# Drew Ladner

> Drew Ladner is the founding Chairman and CEO of Pascal Metrics, a Washington, D.C. and Austin-based patient safety company that uses real-time EHR data, clinically validated adverse-event outcomes, and machine learning to catch preventable harm in hospitals before it compounds. Since 2007 he has built Pascal into a U.S.-certified Patient Safety Organization serving hundreds of healthcare systems worldwide, with clients identifying roughly 10x more serious harm than legacy methods. Before healthcare, he was CIO of the U.S. Treasury's $2.6 billion IT organization, a general manager at open-source pioneer JBoss, and an operator across Netscape, AOL Time Warner, and microfinance in East Africa. He holds an MBA from Harvard, an MA in theology from Oxford, and a BSFS from Georgetown.

- **Role:** Chairman & CEO at Pascal Metrics
- **Organizations:** Pascal Metrics Inc., Council on Foreign Relations, Aspen Institute Health Innovators Fellowship, Patient Safety Movement Foundation, Markle Foundation
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** MBA, Harvard Business School, MA in Theology, University of Oxford, BSFS, International Economics, Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service
- **Known for:** Founded and scaled Pascal Metrics into a U.S.-certified Patient Safety Organization serving hundreds of healthcare systems worldwide, Pioneered use of real-time EHR and health IT data within a certified PSO, and trained predictive models on clinically validated adverse-event outcomes, Co-developed the Team-based Engagement Model with the Mayo Clinic

## Career timeline

- **1992** — Began career as an Associate at Cannon Associates
- **1998** — Co-Founder and EVP of Corporate Development at Ripcord Systems
- **2000-2004** — Chief Information Officer, U.S. Department of the Treasury ($2.6B IT organization); testified to Congress on cybersecurity
- **mid-2000s** — General Manager of the government division at JBoss (open-source middleware leader, later acquired by Red Hat)
- **2007** — Founded Pascal Metrics; became Chairman & CEO
- **2020** — Pascal Metrics' Virtual Patient Safety solution made generally available

## Achievements

- Founded and scaled Pascal Metrics into a U.S.-certified Patient Safety Organization serving hundreds of healthcare systems worldwide
- Pioneered use of real-time EHR and health IT data within a certified PSO, and trained predictive models on clinically validated adverse-event outcomes
- Co-developed the Team-based Engagement Model with the Mayo Clinic
- As U.S. Treasury CIO, managed a $2.6 billion IT organization, overhauled governance, and raised security and privacy standards
- Member of the Council on Foreign Relations
- Fellow of the inaugural class of the Aspen Institute Health Innovators Fellowship

## Latest updates

- **2020-08** — Pascal Metrics announced groundbreaking results and general availability of its Virtual Patient Safety solution.

## Links

- Website: https://pascalmetrics.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drew-ladner-9833bb/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/pascalmetrics
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/pages/Pascal-Metrics-Inc/510784985616749

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