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Akash Shah

Akash Shah

Healthcare product leader with bioinformatics and platform experience

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New York, New York
Joined July 2025

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Healthcare product leader who combines hands-on technical experience in bioinformatics with platform and deployment product leadership. Akash has moved from application engineering roles in cancer genomics (GenomOncology) through product/deployment work at Ribbon Health to senior and director-level product roles at Medallion, indicating strength in shipping healthcare data platforms and operational automation. linkedin+3
Deep technical foundation from computational biology / bioinformatics that informs product decisions in healthtech. Early-career engineering work in genomics and a Venture for America fellowship suggest comfort shipping technical healthcare products and translating domain complexity into product requirements. linkedin+1
Track record of increasing scope and leadership in product organizations: roles at Ribbon Health show platform and deployment ownership, while multiple senior, group, and director titles at Medallion plus a recent co-founder listing reflect progression toward strategic product leadership and early-stage company building. crunchbase+2

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Jan 12, 2026