E436 Jason Crites, Founder, CEO and Chief Data Officer at Assurance Health Data

Today's guest is Jason Crites, Founder, CEO and Chief Data Officer at Assurance Health Data in Chicago, IL. Founded in 2019, The Assurance Health Data (AHD) platform is a trusted clinical data ecosystem, enabling data sharing at scale amongst researchers, healthcare providers, patients, & diagnostic and life sciences companies to solve the biggest data problems in healthcare together. They are the industry's go-to partner for high quality, difficult-to-find and source Real-World Data.

Jason has 20 years’ experience in data analytics and virtualization. He is a commercialization and data visualization expert with competencies in engineering, management and acquisition integration. As an ex-IBM sales executive, he generated a billion in revenue and led the development of the Federated Data Model and the Global Storage Solution. Jason is a citizen scientist, public speaker, and an early advocate of models for large-scale data sharing and analytics.

In the episode, Jason will discuss:

The motivation for founding Assurance Health Data,

The journey of building the company from the ground up,

How they use data within the platform,

Use cases of the impact they bring to the industry,

What the future holds for the healthcare data sector, and

Career opportunities with Assurance Health Data