— Palak Goel, a former product supervisor at Microsoft, has joined Madrona Enterprise Group as its latest investor.
Goel beforehand spent practically three years at Microsoft, most lately engaged on the corporate’s Microsoft Turing workforce. He graduated from Brown College in 2019 with levels in pc science and economics. Goel is a Bay Space native.
— Ken Chandler, a former Premera Blue Cross govt, was named CEO at Opala, a Seattle well being tech startup.
Chandler spent greater than 20 years at Premera, most lately as senior vice chairman of nationwide accounts.
Based in 2020, Opala helps standardized affected person knowledge for well being plans and suppliers. The corporate was beforehand often called Mission Join.
“I imagine that Opala has the potential to considerably change well being care by enabling payers and suppliers entry to the well being data which can result in higher and extra environment friendly outcomes,” Chandler wrote in a LinkedIn submit.