OneEvent® Launches Predictive Software Platform for Safer Buildings, Homes

OneEvent® Technologies announced today that its OnePrevent™ system is available for installation throughout Wisconsin now that two compliance hurdles have been cleared.

The OnePrevent building and home monitoring system was recently listed by Underwriters Laboratory (UL), a global independent safety science company that certifies, validates, verifies and inspects products for safety and function in regard to compliance and regulation. UL Listing means that UL has tested representative samples of the product and determined that it meets the industry’s requirements, based on its nationally recognized Standards for Safety.

Locally, the City of Madison Fire Department recently approved the use of OnePrevent’s smoke/heat multisensory alarm as it relates to Madison General Ordinance 34.907 — one of the strictest ordinances in Wisconsin.

The wireless OnePrevent system is the first of its kind to give homeowners and building owners and managers the power to protect their assets before damage or danger strikes. OneEvent’s various sensor types connect to the cloud, where the system learns the home or business’s normal patterns to predict when something is truly out of the ordinary. When that occurs, customers get an immediate notification on their smartphone. In addition to potentially preventing problems, the ability for property owners and managers to have access to constant property monitoring lies in the palm of their hand.

“We had a great end to the year last month when we were voted the Most Innovative Company at the Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce’s nex7 Stage Event for local startups,” Wedig said. “And now, starting the year with our product going to market is perfect timing for our system to be hitting the local marketplace. It’s already preventing freezing pipes in our customers’ buildings and helping them identify opportunities for better energy management. There are just so many ways for our system to help building owners and managers better understand and manage their properties so conveniently.”

OneEvent continues to seek patents and add capabilities to its OnePrevent system. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office recently granted a seventh patent to OneEvent for a communication protocol of a networked evacuation system for OnePrevent, protecting OneEvent’s intellectual property as unique and unprecedented.

The company has selected and trained four local dealer-installers — J&K Security Solutions of Madison, Fearing’s Audio Video Security of Madison, The Electrician Inc. of Mount Horeb, and Mahlkuch Electric LLC of Monroe — that are selling and installing the OnePrevent system throughout southern Wisconsin, with more dealer-installers to be added as the market area expands.

To learn more about the OnePrevent system and how it can protect buildings and homes, call 855.528.8324 or visit oneeventtech.com.

Gregory Banks Grows Commercial Card Payment Solutions at Wisconsin Bank & Trust

Madison, Wisconsin, February 17, 2017 — Wisconsin Bank & Trust is pleased to announce Gregory Banks has joined the bank and its parent company in a role dedicated to Commercial Card Payment Solutions. As a Solutions Consultant, Banks is responsible for selling, growing, and maintaining business credit card relationships for the Wisconsin market. He partners with Wisconsin Bank & Trust’s commercial relationship managers and treasury managers to ensure that Wisconsin Bank & Trust’s commercial clients are able to take full advantage of the best Electronic Accounts Payable, Commercial Card, and Purchasing solutions available today.

“Greg has extensive experience managing merchant services and other business solutions for area banks,” said Craig Aderhold, Executive Vice President and Senior Commercial Banker for Wisconsin Bank & Trust. “His expertise in partnering with businesses and financial institutions and his knowledge of secure, efficient credit card transactions will be of tremendous value to our customers.”

Prior to joining Heartland, Banks was a senior business consultant for area banks with First Data in Madison.

Banks holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Business Management. His community involvement has included working as volunteer project manager for the “Field of Dreams” and soccer program for at-risk youth for the Nehemiah Community Development Corporation. Banks also was formerly a volunteer with Big Brother Big Sister of Madison and as a mentor for Ascend Mentoring Positives at Middleton High School. He formerly served on Madison’s Commission for People with Disabilities.

Banks is based at Wisconsin Bank & Trust’s Main Banking Center at 119 Junction Road in Madison. He can be reached at (608) 203-1215 or gbanks@wisconsinbankandtrust.com.

Photo: Gregory Banks, Solutions Consultant, Wisconsin Bank & Trust

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About Wisconsin Bank & Trust
Wisconsin Bank & Trust (WBT) is a community bank with assets of more than $1 billion serving customers in the Madison, Milwaukee, Green Bay, Sheboygan, Monroe and southwest areas of Wisconsin. From 18 banking centers and a mortgage loan production office, WBT offers a wide range of commercial, personal and small business banking, wealth management, and mortgage lending services. The bank is a subsidiary of Heartland Financial USA, Inc. (NASDAQ: HTLF), which has assets of more than $8 billion. WBT is a member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and an Equal Housing Lender. Learn more at www.wisconsinbankandtrust.com.

About Heartland Financial USA, Inc.

Heartland Financial USA, Inc. is a diversified financial services company with assets exceeding $8 billion. The company provides banking, mortgage, private client, investment, insurance and consumer finance services to individuals and businesses. Heartland currently has 108 banking locations serving 85 communities in Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, New Mexico, Arizona, Montana, Colorado, Minnesota, Kansas, Missouri, Texas and California. Additional information about Heartland Financial USA, Inc. is available at www.htlf.com.

Madison’s Emergence as Healthtech Hub on Display at HIMSS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Feb. 16, 2017)

Contact: Erik Greenfield, Communications Manager, 608-443-1952 (office), 608-669-7884 (cell)

MADISON, WI – Befitting its status as an emerging hub for health innovation, Greater Madison companies will be well-represented at the 2017 HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition taking place Feb. 19-23 in Orlando. The annual conference, which brings together more than 40,000 health IT professionals, clinicians, executives and vendors from around the world, will feature exhibits and pavilions from a diverse offering of health innovation companies located in Madison.

With a robust healthcare ecosystem of world-class research; the market leader in electronic health records; and a strong network of payers and providers, manufacturers and entrepreneurs, Greater Madison is leading in health innovation. In the shadow of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, which consistently ranks among the top universities nationally for research spending and where the first human embryonic stem cell line was derived in 1998, there are three major hospitals and a strong network of insurers. There are cutting-edge biotech companies like Promega and Exact Sciences, device manufacturers including GE Healthcare and Accuray and new and emerging companies like Propeller Health, which was recently named by Fast Company as one of the most innovative health care companies in the world.

This potent combination is helping to set Madison apart in the race to become the next healthtech hub. Forbes has called Madison one of “The Cities Winning the Battle for Information Jobs,” and a new CareerBuilder survey shows Madison with the largest increase in millennial workers among the 100 most populous U.S. cities. Becker’s Hospital Review recently touted Madison as a city “poised to continue to grow exponentially as a player in the national digital health scene.” The U.S. Department of Labor also ranks Madison second in the country for density of software publishing jobs, behind only Seattle, providing a surplus of tech-savvy talent to fuel the growing health IT cluster, and Glassdoor ranks Madison fourth on its list of Best Paying Cities for Software Engineers, with Madison still being below the national average for cost of living.

“Greater Madison’s constellation of industry strength, talent pipeline and entrepreneurial spirit shows our region is well-positioned for continued growth in healthtech – and the world is taking notice,” said Zach Brandon, President of the Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce. “Greater Madison has a tremendous story to tell, and HIMSS will serve as a terrific showcase for our companies that are importing global talent and exporting global solutions to some of healthcare’s biggest challenges.”

Last year saw the launch of HealthTech Capitol (www.healthtechcapitol.com), an initiative led by the Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce working to position the region as the world-class leader for health innovation. The effort will allow companies to leverage a density of talent, capital and mentoring.

“Greater Madison has been the ideal region for me to build a healthtech business and now venture capital fund,” said Madison HealthTech Capitol Chair Mark Bakken, the founder of HealthX Ventures and co-founder and former CEO of Nordic Consulting. “With the increasing number of innovative companies from our region attending HIMSS, it’s clear there are many people who agree.”

Some recent achievements from Greater Madison companies attending HIMSS include:

• Last week, Catalyze rebranded to Datica. As part of the switch, the company unveiled a complete top-to-bottom redesign of its existing website and introduced a new logo to showcase the company’s fresh look. This latest news falls on the heels of a multi-million-dollar Series B funding round announced last fall.
• Forward Health Group continues its strong presence in California’s large public hospitals, signing two major public health systems in the last six months to extended contracts. PopulationManager® is fast becoming the gold standard for meeting Medi-Cal 2020/PRIME requirements, helping hospitals maximize incentives through trusted population health solutions.
• In the last six months, healthfinch has gone live on athenahealth and is now serving athena, Allscripts and Epic clients, giving them the ability to positively impact the lives of thousands of physicians and their staff. Also, on Feb. 21, healthfinch will receive a Runner-Up Innovator Award from Healthcare Informatics (HIMSS Booth #2003) in the Clinician Workflow category from Healthcare Informatics.
• HealthX Ventures closed its flagship fund in late 2016 and has built a portfolio of seven companies, spanning from Madison to as far away as San Francisco. The firm recently moved into a new office near downtown Madison and is always looking to make connections and new investments from their fund.
• For ImageMoverMD, new features at HIMSS17 include launching ImageMover Mobile from other mobile electronic health records (EHR) apps, as well as a new body region mapping tool to pinpoint anatomy in photos. ImageMoverMD is also introducing ImageMover Media, a zero footprint uploader for Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) and other medical images.
• Following a $5.5 million Series A financing round led by Safeguard, Moxe is expanding its product offerings and growing its development and sales teams.
• In less than seven years, Nordic has grown into the world’s largest Epic consulting firm, now featuring nearly 700 consultants.
• Propeller Health has now signed partnership agreements with three of the five leading respiratory pharma companies (Boehringer Ingelheim, GSK, Novartis) for asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). This is the fifth pharma partnership signed: Boehringer Ingelheim, GSK, Novartis, Vectura and Aptar. Propeller also now has 8 devices cleared by the FDA, more than any company in the connected inhaler space.
• With hundreds of applications connected, Redox now supports the largest ecosystem of integrated enterprise healthcare applications. Health systems connect once and can rapidly deploy integrated applications across their organizations.
• In 2016, Wellbe debuted on the Inc. 500 List of America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies with three-year sales growth of 1,200 percent. Wellbe was also recognized by Modern Healthcare Magazine as one of the 100 Best Places to Work in Healthcare, and they were named a semi-finalist in the Triple Tree iAwards for “insight, initiative, and innovation in healthcare.”

Here are the profiles of Madison-area healthtech companies and where they can be found at HIMSS (if exhibiting):

About Datica (HIMSS Booth #8152)

Datica makes digital health in the cloud a reality by removing the risks that prevent its adoption. We turn HIPAA compliance on public infrastructure providers into a solved problem and enable secure clinical data exchange between mission-critical digital health applications and EHR systems. Datica serves healthcare’s complete spectrum, from digital health startups and industry leaders to health systems across the nation. Hundreds of customers and partners trust Datica to ensure their clouds are HITRUST-certified and data securely interoperable. Learn more at www.datica.com.

About Epic Systems (HIMSS Booths #1143 and #9000)

Epic’s integrated software spans enterprise clinical, access, revenue, and analytics functions with a single patient-centered database – and provides an open platform for building on this foundation. The system lets care providers connect directly with patients and other organizations for improved population health. Epic serves large and mid-size physician groups, integrated healthcare organizations, children’s hospitals, and academic facilities. Roughly 190 million patients have a current electronic record in Epic. Learn more at www.epic.com.

About Forward Health Group (HIMSS Booth #510)

Forward Health Group’s population health measurement platforms and data strategies drive success for providers and their patients in the move to value – population health without the wait. Through Forward Health Group, providers can finally measure quality, motivate clinicians and maximize incentives. Learn more at www.forwardhealthgroup.com.

About healthfinch (HIMSS Booth #994)

healthfinch has built a Practice Automation Platform, nicknamed Charlie, that works seamlessly within the electronic medical records (EMR) to automate routine, repeatable, clinical tasks. Charlie helps minimize busywork for busy doctors so they can focus on what matters most – direct patient care. Learn more at www.healthfinch.com.

About HealthX Ventures

HealthX Ventures is a digital healthcare-focused venture capital fund that supports early/seed stage, high-growth companies in all areas of digital health, including companies who are making healthcare safer, more efficient and more affordable. The firm is investing out of its flagship fund and is led by experienced entrepreneurs, investors, and industry experts who have grown companies and led change across the healthcare system. Learn more at www.healthxventures.com.

If you would like to coordinate an in-person meeting at HIMSS with a member of the HealthX Ventures team, please email them at contact@healthxventures.com.

About ImageMoverMD (HIMSS Booth #6644)

ImageMoverMD connects photos, video and outside medical images with electronic health records (EHR). Learn more at www.imagemovermd.com.

About Moxe

Moxe serves as a clinical data clearinghouse, facilitating the real-time bi-directional exchange of clinical, analytic and administrative data among health systems, health plans and health IT vendors. Learn more at moxehealth.com.

Moxe will not have a booth at HIMSS but will be hosting two happy-hour events, and members of the leadership team are connecting with others throughout the course of HIMSS. If you would like to connect with someone from Moxe, please email Terri Leigh Rhody at terri@moxehealth.com.

About Nordic (HIMSS Booth #903)

Since its founding in 2010, Nordic has evolved from its roots as a leader in EHR staffing to not only the world’s largest Epic consulting firm, but a firm with a broad set of KLAS-proven healthcare IT solutions. Featuring nearly 700 consultants, Nordic has organized those experts to solve healthcare organizations’ most challenging health IT problems with carefully crafted solutions. These solutions were developed and refined over the last few years to meet the evolving needs of Nordic’s client partners, including the shift to value-based care, mergers and acquisitions, Community Connect, upgrades, optimization, revenue cycle transformation, analytics, a suite of managed service offerings (including tier 2 application support) and more. Learn more at nordicwi.com.

You can RSVP for Nordic’s HIMSS17 reception at http://engage.nordicwi.com/himss17.

About Propeller Health (HIMSS Booth #4374)

In 2010, Propeller set out to modernize respiratory medicine, help people minimize the impact of asthma and COPD on their daily lives, and connect them to their physicians, environment and community. Propeller’s information-powered approach to respiratory management guides physicians and patients to the optimal path of therapy for each individual. With connected inhalers, digital interfaces, mobile spirometers and real-time personalized insights, participants receive personal guidance and expert direction anytime. Backed by 3M Ventures (NYSE: MMM), SR One, Hikma Ventures (LON: HIK), Safeguard Scientifics (NYSE: SFE), Social Capital and other investors, Propeller has been used by patients with asthma or COPD in more than 45 commercial programs across the U.S. at major healthcare systems, payers, employers and other commercial partners. The company has been recognized as the recipient of the American Telemedicine Association’s 2016 President’s Award for Innovation in Remote Healthcare and as one of the top “Fierce 15” medical device companies in 2015 by FierceMedicalDevices. Learn more at www.propellerhealth.com.

At HIMSS, Propeller CEO David Van Sickle will be speaking on a panel with Accenture on Tuesday, Feb. 21 at 3:00 p.m. at the Accenture booth (#3949).

About Redox (HIMSS Booth #7444)

Redox connects healthcare applications to electronic health records through their modern API platform. Learn more at www.redoxengine.com.

Redox will be hosting a HIMSS kickoff event the evening of Sunday, Feb. 19. Full details can be found at https://www.redoxengine.com/himss17.

About Wellbe

Wellbe’s cloud-based platform facilitates connected care between patients and healthcare providers, enabling high-performing health systems to transform care by improving patients’ experiences, satisfaction and health outcomes while reducing costs and empowering patients to participate as active partners in their treatment.

To learn more or request a meeting with the Wellbe executive team at HIMSS, contact info@wellbe.me.

About HIMSS
HIMSS is a global, cause-based, not-for-profit organization focused on better health through information technology (IT). HIMSS leads efforts to optimize health engagements and care outcomes using information technology.

HIMSS is a cause-based, global enterprise producing health IT thought leadership, education, events, market research and media services around the world. Founded in 1961, HIMSS encompasses more than 52,000 individuals, of which more than two-thirds work in healthcare provider, governmental and not-for-profit organizations across the globe, plus over 600 corporations and 250 not-for-profit partner organizations, that share this cause.  HIMSS, headquartered in Chicago, serves the global health IT community with additional offices in the United States, Europe and Asia. Learn more at www.himss.org.

About the Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce:
The Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce is the voice of business with nearly 1,300 organizations – ranging from one-person shops to corporations with more than 10,000 employees – working to bring the Greater Madison area to its full potential. The Greater Madison region is a leader in innovation. From cutting-edge technologies to distinctive retail shops to inventive services and products, our members vary greatly but are united by the region’s entrepreneurial spirit. More information can be found at greatermadisonchamber.com.

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Overture’s National Geographic Live Continues with WWII Destroyed Spinosaurus

For immediate release: Thursday, February 16, 2017
Contact: Sarah Knab, 608.258.4438 / sknab@overture.org
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Overture’s National Geographic Live Continues with WWII Destroyed Spinosaurus

The Exact Sciences sponsored series continues February 28 with paleontologist speaker who rediscovered the largest predatory dinosaur

Madison, Wis. –  Overture Center’s National Geographic Live series continues in the historic Capitol Theater on Tuesday, February 28, 2017, at 7:30 p.m. National Geographic emerging explorer Nizar Ibrahim, the first paleontologist to become a TED Fellow, will take the audience on a prehistoric journey through the story of Spinosaurus: Lost Giant of the Cretaceous.

With amazing video recreating the lost world of the Cretaceous-era Sahara, Ibrahim will tell the story of Spinosaurus’ discovery, loss, and rediscovery, and explain what—other than its size—makes this ancient predator unique.

Spinosaurus, the largest predatory dinosaur and first semiaquatic dinosaur was originally discovered more than half a century ago in the Egyptian Sahara by the German paleontologist Ernst Freiherr Stromervon Reichenbach. During the April 1944 Allied bombing of Munich, Germany, Stromer’s important fossil collection was completely destroyed. Fortunately, some of his notes, sketches and photos survived, along with his scientific publications. Inspired by Stromer’s work and legacy, Ibrahim began his own search for Spinosaurus, which led him to a site in the Moroccan Sahara where a partial skeleton of Spinosaurus was found in 2008. With funding from the National Geographic Society, Ibrahim worked with a team of paleontologists to analyze the new fossils and create a digital model of the skeleton using state-of-the-art technologies. The full skeletal model was featured in National Geographic magazine, on the National Geographic/NOVA special, “Bigger Than T. Rex,” and is currently serving as the centerpiece of a National Geographic traveling exhibition titled “Spinosaurus: Lost Giant of the Cretaceous.”

Tickets start at $35 and are on sale now:

• In person at the Overture Center Ticket Office (201 State Street)
• Online overture.org
• By phone at 608.258.4141
• Groups of ten or more eligible for discounts, email groups@overture.org or call 608.258.4159

Spinosaurus: Lost Giant of the Cretaceousis part Overture’s National Geographic Liveseries and is sponsored by Exact Sciences.

The remaining 2016/17 National Geographic Live series titles are:

Rhinos, Rickshaws & Revelutions: My Search for Truth | Tuesday, April 4, 2017 7:30 p.m.

Among Giants: Life With Whales | Tuesday, May 2, 2017 7:30 p.m.

Overture Center for the Arts in Madison, Wisconsin features seven state-of-the-art performance spaces and five galleries where national and international touring artists, ten resident companies, and hundreds of local artists engage nearly half a million people in educational and artistic experiences each year. Overture.org

National Geographic Live is the live events division of the National Geographic. With a broad roster of talent including renowned photographers, scientists, authors, filmmakers and adventurers, National Geographic Live’s critically acclaimed programs have connected with audiences worldwide for over a century. Currently, National Geographic Live events are held in 32 cities around the world, including Seattle, Chicago, Los Angeles, Singapore, and Sydney. In each of these cities, speakers share behind-the-scenes stories from the front lines of exploration on stage alongside stunning imagery and gripping footage. Natgeolive.com

Exact Sciences Corp. is a molecular diagnostics company focused on the early detection and prevention of the deadliest forms of cancer. The company has exclusive intellectual property protecting its noninvasive, molecular screening technology for the detection of colorectal cancer. Cologuard, the company’s FDA-approved, multi-target stool-DNA based colorectal cancer screening test, is included in the colorectal cancer screening recommendations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (2016) and the American Cancer Society (2014), and stool DNA is included in the combined screening guidelines of the American Cancer Society/U.S. Multi-Society Task Force/American College of Radiology (2008) and American College of Gastroenterology (2009). Exactsciences.com

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Kirsten Pedersen joins NGL as Vice President Actuary

The Board of Directors for National Guardian Life Insurance Company (NGL), a mutual insurance company located in Madison, Wis. with over 100 years in the industry, appointed Kirsten Pedersen, FSA, MAAA to the position of Vice President Actuary.

Pedersen is responsible for the product and business development area of Actuarial. This is a newly created position to support the growth of NGL.

“Kirsten comes to NGL with over 20 years of experience in financial services. She is a knowledgeable life insurance expert with a strong background and demonstrated achievements in meeting the evolving business and market needs,” said Tim Heaton, Senior Vice President Strategic Services at NGL. “Kirsten’s role at NGL aligns with our commitment for growth with our current and potential new product lines.”

Pedersen joins NGL from CUNA Mutual Group where she was Vice President, Compliance/Life Product Executive. Previously she worked at Penn Mutual Life and AIG. Besides managing product development and compliance, she held multiple senior leadership positions, including being responsible for operations and underwriting.

“I’m excited to join the team at NGL. I look forward to working with new and existing partners on the development and enhancement of our partnerships and products,” said Pedersen.

Pedersen holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.

About NGL

Since 1910, National Guardian Life Insurance Company (NGL), a mutual insurance company, has been located in Madison, Wis. Licensed to do business in 49 states and the District of Columbia, NGL markets preneed and individual life and annuities, as well as group markets products including specialty and student insurance. Additional information about NGL can be found at www.nglic.com; Facebook: Facebook.com/NGLIC and LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/national-guardian-life-insurance-company

National Guardian Life Insurance Company is not affiliated with The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America a/k/a The Guardian or Guardian Life.

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