Former Apple CEO John Sculley on the ‘transformative opportunity’ in ACOs, analytics and machine learning

| Health Care

Sculley, currently chairman of the board at RxAdvance, discusses the future of risk-based care and how cloud computing services can help. While the future of the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare, is quite uncertain, parts of the famous healthcare reform act likely will have a lasting impact. “The transformative opportunity here is all …

How Former Apple CEO John Sculley Reinvented Himself In Health Care

| Health Care

Let’s consider the curious legacy of John Sculley. He’s known best for something that happened 31 years ago, when Sculley, then CEO of Apple, sidelined Steve Jobs, leading to Jobs’s exit from the company he founded. Sculley himself left Apple in 1993, when he was fired by the board of directors and replaced by Michael …

Uber co-founder invests in Ravi Ika’s health care startup RxAdvance

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Southborough, MA-based RxAdvance was founded by Ravi  Ika, who serves as the company’s President and the Chief Executive Officer. In addition Ika, there are several  Indian-Americans in the top executive positions at the company. They include Anand Tati, Chief Operating Officer;  Prakash Tallabattula, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer; Madu Narahari, Executive Vice President, …

Ex-Apple CEO’s Zeta Interactive raises $45 million

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Zeta Interactive, the digital marketing technology company co-founded by ex-Apple CEO John Sculley, has just raised $45 million to fund the recent acquisition of Acxiom’s e-mall marketing software. The financing, structured in the form of debt, was provided by investors including GSO Capital Partners (a unit of Blackstone Group) and PNC Bank, Sculley said in …

Two proven healthcare disruptors, including Uber co-founder, join RxAdvance board

| Global Business

SOUTHBOROUGH, Mass. – RxAdvance, a full service pharmacy benefits management company, announced Oscar Salazar, co-founder of Uber, and Walter Jin, founder of Carlyle Healthcare Group, have invested in Series-A funding round and joined the RxAdvance board. “Our goal is to leverage disruptive technology and world-class design to reinvent healthcare and deliver cost savings and efficiencies,” …