SCOTTSDALE, AZ — Mar. 2nd 2010 — Allviant Corporation today announced that it appointed health lifestyle expert Steve Giardini, the worksite wellness and health promotion program coordinator for the city of Scottsdale, to its advisory board. Giardini has 23 years of experience leading, managing and developing health and wellness programs for municipal employees, including 2,600 people employed by Scottsdale.
“Steve’s deep knowledge and expertise give him a unique perspective that will help strengthen the strategy, vision and development of Allviant’s CarePass™ technology for employers and consumers,” said Lilian Myers, Allviant’s CEO. “We are thrilled to welcome Steve to the board and look forward to his contributions in advancing our continued growth and to moving the healthcare industry toward a system that encourages prevention, wellness, and health management to provide consumers greater control and convenience over their care.”
Giardini has led Scottsdale’s worksite wellness and health promotion program since 2005. Prior to that Steve served 17 years as the Fire Service Health & Wellness Coordinator for the City of Mesa. There he developed, planned and implemented firefighter specific health, fitness and wellness programs. A member of the Wellness Council of America, International Association for Worksite Health Promotion, and American College of Sports Medicine, Giardini holds an undergraduate degree in business administration from the University of Phoenix.
“I am honored to join the advisory board of one of the industry’s leading innovators and consumer-centric companies,” said Giardini. “I look forward to working with other board members and Allviant’s management to transform and improve healthcare for consumers.”
CarePass enables consumers to control their personal health service communications and transactions by aggregating and delivering context-relevant information securely — via phone, e-mail or text messaging — depending on their preference.
