Dan Miers is vice president, business strategy, at SPM Marketing & Communications in La Grange, IL. A 17-year healthcare veteran, Mr. Miers spent seven years in business development at Chicago’s Northwestern Memorial Hospital, overseeing product line strategic planning, leading new business development, executing improvements to existing programs, and guiding strategic product positioning for cardiovascular services. Before joining SPM, he successfully planned and launched a healthcare-related technology business, an early entrant in the web-based EMR field.

Mr. Miers holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Shippensburg Universityand master’s degrees in business administration and healthcare financial administration from Temple University. He has served on SHSMD’s Products Committee and led the Economic Impact Work Group.