Justin Irizarry Awarded 2018 South Florida Business Journal's CFO of the Year

It’s no secret that successful CFOs play many roles in modern enterprise. They are strategic partners to their management teams, navigators through seas both calm and rough, and financial visionaries who take timeless lessons and contemporary examples to chart new paths. The success of their companies prove their worth.

As with past years, these honorees are skilled and seasoned executives. But, despite their financial acumen, when asked what they’d do in a second career, many said they would explore the arts or sciences, partner with new clients to tackle fresh opportunities, or help teach the next generation of students.

Still engaged in and challenged by their careers, they profess a yearning to change our shared future.

Vital to their companies’ successes, these CFOs reflect a new face of the modern financial executive.

White Paper: Healthcare Pricing Strategies

This report focuses on price transparency for healthcare providers, including hospitals and health systems, ambulatory care providers, diagnostic and imaging providers, physicians, and other care providers within the context of “healthcare.” It does not address the issues of insurance premium costs, pharmaceutical pricing, durable medical equipment, or skillednursing and assisted living costs. The findings and recommendations presented in this report are based on market research, published literature on the subject, and the personal experience of the authors, who are seasoned healthcare executives and consultants.

The full white paper can be viewed here.

Justin Irizarry Awarded 2017 Up & Comer by South Florida Business & Wealth Magazine

The awards focus on their achievements in the workplace and in their charitable and civic contributions. Many of our honorees have already made their mark in senior-level positions or are on the fast track to do so.

The professionals recognized in the following pages were nominated by members of the community. We specifically asked to learn about those who have demonstrated an overall commitment to South Florida. We received hundreds of nominations for Up & Comers through our website. The results were evaluated by our editorial team, led by Editor-in-Chief Kevin Gale.

Justin Irizarry Named Diversity MBA Magazine's Top 100 Under 50 Executive Leader

Justin co-founded OrthoNOW in 2010 and started the Franchise with Dr. Alejandro Badia in 2012. He holds a B.A. in Economics from Cornell University and a M.B.A. from The Wharton School at The University of Pennsylvania. Justin has more than 13 years of experience acting as a trusted advisor and interim executive for a wide range of companies as he has earned the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation. He remains active with his alma mater serving as a volunteer mentor to incoming freshman as part of the university’s Alumni-Student mentoring program and as a prospective student interviewer for South Florida applicants. Justin is the recipient of South Florida Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 Award, South Florida Business & Wealth’s Up and Comer Award, and Hispanic Unity of Florida Foundation’s American Dreamer Award.

Justin Irizarry Featured on The Pivotal Leader Podcast

“It’s not practice that makes the difference – it’s perfect practice that does.” – Justin Irizarry

Justin Irizarry, CFO of OrthoNow is NOT the stereotypical CFO. His innovative ability to start the nation’s only franchised orthopedic urgent care center is supported by his belief that employees are the biggest asset on the balance sheet.

In this episode of The Pivotal Leader, Gina Trimarco interviews this dynamic entrepreneur, who started as an investment banker on Wall Street and was recently named CFO of the Year and 40 under 40 by the South Florida Business Journal. A Wharton MBA, he partnered with Dr. Alejandro Badia to create the OrthoNOW business model. The concept achieves the industry’s quadruple aim – lower cost, better outcomes, improved patient experiences and enhanced provider outcomes in the 42 billion dollar orthopedic care industry.

Podcast Topics Include:

  • How OrthoNOW came to fruition

  • Taking an idea to concept testing to franchise model

  • Breaking the status quo in the patient care business model

  • Taking advantage of market demand to change behavior for patient care

  • Disrupting an industry where consumers aren’t the ones paying the for services rendered and providers don’t know what they’re getting paid for those services

  • Creating good will that leads to referrals in an industry where a high percentage of customers don’t pay

  • Attracting top talent by being interesting instead of hiring just to fill a position

  • Creating a fun culture that impacts patients AND employees

  • Raw vs Emotional Intelligence

From Base Stealer to Bone Healer: A CFO’s Journey

You might not think of urgent-care centers, where you can come in off the street for quick treatment of a flu or stomach ache, as retail outfits. After all, they don’t sell clothing, makeup, auto parts, or other actual products the way classical retailers do.

But Justin Irizarry does think of it that way. Irizarry, the co-founder and CFO of OrthoNOW, which touts itself as “the nation’s only network of orthopedic urgent care centers,” feels that location is what makes the firm’s franchise operations akin to retailers.

Justin Irizarry Named 40 Under 40 Recipient by South Florida Business Journal

South Florida Business Journal proudly presents its 40 Under 40 Class of 2016, which highlights business leaders under age 40 who have made a significant impact in their field of expertise, their community and their companies.