Sheldon Dorenfest, Chief Executive Officer
		Phone: 312-464-3000
		Email: sheldon@dorenfest.com

Sheldon I. Dorenfest, C.P.A., M.B.A., President of The Dorenfest Group, has been involved in the healthcare industry for over 30 years. As President and CEO of Sheldon I. Dorenfest & Associates, Ltd. from 1976 to 2004, Mr. Dorenfest personally directed the research involved in compiling THE DORENFEST INTEGRATED HEALTHCARE DELIVERY SYSTEM+ (IHDS+) DATABASE™ and its predecessor THE DORENFEST 3000+ DATABASE™ until its sale to HIMSS Analytics in 2004. Mr. Dorenfest has personally consulted with over 300 hospitals on a worldwide basis to help them strategize, select and implement improved information systems. He has also worked with over 100 H.I.T. suppliers to improve their understanding of the H.I.T. market and shape new product strategies to better serve their customers.

Prior to 1976, he was the Founder, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Compucare and Director of Corporate Business Consulting Services for Abbott Laboratories. From 1962 to 1969, he served in a variety of positions at Abbott Laboratories, a major marketer of healthcare products. As Director, Corporate Business Consulting Services at Abbott, he led an internal consulting group that dealt with major business acquisitions, divestitures, and improvements. As Assistant to the President of the Abbott Hospital Division, he formulated and implemented major portions of the division’s strategic and product plans.

A frequent contributor to professional journals in the financial, data processing, and healthcare fields, Mr. Dorenfest has been a contributing editor to Modern Healthcare, Health Management Technology, and the National Report on Computers and Health. He has also spoken before numerous professional groups and meetings (national IBM user groups, ACHE, AHA, AHIMA, ECHO, HFMA, HIMSS, HISSG, SCAMC, and VHA). He is listed in Who’s Who in Finance and Industry in the United States and Who’s Who in the Midwest. Mr. Dorenfest has been widely published in industry publications such as Health Management Technology, Healthcare Executives, Healthcare Informatics, Hospitals and Health Networks, Modern Healthcare, and National Report on Computers and Health.

Mr. Dorenfest holds a B.S. (with honors) in accountancy from the University of Illinois and an M.B.A. from Northwestern University. He is also a certified public accountant.