Francine Hardaway

Current

• Social Media Contract Resource at St. Luke's Health Initiatives
• co-founder at USHealthCrisis.com
• Founding Member at Social Media Club

• Acting Executive Director, Founder at Opportunity Through Entrepreneurship Foundation
• Partner at Stealthmode Partners

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Past

• Member at American Biofuels Counsil
• VP Marketing at Innovative Environmental Products
• Manager, World Wide Press Relations at Intel Corporation

• Founder at Hardaway Marketing Services

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Education

• Syracuse University
• Columbia University in the City of New York
• Cornell University

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Recommended

4 people have recommended Francine

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Professional Training & Coaching

Websites

• Stealthmode Partners
• My Blog

Francine Hardaway’s Summary

Stealthmode Partners is an advocate and accelerator for entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs: a network of people and companies working together to help support and accelerate new initiatives - be they new or emerging growth companies or new directions, projects, or products within existing companies.

I write a blog on technology, entrepreneurship, and health care policy issues at http://blog.stealthmode.com. I also blog for Huffington Post and Fast Company.

Francine Hardaway’s Specialties:

technology, health care, real estate, financial services. Early stage companies. I'm an entrepreneurship coach. I serve on many advisory boards and run an incubation program.

Francine Hardaway’s Experience

• Social Media Contract Resource

  St. Luke's Health Initiatives

  (Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)

  April 2009 — Present (8 months)

  Helping a public foundation disseminate information on health policy issues, public health issues, and Arizona Health Futures. Using social media tools for educational purposes.

• co-founder

  USHealthCrisis.com

  (Hospital & Health Care industry)

  September 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)

  Volunteer web site to distribute information about the current state of health care and how best to negotiate your way through it as a consumer.

• Founding Member

  Social Media Club

  (Professional Training & Coaching industry)

  2006 — Present (3 years )

  Responsible for bringing Social Media Club to Phoenix organizing and running all the meetings, marketing it, and in general evangelizing for Social Media in Arizona.

• Acting Executive Director, Founder

  Opportunity Through Entrepreneurship Foundation

  (Civic & Social Organization industry)

  June 2005 — Present (4 years 6 months)

  The Opportunity Through Entrepreneurship Foundation (OTEF) provides training and support to help at-risk youth and adults improve their lives by creating and growing entrepreneurial ventures.

• Partner

  Stealthmode Partners

  (Marketing and Advertising industry)

  1999 — Present (10 years )

  Coach, connect, and consult with entrepreneurs. Invest when appropriate
  Founding Member, Social Media Club Phoenix and Social Media Clubs internationally
  Huffpo and Fast Company Blogger
  Social Media Director, Earth911
  Co-founder, USHealthCrisis,.com
  Founder, Arizona Entrepreneurship Conferences
  Participant, NewsGang Live
  @hardaway on Twitter

• Member

  American Biofuels Counsil

  (Professional Training & Coaching industry)

  2007 — 2008 (1 year )

• VP Marketing

  Innovative Environmental Products

  (Privately Held; Chemicals industry)

  November 1997 — June 1999 (1 year 8 months)

  Corporate and product marketing for an environmental cleaning products company with a NASCAR-licensed product.

• Manager, World Wide Press Relations

  Intel Corporation

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; intc; Semiconductors industry)

  November 1996 — November 1997 (1 year 1 month)

  Responsible for public relations support of several key initiatives that launched during my tenure ,including digital imaging, internet telephony, in-car computing, I/O processing, and USB.

• Founder

  Hardaway Marketing Services

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Public Relations and Communications industry)

  June 1980 — November 1996 (16 years 6 months)

  Developed the largest marketing and PR firm in Arizona, specializing in real estate, financial services, health care and high tech.

Francine Hardaway’s Education

• Syracuse University

  Ph.D , English , 1964 — 1968

• Columbia University in the City of New York

  Masters of Arts , English , 1962 — 1963

• Cornell University

  BA , English , September 1958 — January 1962

  Activities and Societies:

  PHI Beta Kappa

Additional Information

Francine Hardaway’s Websites:

• Stealthmode Partners
• My Blog

Francine Hardaway’s Interests:

new technology, investments, yoga, Buddhism, travel, writing

Francine Hardaway’s Groups:

Board of Directors, Social Venture Partners Arizona; Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT); Arizona Technology Council, Tie-AZ, Phoenix Community Alliance, Arizona Commercial Real Estate Women, Facilitator and Administrator, Fasttrac Entrepreneurial Education Foundation, Arizona Software Assocation

•    Open HealthCare
•    AZIPA - Arizona Internet Professionals Association
•    Stealthmode Partners
•    Grow VC - Venture Capital 2.0 - Member Group
•    Global EHS Online Software Solutions[1500+]
•    Refresh Phoenix
•    Arizona Open Networkers

Francine Hardaway’s Honors:

2002 Entrepreneurial Fellow, Eller School of Business, University of Arizona
Adjunct Professor, Medical Informatics, AT Still University
Co-Chair, Tech Oasis Initiative
Recipient, Community Development Block Grant (2004)

Francine Hardaway’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch