Bradshaw heads UTC Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Mike Bradshaw, a veteran business manager who has led both the Co.Lab and the Urban Vision Initiative for entrepreneurs, has been named director of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Gary W. Rollins College of Business.

Bradshaw has served as the first entrepreneur in residence for the center since 2021 after previously serving as executive director for The Company Lab, president of Trinity Communications and director of software development for The Learning Co.

The Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship was established in 2018 to engage, equip and encourage UTC's innovators and entrepreneurs.

Bradshaw has a long history with UTC, going back to his days as a graduate student in the Rollins College of Business — receiving a Master of Business Administration degree in 2008. He has been an adjunct faculty member since 2011 and is the director of UTC's Urban Vision Initiative — a program that supports disadvantaged individuals developing new businesses in underserved areas of Chattanooga.

"With his extensive entrepreneurial background and dedication to fostering innovation, he is poised to lead the CIE into the next phase of growth and success," Thomas Lyons, the executive director of the center, said in a statement.

Bradshaw said he hoped to build on the center's early success and is preparing to launch programs "to help students develop their business ideas outside the traditional classroom environment.

"Entrepreneurial skills will serve our students for their entire careers, whether they intend to start a business of their own," Bradshaw said in an announcement of his new appointment.

Bradshaw earned a bachelor's degree from Georgetown University and an MBA from UTC.

Erlanger names Hyde as chief medical officer

Jensen Hyde has been named chief medical offer for Erlanger Health System, becoming the first female chief medical officer to lead the 130-year-old hospital.

Hyde previously served as chief medical quality officer for Erlanger and worked as a hospitalist at Erlanger. Hyde also holds assistant professor appointments with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center's Department of Internal Medicine, including associate program director.

Hyde, a board-certified internal medicine physician, earned her medical degree from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in 2014. She completed her internship and residency in internal medicine in Chattanooga before earning a Master of Public Health from Columbia University in 2020. She has earned several awards, including "Distinguished Women in Medicine and Top Doctor in Internal Medicine" by Top Doctors and Resident of the Year at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center Chattanooga for 2016.

"Dr. Jensen Hyde has been an invaluable member of our team, and we are confident that her exceptional skills, experience and dedication will be instrumental in leading our healthcare system to new heights," Erlanger President Jim Coleman said in an announcement of her appointment.

Allen, Guest and Stephens win top Keystone awards

Keystone Insurers Group recently recognized David Allen, a principal of RSS Insurance of Chattanooga, as the Triple Crown Thoroughbred Award winner, an honor bestowed upon the company's top producer in the country.

"At RSS, we have an incredible team of people that I feel very fortunate to work with," Allen sad in a statement after winning the award. "I cannot think of a better way to help celebrate our 50th year in business than with the recognition of a trusted partner like Keystone."

Keystone also recognized Keith Guest and Kyle Stephens, producers at RSS Insurance who earned the "Century Level" designation.

Keystone Insurers Group is the fourth-largest insurance partnership in the United States with more than 300 agencies in 19 states and over $5.9 billion in written premiums.

Founded in 1973, RSS Insurance is a privately owned regional independent insurance brokerage firm.

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