Steven Brown, D.M., FACHE(R), is the founder of Steven J. Brown Consulting LLC. A seasoned senior executive with over 30 years of experience in the healthcare industry, his career has included serving for 22 years as a senior leader for the largest healthcare system in the Mohawk Valley. As the former COO of Mohawk Valley Network and Faxton-St. Lukes's Healthcare (MVN/FSLH), was responsible for annual operating revenues then more than $700 million, with a headcount of over 3,000 employees. Much of Dr. Brown’s corporate and consulting work was spent on leases, contracts, and major construction projects. He has also assembled and led talented and diverse leadership teams that have succeeded within high-performing organizations. Steven earned a B.S. in business administration from Utica College of Syracuse University, an M.S. in healthcare administration from New School University, and a D.M. in organizational leadership from the University of Phoenix. He is a board-certified Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE(R)). Active in his community, Steven serves on the boards of several not-for-profit agencies.

Gary Lim is the founder of consulting firm Aurarius LLC. His career prior to Aurarius has spanned 20 years of creating revenue growth in Silicon Valley companies. He has held senior executive and product-line positions at Hewlett-Packard, ROLM, XEROX, Novell, as well as at several start-up and early-stage companies in the San Francisco Bay Area. Gary earned a B.S.E. cum laude in electrical engineering and computer science from Princeton University, and a Masters degree in organizational management from the University of Phoenix. He first came to Upstate New York from Silicon Valley as the inaugural director of the Entrepreneurship Program at Syracuse University’s Whitman School of Management and has served as Visiting Professor of Entrepreneurship at SUNY College of ESF for over 13 years. Gary is the author of 5 business books, on the topics of leadership, career growth, and the dental industry.