Empowering People in Healthcare and Language Access with Pres. Jamey Edwards | C-Suite Hot Seat E02

Prior to Cloudbreak Health, Jamey was the CEO of Emergent Medical Associates. During his tenure, EMA grew into the leading multi-specialty group in the southwest US. He remains with EMA as a Board Member. He is also Board Member for Santa Monica Chapter of the American Red Cross, the Young President’s Organization and a Mentor at the LA Incubator Start Engine. Jamey has been a 3x Honoree for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award and a 2x Honoree for the LABJ Healthcare Leadership Awards. Jamey is also a proud member of the #PinkSocks Tribe of healthcare innovators, working to disrupt healthcare from the ground up and drive positive change for patients and providers. He received his MBA from Cornell’s Johnson Graduate School of Management. *Since the time of this interview, Cloudbreak Health announced the completion of its special purpose acquisition company transaction with UpHealth, where Jamey is now President.

Read more here: https://multilingual.com/cloudbreak-health-completes-spac-merges-with-uphealth/

Find Jamey on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jameyedwards/

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00:00 Welcome 00:50 What does your company do? 01:23 First career 01:53 How do you like to spend your free time? 02:38 Three destinations you'd like to visit 04:00 What is the best advice you've ever been given? 05:25 What inspired you to start your company 07:06 First breakthrough moment 08:43 Your biggest failure 10:12 Big waste of time 11:08 Pet peeve when it comes to clients 13:10 Three things that you spend the most time on 15:00 Advice for young entrepreneurs 16:04 What should people know about your company?