CJ Rhoads

Dr. Christine Judith Rhoads (“CJ”) is one of those people who make you breathless just listening to her accomplishments. A sought after speaker, consultant, author, and expert in many different aspects of business, she has been recognized by her community with several awards and honors including the Athena Leadership award, one of Pennsylvania's Top Women in Business, Lehigh Valley's Most Influential Women, Kutztown University's College of Education Distinguished Alumni Award, and College of Business Top Researcher of the Year.

Currently she is President and CEO for HPL Consortium, Inc., which develops technology tools to help people connect toward Health, Prosperity, and Leadership. She is also the managing director of HPL 501c3 Institute, which provides those tools to small groups and non-profits at a reduced fee so that they can help others achieve health, prosperity, and leadership as quickly and as efficiently as possible no matter how much (or little) technical expertise they hold. Rhoads is also a Professor in the College of Business at Kutztown University, where she teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in entrepreneurship, leadership, and information technology.

Her research in leadership and strategy is well-known for its practical usefulness, and her research in healthcare and the use of integrative health to lower costs and increase quality is being noticed by decision makers. In addition to her book, "Telehealth in Rural Hospitals: Lessons Learned from Pennsylvania", she published a 400 page report on Telehealth for Pennsylvania Legislators. Her other most recent book is "The Entrepreneur's Guide to Running a Business: Strategy and Leadership", which summarizes the lessons in all 12 books she edited for Praeger, a scholarly press. She publishes columns in the Reading Eagle Business Weekly and Health Profiles sections, and over 200 of her articles have been published in a variety of venues and languages.

Rhoads developed her extensive foundation of knowledge through a combination of technology startups and Fortune 500 companies in the financial industry. Rhoads started her career by building Computer Educational Services, a highly successful computer training and consulting firm which she profitably sold to Hi-Tech Connections, Inc., and which eventually merged into Verso Technologies, a publicly traded company. Prior to starting her current company (which was formerly known as ETM Associates, Inc. and incorporated in 2001), she served as Chief Technology and Operations Officer for CommerceLinks.Net, specializing in Live Video Customer Service technologies where she designed and wrote a patent for the video interface for the technology. During the height of the Internet bubble she utilized her talents as Chief Technology Officer of Millstar, an E-commerce software development company specializing in on-line catalogs of highly complex product sets for click and mortar companies. Her large company experience was acquired when she served as Vice President of First USA/Bank One and MBNA/Bank of America where she provided internal consulting to senior management on strategic decision making, project management, and resource allocation.

More than twemtu years ago, Rhoads was injured in a devastating car accident that left her with permanent memory problems from a mild traumatic brain injury and severe chronic back pain. Her recent business interests are focused on the areas that enabled her to not only recover from the financial hardships and physical disabilities as a result of the accident, but to surpass all expectations in terms of gaining health and prosperity. Her experiences led to the change in focus of her career as she is now dedicating her life to helping others achieve the same gains regardless of their circumstances.

A complete vita for Dr. Rhoads can be found at:

https://hplconsortium.com/rsr/ldr/RH/RHOADCJ331/cjrhoads_fullvita_current.pdf