www.SundaySVC.comAbout Sunday SVCSunday SVC is the first-ever faith-based programming authorized by SXSW. Our event unites over 10,000 people from various backgrounds in a celebration of faith, creativity, and technology. In 2023, we successfully hosted over 4,000 attendees, and this year, we are expanding to a two-day event on March 9th and 10th reaching the expected 300,000 attendees of SXSW.Our VisionOur vision for Sunday SVC at SXSW is to create a platform where God's work can shine brightly at one of the world's largest international media conferences. We aim to be a beacon of hope and inspiration, bridging the church community with the broader SXSW audience.

Embark on a transcendent journey with Chef Zac Jiwa as he weaves a tapestry of taste, faith, and history in the groundbreaking series, "Food, Wine & God." This isn't just a travel show; it's a pilgrimage into the heart of our shared human experience, where the soulful flavors of ancient lands meet the profound stories of Christianity.Each episode transports viewers to the cradle of civilization, the very regions that have witnessed the birth and growth of Christianity. From the bustling markets of Jerusalem to the ancient ruins of Babylon, Chef Zac dives deep into the culinary traditions that have been shaped by centuries of faith, conflict, and culture. But it's not just about the food. With every bite, there's a story, a history, and a testament to the resilience and creativity of the human spirit.Imagine savoring a dish in Israel that traces its roots back to biblical times, or sipping wine in Greece while delving into the tales of the 7 churches of Asia. Chef Zac collaborates with local chefs, vintners, and historians, unearthing the intricate ways in which faith has influenced the region's cuisine and wine.As the series progresses, our journey doesn't just stop at the borders of the ancient world. We'll follow the footsteps of Christianity as it spreads across continents, from the Renaissance streets of Italy to the Protestant heartlands of Germany and the UK, and even to the vibrant Christian communities in India, Africa, and the Americas."Food, Wine & God" is more than a feast for the palate; it's a feast for the soul. It's an invitation to explore the world through the lens of faith, to understand how our beliefs shape our tastes, and to celebrate the rich tapestry of history, culture, and cuisine that binds us all together.Join Zac on this epic journey, and discover the divine intersection of food, wine, and faith.www.foodwineandgod.com

Taking a one year sabbatical as I have been called to do. Follow me on IG @chef_zac_atxOn the list:✅Hike the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu✅Explore Costa Rica✅ See Paris (Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triompe, Notre Dame)✅ Hike the Camino de Santiago in Spain✅ Drink Port in Porto, Portugal✅ Take kids to see Grand Tetons and Yellowstone in a camper.✅ Eat Street Food in Bangkok, Thailand✅ Eat Street Food in Hanoi, Vietnam🟩 Eat Sushi in Japan✅ Respite in Bali, Indonesia🟩 Visit Sydney, Melbourne, The Gold Coast Australia🟩 Visit New Zealand🟩 Find a service project to serve the underserved.… more to come!

Our software Q connects your application to EHR systemsMI7's Q is the universal healthcare API providing a direct JSON connection to patient records in Electronic Medical Record, Electronic Health Record, and Electronic Dental Record systems.

A program of Dell Medical School in collaboration with the Cockrell School of Engineering, College of Natural Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Office of Technology Commercialization at The University of Texas at Austin. Texas Health Catalyst aims to: Identify promising translational research that has the potential to become a value-based health product. Provide timely and customized guidance on the research and development pathway from industry and clinical experts. Grant seed funding for exceptional projects that may otherwise not have a source for support.

Health Fail is a podcast exploring the Fails in healthcare, of which there are many. Through conversations with some of the top healthcare minds in government, for-profit and non-profit, we’ll discuss failures from the highly publicized to the never before told stories of failures that birthed healthcare transformation. As Thomas Edison said, “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”Health Fail is hosted by digital health veteran, Zac Jiwa. He has spent the last 20 years failing, and in so doing, changing the landscape of the healthcare world as we know it. Join Zac and co-host Steven Cutbirth as they celebrate the many health fails that have driven and are driving the next wave of healthcare transformation.

www.thebrewerstable.com"Wood-focused restaurant and brewery highlighting the collaboration between chef and brewer to make food as good as beer. 5000 sf beer garden serving house drafts, draft cocktail, & wine with paninis and snacks - always kid and pet friendly."

www.LiberateYourIdeas.com"Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people." —Eleanor Roosevelt Freebird is the first and only mobile platform specifically designed to democratize and give traction to the highest form of conversation...that of ideas. Everyone has ideas, but there are barriers standing in the way of even the first steps toward action: - Lack of connections - Lack of time or other resources - Embarrassment or fear - Lack of sufficient passion and dedication to overcome the barriers Great ideas to solve problems both big and small never see the light of day. Businesses, governments and societies in general cannot achieve even close to their full potential as long as this is the case. Freebird is the place for ideas that you would like to see happen more than you desire to be the person who gets credit for making them a success. It gives a structured outlet and potential life to the many good ideas that you can’t or don’t want to dedicate your life to making happen. These ideas are currently dying and Freebird gives them life. If you care about your ideas...set them free!

www.austinfixe.comOpen the doors to Fixe any night of the week, and prepare to be transplanted. Your experience will take you back to that feeling of your most memorable Sunday supper, as your favorite Southern classics are elevated with new and exciting flavors created by Chef James Robert. The Louisiana native spent his childhood cooking in the kitchen with his mother and grandmother, and every part of Fixe is an ode to Chef’s Southern heritage. Our refined interpretation of family dinner may sound familiar with biscuits and fried chicken on the menu, but each dish has been infused with surprising flavors that are prepared in Chef’s modern style.After working together for 15 years, Fixe’s Director of Operations and Co-owner, Keith House, and Chef Robert started thinking about opening a restaurant of their own. The concept for what Fixe would be began with Chef Robert writing down his favorite ingredients, and that list became the foundation for everything we do. Our name is inspired by that feeling we aim to evoke in every part of the restaurant—you will crave the food and warm, welcoming experience so much that you have to go back to get your fixe (with the addition of an e for our Cajun roots, of course).The open kitchen will give diners a front row seat to all the action, as Chef Robert and his team create dishes you will never forget. Grab a barrel aged cocktail, have a seat in one of our intimate private dining rooms, or right at the chef’s table, and stay awhile. We can’t wait to have you!

As I committed to taking a yearlong sabbatical, I wanted to spend half of it serving others. There's no better place I could imagine serving than at Community First! Village. Welcome to the most talked about neighborhood in Austin, Texas! Community First! Village is a 51-acre master planned community that provides affordable, permanent housing and a supportive community for men and women coming out of chronic homelessness. A development of Mobile Loaves & Fishes, this transformative residential program exists to love and serve our neighbors who have been living on the streets, while also empowering the surrounding community into a lifestyle of service with the homeless.

Pristine is delivering the next generation of telehealth communications through Google Glass.

The HIMSS State Advisory Roundtable is composed of members from the Federal and state governments, regional extension centers and health information exchanges, who meet quarterly to discuss states’ challenges for which health IT might be part of the solution.

Leverage Health Solutions is a team of leading healthcare industry experts in strategic business and market development. We focus on delivering to the healthcare marketplace a portfolio of best-in-class products and services chosen for their relevance to emerging trends and needs. Our track record demonstrates measurable outcomes encompassing profitable revenue, operational savings and market-facing enhancements for our portfolio clients and the customers they serve.

I was blessed with the honor of serving our country through a unique opportunity to impact the future of health care through the HHSentrepreneurs Program where I focused my energies on a project to Design an Open Source solution for Medicaid and CHIP eligibility.Synopsis:The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services would like to develop an electronic infrastructure that States can integrate to implement the Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI) method for determining eligibility for Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) eligibility that is required under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), an estimated 30 million additional Americans will gain access to affordable insurance coverage by 2014. The ACA sets the income eligibility threshold for Medicaid to 133% of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL) in all States and territories. Currently two-thirds of the non-elderly uninsured are low-income, therefore this standardization of the FPL eliminates the gaps in eligibility for individuals under age 65. By January 2014, States must convert existing methods for determining eligibility for affordable insurance programs to the Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI) approach, which determines income, household composition and family size to comply with ACA.The development of a “MAGI in the Cloud” solution could be shared with the States, will reduce the risk of States missing the January 2014 deadline, and maximize resources by minimizing duplication of effort among the States. The desired outcome is the development of a MAGI eligibility determination solution that could be given to States. Given that CMS is already creating this functionality for the Federally-facilitated Exchange, this project would be prime for a rapid development strategy, leveraging what is already available internally and delivering it to our State partners in time for integration into their systems.

A National Science Foundation Industry/University Cooperative Research Center since 2012The Center for Visual and Decision Informatics conducts research on next generation visual and decision support tools to improve the the interpretion and analysis of information.Center Mission and Rationale:The Center for Visual and Decision Informatics (CVDI) serves to drive continuous innovation through knowledge sharing among partners leading to invention and commercialization of information and knowledge engineering technologies for decision support. The Center’s mission is to research and develop next generation visual and decision support tools and techniques to enable decision makers in government and industry to fundamentally improve the way their organization’s information is interpreted and analyzed.CVDI will bring together, analytic, visual and perceptual techniques by advancing the state-of-the-art in the research fields of Information Visualization, Visual Analytics and Automated Analysis. This research will be supported by advanced computing and visualization facilities to create Decision-Making Environments (DME) – a framework that will enable users to explore and customize information streams in a variety of modalities to gain better insight to that information.Facilities and Laboratory:UL LafayetteDrexel UniversityCenter Members: •Children's Hospital of Philadelphia•Elsevier•First Call Network, Inc.•Institute of Museum and Library Services•Johnson and Johnson•Lockheed Martin•Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals•Louisiana Department of Revenue•Louisiana Immersive Technologies Enterprise•Sound Operating Systems, LLC•Stuller, Inc.•Sungard Availability Services LP•Thomson Reuters

Was named the first CTO for the Louisiana DHH to drive innovation and organizational efficiency across the Department.• Focused on redesigning how the department leveraged technology across all agencies. Provided thought leadership, consulting and drove business process redesign.• Worked with local Universities and developed public-private partnerships to drive innovation for the department.• Consolidated multiple IT organizational units and contracts under one central organization under the Center for Health Care Innovation and Technology.• Oversaw strategy and design of data democratization of siloed health care data trapped in the DHH, instituted the Department's first Chief Data Officer, Lucas Tramontozzi, whom was named my successor as CTO.• Executed the state's largest privatization strategy of technical infrastructure from the inadequately sized state data center to a private cloud offering through Venyu.• Sponsored and served as the Chairman of the Industry Advisory Board for the National Science Foundation's only Center for Visual and Decision Informatics at the University of Louisiana-Lafayette.• Provided leadership and guidance through various phases of procurement and implementation of the some of the state's largest technology projects including the Medicaid Management Information System, Medicaid Eligibility Determination System, Consolidated Case Management platform, Rural Health Care Pilot Program, Unified Communication and Video/Voice conferencing, Content Management Portal and Analytic/BI/GIS platforms.• As HIT Coordinator I was recruited to oversee and coordinate across statewide HIT programs of ARRA HITECH with a key focus on sustainable business models, public policy and leveraging program investments to efficiently deliver on improving health in the state of Louisiana.

Effectively worked to build a $30M pipeline of business for Microsoft's Health Solutions Group in Health Information Exchange which included direct sales support, developing partner relationships and contributing to marketing campaigns. Served as a member to Microsoft's Meaningful Use v-Team which provided guidance to the Office of the National Coordinator. Served as an evangelist for Micorosft on Health Information Exchange worldwide.

Led a cross-functional team to develop the technical whitepaper based on "How Amalga Works" for Amalga UIS 2009. Developed internal product marketing plan for Amalga UIS 2009. Worked with product and marketing teams to analize the Health Information Exchange market and developed the HIE product plan and strategy for Microsoft's Health Solutions Group. Transitioned to Business Development role in 2009.

Effectively led a team charged with product line contribution for both a healthcare and a field service business unit. Focused on increasing the profitability of existing products and developing new products for the company. Chartered to develop new ideas based on industry knowledge and contact with customers and prospects.

Exercised executive leadership and supervision over all business affairs and activities of the Chapter. Served as the chair of the Chapter Board of Directors. Served as Secretary 2005-2006, Vice President 2006-2007, President 2007-2008. Currently transitioning to Past President role.

Exercise management responsibility for business related computing and information technology; Responsible for directing campus-wide data, network, and related services, providing leadership, coordination, and strategic planning to accomplish corporate goals and objectives. Responsible for ensuring that the company’s information technology investments are aligned with its strategic business objectives.

Managed development, implementation and customer service of an Electronic Medical Record software package. Began employment as a quality assurance technician where I soon moved into a role as the hardware configuration and support specialist. As the company grew, I moved into a managerial role asthe customer support manager and software development consultant. Due to my familiarity with hardware, software, and special client needs, I soon found myself in a role of software trainer and implementation specialist. I concluded my employment by serving as the Chief Technology Officer and Project Manager for all new sales. I had the sole responsibility of overseeing and providing expertise onall decisions once a client was established.