OODA Health Co-Founder and CTO Usama Fayyad to Present at Silicon Slopes Tech Summit 2019

Former Chief Data Officer at Yahoo! and Barclays to Discuss
“Deploying AI Technology that Works” at Leading Tech Summit

SALT LAKE CITY–(BUSINESS WIRE)–OODA
Health, a San Francisco VC-funded company focused on removing waste
and inefficiency from healthcare administration, today announced that
co-founder and CTO Usama Fayyad will be presenting at the Silicon
Slopes Tech Summit in Salt Lake City on Thursday, January 31. More
details are listed below. OODA Health’s Salt Lake City office, which
opened in early 2017, serves as the company’s technology and engineering
hub. OODA Health recently closed a $40.5M Series A funding round from
DFJ and OAK HC/FT.

Silicon Slopes Tech Summit is a globally recognized two-day summit
organized and hosted by the Silicon Slopes organization. With some of
the most prominent and leading minds in the technology industry taking
the stage, Silicon Slopes Tech Summit is one of the largest and most
prominent annual tech events in the world, bringing out more than 20,000
attendees.

Who:					Usama Fayyad, Co-Founder and CTO, OODA Health
What:					Featured speaker at the Silicon Slopes Tech Summit 2019
When:					January 31, 2019; 2:00 PM
Where:					Salt Palace Convention Center, 100 S West Temple
Session Title:					Deploying AI Technology that Works

Session Overview:

In this talk, Dr. Fayyad will cover Pragmatic Artificial Intelligence
(AI) and discuss both the history of what worked, why it worked and how
it worked. While the hype would have you believe the technology is
mature and ready, only certain parts of AI/ML work. In fact, claims of
general AI and machine learning should be considered harmful. The
general pattern in making the technology work is to have the right data
in place, and lots of it! This leads to the important role of data and
how big data plays a big role in making AI work. Fayyad will also
include case studies from chatbots, cybersecurity, and healthcare.

About Usama Fayyad

Usama is co-founder and Chief Technology Officer at OODA Health. Before
OODA, he was Founder and CEO of Open Insights, where he worked with
Fortune 500 companies on artificial intelligence, big data strategies
and new business models for big data and AI. Fayyad was the first Global
Chief Data Officer at Barclays in London, after he launched the largest
tech startup accelerator in MENA as Executive Chairman of Oasis500 in
Jordan.

His background includes Chairman and CEO roles at several startups,
including Blue Kangaroo Corp, DMX Group and digiMine (Audience Science).
He was the first person to hold the Chief Data Officer title when Yahoo!
acquired his second startup in 2004. He has held leadership roles at
Microsoft and founded the Machine Learning Systems Group at NASA’s Jet
Propulsion Laboratory, where his work on machine learning resulted in
the top Excellence in Research award from Caltech, and a U.S. Government
medal from NASA.

Fayyad has published over 100 technical articles on data mining, data
science, AI/ML, and databases. He holds over 30 patents and is a Fellow
of both the AAAI and the ACM. Fayyad earned his PhD in Engineering in AI
and Machine Learning from the University of Michigan. He holds two BSE’s
in Engineering, an MSE in Computer Engineering and an MSC in
Mathematics. Fayyad loves chess, math, and used to swim competitively.

About OODA Health:

OODA Health was founded by a team of seasoned healthcare entrepreneurs
who envision a healthcare system freed from an estimated $400 billion in
waste. The company’s mission is to transform healthcare administration
by enabling real-time interactions between providers, payers and
members. Using a collaborative and innovative approach, the company
enables stakeholders to eliminate billions of dollars in waste and
dramatically improve the payment experience for members. For more
information about OODA Health, please visit www.ooda-health.com

Contacts

Drew Miale, Activa PR. Email: drew@activapr.com;
M: 207-423-5033