New head of analytics hired to boost machine learning

20 September 2016

Orion Health hires new head of analytics to boost machine learning

Auckland, New Zealand—Orion Health (OHE:NZX/ASX) is investing significantly in new analytics and machine learning applications as it embarks on a hiring programme to acquire the best analytics talent in New Zealand.

Leading the Analytics team is Peter McCallum, who has over 15 years’ experience working exclusively in the Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing and Data Analytics domains. He joins Orion Health from Spark’s data solutions company Qrious, where he was Head of Data & Insights and was responsible for helping customers understand how data can improve business outcomes through the delivery of smart data solutions.

Orion Health CEO Ian McCrae believes Mr McCallum’s skills and experience will enable the company to attract the brightest analytics team in the country, further cementing Orion Health’s positon as a global leader in healthcare technology.

“Machine learning is becoming increasingly important in the delivery of software that enables the practice of precision medicine or personalised healthcare. Orion Health launched its precision medicine platform last year, and we have already achieved significant sales around the world, most notably six deployments in North America,” Mr McCrae says.

“We are now focussed on boosting our ability to provide data insights that will help our customers improve their delivery of healthcare. We already have a talented analytics team based at our US headquarters in Arizona, but we need a team in Auckland where the majority of our research and development team of over 500 people are based.”

Mr McCallum says he is excited about applying machine learning techniques to solutions that enable the delivery of better healthcare outcomes globally.

“The potential gains to be made in the health analytics space are enormous, and Ian and the Orion Health team have a far-reaching vision for this area,” Mr McCallum says. “The company is extremely well-placed to drive the application of machine learning and advanced analytics in healthcare because its software already manages over 100 million patient health records globally.”

Mr McCallum is looking for data engineers to join his Auckland-based team who are excited about the opportunity to improve global healthcare. “If you are a software engineer who obsesses about clean code, and have a passion for tackling Big Data challenges using technologies like Apache Spark, Elasticsearch, Cassandra, Java, Scala, Python, R and more, we are looking for you,” he says.

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About Orion Health

Orion Health (NZX:OHE) is a health technology company that provides solutions which enable healthcare to over 100 million patients globally. Its open technology platform Orion Health Amadeus seamlessly integrates all forms of relevant data to enable population and personalised healthcare around the world. The company employs over 1200 people around the world and is committed to continual innovation, investing substantially in research and development to cement its position at the forefront of precision medicine. For more information visit www.orionhealth.com

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