Alexandra Drane: Woman to Watch in 2014

This week, DW honors Women to Watch in 2014! For this series, we will highlight women in the fields of technology, health, and science that are truly disrupting the status quo. Check out DW’s own Whitney Bowman-Zatzkin’s interview with Alexandra Drane. After growing up watching her father leverage technology to entice and revolutionize companies, Alexandra Drane launched into her own career in pursuit of using technology to help people live healthier, happier lives. As her fourth startup, Eliza Corporation does just that – making investments in health engagement management to improve health care experiences, reduce costs, and advance population health. “Remember that it is a gift to be alive and that gift creates an obligation. What are you going to do in this very instant of this very day to be worthy of that gift?” – Alexandra Drane WZ: When you first launched into the professional world, what career paths were you considering and how did you end up where you are? As the child of a divorced angel investor, I grew up sitting (quietly – under risk of death) in the backs of boardrooms watching, listening to, and marveling at my dad’s ability to seduce a room and move incredible things forward. His love was using technology to transform an industry – so all the companies with which we met were doing some form of that. My early work experience was directly with organizations doing their best to break glass and change the world by using technology. When I gradua...
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