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Research Proposal

Prepared for Joel M. | Delivered February 15, 2020

Peter Cannone

Goals

Gain a background on Peter Cannone (https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-cannone-9255634/) in order to prepare for a meeting regarding potential investment and as a potential hire, including a brief outline of each past company he's worked for or owned, reasons for job or company transitions, growth during his tenure, and any activities at Optum Ventures in the past year 

Early Findings

While there was no media coverage or company coverage of Peter's direct involvement in specific activities at Optimum, we found that the company made the following investments since he began working with them;
Optum made an undisclosed investment in health technology Startup Vim in November 2019. 
In October 2019, Optum acquired Vivify Health, a cloud based  cloud-based patient care management platform. 
In September 2019, Optum Ventures led an $8 million funding round for Kaia Health. 
In June 2019, Optum Ventures also acquired healthcare technology start-up PatientsLikeMe. 
Similarly, data or press coverage beyond Peter's LinkedIN was limited. We did however find the following;
Despite shifting professional energy to Optum, he still promotes events and resources from his company Thrive Hive on Twitter.  
He sits on the board for several organizations; including innoCentive, iTeam, and RealMatch.
He's written articles for publication Entrepreneur on business leadership. 
Hes a partner of the Edison Director Network, a company investing in growth stage companies in the Fintech space. 
Employees at ThriveHive rank Pete as being in the top 10% of CEOs in Boston.
 100% of respondents said they approved of his management style.
In 2013, Peter appeared in an interview regarding the surge in demand for field techs. 

Prepared By

Jennifer P.

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