{"id":1885,"date":"2010-11-05T15:50:55","date_gmt":"2010-11-05T20:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/magazines\/vanderbilt-business\/?p=1885"},"modified":"2015-07-07T20:18:59","modified_gmt":"2015-07-07T20:18:59","slug":"phase-2-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.owen.vanderbilt.edu\/vanderbiltbusiness\/phase-2-0\/","title":{"rendered":"Phase 2.0"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1642\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1642\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1642\" title=\"CityOwen_CC\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.owen.vanderbilt.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/legacy\/2010\/11\/todd-jackson.jpg\" alt=\"Todd Jackson\" width=\"300\" height=\"238\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1642\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Todd Jackson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When Todd Jackson, BA\u201996, EMBA\u201908, joined Cumberland Consulting Group as Director of Operations this past spring, it signaled a new chapter in the company\u2019s growth. The Brentwood, Tenn.-based firm, which assists health care providers in choosing and implementing electronic medical record systems, has more than doubled in size in the last year. The partners recognized a significant strategic opportunity thanks to a key component of the U.S. government\u2019s stimulus plan that encourages health care providers to adopt electronic medical record systems.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCumberland started with five people in 2004, and we\u2019re now closing in on 100 employees,\u201d Jackson says. \u201cMy role is to put processes and systems in place so that we can continue scaling up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of Jackson\u2019s challenges is ensuring that Cumberland\u2019s unique culture is not lost in the rapid expansion. When the firm was younger and smaller, it was easier for the partners to pick the right people, he explains, in part because they had worked directly with those individuals in previous jobs. Now, though, it is more complicated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re in phase 2.0. We\u2019re turning to circles of circles of contacts to find employees,\u201d he says. \u201cOnce onboard, they have to be trained according to the \u2018Cumberland way,\u2019 and that\u2019s not something we can do ad hoc.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In some sense phase 2.0 could also be an apt description for this stage of Jackson\u2019s own health care career. Prior to Cumberland he served as Senior Director of Annual Giving at Vanderbilt University Medical Center for nine years. While at Vanderbilt, he earned an Executive MBA, which he says taught him, among other things, \u201chow to work well with others\u2014especially those you don\u2019t agree with.\u201d Together, the experiences at the Medical Center and at Owen provided Jackson with a building block for the logical next step in his career\u2014an opportunity to grow alongside a dynamic firm in a dynamic field.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy career is evolving,\u201d he says. \u201cI\u2019m someone who likes to create and build, and Cumberland has presented me with an amazing opportunity to do just that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Todd Jackson, BA\u201996, EMBA\u201908, joined Cumberland Consulting Group as Director of Operations this past spring, it signaled a new chapter in the company\u2019s growth. The Brentwood, Tenn.-based firm, which assists health care providers in choosing and implementing electronic medical record systems, has more than doubled in size in the last year. 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