Key Executives with RJ Lumba

Accelerating Clinical Data Exchange: MRO’s Jason Brown

Today, we speak with Jason Brown, CEO of MRO, a company transforming how clinical data is exchanged for health systems and providers. MRO’s technology integrates with over 250 EHRs to help providers securely manage and share more than a billion clinical records, driving better clinical and financial outcomes.
Jason brings more than two decades of leadership experience scaling healthcare technology companies. Before joining MRO, he served as CEO of Discovery Health Partners, which was acquired by MultiPlan in 2021, and held senior roles at Evolent Health, Valence Health, and MedAssets.
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Scaling Performance for AI Workloads: VDURA’s Ken Claffey

In this episode, we speak with Ken Claffey, President and CEO of VDURA, a company building data infrastructure for high-performance computing and AI workloads. VDURA’s platform is built on the PanFS parallel file system and combines flash-first performance, software-defined services, and a global namespace to support on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments. The company serves more than 1,000 organizations operating AI pipelines, digital twins, and large-scale scientific and enterprise compute.
Claffey joined the company to lead its evolution from a hardware appliance model to a software-first platform and to align PanFS with emerging AI use cases. He focuses on connecting product strategy, architecture, and customer requirements as organizations scale their compute environments.
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Data Platform Leader: Starburst’s Justin Borgman

In this episode, we speak with Justin Borgman, Founder and CEO of Starburst, a data platform that provides fast, secure access to distributed data across clouds, on-premises systems, and hybrid environments. Built on open source Trino, Starburst helps organizations unify their data without costly migrations, enabling advanced analytics and AI at scale. Today, the company is trusted by enterprises in more than 60 countries for mission-critical applications.
Justin founded Starburst in 2017 after serving as Vice President and GM at Teradata, which acquired his prior company Hadapt, an early pioneer of SQL-on-Hadoop.
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Shifting the Odds in Clinical Trials: PhaseV’s Raviv Pryluk

This episode is brought to you by The Healthcare Technology Report, a leading information source on healthcare technology companies and solutions.
Today, we speak with Raviv Pryluk, CEO of PhaseV, a company leveraging reinforcement learning and causal machine learning to design and run adaptive clinical trials that improve success rates while reducing cost and time.
Raviv is an experienced executive with a track record across engineering, data science, biotechnology, and computational neuroscience. His passion lies in solving complex multidisciplinary problems that have a broad, positive impact on the world.
Since its founding, PhaseV has expanded from trial design into execution, analysis, and portfolio planning, now supporting over 30 biopharma and CRO customers worldwide with measurable results, including cutting development costs by up to 50%.
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Gifting Made Effortless: Goody’s Katy Carrigan

This episode is brought to you by The Software Report, a leading information source on software companies and solutions.
Today, we speak with Katy Carrigan, CEO of Goody, a gifting platform making it easy to send personal and business gifts via email, text, or link—no address required.
Katy brings a strong background in sales, partnerships, and growth, having scaled teams at Dropbox before joining Goody. She was drawn to the emotional power of unexpected gifting and now leads the company with a focus on simplicity and joy.
Goody launched in 2020 as a consumer app but quickly pivoted to B2B after discovering its strongest users were professionals. Now used by over 15,000 companies, Goody powers employee, client, and prospect gifting and integrates with 30 HR platforms to automate gifting milestones.
Katy supports Wounded Warrior. To learn more about this organization click here.
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Employee Benefits Trailblazer: ThrivePass’ Skylar Elisberg

In this episode, we speak with Skylar Elisberg, President of ThrivePass, a rapidly growing technology company that empowers clients and their employees through personalized benefits and data-driven insights.
Skylar previously held multiple leadership roles at ThrivePass beginning in 2015, with his longest tenure as VP of Partnerships. In 2022, he became CEO of Wishlist, a company that later merged with ThrivePass. Following the merger, Skylar was appointed President of the combined organization in 2025, bringing deep experience in product innovation, business development, and strategic growth.
ThrivePass continues to redefine the employee benefits landscape with a holistic suite designed to support wellbeing throughout the entire employment lifecycle.
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User Experience Tech: Userlytics’s Alejandro Rivas Micoud

In this episode, we speak with Alejandro Rivas Micoud, Founder and CEO of Userlytics, a Software as a Service (SaaS) state of the art platform with a proprietary respondent panel of almost 1.5 million, and customers in over 51 countries.
Alejandro’s entrepreneurial experience spans Asia, Europe and the US in the utility, telecommunications, and SaaS Internet sector. 
Since 2009, Userlytics has been at the forefront of delivering exceptional UX insights for businesses, non-profits, and startups. Additionally, they offer professional UX consulting services, tailored to enhance customer’s digital solutions through expert analysis.
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Leading Climate Tech Executive: Optera’s Tim Weiss

In this episode, we speak with Tim Weiss, Co-Founder and CEO of Optera, a sustainability management software company, which enables companies to track, manage and achieve goals in a platform designed and supported by sustainability experts.
Tim is responsible for Optera’s long-term strategy and vision. He has spearheaded thought-leading work with the World Economic Forum and Fortune 500 companies across many industries. Prior to Optera, Tim worked for AES Distributed Energy and Uncharted.
Since 2006, Optera’s team has provided leading corporations with innovative solutions to lower costs and accelerate progress toward their climate and sustainability goals. Their research of the business case for climate action helped to launch science-based emissions targets, found in publications such as: The 3% Solution, The Climate Has Changed, Green Giants, Reinventing Fire, and New Climate Economy
Tim supports NPR. To learn more about this organization click here.
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Software Savior: PAR Technologies’ Savneet Singh

In this episode we speak with Savneet Singh, the President and CEO of PAR Technology, a global leader in restaurant technology. Since taking the helm, he has led PAR’s transformation from near bankruptcy to a market cap of over $2.5 billion. 
Building on over 40 years of experience, PAR is recognized as one of the largest suppliers of point of sale systems in the United States, EMEA and APAC regions.  
Previously, Savneet co-founded GBI, a financial software platform for trading and storing physical precious metals, and worked in investment banking at Morgan Stanley.
Savneet supports SHDF.  To learn more about this organization click here.
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Providing Lasting Healthcare Change: Omada Health’s Sean Duffy

In this episode, we speak with Sean Duffy, the Co-Founder and CEO of Omada Health, a virtual-first healthcare provider that nurtures lifelong health, one day at a time.
Since 2011, Sean and his team’s mission has been to inspire and enable people everywhere to live free of chronic disease. They do this by building digital health programs that are evidence-based, performance-priced, and designed to delight their users.
Omada is backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Norwest Venture Partners, Fidelity, Wellington Management, and other notable investors.
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