerment, Innovation, empowering teams and individuals (at work and in life), family, clarifying complex topics, communicating, singing

Dave deBronkart’s Groups:

Society for Participatory Medicine, E-Patients Scholars Working Group, MIT Alumni Association (Class Secretary), Barbershop Harmony Society, Landmark Education, New England Salem Children's Trust Board of Directors, Hunter School Board of Directors, Salesforce.com user group

  •    Inbound Marketers - For Marketing Professionals
  •    Mass Technology Leadership Council, Inc.
  •    Software as a Service (SaaS) Group
  •    Society of Participatory Medicine
  •    Society for Participatory Medicine
  •    Smarter Healthcare
  •    Healthcare Virtual Think Tank-Reformers & Transformers
  •    HITECH / HIPAA Survival Guide

Dave deBronkart’s Honors:

Co-inventor of Hewlett-Packard patent application 20050134875 for printing on pre-printed media. Author of 20+ articles in trade publications. Barbershopper of the Month, Nashua NH.


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