Hi, I’m Jason.

I am a strategist and technologist
focused on transforming health and life sciences.

 

WHAT I DO

I help companies grow.  In my world, that means helping them decide where and how to grow, and then building new capabilities to get them there.  Some of the things I do are: 

Strategy
Aligning people and plans

Leadership
Leading teams to new places

Product Development
Engineering new solutions

Corporate Development
Finding new opportunities

Innovation
Uncovering new possibilities

Analytics & Data Sciences
Unlocking the power of data

Venture Capital
Evaluating new investments 

Thought Leadership
Looking around corners

Emerging Technologies
Bringing tomorrow into today

MY EXPERIENCES

I’ve been involved in building a lot of new business areas. Some examples of the journeys I’ve been on:

Building Strategies

  • Led strategic planning work for a wide variety of companies.
  • Worked for and pitched to venture capital firms and boards regarding new funding for growth investments.
  • Met with members of Congress to advise on national strategies.

Quirky Fact: My strategy work connects strategic planning, market analysis, & performance management.

Building Ideas

  • Founded and run several think tanks focused on developing new industry innovations
  • Wrote a book on industry innovation and transformation and have taught in two of the top 20 US business schools.
  • Delivered keynote addresses at many conferences and survived many media interviews.

Quirky Fact: My book is used in graduate courses all around the world.

Building Solutions

  • Engineered software that accelerates medical research (e.g., data collection, analysis, study recruitment, and more)
  • Developed artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data visualizations that help healthcare providers improve the quality and cost of care (e.g., insights on risk, population health, capacity, disease progression, & quality).
  • Created methodologies that help organizations reliably grow (e.g., strategic planning, analytics maturity, data governance, organizational governance, product management

Quirky Fact: More patients across the state of North Carolina receive care today due to analytical insights my team developed.

Building Organizations

  • Proposed, secured funding, staffed, and managed a new enterprise analytics and data sciences division for a top US healthcare systems (e.g., analytical solutions development, data governance, data visualization, ML, AI, and consulting)
  • Served on the executive leadership team and led corporate development for one of the fastest growing US companies.  
  • Built new institutional capabilities in product management, software R&D, and governance for multiple organizations

Quirky Fact: My team was one of the first in the world certified by HIMSS at the highest level of analytical maturity.

MY VALUES

My professional life is grounded in 5 core values which represent part of what I bring to any organization:

Seek Growth
Embrace Learning
Deliver Exceptionally Serve Mindfully
Leverage Creativity