Damo Consulting announces inaugural Board of Advisors


Damo Consulting, a leading digital business enablement platform for healthcare enterprises and technology firms, today announced the addition of John Glaser and Edward Marx as Advisory Board members.

John Glaser Ph.D was the founding chair of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) and the Past-President of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS). Since 2015, John has been a senior executive with Cerner. He joined Cerner as a part of the Siemens Health Services acquisition, where he was Chief Executive Officer. John is focused on advancing Cerner’s strategies and thought leadership position in the industry. Prior to Siemens, John was Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Partners HealthCare. He also previously served as Vice President of Information Systems at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He has been a Senior Advisor to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC). He is the former Chair of the Global Agenda Council on Digital Health, World Economic Forum.

John is currently a member of the boards of InTouch Health, the American Telemedicine Association, the eHealth Initiative, PatientPing, and the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)

Edward Marx has served as Chief Information Officer at Cleveland Clinic, a $10 billion medical system where he was responsible for the development and execution of IT strategic planning and governance, driving optimal resource utilization, and team development and organizational support. He was also responsible for developing leaders and leveraging digital healthcare technologies to enable superior business and clinical outcomes. Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic, Edward served as Senior Vice President/ CIO of Texas Health Resources. In 2015, he spent over two years as Executive Vice President of the Advisory Board, providing IT leadership and strategy for New York City Health & Hospital.

Edward began his healthcare service as a janitor while in high school where his commitment to patient care began. He later served as an anesthesia technician before transitioning to the information technology field. Concurrent with his healthcare career, Edward served as an Army combat medic before becoming a combat engineer officer.

“I am very pleased to join Damo Consulting as a Board Advisor and am looking forward to helping the firm build out their thought leadership and serve health systems in their digital transformation journeys,” said John Glaser.

“I have worked with Paddy and his team previously on the important work his firm is doing in helping healthcare with digital transformation. I am pleased to be on their advisory board to help health systems accelerate their digital transformation journeys,” said Edward Marx.

“We are extremely fortunate to have two well-known and highly experienced industry leaders join our inaugural Board of Advisors,” said Paddy Padmanabhan, CEO of Damo Consulting and author of The Big Unlock: Harnessing Data and Growing Digital Businesses in a Value-Based Era. “I am looking forward to their mentorship and support as we invest in capabilities to enable healthcare enterprises and technology firms build digital businesses for the future.”

About Damo Consulting

Damo Consulting is a growth strategy and digital transformation advisory firm that works with healthcare enterprises and global technology companies. We help develop and implement digital transformation strategies and enable market growth strategies. We specialize in thought leadership led brand transformation and actionable healthcare market intelligence.

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