Healthy Brand with Howie Chan

Ryan Flinn is currently the head of corporate communications at Kriya Therapeutics. He started his career as an editor and journalist where he spent more than a decade telling stories at Bloomberg and other media companies. Since then, he has held communication leadership positions at healthcare companies like JnJ and Audentes Therapeutics.   Learn more about Ryan: -        LinkedIn -        Twitt...

David Aaker serves as the Vice Chairman of Prophet and Professor Emeritus of Marketing Strategy at the Berkeley Haas School of Business. He an inductee of the American Marketing Association Hall of Fame and has written 18 books on brand and brand strategy that has sold over a million copies worldwide. His latest book is The Future of Purpose-Driven Branding: signature programs that impact & in...

In this interview with Lisa Bowers, she brings a perspective often lacking in Biotech – the arts. What’s fascinating about the discussion is the irony of that, but also a way to use our everyday experiences with the arts and humanities to improve our leadership and the brands we are trying to build. Lisa was most recently the Chief Commercial Officer for Day One, Biopharma. Prior to that, she was...

Your brand is not what you say you are, it’s who your audiences want you to be. We often build brands to our likeness, but the most important part of branding is to reflect the fantasy story of your target audiences.  In this interview with Stephanie Ouyoumijuan, she shares how we need to build role model brands, tapping into innate human behavior and leveraging influence science. She also shares...

Geoff is the Executive Vice President of Corporate Affairs and Chief Communications Officer for Horizon Therapeutics . He has more than two decades of global healthcare communications experience before joining Horizon. Jeff worked at senior communications roles at premier agencies like Edelman, real chemistry GCI. He also spent time at AbbVie being a public affairs manager. In addition, he serves...

Abner is currently the founder and CEO of SameSky Health , a cultural experience company. Most recently he received the Joseph R. Biden, 2022 Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award. He sits on the boards of many nonprofits, including Manifest MedEx and California Black Health Network. Abner has a very distinguished public service record - He served alongside Massachusetts Governors Paul Cellucci...

Abenaa is a 20+ year communications executive with a focus on Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) as well as healthy equity and social justice. She has been in senior leadership roles at agencies like MSL, Weber Shandwick, Edelman, and Real Chemistry where she counseled Fortune 500 companies on their DEI and thought-leadership efforts. She has since started her own firm, Elysee Consulting , spec...

Scott is a serial entrepreneur in the healthcare space. He co-founded redlight therapy company, www.joovv.com and took it to eight figures within a few years. He also co-founded www.bigskybiomedical.com , a Medtech accelerator and two other Medtech companies. In addition to running companies and developing medical devices, Scott is a podcast host of www.medsider.com, a podcast where he interviews...

Brennan Marilla started his career as a sales rep in wine, then jumped into the medical industry with Novartis and then with Angiodynamics. After numerous accolades in sales, he joined Medtronic Cardiovascular. There he took on various sales and commercial leadership roles and when he went to Covidien, he ultimately became the GM for the entire Endovascular franchise. Brennan then transitioned int...

My name is Howie Chan, and my purpose is to help build the healthiest brands on the planet so we can all live healthier and happier. In this podcast, I will be interviewing the brightest and the most inspiring people in the healthcare space about the company brands and product brands they are building. My job is to uncover lessons, tools, and inspiration to help healthcare marketers, communicators...