Avandra Imaging, a leader in medical imaging-centric real-world data, today announced the appointment of Justin North as Head of Life Sciences and Network Growth, and Chip Kay as Head of Sales for Image Sharing.
North will lead the continued growth of Avandra’s data network, the largest federated network of imaging data. He will also lead Avandra’s life sciences business, building and scaling partnerships with biopharma, medical device, and clinical research organizations that leverage Avandra’s imaging platform for clinical trial execution, AI model training, real-world evidence generation, and outcomes research. Kay will lead Avandra’s sales organization for core imaging and data-exchange, overseeing go-to-market strategy and driving enterprise hardware and software revenue across health systems, hospitals, and imaging centers.
Justin North is a healthtech product leader with over a decade of experience building data and analytics products for clinical research and life sciences. Before joining Avandra, he served as VP of Product Management at TriNetX, the world’s largest federated network of real-world EHR data. Previously, he held product leadership roles at Oracle Health Sciences, goBalto, and Philips Healthcare.
Chip Kay is a seasoned healthcare technology sales executive with more than 20 years of experience driving revenue growth and strategic adoption of enterprise imaging and healthcare IT solutions. Prior to joining Avandra, he held senior sales leadership roles with Canon Medical Informatics, Intelerad Medical Systems, Merative, Merge Healthcare, and TeraRecon.
“I’m thrilled to welcome Justin and Chip to the Avandra leadership team to meaningfully accelerate our commercial growth as we scale up the industry’s first comprehensive medical imaging platform to support patient care, research, and innovation,” said Ryan Tarzy, Founder and CEO of Avandra Imaging. “With these key additions we are doubling down on our mission to unlock clinical data to overcome previously impossible medical challenges, bringing hope and medical breakthroughs that transform patient lives.”