John Gaines - Versatility

Rising - Conversations with Leaders On Their Way Up

John Gaines is the VP of Marketing at Cohere Health and has over 20 years of diverse, go-to-market leadership experience across health plans, health systems, physician organizations and healthcare IT vendors. Prior to joining Cohere, John led efforts to help grow the health plan UM businesses at McKesson/Change Healthcare, Cognizant Trizetto and InformedDNA. John holds a B.A. in Economics from Cornell University. He shared with Josh and Mat about his trajectory, grasping all aspects of a business, product management, the value in non-marketing experience and opportunities in healthcare.

In This Episode
01:15 - First Job at Macy’s & Running Your Own Business
04:32 - Navigating to Management Consulting
06:00 - Choosing Healthcare & Next Roles
08:02 - Motivation Behind Job Switching
13:49 - Establishing Preferences
15:31 - The Importance of Non-Marketing Experiences
19:10 - What's Next?
20:13 - Opportunities in Healthcare
22:32 - About Cohere Health
26:11 - Mistakes
28:38 - Thank You Note
31:26 - Top Picks

Links Mentioned

The Creative Act: A Way of Being, Rick Rubin

Beautiful AI

House of Suns, Alistair Reynolds

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