Summary
Josh O'Rourke is a technology leader and CTO who guides AI-powered healthcare platforms at ObjectiveHealth, bringing 14+ years building scalable software and data science solutions for clinical research. He leads the intersection of engineering, ML, and analytics to accelerate patient recruitment, trial transparency, and real-world data insights for Pharma and CROs. Under his leadership, ObjectiveHealth built a unified data lake with Databricks Unity Catalog that aggregates data from 30+ EHR systems and CTMS platforms, and developed ML models for risk stratification in NASH, Cirrhosis, and IBD. He holds an MSc in Computer Science and Machine Learning from Georgia Tech and an MBA from the University of the Cumberlands, combining deep technical expertise with business strategy. He holds a U.S. patent for AI-driven trial candidate identification and has published research at AASLD and ACG, underscoring his impact in liver disease research. Based in Nashville, he combines hands-on engineering with cross-team leadership to modernize healthcare tech at scale, from data pipelines to production-ready analytics platforms.
14 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Computer Science Machine Learning, Master of Science - MS Computer Science Machine Learning at Georgia Institute of Technology