PATIENTS AT HLTH IMPACT PROGRAM: Patients as partners in health – the vision of an integrated health industry

Pierre Leurent, President, Aptar Digital Health, is the CEO and co-founder of Voluntis, a leading digital therapeutic company acquired by Aptar group in 2021. Pierre has over 20 years of experience in digital health in the United States and Europe. Prior to starting Voluntis, he worked at GE Healthcare, in its medical imaging software division, and at HealthCenter Internet Services, a vendor of EMR solutions based in Silicon Valley. He is a founding Director of the Digital Therapeutics Alliance, of which he served as Chairman, and a member of Advamed’s Digital Health Executive Leadership Group. Pierre previously co-chaired the digital therapeutics task force of the Personal Connected Health Alliance, a member of HIMSS, and chaired the eHealth France Alliance. He holds a MS from Ecole Centrale Paris. 

Sai has more than 20 years of experience across the pharmaceuticals, medical device and digital health business verticals. He has been intrapreneur at Aptar, building the Digital Health division. Prior to joining Aptar in 2017, Sai worked for 15 years at Allergan and Sanofi. As the President of Aptar Digital Health, Sai is responsible for the overall P&L of the business. In addition to the organic growth of the connected devices business, he has overseen acquisition of digital health companies (Voluntis and Cohero Health) as well as equity investments various startups like Propeller Health, Sonmol (China) and Navia (India). 

AJ Veach is a Patient Partner with Savvy Cooperative. They received a late-stage cancer diagnosis in 2017. AJ's advocacy efforts include the NBCC's Project LEAD Institute training, co-founder of SHARE Cancer Support's phone support line for people living with metastatic disease, and serving on the board of Bay Area Young Survivors nonprofit. AJ's first career was in journalism, as The Wall Street Journal's Asia Desk Chief and Senior Editor based in Hong Kong. That passion for storytelling led AJ to create the Happy Death podcast, featuring conversations about living well until the end. AJ is also an adviser to medtech device company Casual Recovery Inc. as well as the Young Superheroes, a project that is empowering, encouraging, and educating for children's health through multimedia storytelling and fundraising. AJ now lives in rural Indiana, where they are harvesting walnuts and training for a return to long-distance trail running.