Speaker

Colby Takeda

Colby Takeda is the co-founder and CEO of Pear Suite, a digital health startup working to empower community health workers (CHW) and address the social drivers of health. Colby is from Hawaii, which is where he got his start in public health by leading prevention campaigns in underserved communities. While in his early 20’s, he became a senior care executive and then led policy and partnerships for the Blue Zones Project by Sharecare. Colby became inspired to launch Pear Suite after teaching CHW courses and recognizing the need for scalable software solutions for this emerging and skilled workforce. He