Kara Werner, VP & GM at Tempus AI, joins Kellogg MBA student Ashley Lemon to discuss how Tempus makes patient data meaningful - enabling earlier cancer diagnoses and accessible precision medicine. They also discuss Kara's career journey at the healthtech startup and advice for MBAs looking to break into the space.
Timestamps:
(1:47) Kara's why: from Kellogg to Tempus AI
(4:17) Fixing what's broken: structuring and operationalizing multimodal patient data
(10:08) Tempus's edge: RNA & DNA, AI-enabled diagnostics platform & strategic partnerships
(14:58) AI in action: how Tempus One, Lens & Next connect patients to trials and testing to close care gaps
(18:27) Standing up pharma biz: building and adapting for a new client
(26:02) What Kara's excited about: tissue-sparing RNA for identifying ADC candidates
(28:55) MBA advice: taking Medvec's Negotiations, welcoming challenge, pivoting with purpose
(36:24) Wildest & craziest dream: travel experience curator!
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