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title: Time To Brag On The Boss
description: Our CEO and Co-Founder, Carl Natenstedt, has been served as a featured expert in a number of articles lately, and we thought that was worth celebrating.
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# [Time To Brag On The Boss](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/time-to-brag-on-the-boss)

 Written by [Alex Diamond](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/author/alex-diamond) | 3/11/2019

We think the man in charge is pretty smart. And we're not alone. *Hopefully you'll forgive a one-week delay in our five-part Crime In Healthcare series. If you absolutely have to get your regular dose, go reread [the previous installments](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/topic/crime-in-healthcare). *

We don't usually toot our own horn here, because 1) we're trying to share strategies to help hospitals save, and 2) our horn's been in the shop for a while. The guy was saying something about the spit valve, but we lost interest and started playing with the in-store keyboard. 

Here's the important news: our CEO and Co-Founder, [Carl Natenstedt](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/carls-got-something-to-say-to-you), was recently featured in two different professional publications. Both of them relied on his expertise, as we do every day. 

Carl was the subject of a feature interview in [Authority Magazine](https://medium.com/authority-magazine), where they profiled his background in medical and tech startups stretching across the last twenty years. You can read the [full interview here](https://medium.com/authority-magazine/big-ideas-how-we-can-prevent-billions-of-dollars-of-medical-supplies-from-getting-expired-and-c1590ec0245c). (The same interview was also picked up by [ThriveGlobal](https://thriveglobal.com/stories/big-ideas-how-we-can-prevent-billions-of-dollars-of-medical-supplies-from-expiring-and-going-to-waste-with-carl-natenstedt-ceo-of-z5-inventory/).)  

Our personal favorite quote is: "You’ll never wish you were more of a bastard." 

Just before his Authority interview, Carl served as the go-to expert in an article on process improvement - something that benefits managers everywhere, regardless of the industry. You can read that one on [Smartsheet's website](https://www.smartsheet.com/quality-improvement-process?utm_content=86009606&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin&hss_channel=lcp-9477111). 

This is all in addition to the multiple times now he's been [quoted in Becker's Healthcare](https://www.z5inventory.com/blog/what-do-you-know-about-the-asc-supply-chain). 

Now, thanks to all these journalists who thought Carl's insights were top-notch, around the office we're required to address him as "[Official Expert](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6462791628263346176) and Eminent Authority, Carl Natenstedt." 

No, but really. Thanks. 

 

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