Conference Speakers

Dr. Jose I. Delgado is the CEO and President of Taino Consultants, a healthcare consulting company assisting healthcare professionals and organizations for over 20 years. Dr. Delgado is an entrepreneur who has owned clinics, rehab and community mental health centers. He also has extensive compliance experience that comes from his years as a United States Air Force contracting officer.

Dr. Delgado has been the brain trusted behind the development of the policies, forms and operational requirements of EPICompliance. He was also involved in the development team for the creation of Doculynx, a document management and multi-specialty electronic health record.

During his time in the Air Force, Dr. Delgado worked in projects such as Star Wars and the United States Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Program. He was also tasked with the creation of the 12th Air Force Contracting Unit which in addition to providing support to the United States Assets in Central and South America, they also worked in humanitarian projects such as the construction of clinics in their designated area of operations.

Samantha Prokop is a shareholder at Gunster, one of Florida’s oldest and largest full-service business  firms.  Samantha focuses her practice on business strategies, transactions, and compliance for health care practices and businesses.  Samantha has extensive legal experience in health care including working as an in-house risk manager and general counsel for a multi-hospital health care system.  Her experience and insight allow her to develop unique and practical strategies to help her clients overcome the unique challenges that face health care providers.

Marcus Williams graduated from Cedar Grove High School, in Decatur, GA, in 1988.  He received an ARMY (ROTC) scholarship and attended Fort Valley State College, in Georgia.  He graduated and was commissioned as a 2^nd Lieutenant in United States Army.  Marcus was then granted an educational delay by the ARMY to pursue a Masters degree.

Marcus received that degree in 1995 and was sent to Germany to become a“medical platoon leader.”  He has also served in the military as a “clinic executive officer”, for the European Command Headquarters and as an “operations officer”, for Eisenhower Army Medical Center.

Marcus has over 20 years corporate medical marketing experience which includes working with Pfizer Inc., Vitas Hospice Care.  He now serves as the Director of Marketing, Public Relations and Communications for both Island Doctors and Patriot Healthcare.

Marcus Williams lives in St. Augustine, FL.  He is the blessed husband of Chamane Kennedy Williams.  Marcus is also the proud father of five amazing children:  Kennedy, Coretta, Gavin, Gwendolyn, and Aniyah.

Jose A. Delgado has a wealth of experience in business development, growth and management. For the last 17 years, Mr. Delgado has focused his experience in the hospitality, healthcare and finance industries. Jose possesses a natural love for debate, entrepreneurship, and a desire to innovate the healthcare and financial industries.

In the hospitality industry, Mr. Delgado learned the importance of various facets of business that can be easily overlooked in small to medium sized businesses from customer care/experience, human resources, business management, business culture, marketing and branding.

From healthcare, Mr. Delgado learned how systems could be absolutely crucial to running an effective business; but seeing its natural extreme implemented industry-wide in group think and abject fear in implementing best practices from other industries. Mr. Delgado also set out to help the healthcare providers understand the plethora of federal and state regulations that dictate how business can be run. And as every new year has brought more bureaucracy and regulation to the healthcare industry, Jose continues to seek innovation and freedom for providers to run their businesses more effectively, with more opportunity and with more profitability.

As a Director with the PHP Agency, Inc., Jose A. Delgado leverages the products and services to assist the community of North Florida to understand how money and finance works. Mr. Delgado specializes in protecting familial assets, preparing people for Long Term Care services and legacy planning through the use of financial products.

Jason Mehta is a former federal prosecutor who specialized in healthcare fraud, who now advises and defends companies and individuals facing government investigations.  As a prosecutor in Jacksonville, Florida, Jason was responsible for more than 50 False Claims Act recoveries and more than two dozen criminal prosecutions.  He personally recovered more than a quarter of a billion dollars and was recognized with one of the Department of Justice’s highest awards, the Director’s Award, in 2017.  Now in private practice at Bradley, Jason advises and defends companies in False Claims Act investigations, realtor lawsuits, criminal prosecutions, and other proceedings. Jason is representing companies in courts across the country.

Jason is a 2007 magna cum laude graduate of Harvard Law School.  He received his undergraduate degree with high honors from the University of California, Berkeley.  Originally from Gainesville, Florida, Jason now resides in Tampa with his wife, Lauren, and his two children, Maia and Jack.  When not at work, Jason can be found trying to catch his breath while chasing his children and playing relatively mediocre basketball.