Amplifire Named to the 2025 GSV 150: A Top Transformational Growth Company in Digital Learning & Workforce Skills

Recognized among the world’s top 150 private companies driving advancements in digital learning, Amplifire’s adaptive learning technology is empowering organizations to revolutionize workforce performance and resilience.

Boulder, Colorado, Dec. 17, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Amplifire, the leading adaptive learning platform, has been named to the prestigious 2025 GSV 150, GSV Ventures’ annual list of the top 150 private companies globally transforming digital learning and workforce skills.

Amplifire’s inclusion recognizes its innovative workforce development solutions that empower organizations to transform and grow their workforce to meet the demands of an evolving future. By leveraging its science-based learning platform, Amplifire helps organizations improve employee performance, reduce risk, and adapt effectively in dynamic industries.

“We’re honored to be recognized as a transformational leader in digital learning,” said Nitin Walia, President of Amplifire. “This accolade underscores the critical role Amplifire plays in preparing organizations for the future. By equipping workforces with adaptive learning tools and strategies, we help our clients achieve measurable improvements in operational performance and workforce resilience.”

GSV Ventures noted that the 2025 GSV 150 reflects significant advancements in digital learning, including the integration of generative AI to drive personalization and productivity, further reinforcing Amplifire’s leadership in the space.

View the full GSV 150 list at https://www.asugsvsummit.com/gsv-150.

About Amplifire
Amplifire is a next-generation adaptive learning platform with more than four billion learner interactions and is an innovator in high-stakes workforce training for critical roles. The Amplifire platform harnesses advances in cognitive and learning science to create personalized learning and drive successful outcomes. The platform’s adaptive algorithm guides millions of learners to mastery across healthcare, accounting and professional services, government, military, food service, corporate, and education segments, providing unique learner analytics that offer valuable insights.

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Amplifire Welcomes Nitin K. Walia as New President

Nitin Walia steps in as President, bringing a wealth of leadership experience to guide Amplifire’s next phase of growth as it expands its workforce development offerings.

Boulder, CO, Oct. 30, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Amplifire, the leading adaptive eLearning platform built on brain science, is excited to announce Nitin Walia as its new President. Walia joins Amplifire with a proven track record of bringing novel technologies to market and partnering with global clients to deliver exceptional outcomes. His arrival comes at a pivotal moment as the company enhances its AI capabilities and expands its offerings to support the entire spectrum of workforce development.

“We are incredibly excited to welcome Nitin to Amplifire,” said Bob Burgin, CEO of Amplifire. “Nitin has a rare talent for communicating shared vision and driving results in a way that few leaders can. We’re pushing the boundaries of what’s possible within eLearning and educational content development and expanding our healthcare solutions, and Nitin’s passion and focus are exactly what we need to continue our momentum.”

Walia will guide Amplifire’s continued investment in its workforce development offering, empowering organizations to train and measure their enterprise teams across critical skill and competency areas on an ongoing basis. 

“I’m honored to join Amplifire as we continue to redefine how organizations achieve workforce excellence,” shared Walia. “The platform already delivers impressive, real-world impact for clients in critical industries, and there is tremendous potential to expand those capabilities even further. I’m eager to leverage our recent product breakthroughs to empower organizations to transform training and development outcomes and to forge workforces of the future.”

“Nitin’s strength in managing rapidly scaling businesses is exactly what we need at this stage of growth,” noted Mark Jacobson, principal at Polaris Growth Fund and Amplifire Board Member. “Under his leadership, we anticipate new levels of client value and innovative solutions that push the boundaries of workforce education and development.”

About Amplifire
Amplifire is a next-generation adaptive learning platform with more than four billion learner interactions and is an innovator in high-stakes workforce training for critical roles. The Amplifire platform harnesses advances in cognitive and learning science to create personalized learning and drive successful outcomes. The platform’s adaptive algorithm guides millions of learners to mastery across healthcare, accounting and professional services, government, military, food service, corporate, and education segments, providing unique learner analytics that offer valuable insights.

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Amplifire names Jarrod Heinz as Chief Financial Officer

Heinz’s expertise in guiding tech companies to success will be a key part of Amplifire’s next phase of growth.

BOULDER, Colo., [September 11, 2024] — Knowledge Factor, Inc. (“Amplifire”), the leading adaptive eLearning and content creation platform leveraging advances in brain science and artificial intelligence, is pleased to announce the appointment of Jarrod Heinz as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Heinz will succeed JK Hullet, who is retiring after over 10 successful and prosperous years with the company.

Jarrod Heinz brings over 20 years of experience as CFO for three technology companies, each achieving successful outcomes for financial sponsors under his financial leadership. Throughout his career, Heinz has prioritized fostering a collaborative and trusting culture among employees, earning him the respect and admiration of his colleagues. His strong commitment to employees and clients  has consistently guided his approach, ensuring that companies deliver exceptional value to their clients.

“Jarrod’s blend of financial expertise and alignment with our culture is exactly what we need as we continue to expand our impact,” said Bob Burgin, CEO of Amplifire. “His proven ability to manage growth while building strong, cohesive teams will be invaluable as we continue our rapid scaling of the business.”

Bryce Youngren, Managing Partner at the Polaris Growth Fund, added, “Jarrod’s extensive background in guiding technology companies through profitable growth makes him the ideal person to help steer Amplifire’s financial strategy moving forward.”

In the last year, Amplifire has diversified into the accounting and professional services vertical,  secured several key partnerships to strengthen its workforce development offering, and launched an award-winning AI-powered authoring suite. The addition of Heinz as CFO represents an important continuation of this momentum.“I am excited to join a team that is so dedicated to making a meaningful impact where it matters most,” said Heinz. “Amplifire’s mission of achieving the best possible outcomes for clients aligns perfectly with my own values of driving purposeful growth and creating an environment where both people and ideas can thrive. I look forward to helping Amplifire reach new heights.”

SAX LLP Launches Innovative E-Learning Platform

Parsippany, NJ, June 25, 2024 — SAX LLP – a Top 100 accounting, tax, and advisory firm – is thrilled to announce the launch of its innovative talent development initiative, leveraging the adaptive e-learning platform, Amplifire. This initiative addresses the need for continuous skill advancement amidst the rapid changes brought about by automation, globalization, and artificial intelligence (AI).

Recognizing the diminishing shelf-life of traditional skills in the accounting profession, SAX’s platform aims to equip professionals with skills that address modern challenges, with a continued learning approach that helps them to keep up with the ever-changing industry. The firm’s new initiative leverages Amplifire’s brain science-based, adaptive learning platform, which tailors the learning experience to each individual’s specific needs, focusing on specific learning gaps rather than a one-size-fits-all approach. This patented method accelerates the time to competency and enhances long-term retention of key information.

The program is structured around a flipped learning model, where employees engage with online courses at their own pace and convenience, followed by participatory, live virtual workshops. These workshops are designed to simulate real-world scenarios, fostering an environment where learners can apply their knowledge, interact with peers, and gain insights from the firm’s internal experts. The program will offer SAX’s client-facing CPAs and tax professionals courses ranging in topics, such as tax compliance, auditing, soft skills, and beyond.    

At SAX LLP, the company’s growth strategy is centered on innovation and leveraging cutting-edge technology. 

“Innovation and leveraging cutting-edge technologies are paramount to SAX’s overall growth strategy,” said SAX LLP CEO and managing partner Joseph Damiano. “By adopting advanced technologies such as AI, the firm enhances its efficiency in traditional accounting tasks while ensuring accuracy and compliance.”

SAX’s flexible learning solution is available worldwide, allowing team members across the U.S. and India to access. Moreover, the collaboration with peer firms through the Accounting Alliance enriches the learning ecosystem, providing a broader spectrum of courses and expertise.

“By investing in our team’s continuous development, we are not only preparing them for the challenges of today but also empowering them to lead in the evolving landscape of the accounting and advisory industry,” said SAX LLP Director of Learning & Development, Nick Romanowski.

SAX’s commitment to fostering an environment of continuous growth and development is a testament to its dedication to excellence and innovation. This new professional learning initiative seeks to set a new standard, expediting career progression and enabling the firm to swiftly adapt to industry changes.

About SAX LLP

SAX LLP is a Top 100 accounting, tax, and advisory firm serving the needs of privately held companies, family-owned businesses, nonprofit organizations, and high-net-worth individuals. With offices in Parsippany, NJ, Ewing, NJ, New York City, NY, and Mumbai, India, SAX has specialized expertise that benefits clients in our largest vertical markets. SAX provides added value to clients through advisory services that include but are not limited to Cybersecurity and Managed IT, Investment Banking, Transaction Advisory, HR Consulting, Valuation, Forensic & Litigation and Wealth Management. SAX has been nationally ranked and listed among the Top Accounting Firms by NJBIZ, INSIDE Public Accounting (IPA), Accounting Today and Forbes. For more information, please visit www.saxllp.com.

About Amplifire

Amplifire is a next-generation adaptive learning platform with more than four billion learner interactions and is an innovator in high-stakes workforce training for critical roles. The Amplifire platform harnesses advances in cognitive and learning science to create personalized learning and drive successful outcomes. The platform’s adaptive algorithm guides millions of learners to mastery across healthcare, accounting and professional services, government, military, food service, corporate, and education segments, providing unique learner analytics that offer valuable insights. For more information, please visit www.amplifire.com.

Amplifire and Dossier Collaborate to Transform Healthcare Workforce Competency Training

Boulder, Colorado, Feb. 7, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Amplifire, the leading adaptive eLearning and content development platform and sponsor of the Healthcare Alliance, is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with Dossier, a pioneer in competency management solutions, to revolutionize workforce competency training in the healthcare sector. This collaboration aims to address the unique challenges faced by healthcare institutions by combining Amplifire’s one-of-a-kind, proven adaptive learning algorithm and the Dossier platform.

The collaboration with Dossier brings a critical component to Amplifire’s Workforce Competency offering, strategically designed to meet the healthcare sector’s pronounced workforce challenges, emphasizing the need for competency and skills-based training. Amplifire’s world-class, Healthcare Alliance courses and new AI-driven content development capabilities are transforming how healthcare learns and trains. Dossier enables 100% visibility and end-to-end management, helping Amplifire prioritize speed, efficiency, and thorough tracking to create a powerful workforce competency solution tailored to modern learning environments’ dynamic needs.

This collaboration’s key features include automated and comprehensive tracking of knowledge and abilities, flexible reporting capabilities, web-based access for seamless integration, and brain science-based adaptive learning.

“We are excited to partner with Amplifire, a company renowned for its innovative approach to knowledge enhancement,” said Geir Arnhoff, Founder and CEO of Dossier. “This partnership is a significant step toward our commitment to enhancing healthcare training. By integrating Amplifire’s AI-driven content on our platform, we aim to elevate the standard of training and patient care in hospitals.”

“Partnering with Dossier is a strategic move for Amplifire,” emphasized Bob Burgin, CEO of Amplifire. “Our AI-driven content, focused on improving knowledge and decision-making in healthcare, finds a perfect synergy with Dossier’s platform. Together, we’re not just providing information, we’re creating a powerful tool that can lead to tangible improvements in patient safety and hospital outcomes.”

Based on current use cases, the partnership is already yielding results for accreditation requirement fulfillment, administrative burden reduction, deep insights into learner knowledge, misunderstandings, and struggles, as well as empowerment and guidance for career advancement.

This collaboration is part of a broader initiative by Amplifire to invest in innovative and effective workforce development solutions. By combining forces with Dossier, Amplifire aims to play a pivotal role in shaping the future of healthcare workforce training and patient safety.

Amplifire Wins Silver in Brandon Hall Group’s Excellence in Technology Awards

Boulder, Colorado, Feb. 27, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The 2023 Brandon Hall Group Excellence in Awards™ are given for work in Learning and Development, Talent Management, Talent Acquisition, Human Resources, Sales Enablement, Future of Work, and Education Technology. 

Amplifire, a leader in innovative adaptive eLearning and content development, won two coveted Brandon Hall Group Silver awards for excellence in the “Best Advance in Content Authoring Technology” and “Best Advance in AI and Machine Learning” categories. 

The winners are listed at https://excellenceawards.brandonhall.com/winners/ 

Amplifire submitted for two categories best representing its latest product launch, including its new authoring platform. The new authoring platform offers cutting-edge content creation capabilities to transform development and time-to-delivery of high-quality instructional material with the power of artificial intelligence (AI), enabling users to spend less time on ideation and planning and more time elevating content. This recognition underscores Amplifire’s commitment to eLearning excellence and dedication to staying ahead of the AI curve to provide the best learning experiences. It is the company’s second consecutive year securing multiple Brandon Hall Group Tech Excellence awards. 

Amplifire Chief Product Officer, Nick Hjort, shares, “We are honored to be recognized among the top innovators in the industry. We’ve taken content creation to new heights, elevating the content development process to deliver an exceptional experience. The incorporation of AI is a game-changer, ushering in a more autonomous, intuitive, and expedient course creation process, resulting in the delivery of top-tier educational resources.” 

“In our 30th year, the Excellence in Technology Awards continue to showcase the best innovations in learning, talent management, talent acquisition, HR, workforce management, and sales enablement technologies. We are proud to receive applications from a diverse range of organizations globally, reflecting the ever-evolving landscape of technology solutions” said Brandon Hall Group Chief Operating Officer Rachel Cooke, leader of the Excellence Awards program. 

Entries were evaluated by a panel of veteran, independent senior industry experts, Brandon Hall Group analysts, and executives based upon these criteria: fit the need, program design, functionality, innovation, and overall measurable benefits.  

“Our awards program is distinguished by the thorough evaluation process led by industry experts. Judges meticulously score each entry, and our executive leadership team at Brandon Hall Group reviews and validates the judging and scoring. The level of the award is solely determined by the number of points, ensuring a fair and unbiased recognition of excellence in technology,” said Brandon Hall Group Chief Executive Officer Mike Cooke. 

About Amplifire 

Amplifire is a next-generation learning platform with more than four billion interactions and is an innovator in high-stakes training for critical roles. The Amplifire platform harnesses advances in cognitive science to create personalized learning and drive successful outcomes. The platform’s adaptive algorithms guide millions of learners to mastery across healthcare, government, and other industries, providing unique analytics that offer valuable learner insights.  

About Brandon Hall Group™  

Brandon Hall Group is the only professional development company that offers data, research, insights, and certification to Learning and Talent executives and organizations. The best minds in Human Capital Management (HCM) choose Brandon Hall Group to help them create future-proof employee development plans for the new era. 

For over 30 years, we have empowered, recognized, and certified excellence in organizations worldwide, influencing the development of over 10 million employees and executives. Our HCM Excellence Awards program was the first to recognize organizations for learning and talent and is the gold standard, known as the “Academy Awards of Human Capital Management.” 

The awards recognize the best organizations that have successfully developed and deployed programs, strategies, modalities, processes, systems, and tools that have achieved measurable results. We are honored to receive applications from organizations worldwide ranging from small, medium, large, and global enterprises to government, not-for-profits, and associations. 

Amplifire Secures a Patent Protecting Brain Science-based Al Assistance in an eLearning Platform

Boulder, Colorado, March 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Amplifire, the global leader in adaptive eLearning, was awarded another patentfrom the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). This latest patent expands Amplifire’s ability to leverage advancements in brain science to help people learn faster, remember longer, and apply their knowledge more broadly. 

Amplifire’s existing IP portfolio protects the ability to diagnose a user’s knowledge while simultaneously assessing that user’s confidence in their knowledge, which improves learning and permits powerful insights. The new patent builds upon that capability by introducing a digital tutoring system powered by recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI), which ensures that AI uses proven-effective learning techniques to support a learner’s journey. 

“One of the appealing aspects of this patent is its breadth,” said Dr. Matthew Hays, Amplifire’s VP of Research and Analytics. “We’ve built on a tremendous amount of research about how people learn versus how we think we learn.” 

Nick Hjort, Amplifire’s Chief Product Officer, has been keeping his eye on AI for years. “This patent is a continuation of a patent that was awarded in 2017 and maintains retroactive and future protections,” he confirmed. “All the while, our team has been committed to staying ahead of the curve and embracing the AI revolution.”  

The power of AI systems like ChatGPT allows Amplifire’s learning platform to generate new educational content instantaneously and adapt in real time to a learner’s needs. The patented technology also leverages the vast amount of proprietary data that Amplifire has collected, which includes over 4.2 billion learner interactions. 

Bryce Youngren, Managing Partner of Polaris Growth Fund and Amplifire board member, added, “This patent is a testament to Amplifire’s ability to leverage cognitive science, AI, and data to revolutionize eLearning. With science and AI helping to optimize the last mile of delivering information to long-term memory, this isn’t just a patent; it’s a way to shape the future of education.” 

To learn more about Amplifire, reach out here.  

About Amplifire
Amplifire is a next-generation learning platform with more than four-billion interactions and is an innovator in high-stakes training for critical roles. The Amplifire platform harnesses advances in cognitive science to create personalized learning and drive successful outcomes. The platform’s adaptive algorithms guide millions of learners to mastery across healthcare, government, and other industries, providing unique analytics that offer valuable learner insights. 

Collaborating to Provide Better Learning Experiences Through Targeted Skills Competency Training

Boulder, Colorado, April 24, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Amplifire, the leading adaptive eLearning and content development platform, is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with Kahuna, the leading skills management software, to revolutionize training in a new age of workforce development. Combining Amplifire’s unparalleled adaptive, brain science-based learning algorithm and AI-powered content with Kahuna’s digitized skills management platform, this partnership aims to facilitate seamless skills tracking, elevated educational content development, and faster, more effective training. 

 Amplifire’s collaboration with Kahuna will provide a robust, end-to-end learning and competency offering, equipping organizations with deeper visibility into validated skills data and enabling granular tracking of workforce competence.Jointly, Amplifire and Kahuna reduce the administrative burden associated with tracking requirements, eliminateredundancies and time wasted by respecting learners’ expertise, and ensure individuals are empowered with the right skills to give themselves and the business a competitive edge. 

“At Kahuna we are deeply committed to empowering organizations with the tools they need to navigate the complexities of today’s technical and frontline workforce challenges,” said Jai Shah, CEO of Kahuna. “Our partnership with Amplifiremarks a step forward in this mission, as it allows us to leverage their cutting-edge adaptive learning content alongside our skills management platform to enable more connected and informed workforce decision-making in line with business needs.”

Bob Burgin, CEO of Amplifire, asserted, “In partnering with Kahuna, we’re crafting a powerful tool poised to drive tangible advancements in workforce development. Together, we’re enabling organizations to tackle workforce challenges in a dynamic and unprecedented way, housing the best solutions in one offering. But more than that, we’re opening the door to work together on many key verticals.” 

Based on current use cases, the partnership is already yielding results for accreditation requirement fulfillment, administrative burden reduction, deep insights into learner knowledge, misunderstandings, and struggles, as well as empowerment and guidance for career advancement.

The collaboration with Kahuna is part of a broader initiative by Amplifire to invest in innovative and effective workforce development solutions. By combining forces with Kahuna, Amplifire aims to play a pivotal role in shaping the future of workforce training. 

About Amplifire 

Amplifire is a next-generation learning platform with more than four billion interactions and is an innovator in high-stakes training for critical roles. The Amplifire platform harnesses advances in cognitive science to create personalized learning and drive successful outcomes. The platform’s adaptive algorithm guides millions of learners to mastery across healthcare, government, and other segments, providing unique analytics that offer valuable learner insights. 

About Kahuna

Kahuna is the only skills management software built for operations, learning, and human resources. Kahuna equips enterprise organizations with validated skills data to understand workforce capability, align talent supply and demand, and increase the return on training investment. Across a wide array of industries including healthcare, energy, manufacturing, and aerospace, Kahuna helps organizations build a more skilled, competitive workforce. 

Amplifire Launches Accounting & Professional Services Vertical to Revolutionize Professional Development and Training 

Boulder, Colorado, Nov 15, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Amplifire announces its entry into the Accounting and Professional Services vertical to revolutionize learning and development. The Amplifire platform combines advanced brain science with adaptive learning algorithms, resulting in training that is designed to meet professional regulatory requirements in less time, enabling firms to blend compliance with competence. Required training can be transformed into learning that translates to measurable performance improvement with a wealth of personalized insights and learner analytics. With a track record of success helping over 25 leading health systems in the US achieve successful learning outcomes that include cost reduction, time efficiency, skill proficiency, and improved patient care, Amplifire is now expanding its revolutionary training model to accounting and professional services.  

Amplifire emerges as a comprehensive training solution for innovators in the profession to stay ahead of the curve. Firms leverage the Amplifire platform to meaningfully improve professional performance and reduce training time and cost. Firms can also elect to join the Accounting & Professional Services Alliance, a collaborative model centered around content development. All firms have access to the platform’s new artificial intelligence (AI) content capabilities, making exceptional instructional design accessible, fast, and easy. “It’s been a true privilege to partner with Amplifire in bringing this transformative technology to our accounting firm clients,” exclaims Lisa Chamberlain, CRO at LCvista.  

The founding partners and members, who were instrumental in launching the Alliance and demonstrate unique initiative in the profession, include: LCvista, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), The California Society of Certified Public Accountants (CalCPA), Eide Bailly, BPM LLP, Cohen & Co, Sax LLP, Spiirall, Withum, and Rea & Associates. Furthermore, Ann Lerner, former managing director at Deloitte, has joined Amplifire to lead the Accounting & Professional Services vertical.     

Bob Burgin, CEO of Amplifire, expresses, “It has been an honor to collaborate with such a passionate group of firms and their learning leadership to develop this new Alliance. Together, we will have a big impact on the profession as a whole.”   

“We embrace innovation to fuel our aspiration of becoming a firm of the future, and we view our partnership with Amplifire as one way to transform how we adapt learning to meet our colleagues’ needs,” says Heather Esposito, Director of Learning and Development at BPM LLP. 

The Amplifire adaptive platform is reshaping the landscape for tax, audit, and professional services firms, offering an unparalleled opportunity for growth and excellence. For further insights and information, please reach out to Rebecca Kaufman at rkaufman@amplifire.com.    

About Amplifire     

Amplifire is a next-generation adaptive learning platform with more than four billion learner interactions and is an innovator in high-stakes workforce training for critical roles. The Amplifire platform harnesses advances in cognitive and learning science to create personalized learning and drive successful outcomes. The platform’s adaptive algorithm guides millions of learners to mastery across healthcare, government, military, food service, corporate, and education segments, providing unique learner analytics that offer valuable insights.  

Former Geisinger President and CEO, Glenn D. Steele Jr., MD, PhD, Joins Amplifire as a Strategic Advisor

Boulder, Colorado, Nov 15, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Knowledge Factor, Inc. (“Amplifire”), the leading adaptive eLearning and content creation platform leveraging advances in brain science, and sponsor of the Healthcare Alliance, welcomes Dr. Glenn Steele to its Strategic Advisory Board. Amplifire benefits from Dr. Steele’s extensive clinical knowledge and leadership experience in the healthcare sector, which will help steer the ongoing expansion of the Healthcare Alliance, the Amplifire-founded collaborative network of over 25 leading U.S. health systems.

With his breadth of experience — first and foremost a surgeon and later as a dynamic leader in the industry — Dr. Steele brings unwavering dedication to excellence in health system operations and workforce development, balancing financial and clinical priorities during challenging times. Dr. Steele will play a vital role with Amplifire in providing tools to help shape behaviors and practices within health systems to create a positive impact on clinician well-being and patient outcomes. His joining the Strategic Advisory Board marks Amplifire’s commitment to bringing the brightest, most innovative minds together to empower health systems to achieve their goals during this pivotal time.

In his 14 years as President and CEO, Dr. Steele led Geisinger as the benchmark of high reliability systems, marked by exceptional integration between hospitals and physicians, advanced information technology, and an unwavering emphasis on quality. From 2013-2018, Dr. Steele was Chairman of xG Health, a Geisinger-affiliated consultancy designed to spread the organization’s principles across the U.S. healthcare system.

“Amplifire is humbled to welcome Dr. Glenn Steele to our team, and we are excited to have him on board as growth of the Healthcare Alliance accelerates,” says Dr. Bryan Bushick, General Manager, Healthcare Alliance, and Amplifire’s Chief Healthcare Innovation Officer. “A recognized leader in quality, innovation and population health, Dr. Steele will be a driving force as Amplifire expands its impact.  His direct counsel in our efforts is of very high value.”

“Amplifire’s innovative business model and utilization of advanced brain science-based learning techniques hold the solution to the challenges many health systems currently face. As an advisor, I am motivated by a profound desire to enhance healthcare, by bringing about behavior change that leads to systemic excellence,” shares Dr. Steele. “It’s a privilege to have a hand guiding a company that is shaping the future of healthcare, and I am excited to contribute to meaningful work that positively impacts countless lives.”

His professional background includes positions as Richard T. Crane Professorship in the Department of Surgery at the University of Chicago and William V. McDermott Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School among others. He also served as chairman of the American Board of Surgery. A prolific writer, Dr. Steele has authored/co-authored over 500 scientific and professional articles.

Dr. Steele is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He has also served on the National Advisory Committee for Rural Health, the Pennsylvania Cancer Control Consortium, and the National Committee for Quality Assurance’s Committee on Performance Measurement. He has received numerous awards, including the CEO IT Achievement Award by Modern Healthcare and Healthcare Information and Management System Society (HIMSS).

Dr. Steele received his bachelor’s degree in history and literature from Harvard University and his medical degree from New York University School of Medicine. He completed his internship and residency in surgery at the University of Colorado and earned his Ph.D. in microbiology at Lund University in Sweden.