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Prescript, Predict, Prescribe: How AI Precision Medicine is Transforming Healthcare

March 23, 2023

CPG

AI

Strategy

Accelerate: Digital Velocity Summit | Session #7

During this session, our panelists will dive into the significance of precision medicine and how it keeps individuals healthy through prescribing healthcare treatments – before something happens. With the identification of prescriptions, we can help predict healthcare outcomes. Topics of conversation will also be focused on health disparities – what to focus on after someone gets sick – and the uneven application of medical algorithms.

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Speakers

Quincy D Jordan

(Co-Facilitator), Director of Innovate, AgileThought

Quincy D. Jordan is the Director of Innovate at AgileThought. He leads a team of coaching experts in the areas of agile, DevOps, transformation, and executive coaching.

He guides fortune 50-1,000 clients through organizational transformations. With more than 25 years of experience, Quincy Jordan is an adept leader with a propensity to guide enterprise clients along complex transformation journeys. He is experienced at helping leaders identify the right problems to solve, articulating a crisp vision, prioritizing a strategic roadmap, and creating organizational alignment for teams to effectively deliver value.

George Garces

(Co-Facilitator), VP, Healthcare Client Services, AgileThought

George Garces is a skilled client executive with consistent success in the fields of technology and healthcare.

With global experience, he has spent over 25 years working diligently to deliver solutions that improve healthcare outcomes for his customers and their patients. He is passionate about solving complex problems and excels at coordinating the implementation of technology solutions for his clients within intricate accounts.

Dr. Melvin Greer

(Panelist), Fellow and Chief Data Scientist, Intel Corporation

Dr. Melvin Greer, Intel Fellow & Chief Data Scientist, achieved the highest technical distinction for sustained achievements & leadership. He applies advanced math, graph analytics, ML, & blockchain to transform data for Federal Agencies & global enterprises.

Melvin is an expert in data science, analytics & governance. His engineering experience resulted in patented inventions in Cloud, Synthetic Biology & IoT Bio-sensors. He leads research in Nanotech, Additive Manufacturing & Gamification, advancing knowledge in advanced disciplines. Melvin is a member of AAAS & US National Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine. As a Senior Advisor & Fellow at FBI IT and Data Division, he accelerates their mission with advanced data science & AI techniques for data collection, analytics, discovery & visualization.

Dr. Jason Bush

(Panelist), Chief Data Officer, Avalon Healthcare Solutions

Dr. Jason Bush is Chief Data Officer at Avalon Healthcare Solutions, where he leads the data analytics infrastructure strategy supporting new product development, advanced analytics, underwriting & deal structure analysis, and reporting services.

Jason has more than 20 years of experience in venture capital-backed healthcare companies.  He has extensive experience in operational and business management roles.  He received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering – Bioengineering from Carnegie Mellon University and an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh.

Dr. Jerry Smith

(Panelist), Managing Director, Global Analytics & Data Insights, AgileThought

Dr. Smith is a practicing AI & Data Scientist, Thought Leader, Innovator, Speaker, Author, and Philanthropist dedicated to advancing and transforming businesses through evolutionary computing, enterprise AI and data sciences, machine learning, and causal AI.

He’s presented at Gartner Conferences, CIO, SalesForce, DreamForce, and the World Pharma Congress, and is often who leaders turn to for help with developing practical methods for unifying insights and data to solve real problems facing today’s businesses.

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