Dave Jakielo has more than 40 years of healthcare experience: 12 years in hospital patient finance and, subsequently, more than three decades of managing physician practices and working with medical billing companies. He also has extensive experience in sales, marketing, customer service, business start-ups and turnarounds, due diligence process and acquisitions assimilation.
Since 1995, Dave has been self-employed as President of his own Seminar and Consulting Company and has taught managers, clerical staffs, business owners and other professionals throughout North America and in Europe and Asia. He has co-authored four books and is a regular columnist for BC Advantage magazine.
He is a Certified Healthcare Billing & Management Executive (CHBME). He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Pittsburgh and earned a Master’s in Management from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a certified trainer, taught at the Buckley School of Public Speaking Dave’s professional memberships include Past President of the Healthcare Billing & Management Association (HBMA), and past President of the National Speakers Association – Pittsburgh Chapter. He is also a member of the International Brotherhood of Magicians
