About the Episode:
Healthtech innovators Paula Kranz and Scott Pope join us for this week’s episode. We discuss their careers, their impact in their industries, and recent innovations that are propelling the healthtech industry into the future. We dive into everything from how AI is being used in doctor’s offices, to the metaverse and its recent debut in the health field.
About the Guest: Paula Kranz
Paula Kranz is Vice President of Innovation Enablement and founding Executive Director of the Novant Health Innovation Labs where she and her team focus on health equity, emerging tech, and new business growth. Paula most recently served as an "executive in residence" at Novant as CEO and founder of Medi-XR, a global healthcare consulting firm specializing in innovation and digital transformation.
Paula received a Master’s Diploma in Global Business from Oxford University (Healthtech Innovation). She holds an MPA (Behavior Economics) from Harvard University and MA (International Security and Conflict Resolution) from the University of Denver. She earned a BS degree (Systems Engineering) from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
Paula is a 22-year U.S. intelligence office who has worked in electronic warfare, all-source intelligence data analytics, NATO intelligence units, interagency FBI Joint Terrorism Task Forces and U.S. Special Operations Command.
While pursuing graduate studies, Paula became a New York Times best-selling author and served as a research associate at Harvard University’s Center for Public Leadership.
Paula is deeply committed to public service and volunteerism. She currently co-chairs numerous coalitions and committees and has served on boards of organizations that advance women within all industries, namely the Institute for Defense and Business, Women in International Security, and two NC anti-human trafficking nonprofits.
Paula is a USA Triathlon National Championship qualifier and enjoys skiing, traveling, and adrenaline adventures.
About the Guest: Dr. Scott Pope
Scott D. Pope, PharmD is the co-founder of ROAMD, LLC an international concierge and direct primary care medicine network based in Charlotte and founder of the non-profit accelerator Launch Tower Health. Dr. Pope has a deep passion for helping great people create the change they wish to see in the healthcare world.
Scott is an accomplished healthcare executive and intrapreneur with extensive experience starting and rapidly growing healthcare solutions into complex markets. Over the last decade he has worked with healthcare companies ranging from publicly traded to bootstrapped start-ups.
Prior to exiting clinical practice, Dr. Pope was the Clinical Pharmacy Specialist of infectious diseases at Atrium Health. In this role he spearheaded formulary decisions on antimicrobial agents and was responsible for operationalizing new formulary changes for the large, multi-hospital system.
Scott earned his PharmD degree and a minor in business administration from Ohio Northern University in Ada, Ohio. He completed a general practice residency at Cone Health and a specialty residency in infectious diseases/internal medicine/academia through Campbell University at Duke University Medical Center.
He resides in Charlotte with his wife of nearly 20 years and their two strong-willed, energetic daughters.
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About the Host: Pete Seeber
Pete Seeber is a Partner and the Chief Strategy Officer at Kingsmen Software. In this role, Pete is responsible for overseeing the expansion of Kingsmen. Pete also plays a key role in developing new products and services, identifying new markets, and creating strategies to achieve these goals. To this end, Pete is adept at partnering with our clients to help them overcome their technology and business challenges to reach the complete development of their business model and vision. Pete is a combination of technology, risk and finance executive who has developed his multi-disciplinary background over 25+ years of business and entrepreneurial experience in professional services, large scale consulting, information technology and cybersecurity. He is an entrepreneur who was lucky enough to start his career under the umbrella of one of the most respected consulting firms in the world. It was these early professional experiences that shaped his passion for moving businesses in the right direction and his own personal mantra, “Always Forward”. He is a proud graduate of Wake Forest University. Pete has been actively involved in the Charlotte and Lake Norman communities as a member of the Board of Managers for Greater Charlotte YMCA (through YMCA Lake Norman and YMCA Camp Harrison), Eliminate the Digital Divide, Habitat for Humanity, Summit Foundation, Davidson Youth Baseball Association and others.
About Kingsmen Software:
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Produced in partnership with Mistry Projects: https://mistryprojects.com/