By Cyber Era NG Special Correspondent
A leading virtual care, navigation and collaboration platform, Pager has announced that Steven Shi has joined the executive team as Chief Technology Officer (CTO), effective immediately. In his new role, Shi will develop and implement Pager’s technology strategy and capabilities, including product engineering, platform engineering, architecture, security and corporate IT, and lead the company’s continuing initiatives to transform the consumer healthcare experience for its 23 million members.
Steven Shi joins Pager as Chief Technology Officer to oversee engineering innovation as the company scales operations.
Shi brings a wealth of engineering and innovation expertise in leading software teams and creating digital solutions for technology-enabled care navigation, care delivery and proactive care. His experience includes senior executive positions for world-class digital companies in the healthcare sector, such as Virgin Pulse. During his tenure there, Shi was head of engineering and instrumental in leading the organization through seven M&As and growing the development team from 12 to more than 250 engineers.
Most recently, Shi served as CTO at Vault Health, a virtual-first digital healthcare company specializing in remote diagnostics. Responsible for software engineering, IT, security, and site reliability functions, Shi led a team of more than 100 engineers and managers to develop a virtual-care platform that became the No. 1 source for at-home COVID testing using a saliva-based sampling method during the pandemic.
“To have someone with Steven’s depth of expertise and industry knowledge join our team is a powerful endorsement of what we’ve already achieved as well as the new transformative technologies we’re currently developing,” said CEO and Chairman of Pager Walter Jin. “Steven’s leadership will play a pivotal role in improving and expanding our all-in-one care experience as we continue to develop innovative solutions that address two of the most challenging issues in healthcare: fragmentation and engagement.”
“Two distinguishing characteristics attracted me to Pager,” Shi said. “First, Pager is a mission-driven company, guided by Walter’s personal commitment to transform healthcare by providing a doctor-in-the-family experience. Second, I’ve been deeply impressed by the robust capabilities of Pager’s virtual-care platform and Enterprise 360 SaaS Console and the technological potential that’s available to improve interoperability and expand consumer-friendly, whole-person healthcare. The foundation is already in place at Pager to build the next-generation care navigation and healthcare experience. That’s exactly the kind of exciting engineering and entrepreneurial opportunity I wanted to be part of!”
