CCE Alumnus Turns Childhood Passion into Career
Gregory Mintz, M.S.
From a young age, Gregory Mintz, M.S., has always had a passion for technology. He and his dad used to work on computers together and always had cool toys and electronics around the house. To Mintz, the early hands-on “tinkering” from a young age not only proved to be a great father-son bonding experience, but it also opened a new world with endless opportunities in a growing field.
Today, Mintz serves as the director, Digital Experience Technology Operations & Delivery for Modernizing Medicine, whose mission is to “transform healthcare through intelligent specialty-specific platforms that increase practice efficiency and improve patient outcomes” (Modernizing Medicine). In 2017, Mintz graduated from Nova Southeastern University with a Master of Science in Management Information Systems from the College of Computing and Engineering (CCE). During this time, he was also the senior application and platform development manager for Orangetheory Fitness. Mintz was responsible for architecting and developing domestic and international enterprise application and platform strategy, application development framework, and enterprise integration strategy.
Gregory Mintz and his father
He also led the building out of Orangetheory’s IT Infrastructure to support a network of more than 1,000 global locations. Simply put, he was responsible for the technology that tracked the fitness profile of an individual and connected it to the overall workout experience and competition of others in the class.
When asked what one thing he would tell students, Mintz replied, “I would tell them it’s okay not to have everything figured out right away. I assumed that going to college would mean I would and should know exactly what I want to do with my life, but I determined that my current path wasn’t in the best interest of my future and decided to change before I regretted staying status quo even if it cost me time and money in the end. It’s a choice I’ve never regretted and has caused me nothing but happiness throughout my professional career.”