Speakers at Better Outcomes 2024

Niagara Falls Convention Centre
6815 Stanley Ave, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada

September 18 - 20, 2024

Keynote Speaker

Dr. Abdul Shaikh

Dr. Abdul Shaikh is the Global Leader for Population Health for Amazon Web Services (AWS). He brings more than 20 years of experience helping healthcare providers, payors, researchers, governments and nonprofits harness data for more equitable, efficient, and person-centered care. Prior to AWS, Abdul was the Population Health Leader for PwC, leading strategy, design and organization transformation, and served as a Program Director at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and ONC. In this latter role his service was recognized by the Whitehouse for leading the first COMPETES Act innovation prize competitions. Abdul’s professional activities include serving on the HIMSS SDoH Committee, AWS Health Equity Initiative Review Committee, and the National Academy of Medicine’s Digital Health Action Collaborative.

Keynote Speaker

Naom Monari

Meet the woman bringing health care to low-income Kenyan communities. Naom Monari, the founder and CEO of Bena Care, is a visionary leader with a commitment to social justice. In 2017, working as a student nurse, Naom embarked on a transformative journey to redefine health care accessibility in Kenya. Bena Care delivers affordable home-based nursing and inhome therapy for chronically ill patients of middle to low income families. Bena Cares impact reverberates across communities significantly reducing healthcare costs for thousands of families. Naom’s leadership has not gone unnoticed, with Bena Care winning accolades such as the global citizen Waislitz Disruptor awards and Westerwelle Young founder of the year. Bena Care’s impact is backed by partners such as Boehringer Ingelheim, Johnson and Johnson impact ventures and Villgro Africa. Through Bena Care, Naom is building a movement of thousands of healthcare workers who are disrupting healthcare systems that allow for extreme poverty to exist in Kenya and beyond.

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Adrian Schauer

CEO and Co-Founder, AlayaCare

Adrian Schauer

CEO and Co-Founder, AlayaCare

Adrian Schauer is the founder and CEO of AlayaCare, a home healthcare software scale-up delivering the next disruptive solution for the global home-based care market. Adrian is a serial technology entrepreneur having built two successful mobile software companies; both achieving leadership positions in their respective markets. Adrian is an active Angel Investor and sits on the boards of several tech start-ups. Adrian is also the co-founder of the Madiro Fund, a non-profit organization created to support innovative solutions to the health problems in low income countries.

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Isaac Alexander

Chief Product & Software Architect, AlayaCare

Isaac Alexander

Chief Product & Software Architect, AlayaCare

Isaac Alexander is responsible for leading and driving the AlayaCare product and technology vision. He is responsible for developing new and innovative approaches, which will serve as the basis for AlayaCare’s technology for several years into the future; helping manage and coordinate the resources and processes to deliver software releases of company products. Isaac develops the vision, definition, and strategy for the engineering and product teams by driving project/program initiatives that deliver on AlayaCare’s vision.In addition, Isaac is tasked with working with the teams in solving technical issues on performance, scalability, extensibility and enterprise systems including technical leadership for the full product life cycle. He is the champion for AlayaCare's individual contributor career track ensuring top talent is challenged and supported well.

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Erin Baker

Director, Solutions Engineering

Erin Baker

Director, Solutions Engineering

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Jaron Clay

Vice President of Acquisition Integrations, Care Advantage, Inc

Jaron Clay

Vice President of Acquisition Integrations, Care Advantage, Inc

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James Cohen

CEO, Nevvon

James Cohen

CEO, Nevvon

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Geoff Darling

CRO, AlayaCare

Geoff Darling

CRO, AlayaCare

As AlayaCare’s CRO, Geoff leads our global revenue organization overseeing go-to-market functions across sales, marketing, and account management. He is passionate about leveraging technology to transform the future of care in the home by fostering deep partnerships with our customers and stakeholders. Having been an early believer in AlayaCare's mission, Geoff formally joined in 2022, bringing a diverse background spanning two decades in technology, finance, and capital markets, most recently as a Managing Director with Scotiabank’s Global Equities division. He is a Professional Engineer and a Chartered Financial Analyst.

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Donna Diadamo

Care Company

Donna Diadamo

Care Company

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Naomi Goldapple

SVP, Data & Intelligence, AlayaCare

Naomi Goldapple

SVP, Data & Intelligence, AlayaCare

Naomi is Senior Vice President of Data and Intelligence at AlayaCare. Her responsibilities include the data architecture, data pipelines, reporting and business intelligence solutions, as well as running AlayaLabs which is R&D. The lab drives AlayaCare’s innovation strategy through applied research in machine learning, Gen AI and optimization applications. Naomi also has a wealth of experience as a start-up entrepreneur and a seasoned business executive. Before joining AlayaCare, Naomi was one of the earliest members of Element AI and was responsible for developing AI products and solutions for the transport and logistics industry.

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Richard Guttman

SVP Legal & Risk Management, AlayaCare

Richard Guttman

SVP Legal & Risk Management, AlayaCare

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Amin Lalji

Cyber Security & Privacy Expert

Amin Lalji

Cyber Security & Privacy Expert

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Jen Lentz

Chief Executive Officer, Avid Health at Home

Jen Lentz

Chief Executive Officer, Avid Health at Home

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Mir Mahmood

Senior Vice President, Operations, Premier Home Health Care Services

Mir Mahmood

Senior Vice President, Operations, Premier Home Health Care Services

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Andrew McDonald

CPTO, AlayaCare

Andrew McDonald

CPTO, AlayaCare

Andrew McDonald has over 20 years of experience leading innovative product teams that break into new markets, beat the competition, and delight customers. He has been part of a successful exit of a venture-backed startup and multiple enterprise software businesses that have grown rapidly and profitably past the $300M revenue mark. He comes to AlayaCare, having most recently held senior positions at Alcatel-Lucent, CENX, and Kinaxis where he was the Chief Product Officer. An avid hockey player, Andrew holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Waterloo.

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Matthew Murphy

Chief Executive Officer, Frontstream Payment Processing

Matthew Murphy

Chief Executive Officer, Frontstream Payment Processing

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Alex Oosterveen

Co-founder & CEO, Caribou Rewards

Alex Oosterveen

Co-founder & CEO, Caribou Rewards

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Steve Paraskevopoulos

Senior Vice President ParaMed and Chief Technology Officer, Extendicare

Steve Paraskevopoulos

Senior Vice President ParaMed and Chief Technology Officer, Extendicare

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George Psiharis

COO, AlayaCare

George Psiharis

COO, AlayaCare

As Chief Operating Officer, George oversees a portfolio of AlayaCare’s operating functions including Customer Success, Strategy & Corporate Development, People & Culture, Finance, Legal and Compliance. A passionate academic, thought leader and team-builder, George joined AlayaCare and the home-based care industry after more than a decade building Clio into the largest and most innovative legal technology platform in the world. George contributed significantly to the digital transformation of the practice of law by launching the Legal Trends Report. He also serves as a Board Member to several technology startups and is a mentor to technology leaders. At AlayaCare, George focuses on building high-performing teams that help our customers thrive.