# Steven Pease

> Steven Pease is the CEO of Clarify Health Solutions, a San Francisco-based healthcare analytics platform serving payers, providers, and life sciences companies with AI-powered patient journey insights. A seasoned operator with 25+ years of C-suite experience across industries ranging from toys to big data, Pease is perhaps best known for steering Hustle - a venture-backed peer-to-peer texting platform - from the brink of shutdown to a profitable $29M exit in under two years. He joined Clarify in October 2024 as CFO and COO before ascending to CEO, bringing financial discipline and operational rigor to a company that has raised over $400M and serves as healthcare's premier analytics intelligence platform.

- **Role:** CEO at Clarify Health Solutions
- **Organizations:** Clarify Health Solutions, Hustle, DataSift, HYP3R, Greenough Consulting Group, Klutz, pets.com, GIC Real Estate, Compass Management & Leasing
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** BS in Business Administration and Finance, Humboldt State University (now Cal Poly Humboldt), Executive Education, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
- **Known for:** Turned Hustle from imminent wind-down to a profitable $29M exit in under two years with zero additional funding, Served as acting CFO for 25+ venture-backed technology companies across diverse sectors, Guided companies through the financing of over $50M in debt and equity

## Career timeline

- **1983-1988** — Studied at Humboldt State University; started in Oceanography before switching to Business and Finance
- **1992-1998** — Project Controller at Compass Management & Leasing, Inc.; 12 years in corporate real estate
- **1999-2000** — VP & Controller at GIC Real Estate; entered the Silicon Valley startup world during the first dot-com boom
- **2000-2001** — Controller at pets.com, one of the defining companies of the original dot-com era
- **2001-2003** — VP of Finance and Operations at Klutz, the beloved educational toy and book company
- **2003-2006** — CEO at Klutz; ran a $40M retail manufacturing and publishing company
- **2007-2012** — CFO & COO Consultant at Greenough Consulting Group; served as acting CFO for 25+ emerging technology companies, financing over $50M in debt and equity
- **2012-2018** — COO, CFO & Board Member at DataSift; international venture-backed PaaS company providing big data access to social media activity
- **2018** — COO & CFO at HYP3R, a geo-social SaaS platform (May-October 2018)
- **2019-2023** — CFO then CEO at Hustle; navigated the venture-backed peer-to-peer texting platform from near shutdown to a profitable $29M exit with no additional funding
- **2024-present** — Joined Clarify Health Solutions as CFO & COO (October 2024), later elevated to CEO

## Achievements

- Turned Hustle from imminent wind-down to a profitable $29M exit in under two years with zero additional funding
- Served as acting CFO for 25+ venture-backed technology companies across diverse sectors
- Guided companies through the financing of over $50M in debt and equity
- Ran Klutz as CEO - a $40M retail manufacturing company producing educational toys and books
- COO/CFO at DataSift during its peak years as a major social media big data platform
- Joined Clarify Health, a $400M+ funded healthcare AI analytics company, steering its operational and financial transformation

## Latest updates

- **2024-10** — Joined Clarify Health Solutions as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer as part of a major leadership expansion
- **2025-08** — Listed as Chief Executive Officer at Clarify Health Solutions per Equilar ExecAtlas

## Links

- Website: https://clarifyhealth.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/scpease
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/ClarifyHealth
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/ClarifyHealthSolutions/

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Last updated: 2026-05-22