Monthly lunch - May 9 2012

Chris Hester

Chris Hester is the founder and CEO of Kinnser Software, Inc.  Kinnser provides software solutions to the home health industry.  Kinnser, based in Austin, is one of the area’s fastest growing companies, having been included on the Inc. 500 list of fastest growing private companies in each of the past two years, and will likely be included when the new list comes out this year. 

Chris built Kinnser from scratch, and it now boasts about 100 employees in the Austin area and clients across the nation.  A private equity firm recently purchased a stake in Kinnser.  Finally, Chris was honored as the 2012 AU40 winner in the Medical and Healthcare category. 

Come hear Chris talk about starting a company, managing its rapid growth, navigating multi-state regulations, and going through a private equity transaction.

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