MINDWEST DEVELOPS ONLINE STRATEGY FOR MEDICAL RECRUITER
PAN Group, Inc., with principal offices in Austin, TX, and Irvine, CA, has retained MINDWEST Strategies to lead its online marketing to support medical executive placement nationwide. "We have served some of the most prestigious healthcare institutions," said PAN Group head Lea Timmons, "and have developed a reputation for integrity and expertise in helping governance to find chief executive, operating, clinical and other leadership. Now we have selected MINDWEST to help us build a communications strategy that carefully stewards and extends the trusted relationships we have built for over twenty years." As part of a multi-phase process, PAN Group, Inc., has now launched its new website at www.PanGroupInc.net. The firm will follow with related online and other media in the months to come. "This is an elite assignment for MINDWEST," said John Hale, the firm's principal. "PAN Group, Inc., has succeeded due to its bedrock relationships with national healthcare leaders, and now they have made a strategic decision to implement Web 2.0 strategies in their next stage of growth." PAN Group, Inc., is a full-service firm providing nationwide placement of medical staff, managers and executives — including chief executive, operating, financial and medical officers — working especially with: Acute Care; Long Term Acute Care; Skilled Nursing; and Rehabilitation. The firm also brings two decades of experience and extensive contacts throughout healthcare, biomedical, biotechnical, home care, insurance and pharmaceutical companies.

MINDWEST Strategies is a technology-based management, marketing and communications consulting practice serving business, government and nonprofit clients deploying online and interactive media. MINDWEST matches informatics strategy to enterprise strategy. The firm's principal John Hale led online and planning initiatives for the White House media campaign; led the Science & Technology Team of the White House reinventing government initiative; directed new business analysis and development for the cable subsidiary of Time Inc.; and innovated health informatics strategy and online distance learning for an international healthcare firm.

MINDWEST PRINCIPAL TO BRIEF NASA ON WEB 2.0
John S. Hale, founder and principal of MINDWEST Strategies, has been invited by NASA to address an all-day conference on the future of Web 2.0. "NASA realizes that the challenges of next-generation space exploration also depend on deploying next-generation management and technologies," said Hale. "It is a privilege to meet with their executive, space flight and technical staff to discuss how informatics can empower high-performance enterprise." Hale previously led the Science & Technology Team of the White House "National Performance Review Task Force" and oversaw issuance of major management recommendations for NASA, as well as formation of the Cabinet-level National Science and Technology Council.

MINDWEST Strategies is a technology-based management, marketing and communications consulting practice serving business, government and nonprofit clients deploying online and interactive media. MINDWEST matches informatics strategy to enterprise strategy. The firm's principal John Hale led online and planning initiatives for the White House media campaign; led the Science & Technology Team of the White House reinventing government initiative; directed new business analysis and development for the cable subsidiary of Time Inc.; and innovated health informatics strategy and online distance learning for an international healthcare firm.

IT FIRM SERVING NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION SELECTS MINDWEST
MINDWEST Strategies announced that it has been retained by Ruland Associates, Inc., (RAI) to develop communications and marketing programs. RAI is an information technology (IT) company providing services to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and recently won additional NRC work to automate license applications for nuclear power plants nationwide.  "We are very pleased to support Ruland Associates," said MINDWEST principal John Hale. "Ruland brings a two-decade history of supporting corporate and government clients -- including NRC, Computer Sciences Corporation, and Chief of Naval Operations. It is a real compliment to develop RAI's next generation of marketing communications." MINDWEST has developed the firm's communications strategy and media plan, including a website at www.rulandassociates.com. RAI is a Veteran-owned business on the General Services Administration (GSA) Schedule, and is approved to provide business process engineering, systems development, and systems operations.

MINDWEST Strategies is a technology-based management, marketing and communications consulting practice serving business, government and nonprofit clients deploying online and interactive media. MINDWEST matches informatics strategy to enterprise strategy. The firm's principal John Hale led online and planning initiatives for the White House media campaign; led the Science & Technology Team of the White House reinventing government initiative; directed new business analysis and development for the cable subsidiary of Time Inc.; and innovated health informatics strategy and online distance learning for an international healthcare firm.