Kate Pierce

For the last 15 years I have worked as a content creator and copywriter, first for (what was then) the world’s leading ecommerce software provider and later for myself as a business owner. And today, I considered walking away from that to work for minimum wage at McDonald’s. Let me explain what happened... Last year our kids attended a summer animal experience at a venue about 30 minutes from our house. The program was 2.5 hours/day for a week.

Rural Hospitals Need Federal Assistance to Strengthen IT Security Posture By Kate Pierce Kate Pierce, MSMIITA is senior virtual information security officer and executive director of the Subsidy program of Fortified Health Security of Franklin, TN. The majority of my career in healthcare IT has been dedicated to working for a small and rural hospital, leveraging technology advancements to improve patient care and to keep those systems safe from cyberattacks.

Encourage Regular Purchases A lot of people already buy coffee on a regular basis (for instance every day on their way into work). However, Starbucks coffee is more expensive than many of their coffee counterparts, which means that Starbucks must work harder to get people coming in predictably instead of just as a treat. To solve this problem, they created the “Starbucks Dash,” which rewards members for coming in multiple times over a certain timeframe.