David E. Williams
President
David E. Williams is President of the Health Business Group, a consulting firm that helps technology-enabled healthcare, medical device and pharmaceutical companies develop and execute innovative business strategies. He leads consulting teams, advises CEOs, is a member of corporate and non-profit boards, and chairs review panels for the federal government. He co-founded the company in 2003 after more than a decade as a consultant for the Boston Consulting Group and The LEK Partnership.
David has a rare ability to explain complex health care concepts simply and clearly, making him a sought after expert for media such as NPR, Business Week, Investor’s Business Daily, Reader’s Digest, US News and The Boston Globe. David produces the popular Health Business Blog and HealthBiz Podcast, where he has written more than 3500 posts since 2005 and conducted more than 100 podcast interviews with entrepreneurs, executives, scientists and political leaders.
He is a board member of Clerio Vision (a global medical laser device company) and advisor to Health Care Originals (respiratory wearables and remote monitoring), and Credo (medical record retrieval). He is a former board member of Home Care Delivered (acquired by BPOC), Medullan (acquired by ZS), iCardiac Technologies (acquired by ERT), Candescent Healing (acquired by Restorix), Vericred (exited board at Series B), and Advanced Practice Strategies (acquired by Relias).
David has chaired and been a member of a variety of review panels for the Department of Health and Human Services as part of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology’s Regional Extension Center (REC) program, which reviewed applications under the ARRA/HITECH Act. He also served on ONC review panels for the Beacon Community Cooperative Agreement Program and State Health Information Exchange Challenge Program and later chaired a panel to conduct a biennial review of the RECs and chaired a review panel for the Exchange Navigators under the Affordable Care Act.
David holds a BA in Economics from Wesleyan University, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and an MBA from Harvard Business School, with First Year Honors.
Location: Boston, MA
