We are pursuing this vision in close collaboration with health providers, physicians, life science researchers, and others in the healthcare community.
We are led by core values which guide our work and our lives every day.
We believe truth plus knowledge can make a difference in the world. We are committed to serving all patients and helping democratize care. We are courageous innovators.
We lead with scientific and ethical integrity. Patient privacy and data security are paramount. We celebrate diversity and each person’s perspective.
We are compassionate and lead with humility. We do our best work together and build meaningful relationships. We believe in having fun while doing good.
Our team is a unique combination of software, health, and big data experience.
Terry Myerson
Chief Executive Officer
Ranjani Ramamurthy, M.D.
Chief Product Officer
Jay Nanduri
Chief Technical Officer
Lisa Gurry
Chief Operating Officer
Ryan Ahern, M.D.
Chief Business Officer
Deb Nielsen
Chief People Officer
Dave Heiner
Chief Policy Officer and General Counsel
The vision for Truveta began as an idea within Providence health system in 2018. They knew there were valuable needles of insights buried within the haystacks of data they managed – answers on how to best treat patients, cure diseases, and best serve their communities – yet they could not access them. After working on their concept, they realized two things: the data set needed to be much larger to statistically serve all patients and building a data platform to make sense of the data would require significant technical expertise and investment.
CEO Terry Myerson joined the Truveta mission in March 2020. With a vision to save lives with data, innovative health providers like AdventHealth, Advocate Aurora Health, Baptist Health of Northeast Florida, Bon Secours Mercy Health, CommonSpirit Health, Hawaii Pacific Health, Henry Ford Health System, Memorial Hermann Health System, Northwell Health, Novant Health, Providence, Sentara Healthcare, Tenet Health, and Trinity Health all participated in the creation of Truveta. Together, these health providers care for tens of millions of patients and operate thousands of care facilities across 40 states.
As the COVID-19 pandemic began ravaging our country and our world, families struggled to safely protect each other with well-intended, but conflicting guidance. Physicians struggled to learn how to treat this virus as hundreds of thousands died. Life science companies struggled to staff clinical trials with enough diverse participants to effectively test and garner approval of life-saving vaccines. The world needed faster answers, clearer guidance, and the opportunity to learn from each other.
It became clear – the world needed Truveta.
Leaders from our founding health providers deliver ongoing leadership and guidance to Truveta. Truveta is advised by a Board of Governors to ensure expertise is infused from a variety of perspectives for strategic stewardship. Leaders from a diverse set of health providers provide ongoing strategic, scientific, and operational advice on areas of expertise including Ethics & Health Equity, Data Integrity, and Clinical Outcomes to help ensure Truveta operates according to its vision.
A leader for teams responsible for some of the world’s most popular technology platforms, Terry Myerson enjoyed a 21-year career at Microsoft. As Executive Vice President, Terry led the development of Windows, Surface, Xbox and the early days of Office 365. Serving on the Senior Leadership Team, Terry played a pivotal role in developing the strategy for Microsoft alongside CEO Satya Nadella. Terry excelled at managing large teams at scale, tackling complex software challenges, and driving growth in partnership with the technology ecosystem.
After leaving Microsoft in 2018, Terry joined the Madrona Venture Group and the Carlyle Group as an advisor to their investment teams and portfolio companies. He enjoys learning about new technology, particularly at the intersection of data and life sciences, and helping new companies succeed. He continues with both firms today as an advisor.
An entrepreneur at heart, prior to Microsoft, Terry cofounded Intersé, one of the earliest Internet companies, which Microsoft acquired in 1997.
Terry is a graduate of Duke University and a current member of the Duke Engineering Board of Visitors. He also serves as a member of the Board of Trustees for the Seattle Foundation.
Ranjani is a physician, cancer researcher and computer scientist. Over the course of a broad multi-disciplinary career, she has contributed leadership and innovative thinking in Health-AI, bioinformatics/clinical translational research and enterprise software.
Starting with graduate degrees in both Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences from UW-Madison Ranjani spent the first decade of her career in research and engineering at Xerox PARC and Microsoft. She then pursued her MD at the University of Washington School of Medicine. In concert with her MD, Ranjani was also a St. Baldrick’s Fellow in the Clinical Research Division at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Her published research on cytogenetically normal Pediatric AML leverages her expertise with large heterogenous genomics and clinical datasets.
Most recently at Microsoft Health, Ranjani ideated and led EmpowerMD, which integrates state-of-the-art ambient intelligence, speech recognition and natural language processing technologies to deliver an AI-enabled digital scribe for clinicians and their patients. She formed, built, and led a truly diverse team of engineers and scientists.
Ranjani continues to engage deeply in causes related to pediatric cancer research and patient advocacy. She is passionate about building products that help physicians, patients, and their families.
A Microsoft Technical Fellow with 25 patents and several technical publications, Jay was one of the top engineers at Microsoft during his 20+ year tenure. He recently led Microsoft Dynamics 365 Fraud Protection and supply chain planning, focusing on data gravity through consortiums, AI driven insights and outcomes, and global optimization using operations research. Jay is a Franz Edelman Laureate for achievement in analytics, operations research, and management science through this groundbreaking work.
Jay is obsessively focused on delivering results for customers and partners, and is especially known for vision, strong technical and people leadership, and highly successful collaborations with a wide variety of stakeholders within the company, academia, and across the industry.
Prior to this role, Jay built cloud-based machine learning graph platforms that power the infrastructure for the purchase and usage of Microsoft products, Microsoft’s loyalty program, store recommendations, e-commerce experience optimization, and campaign systems that increase engagement and monetization for Windows, Xbox, Office 365, Azure, Dynamics 365 and MSN. Jay also was a key leader in building the Bing search engine, including leadership roles in Bing Mobile and Bing Maps.
Jay earned a master’s degree in computer science from the National Institute of Technology India and a master’s degree in business administration from The Wharton School.
Ryan brings a unique combination of over a decade of experience in data strategy and healthcare with his background as a physician.
As Head of Corporate Development & Data Strategy for Clarify Health Solutions, Ryan led corporate development, including M&A and strategic partnership activities. He also led data strategy to source, evaluate, & acquire data assets to power Clarify’s products and sales opportunities.
Prior to his time at Clarify, Ryan was an Engagement Manager in the Healthcare Strategy & Corporate Finance Practice at McKinsey and Company. While at McKinsey, Ryan focused on healthcare growth strategy & transactions, including multiple acquisitions, payer partnerships, and commercial diligence.
For the last eight years, Ryan was a Resident and Attending Physician at Massachusetts General Hospital & Weill Cornell Medical Center. Ryan has also served as Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical Center & New York Presbyterian; Attending Physician at Massachusetts General Hospital and instructor at Harvard Medical School; and Resident Physician at Massachusetts General Hospital & Clinical Fellow at Harvard Medical School.
Ryan currently serves as a Business Advisory Board Member at Kitotech Medical, a medical device company with a microstaple-based wound closure technology.
Lisa is a strategic and versatile leader with over 20 years of experience in strategy, marketing, product management, and public relations. Lisa joined Truveta in October 2020 as Chief Marketing Officer and now serves as Chief Operating Officer, responsible for finance, marketing and communications, and people.
During her 23 years at Microsoft, Lisa held a range of leadership roles focused on business strategy, communications, marketing, and operational excellence. She was responsible for building the brands and leading public relations for some of Microsoft’s most important products, including Windows, Office, Bing, and Xbox. Skilled at connecting with commercial customers, vertical industries, and consumers, Lisa has extensive experience in product PR, government affairs, and issues management. She led strategy and communications for the Microsoft Store e-commerce business, a $12 billion business. Lisa also led product marketing and marketing teams for a variety of products and built content destinations for Windows, Xbox, and Microsoft Store.
She is a charismatic leader with a strong history of building and managing great teams to successfully build brands and drive business impact.
Lisa is the recipient of several Sabre Awards, Cannes Lions Awards, Effie Awards, and PRSA Anvil Awards for outstanding marketing and public relations campaigns. She has a master’s in communication from the University of Missouri.
Lisa is passionate about the potential for Truveta to save lives with data. As a mother of three children, including a daughter with neurological and chromosomal conditions, she has compassion for families seeking answers to complex and rare medical conditions.
Deb has over twenty years of experience in Human Resources, predominantly in technology, media and staffing. Deb most recently served as Vice President of Employee Experience for OfferUp, helping navigate the company through accelerated growth. Her experience spans the spectrum of HR functions, most prominently in employee acquisition, growth and retention, compensation and benefits and organizational development.
Deb’s passion for Human Resources begins with the belief that employees are a company’s most vital asset and resource. Her expertise is working within all levels of an organization to align employee talent and create an environment where employees and the organization as a whole are all working to achieve and contribute their fullest potential. Deb has extensive experience partnering with executive leadership to define company values and culture. She is a trusted partner and advocate for all levels of the company.
Deb holds a B.A. in French and International Business from The University of Puget Sound. She is a member of the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM) and has achieved certification as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR).
Dave enjoyed a 25-year career at Microsoft, where he served as a Vice President and Deputy General Counsel responsible for antitrust, privacy law, telecommunications law, accessibility law, human rights, online safety, and the company’s work with international standard-setting organizations during his tenure. In recent years, Dave focused on helping Microsoft address the societal implications of data use and artificial intelligence. Dave was a co-founder of the company’s internal AI advisory board and helped the company develop its AI policies relating to fairness, reliability, privacy, inclusiveness, transparency, and accountability. Dave was also the chief antitrust lawyer for Microsoft from 1994 through 2013, a time when Microsoft was under intense antitrust scrutiny globally.
Dave joined Truveta to pursue the promise of harnessing data to improve healthcare—a mission that can be attained only with careful attention to privacy, equity, and ethics.
Dave chairs the board of Pro Bono Net, a national non-profit dedicated to improving access to the justice system for all. He also serves on the board of the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, co-chairs the advisory board for Measures for Justice (data for criminal justice), and volunteers with the Seattle Clemency Project and the WAVE Foundation.
Dave earned a B.A. in physics from Cornell University and a law degree from the University of Michigan. He began his career clerking for a federal judge in New York City, and practiced with Sullivan & Cromwell before joining Microsoft.
