Testimonials
What
Defense Contractors
Say About Mike Semel, CMMC Certified Assessor (CCA)
"As a small manufacturer, CMMC Level 2 has challenged us
because it is confusing and misunderstood by defense contractors and by IT service providers.
Thankfully, we are working with Semel Consulting.
Because Mike Semel is a CMMC Certified Assessor with 20+ years of assessment experience with regulated industries, and hands-on experience as an MSP and a CIO, we are confident that we will be able to meet our compliance requirements, control our costs, and pass our CMMC Level 2 certification assessment the first time."
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Emily McClure
Controller/ GGB Industries
What
IT Managed Service Providers (MSP)
Say About Mike Semel
Concise and actionable CMMC guide!
“Mike Semel’s CMMC Desktop Reference Guide is the most concise and actionable CMMC reference document I’ve yet read, of many.”
— Joshua Liberman, Net Sciences, Inc.
Invaluable to my dental MSP!
“Mike, I've been listening and following you for many years and truly appreciate your work and information! I have an MSP with a focus on dental offices and you've been invaluable! Thank you!”
— Allan Khalil, ADC Solutions - Edmond, Oklahoma
Spoke with authority to prospect!
"I just used information I got from Semel Systems hours ago to speak with authority to a prospect."
— Bryan Hornung, Xact IT Solutions
Presentations well worth the price!
“I’m knee deep into your presentations and really enjoy the material. Well worth the price.”
— James Sanford, Teamspring, Buford, GA
Closed deal 4x competitor!
“Mike, your methods work! Last week I used your method to present an opportunity to a prospect. Then I sent him an engagement letter, which had terms and conditions I thought he would insist on negotiating. The next morning I was surprised to receive the signed engagement letter with no questions asked. This week, in just one day I closed a deal I found out was four times more than our nearest competitor.”
— Henry Decoo, Florida
Helped me become cybersecurity authority!
"Because of Mike Semel, I'm now seen as a cyber security authority, which I never thought was possible. I've been interviewed by Forbes, CNN, Fortune Magazine, and I've been on tons of local news stations about cybersecurity incidents and being a cyber expert. I highly recommend you work with Mike Semel and learn from him. He's a cybersecurity and compliance expert and you won't go wrong."
— Bryan Hornung, Xact IT Solutions
Closed deal almost immediately!
“I am leveraging your knowledge quite a bit with prospective customers; In one case I closed the deal almost immediately.”
— Mike Williams - TeamLogic IT, Northeast Pennsylvania
Clients got expert help, we profited!
“NetVision has referred multiple clients to Semel Consulting. Our clients got the industry’s best expert who helped them fix hidden problems. We got referral fee checks and every client has spent more with us. You can trust Mike.”
— Wade Devore, President, Netvision Consulting
Staff loves concise training!
“Mike, my staff unanimously likes your training videos because they are concise and easy to digest. I wanted to let you know because I’ve never heard them say this about other training videos we use.”
— Sam Gridley, CEO/Founder, Intech
Touted in peer groups!
"Thanks for being such a good partner for us IT service providers. We need guys like you... I have continued to tout you folks to both the HTG and Robin Robins peer groups I am in. You folks are A-1."
— Tim Gillen, Terrapin Networks, Traverse City, MI
Fast HIPAA compliance support!
"I am amazed at how fast Semel Consulting was able to help us build a HIPAA compliance program. Because Mike was an MSP, he was able to take the confusing HIPAA requirements and directly connect them with the specific products and services we offer. We love talking with Semel Consulting because they understand what an MSP does and what our needs are."
— Shawn Ruhl, CTO, vTech io, Naples, FL
What
Healthcare Providers
Say About Mike Semel
Surgery Center
—LoAnn VandeLeest, CEO, NW Michigan Surgery Center
Helped close HIPAA investigation!
“Great news! Attached is the letter we received from the OCR saying they are closing our case without further action. Mike, thank you so much for your assistance with the response. I can’t tell you how much we appreciate your input that greatly influenced this outcome.”
— Rebecca Stodolak
Bridged IT, compliance & legal!
“Mike Semel understands how technology, compliance, and legal risks overlap. He has helped our IT, compliance, and legal teams work together to better protect our company and the people we serve.”
— Craig Bolton, General Counsel, Celmatix
HIPAA help with lasting peace of mind!
“Semel Consulting has helped our pulmonary practice quickly remediate gaps in our HIPAA compliance program. I can (and do!) call whenever I have a question, and I appreciate the quick response and personal attention. Our practice now has peace of mind that we have a sustainable HIPAA program, and not just some documentation that sits on a shelf.”
— Sonya Kohl, Practice Administrator, Pulmonary Associates, Las Vegas
Uncovered what internal teams missed!
“Even though I serve both as the county IT director and the HIPAA Security Officer, I would not have been able to identify some of the issues you uncovered. As an outside organization you were able to gather information objectively, and offer a perspective I could not have gotten using internal resources. Your certifications in HIPAA and Security enabled you to ask the right questions and relate your findings directly to the HIPAA rules.”
— Ken Peaslee, Director, Information Technology, County of Steuben, NY
Reduced downtime, cut costs 30%!
“During my tenure as the CEO of Schuyler Hospital I hired Mike in a consulting capacity to be the CIO. Over a two-year time frame Mike was able to help us bring the hospital's IT infrastructure up to date. In addition, he brought us into HIPAA compliance. IT downtime was reduced to zero and IT operating costs were reduced by 30%. Mike is a true IT expert and I recommend him without reservation to anyone in need of IT assistance and/or regulatory compliance.”
— Donald Lewis, Sr Manager of Rural Health Care, Universal Service Administrative Company
Understands psychiatric compliance needs!
“Semel Consulting was recommended to help us with the special compliance and confidentiality needs for a psychiatric practice. They understand psychiatry and helped us identify areas that needed improvement. We are relying on their help to provide better care to our patients.”
— Leila Person, Practice Administrator, Ocean Psychiatric, Virginia Beach, VA
Helped prevent phishing attack!
“Thanks to your education we recognized this phishing email as fraud and prevented it!”
— Jason Laing, CEO, The Care Team
We can sleep at night!
“We're the third busiest ambulatory surgery center in the United States, doing about 20,000 cases a year. We've employed Mike Semel and have had great results with him. We can sleep at night and we know that we can call Mike if we have any issues. We feel like our patient data is well protected and cared for.”
— LoAnn VandeLeest, CEO, NW Michigan Surgery Center
What
Business Continuity Planning Clients
Say About Mike Semel
Business Continuity Planning
—Arlin Sorensen, Founder, HTG Peer Groups
Built and tested a plan that worked for Superstorm Sandy!
“Mike Semel created and tested an extensive business continuity/pandemic response plan for our credit union, which has almost 180,000 members, 25 branches across Long Island, and over $4 billion in assets. Mike visited us and interviewed department managers, reviewed our technical infrastructure, and spoke with our county emergency management office and health department. He then mapped the plan to our NCUA compliance requirements in a report that was approved by our Board of Directors. We were happy with the results of this engagement and recommend Semel Consulting for similar projects.”
— Gary Jendras, Vice President, Internal Audit, Bethpage Federal Credit Union
Plan helped us survive the Joplin Tornado!
“Mike's a certified disaster recovery planner. He's been part of the Red Cross System and understands what it means to respond. And that's so critical when we're trying to create plans for our business. He's taught me and he's been correct because we went through some of this ourselves - that in the middle of a crisis or a disaster, if you don't have a plan, you don't think logically you respond emotionally and you make some bad decisions. We were grateful that we had that planning in place when the Joplin tornado hit. Disaster recovery planning is taking care of our business and making sure that it will exist long after we may be gone.”
— Arlin Sorensen, CEO, Heartland Technology Solutions
What
Event Planners
Say About Mike Semel
"As someone with the rare combination of immense subject-matter expertise, natural speaking talent,
and the ability to elucidate complicated topics, Mike is a fantastic presenter.
I highly recommend him to any organization looking to deliver real educational value in Mike’s specialty areas.”
Jennifer Alton
NYSBDC Coordinator of Learning and Organizational Development
You received many excellent reviews...I was so glad you got to see a rocket launched!
"Thank you so much for the wonderful presentation! I was so glad you got to see a rocket launched. I wanted you to know, you received many excellent reviews on your presentation from the survey results that have come in. I hope to see you at one of my conferences in the future."
— NASA Conference Manager, Kennedy Space Center, FL
His ability to connect to our audience by wrapping his unique personality and humor into the conversation made it all work that much more!
"Mike was hired to help educate our community of IT providers on both compliance and security issues. Beyond the working knowledge that Mike has obtained over the years, his ability to connect to our audience by wrapping his unique personality and humor into the conversation made it all work that much more.”
— Jerry Koutavas, President, ASCII Group
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