Origin and Mission

Through the first months of this pandemic situation, Dr. Ostdiek saw that a stark contrast existed.  He was working by day in hospitals with multiple levels of infection prevention processes in place to protect patients and hospital staff; but back at home, he saw neighborhood businesses struggling to figure out how to get back to work safely for their customers and employees.  Eddie was working in advisory roles with a number of companies who were strategizing how to keep their businesses open and successful, amid the pandemic, without compromising their values. There was guidance out there, but it wasn’t easy to apply to each workspace.

With Scott’s professional experience in infection control and Eddie’s 20+ years of building and developing business solutions, the two friends collaborated to create WorkingAware. Their different, yet complementary, backgrounds inspire them to provide businesses with the tools and knowledge to navigate this new landscape, creating custom infection-control solutions for each individual business.

 
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Scott Ostdiek, M.D. | Co-Founder & Chief Medical Officer

Dr. Ostdiek leads the workspace evaluation and authors the customized recommendations in our reports, incorporating all of the guidelines that are relevant to your unique business setting. 

  • Board-Certified Pediatric Infectious Diseases physician with over 22 years in practice and 18 years of experience as Medical Director of the Infection Prevention Department at Phoenix Children's Hospital.  

  • Section Chief, Pediatric Infectious Diseases | Phoenix Children’s Hospital

  • Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Child Health | University of Arizona College of Medicine (Phoenix)

  • Active member of national infection prevention/infectious disease organizations 

  • Four years on the Steering Committee for the Infection Prevention Directors Forum of the Children's Hospital Association, an international organization of over 200 of the largest children's hospitals from around the world.

Dr. Ostdiek moved to Phoenix to start his pediatric training in 1990.  He, his wife, and their three children have called Tempe, AZ their home for almost twenty years.

 
 

Eddie Fredericks | Co-Founder & Managing Director

Eddie manages the business development process and builds our partner relationships.  He is integrally involved in our reporting process, ensuring that WorkingAware always provides best-in-class quality of content in a manner that results in an excellent experience for our customers.

Eddie has spent most of his career in business development and sales management, creating business-to-business solutions that are equally high in integrity as they are business-friendly. His experience consulting and advising local and national businesses of diverse sizes, from Fortune 500 companies to startups, helps guide our services so that they are readily actionable and easier for companies to implement. He has worked in or supported a broad range of businesses, including, manufacturing sectors, retail, and the food service industry.

Eddie moved to Arizona in 1993 to attend Arizona State University and lives in Tempe, AZ with his wife and family. He is passionately committed to supporting local Arizona businesses in his community.