# Derek Haas

> Derek Haas is the founder and CEO of Avant-garde Health, a Boston healthtech company that helps hospitals and surgeons see the true cost and quality of the care they deliver. He calls himself the black sheep of a family full of doctors. Instead of practicing medicine, he turned Harvard Business School research with professors Michael Porter and Bob Kaplan into a company that put a price tag and an outcome score on every surgical episode. He has co-authored nine Harvard Business Review articles and built a software platform, CareMeasurement, that now spans surgical and procedure-based care.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at Avant-garde Health
- **Organizations:** Avant-garde Health, Harvard Business School, Bain & Company, Council of Economic Advisers, Office of the Massachusetts Inspector General
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** BA, Harvard University, MBA, Harvard Business School
- **Known for:** Founded and leads Avant-garde Health, a value-based healthcare analytics company spun out of Harvard Business School research., Co-authored nine Harvard Business Review articles plus numerous business and medical articles., Quoted in publications ranging from The Wall Street Journal to TechCrunch.

## Career timeline

- **Pre-2008** — Worked as a consultant at Bain & Company, served on the staff of the Council of Economic Advisers, and worked at the Office of the Massachusetts Inspector General.
- **2008-2010** — Earned his MBA at Harvard Business School.
- **2010-2014** — Project Director and Fellow at Harvard Business School, working with Professors Michael Porter and Robert (Bob) Kaplan on value-based health care.
- **2014** — Founded Avant-garde Health in the fall, building on demand he saw during his HBS research.
- **2015** — Launched the platform in the spring with an initial set of 12 customers, unusually large for a health-tech startup.
- **2022** — Announced $12M Series A led by Fulcrum Equity Partners and completed rollout of the CareMeasurement analytics platform across all surgical and procedure-based care areas.

## Achievements

- Founded and leads Avant-garde Health, a value-based healthcare analytics company spun out of Harvard Business School research.
- Co-authored nine Harvard Business Review articles plus numerous business and medical articles.
- Quoted in publications ranging from The Wall Street Journal to TechCrunch.
- Launched with 12 initial customers, an unusually strong start for a health-tech startup.
- Raised a $12M Series A in 2022 led by Fulcrum Equity Partners, with General Catalyst, Founder Collective and Tectonic Ventures participating.
- Built and rolled out the CareMeasurement platform across all surgical and procedure-based care areas after seven years of development.

## Latest updates

- **2022-03** — Avant-garde Health announced $12M in Series A funding led by Fulcrum Equity Partners and completed the rollout of its CareMeasurement analytics platform across all surgical and procedure-based care areas.

## Links

- Website: https://avantgardehealth.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/derekahaas/

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