Seth Flowerman (born c. 1985) is the President & CEO of PLT Health Solutions. He is an

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who formed his first company while in high school.

Early life and education

Flowerman attended the

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. He earned a B.S. from

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in 2008 and an

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from the S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management in 2009. He was a member of

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and

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at Cornell.

Career

At age 16, Flowerman founded Career Explorations, a program that sets American college and high school students up with

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, and

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. Four years later, he founded Vertex Academic Services, a

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provider and educational consulting company in

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. Vertex was acquired in 2011 by A List Education. Career Explorations was acquired in 2010 by Musiker Discovery Programs and Dream Careers Inc. and now operates under the name Discovery Internships.

Awards

*2004: Student Entrepreneur of the Year,

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*2007: Kaplan Most Promising Campus CEOs *2008: BusinessWeek's 25 Entrepreneurs under 25 *2008: Social Impact Award, Global Student Entrepreneurship Awards

References

External links

Career Explorations

Vertex Academic Services
{{DEFAULTSORT:Flowerman, Seth 1986 births Living people 21st-century American businesspeople Businesspeople from Morristown, New Jersey Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management alumni