Bio Kathy Minchew August 2011
- 1. Speaker Biography Kathy Minchew President Federal Insights, LLC Ph: (703) 729-9524 Email: kminchew@federalinsights.com Website: www.federalinsights.com Kathy Minchew founded Federal Insights in 2007 as a sales and market consulting firm focused on the federal government and health care industries. Ms. Minchew provides consulting, research, and capture support to a diverse group of clients including large privately-held companies, small businesses and health care companies. For over 30 years, Ms. Minchew has advised federal government and commercial systems integrators on strategies for successful entry to new markets, business growth and revenue generation. Prior to her current consulting role, Ms. Minchew held senior business development positions at major IT firms: Booz Allen Hamilton, Computer Sciences Corporation, SAIC, Federal Sources, HCL James Martin, and Pearson. She has held Industry Advisory Council (IAC) positions that include founding and leading IAC’s e-Gov and Homeland Security Special Interest Groups, Excellence.Gov Awards, and Health Committee. . For Tech America she currently co-chairs the ICD-10 Subcommittee and co-chairs the HHS Vision Conference Committee. In the Spring of 2008, Ms Minchew wrote a white paper on Mid-Atlantic Health IT Sector Market for the Canadian Embassy. She has given a webinars and workshops on working with CMS, understanding how the federal government buys health information technology and she initiated and moderated a panel on Lessons Learned from the Trenches: Your Federal Government Capture Strategy. She also serves on the HIMSS 2009, 2010 and 2011 Board of Directors as the Program Chair. In 2011, Ms Minchew presented at the first Federal Health IT Boot Camp at HIMSS National Conference. Ms. Minchew holds an M.A. in Telecommunications from George Washington University and a B.S. degree in Biology and Chemistry from Valparaiso University.