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Scott A. GostylaGHI Medical, LLC | Company Info
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Scott A. Gostyla
Scott Gostyla is a proven entrepreneur, accredited leader, and award-winning expert in the e-services space.In 1990 at age 23 he designed, developed, and patented and sold his first invention, an emergency floatation device for Jet Skis.
Mr. Gostyla's first Internet Company was founded in 1996.Re-branded in 1999, the company quickly became the largest web services firm on the west coast of Florida.Prior to his departure in October 2000, he grew the company to over 14 million in total sales with 7 national offices and a staff that exceeded 200 professionals.They amassed hundreds of successful engagements with clients such as Motorola, PeopleSoft, and Time Warner.
Mr. Gostyla and the company won numerous awards such as 1st Place for the Platinum PR Award, the Smart 100 Company's award, Florida Trends Silver Mouse, The World's Best Web Site award, the Tampa Bay Business Journals 40 under 40 award, along with many others.Mr. Gostyla was also a founding member of the Tampa Bay Technology Form, an organization with over 900 members that is focused on helping the Tampa Bay community.
His largest and most recognized accomplishment was a nomination and finalist award for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the year in 1999 and 2000, then going on to win the exclusive top honor of Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of Year 2000 for the E-Services category.
Since his departure from Hydrogen Media in October of 2000 he has invested in and consulted for several internet based companies while also co-authoring the eBusiness Success Kit.The eBusiness Success Kit is a powerful dynamic product that contains everything required to teach someone how to successfully define, develop, and deploy a successful Internet solution.
Mr. Gostyla then went on to create Intelladon Corporation, a forward thinking eLearning company that overcame great odds by developing a world class authoring application which quickly acquired many fortune 50 customers such as UPS, Simians Westinghouse, Frito Lay, GE Medical, just after the September 11th tragedy.
After selling Intelladon, Mr. Gostyla suffered some serious personal issues that sent his professional career in a drastic downspin almost costing him everything.
As a child Mr. Gostyla was given up by his parents and placed in foster homes.He had to overcome enormous odds to succeed.However, when he was faced with a divorce and the thought of not being able to provide his son the family he never had, he was emotionally devastated.Companies that he invested in started failing; frivolous lawsuits spun out of control; a divorce so nasty it could have been on Jerry Springer - consumed his life.But his focus was not on his life, it was on the fact that he was going to fail as a parent which was a horrible feeling that only a foster child could understand, and something that took an enormous physical and emotional toll driving him into seclusion; almost medically costing him his life.
But then again in a bad economy and against all odds, with the help of a very committed group of supporters; Mr. Gostyla reengaged his highly polished entrepreneurial skill set.He took control of his situation by self educated himself in the medical industry, and within a period of only 12 months he turned a struggling debt laden medical company into a profitable multimillion dollar national leading preventative health care organization.
As CEO of GHI Medical Mr. Gostyla continues to successfully grow the company by developing new testing processes focused around hair loss issues and consistently exceeding quarterly expectations with one of the best management teams he has ever assembled.Mr. Gostyla is also in the process of creating a foundation to help support other less fortunate kids that are currently part of the foster care system.
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Mr. Gostyla has been featured in many articles, magazines, and has appeared on several national television interviews.Some of the awards that Mr. Gostyla earned for him and the companies under his control are some of the world's top honors for innovative design and exceptional customer service.Ernst & Young LLP named Scott Gostyla the recipient for the Florida 2000 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award.The Tampa Business Journal honored him as a 40 under 40 Award Winner, Phillip's PR News honored his company with the 2000 Platinum PR Award for best internal communications worldwide.
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