John Gaines - Versatility

John Gaines is the VP of Marketing at Cohere Health and has over 20 years of diverse, go-to-market leadership experience across health plans, health systems, physician organizations and healthcare IT vendors. Prior to joining Cohere, John led efforts to help grow the health plan UM businesses at McKesson/Change Healthcare, Cognizant Trizetto and InformedDNA. John holds a B.A. in Economics from Cornell University. He shared with Josh and Mat about his trajectory, grasping all aspects of a business, product management, the value in non-marketing experience and opportunities in healthcare. In This Episode01:15 - First Job at Macy’s & Running Your Own Business04:32 - Navigating to Management Consulting06:00 - Choosing Healthcare & Next Roles08:02 - Motivation Behind Job Switching13:49 - Establishing Preferences15:31 - The Importance of Non-Marketing Experiences19:10 - What's Next?20:13 - Opportunities in Healthcare22:32 - About Cohere Health26:11 - Mistakes28:38 - Thank You Note31:26 - Top Picks Links Mentioned The Creative Act: A Way of Being, Rick Rubin Beautiful AI House of Suns, Alistair Reynolds Subscribe to never miss a show! Hosted by Josh Boaz and Mat Zucker, Rising is produced by Direct Agents and Prophet. For more information or to nominate a guest, please visit rising-podcast.com or email us at [email protected]. Original theme music created by Movers + Shakers.