Big Data Startups: Small Operations, Large Impact
Andy Palmer
Andy Palmer is a serial entrepreneur who specializes in accelerating the foundation and growth of early-stage, mission-driven companies. He has helped start, fund or found more than 25 innovative companies in technology, health care and the life sciences. Most recently Andy founded Koa Lab, a startup club in the heart of Harvard Square, Cambridge, Mass.
Previously, Andy was co-founder and founding CEO of Vertica Systems (acquired by HP), a pioneering Big Data analytics company. Before that, he was a member of the core startup team and the SVP and CIO at Infinity Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: INFI). He has also held positions at innovative companies including Novartis, Bowstreet, pcOrder.com, and Trilogy.
Andy has served as a BOD member for early-stage companies including Upstart, Cloudant, CloudSwitch, and Recorded Future. He is also a seed investor/advisor for a number of other companies, including Affectiva, Apptegic, Avado, Bluefin Labs, Clutch Retail, Docphin, GiveForward, Maxwell Health, Medio Systems, Realta Entertainment, SharesPost, Syapse, Transform Health, and Yapstone. Andy has a particular interest in projects at the intersection of computer science and the life sciences, and a specific passion for cancer drug discovery and development.
Andy earned his MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College in 1994 and his undergraduate degrees in English and history (with a computer science minor) from Bowdoin College in 1988.
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Big Data, Healthcare & Startups with Andy Palmer T’94
Hear Andy’s talk with the Tuck students.
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The full room comes prepared with big data questions.
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Andy related to the students immediately as he's a T'94 himself.
