About Powers Plus Systems, LLC
Julie Powers is a marketing professional with 20+ years of marketing and public relations experience, including 13 years of bank marketing management with a $936-million financial institution holding company in Southeast Missouri. Bank marketing experience includes:
- Advertising
- Public relations
- Media relations
- Special events
- Seniors club development, membership tracking, and trip planning
- Special projects (annual report development, new product research and development, etc.)
Business consulting experience includes:
- New business analysis
- Business organization
- Marketing planning
- Newsletter layout
- Interviews and news articles
Other experience:
- Public relations agencies in Kansas City, Missouri and Melbourne, Australia; Midwest Macintosh hardware and peripherals manufacturer and distributor; Kansas City non-profit home building association; and major retailer’s home office public relations staff in O’Fallon, Missouri.
- Marketing coordination
- Media relations
- Product specification worksheets
- Packaging design
- Catalog text development and layout
- Advertising design and proofing
- Trade show displays
- Sales events
- Newsletter and magazine writing, editing and layout
- Homes-tours promotions
With Julie’s ability to see the big picture while focusing on the details, she is a master of organization, with a talent for task assignment and follow-through. Pride in doing the job right motivates her. With Julie, just consider it done – and done well!
Being a Mother…With a Twist
Julie first became a mother in September 1996 to a bouncing baby boy, and then again in January 1999 to a beautiful baby girl. Along with all the usual juggling acts that accompany being a mother, wife, daughter, sibling, aunt, friend, dog-owner, community volunteer and full-time employee in the banking industry, Julie was introduced to a new world of chaos when her daughter, Emma, suffered an acute life threatening event on April 30, 1999. Emma stopped breathing during a late-morning nap and was without oxygen for about 15 minutes, during which time she suffered severe brain damage, resulting in 24-hour medical care and complete dependence (suctioning, feeding tube, positioning, medication, wheelchair, etc.).
For eight and a half years, Emma’s family cared for her at home, while Julie became the undisputed household and medical care manager. She learned how to organize an extensive array of caregivers and medical personnel, as well as daily and critical care for her daughter. She created tracking and monitoring devices to ensure proper care and clear communication between all caregivers.
Medical professionals commented on the benefits of these communication tools, as well as the attention to detail they saw, and they credited Emma’s unusually good health to thorough home care. The system that had been put into action assured Emma’s continued care throughout each day, as well as coordinated care between doctors, nurses, therapists, and school personnel. Julie was asked to package and market the system so that other families could benefit from her knowledge and experience.
After Emma’s passing in 2007, Julie considered the task of combining what she had learned in order to create the ultimate tool kit for parents in similar situations. It would be “everything she wished she knew when she left the hospital in 1999.”
Months of research and development culminated in the creation of The EMMA System (Everyone’s Medical Monitoring Assistant).
Now Julie’s focus is on distributing The EMMA System and passing on Emma’s legacy, assisting other families who are navigating their way through very difficult transitions.
