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Key Executives with RJ LumbaShifting the Odds in Clinical Trials: PhaseV’s Raviv PrylukThis 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...
2025-09-0918 minKey Executives with RJ LumbaGifting Made Effortless: Goody’s Katy CarriganThis 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 co...
2025-09-0317 minKey Executives with RJ LumbaEmployee Benefits Trailblazer: ThrivePass’ Skylar ElisbergIn 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...
2025-05-2129 minKey Executives with RJ LumbaUser Experience Tech: Userlytics’s Alejandro Rivas MicoudIn 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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2025-04-0919 minKey Executives with RJ LumbaLeading Climate Tech Executive: Optera’s Tim WeissIn 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 goal...
2025-04-0223 minKey Executives with RJ LumbaSoftware Savior: PAR Technologies’ Savneet SinghIn 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 suppo...
2025-03-2620 minKey Executives with RJ LumbaProviding Lasting Healthcare Change: Omada Health’s Sean DuffyIn 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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2025-03-1920 minKey Executives with RJ LumbaData-Intelligence Leader: Alation’s Satyen SanganiIn this episode, we speak with Satyen Sangani, the Co-Founder and CEO of Alation, an enterprise software company, whose data catalog serves enterprises in organizing and consolidating their data. Nearly 600 global enterprises — including 40% of the Fortune 100 — rely on Alation to realize value from every data and AI initiative.
Alation is backed by Thoma Bravo, Riverwood Capital, Salesforce Ventures and other notable investors.
Since 2012, Satyen and his team have been passionate about helping enterprises create thriving data cultures where anyone can find, understand, and trust data. Prior to founding Alation, Satyen spent a decade at Oracle wher...
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