Lead Plug and Play's US health industry vertical, providing enterprise healthcare clients with innovation strategies, trends, and connections to targeted, cutting-edge technologies that expand growth, open new markets, and enhance product development. Sales and account responsibility for life science companies, payers, consumer product goods companies, health systems and insurers, and government clients needs to:* bring technology innovation to market faster* improve patient care and outcomes* enhance the provider experience * make healthcare more accessible to and affordable for the consumerFocus on solutions that address generative AI, digital therapeutics, clinical decision support, AI in drug discovery, hospital at home, remote patient monitoring, workflow, digital biomarkers, patient experience, data and analytics, genomics and more.

Women Business Leaders of the U.S. Health Care Industry Foundation (WBL) is a nonprofit organization housing the premier network of women executives across the health care industry. WBL’s mission is to connect and convene senior executive women in health care to create meaningful cross-sector relationships, advance their careers, and harness their collective power to improve the industry.

CORPORATE INNOVATION * Launch Director, xLab. Co-developed and launched xLab at Case Western University's Weatherhead School of Management, a new marquee center as a university-wide institute on digital transformation. xLab partners tech-savvy students and faculty talent with multinational corporations to adapt and implement digital-first strategies to compete in the data and technology driven economy.

STRATEGY ▩ OPERATIONS ▩ TECHNOLOGY Developed and launched an organization that increases a regional workforce’s digital and data literacy skills and expand access to broadband across metros, including developing the first-in-nation network to connect public housing to the Internet and launching MidTown Tech Hive, an innovation center to support inclusive co-working space.

TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION ▩ STRATEGYDirected $5M annually in transformational grants to improve the economy. Working with national colleagues, developed a strategy to invest in efforts to revitalize the city, bolster entrepreneurship, attract talent, and support technology and the arts.

INVESTMENT ▩ STARTUPLaunched and led an investment vehicle for technology, civic, and social innovation that would drive regional entrepreneurship. Leveraging a 22-member mentor team, developed a start-up strategy to direct $300K in annual funding, including investor in MedCity News, the leading online news source for healthcare innovation, e-Prep School, now the Breakthrough Schools, and Rays' MTB, the world's first indoor mountain bike park, eventually sold to Trek Bikes.Success cited in article on Cleveland.com. http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2009/09/civic_innovation_labs_investme.html