About Us

Catalyst @ Health 2.0 (“Catalyst”) was founded by Indu Subaiya and Matthew Holt in 2010 through organic demand from healthcare leaders interested in unique health technologies. Through the Health 2.0 conference business, Indu and Matthew formed a team to focus on small consulting projects, code-a-thons, and innovation competitions. As demand for digital health innovation grew dramatically, Catalyst’s services evolved to fulfill the consulting needs of some of the largest healthcare institutions around the globe. In 2017, Catalyst was spun-off from Health 2.0’s conference arm to focus on novel and diverse digital health innovation programs.

Catalyst is the industry leader in digital health strategic partnering, hosting competitive innovation "challenge" events, as well as developing and implementing programs for piloting and commercializing novel healthcare technologies. Since 2010, our team has hosted 90+ innovation challenges with $9mm in awards, coordinated over 175 pilot programs to test new technologies, and created connections for more than 1,500 firms via matchmaking events. Catalyst has also organized and hosted 25+ code-a-thons with software engineers and programmers involved in the health technology community.

Catalyst’s consulting services have served many clients with digital health innovation and commercialization across the public and private sectors. Our global network is a community comprised of health information technology and new-media entrepreneurs, software developers, health care provider and payer organizations, pharmaceutical companies, philanthropic foundations, physicians, patients, academics and government representatives. These individuals have engaged with Catalyst by participating in our programs, attending matchmaking sessions, partnering in pilot studies, and partaking in leadership events.

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Indu SubaiYa

President

Indu Subaiya is a visionary healthcare leader whose work builds community, creates dialogue and inspires us to radically rethink how health shapes our lives. Indu co-founded and served as CEO of Health 2.0, the leading conference and media platform that promotes and catalyzes new technologies in healthcare, prior to its acquisition by HIMSS in 2017. In the two years post acquisition, she headed Health 2.0 within HIMSS as Executive Vice President. She now continues as Senior Advisor to HIMSS, providing thought leadership and content advisory services under the office of the Chief Technology and Innovation Officer. Indu is recognized as an engaging keynote speaker, interviewer, and moderator. In 2013, FierceHealthIT named Indu one of Information Technology’s Most Influential Women, and in 2018 she was selected as a fellow of the Aspen Institute's fourth class of Health Innovators Fellows. Prior to founding Health 2.0, Indu was Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Physic Ventures, Vice President of Healthcare and Biomedical Research at Gerson Lehman Group and Director of Outcomes Research at Quorum Consulting, Inc. Indu received her BS from Cornell University in Science and Technology Studies, MD from Stony Brook University, and MBA from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley.

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Matthew Holt

General Manager

Matthew Holt has been a thought leader in digital health since founding the successful Health 2.0 Conference company with Indu Subaiya. Before that, he worked for renowned forecasting (IFTF) and polling (Harris) organizations, conducted several ground breaking in-depth studies about many aspects of health care, and delivered several keynote addresses all over the world. With 30 years of healthcare, consulting, and forecasting experience behind him, Matthew founded The Health Care Blog in 2003 and is now one of the leading sources on health commentary, interviews, and opinion. As the General Manager of Catalyst, Matthew makes impact and disruption a priority in bringing radical healthcare into the 21st century. Matthew received his BA in Social and Political Sciences from the University of Cambridge and his MS in Health Services Research from Stanford University. Most recently, Matthew Holt founded and is President of SMACK.health, an advisory firm for health tech companies. Matthew also sits on the board of YTH, a non-profit dedicated to improving the lives & health of teens and young adults as well as the Society for Participatory Medicine.

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Diana Chen

Program Manager

Diana manages international pilot programs to facilitate commercial partnerships between healthcare organizations and innovators. Diana also conducts research and analysis on the digital health world to assist the team in strategic planning and inform others about emerging health tech trends. Diana has a dedicated passion for healthcare improvement and philanthropy. She has worked with reputable organizations, including Kaiser Permanente, Project C.U.R.E., and March of Dimes in an effort to promote population and global health.

Elizabeth Brown

Program Manager

Elizabeth manages innovation challenges and supports Catalyst’s international market research projects. Elizabeth also conducts research and market intelligence to support the development of Catalyst’s proprietary products and services. Elizabeth previously worked at LifeBridge Health as the BioIncubator Operations Manager. She got her undergraduate degree from Cornell University with a B.A. in Economics and minor in Nutrition & Health, and her M.S.P.H. from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health along with certificates in Public Health Economics, Adolescent Health, and Maternal & Child Health.