Brad Mills

About Brad Mills

Hi! I\'m Brad Mills. I love using technology and science to help others. I began my career as an engineer for an early internet service provider when I was 15 before most people had internet. I turned down formal college then because most of the technology they were teaching wasn\'t relevant to the upcoming internet expansion. Instead, I spent my teens technical consulting for big companies like McDonald\'s, Best Buy, Ford, and dot-com unicorns to adopt technology that kept them relevant to their customers in the new dot-com era. I enjoyed the technical challenges and being a kid in professional places, but I didn\'t have an impact on missions that mattered to me. I went to Northwestern for human biology and volunteered as an EMT and firefighter because I wanted to help others in a profoundly personal way. Once I started digging into the health tech systems that didn\'t seem to be helping people as well as they could, I consulted with health-oriented public agencies like CMS, USAID, HHS, the FDA, and private insurance and healthcare companies. I soon realized that the change I wanted from these places would come from their customers. I went to work with customer-focused companies, working for AWS, consulting for Amazon, Disney, Apple, and other strategic accounts, including their health-oriented acquisitions and projects. While solving some significant engineering problems, I gained deep insight into how these companies use massive amounts of data and data science to predict and nudge consumer behaviors. Along with my juggernaut of a co-founder, I started a company, Coasly, to change the value of healthcare. We\'ve researched all sides, searching for the why, how, where, and when. Then our models proved our ambitious goal was not only possible, but it was the best possible goal. What is it? Simple but not easy, Coasly\'s goal is to raise the global Healthy Life Expectancy (HALE) to 80 years of age in 20 years or less. Right now, the US is 66, and the world is 64. HALE is the best measure of the effectiveness and values of healthcare systems. The solution we found isn\'t about telling people what to eat, what bike to buy - most of the internet is already doing that. The best first steps we can take will change how and when we use healthcare, what information our devices generate, and who manages our medical data (HINT: it should be you). Please contribute to our mission however you can!#80in20 ~Brad

Experience

1. Chief Product Officer

   IgniteTech

   May 2022 — Present · Tacoma, WA, US

   I lead a group responsible for the acquisition, roadmaps, and innovation of a portfolio of applications held by the Private Equity group ESW Capital. We are relentlessly pursuing to acquire and improve previously under-capitalized and under-monetized products to serve our customers\' needs better and enhance business value.