Craig Peterson - Secure Your Business, Your Privacy, and Save Your Sanity

www.resound.com

Laurel A. Christensen, Ph.D. is the Chief Audiology Officer for GN ReSound Group. In this role she leads a global team of 26 audiologists that are responsible for all aspects of audiology for the company including new product trials, audiology input to marketing, and global audiology relations which encompasses training and product support to subsidiaries world-wide. Previously, she was a tenured Associate Professor on the faculty at Louisiana State University Medical Center and part of the Kresge Hearing Research Laboratory in New Orleans, LA. In addition to her position at GN ReSound, she holds adjunct faculty appointments at Northwestern and Rush Universities. She served as an Associate Editor for both Trends in Amplification and the Journal of Speech and Hearing Research. Currently, she is on the board of the American Auditory Society and is a member of the advisory board for the Au.D. program at Rush University. Christensen received her Master’s degree in clinical audiology in 1989 and her Ph.D. in audiology in 1992, both from Indiana University.

www.craigpeterson.com

Craig shares his commentary on Resound, and more updates on on-going studies caused by hearing loss.

www.mobilehelp.com

In addition to his current role with MobileHelp, Mr. Otto is a technologist and healthcare IT entrepreneur.  He has fifteen years of technology experience acting as a technology architect and product developer, and is passionate about developing technology solutions that enable seniors to remain healthy, well, and independent. Mr. Otto was also co-founder of Halo Monitoring, an “aging in place” technology company which was acquired by MobileHelp in 2012.

www.craigpeterson.com

Craig continues on with discussing making sure not to get fake Hoverboards that may cause fire, Skypes new way to stay connected, ransomware attacks, and more.

www.andmedical.com

Terry Duesterhoeft is President and CEO of A&D Medical.  He is leading the evolution of A&D Medical’s business to one more laser focused on the total consumer and patient user experience, ensuring its products and services can bridge across lifestyle, wellness and professionally managed applications.

Since 1977, A&D Medical has manufactured and distributed a full line of advanced biometric monitoring solutions including blood pressure monitors, weight scales, activity trackers, and other health monitoring devices for consumer and professional use.  A&D Medical is an innovative worldwide leader in connected health and biometric measurement devices and services for consumer wellness and chronic condition management, marketing under the A&D brand globally and additionally, under the LifeSource brand in North America.  A&D Medical is a division of A&D Company, a global manufacturer of measurement equipment, with operations in Asia, Europe, Australia, Russia, North America, and South America.   

Prior to joining A&D, Terry was the President of Honeywell HomMed, one of the pioneers and market leaders of the telehealth and remote patient monitoring industry. In his tenure at HomMed Terry was instrumental in moving towards ‘Cloud’ hosted solutions and away from proprietary HW to the integration of consumer mobile devices. He also spent over ten years with GE Healthcare in marketing and product development executive roles, including leadership of Global Marketing for its general imaging ultrasound, a $1B business. Additionally, Terry spent several years in entrepreneurial healthcare ventures as one of the early members of ZONARE Medical Systems, XStor Medical, and Vasamed.

Terry has an MBA from the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of MN.

www.craigpeterson.com

Craig wraps up this week's show with Apple being ordered by FBI to unlock iOS devices by creating a software.