Lay of The Land #192: Jim Weisman (Ingine) — Revolutionizing Knowledge Generation for a Healthier Tomorrow
Jim Weisman, CEO of Ingine, exploring deep into the intersection of artificial intelligence and healthcare
In our world where healthcare costs are soaring and drug development timelines stretch into decades, Ingine is revolutionizing how we can analyze complex medical and healthcare data to produce better knowledge to create better medicine. By leveraging quantum mechanics principles and advanced probabilistic mathematics, they're tackling some of healthcare's most pressing challenges - from drug discovery to personalized medicine. Co-founded by Dr. Barry Robson, a former Chief Science Officer at IBM's Global Life Sciences division, Ingine aims to unlock the full potential of life sciences data.
Jim brings over three decades of experience in healthcare and management to Ingine. Building on an educational foundation from The Wharton School at The University of Pennsylvania and Case Western Reserve University’s Weatherhead School of Management, his extensive experience includes leadership roles at BioEnterprise and HealthSync, strategic consulting for major financial institutions, and roles at organizations like OrthoBrain — which we’ve featured here on Lay of The Land back on Episode 56 — in addition to his service as President of the Ohio Venture Association where he led the effort to effort to establish VentureOhio — a state-wide venture capital association.
This was an insightful and reflective conversation. We explored Jim's journey, the pioneering technology and mathematics driving Ingine, transitioning from concept and academia to reality, the challenges of building a deep-technology company in Cleveland, learning from the market, and ultimately, Ingine’s vision for the future of personalized medicine.
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LINKS:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimweisman/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/barry-robson-phd-dsc-fellow-royal-society-of-medicine-5913a11b/
https://ingine.com/
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