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Ian Blumenfeld
Founder of Liferaft
Oakland, California
Overview
Ian Blumenfeld is the CEO of Liferaft, a company based in Oakland, California. With a PhD from Stanford University and experience as Chief Data Scientist at Clover Health, Ian has a strong background in data science and leadership, guiding Liferaft's growth and success in various sectors including insurance, health IT, and AI. He is also known for co-founding Liferaft, showcasing his entrepreneurial spirit and expertise in predictive analytics and data mining.
Work Experience
Co-Founder, CEO
2020 - Current
Building a functional and reliable safety net. Ping me if you want to know more! (We are hiring!)
LifeRaft is an insurtech company that offers supplementary health insurance products for patients.
Raised $3,500,000.00 from Costanoa Ventures, XYZ Venture Capital and Oceans.
Co-Host
2018
Data Science adjacent podcast I co-host with my friend Otis. Find us at https://www.ofdifferences.com/ and @ofdifferences on Twitter.
Chief Data Scientist
2014 - 2020
Worked with an awesome team in healthcare. Can't speak highly enough of this experience. Rooting for them from afar!
Clover is a healthcare technology company helping members live their healthiest lives with its Medicare Advantage plans.
Raised $1,625,000,000.00 from Jennison Associates, Perceptive Advisors, Senator Investment Group and Fidelity.
Co-Founder, Data Scientist and CEO
2013 - 2014
My first startup. It failed.
Lead Data Scientist
2011 - 2013
More Archimedes. We were doing some pretty cool stuff, the Xerox PARC for healthcare data science. I ran the team building and extending the models for Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes.
Data Scientist
2009 - 2011
Started at Archimedes, working on healthcare data.
Graduate Student Researcher
2004 - 2009
My doctoral work. I worked on particle acceleration in plasmas, which is even cooler than it sounds. My contribution was small, but I'm still proud of it.
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory is the U.S. Department of Energy's national lab at Stanford University.
Continuation Engineer
2002 - 2003
A internship stint in hardware (graphics chips to be exact). It was fun.