About
I am an outgoing active thinker who strives to deliver impact by doing the right thing, especially at a massive scale.
It's an honour to be the CEO of Optimity, a startup that is transforming the insurance industry to enable insurability for all & a new lifestyle-based pricing/underwriting models.
Prior to Optimity, I created innovative new "FICO scores" for banks & healthcare organizations, and spent a decade in global clinical trials in maximizing adherence and performing dynamic risk scoring using software for patients in North America, Asia and the EU.
I build SaaS tech and scoring IP based on 30+ years of behavioral science and our proprietary dataset to power a new underwriting paradigm. Our customers can now continuously and more accurately assess risk, while fostering healthier consumer clients. We are building an end-to-end ecosystem that will power the new health/life-centric model of insurance and beyond. For example, we offer a digital holistic well-being platform for employers using gamification & habit-coaching behavior economics to support health lifestyle engagement.
What Optimity does and why?
Today's professionals are seeking help to build powerful habits that optimizes their personal and professional success everyday. Our team at Optimity is modernizing the way people work, live and play by delivering micro-exercises and challenges through digital solutions. We help busy people get more exercise, better nutrition, and enough rest during their work weeks.
Optimity is a platform that is viral and supports community-based proactive health engagement. The app allows people to learn, discover, and do activities that seamlessly integrates into their day-to-day routines to form healthier habits.
Our technology solutions personalizes our Optimity mobile app for users through dynamic health & wealth risk assessments and are able to educate and support members on healthy activities, financial best practices, and lifestyle choices to hit their goals.
Outside of Optimity, I enjoy learning, executing and teaching strategy (Lean Startup Machine Toronto) and university students (Western, McGill, Tsinghua University & Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade).
For fun, I play tennis, beach volleyball and volunteer my time coordinating fashion shows and charity events to raise money for Leukaemia and Cancer research & prevention.
Articles by Jane J.
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How Insurers Can Help Customers’ Mental Health | Optimity
How Insurers Can Help Customers’ Mental Health | Optimity
By Jane J. Wang
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Work With Your Customers to Help Them Exercise More | Optimity
Work With Your Customers to Help Them Exercise More | Optimity
By Jane J. Wang
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Top 5 Ways to Fit Exercise into a Busy Day!
Top 5 Ways to Fit Exercise into a Busy Day!
By Jane J. Wang
Contributions
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What do you do if your organization is struggling to engage employees in Research Skills?
It’s very much about having people that have GWC: Get it, Want to do it and have the Capacity to be able to collaborate. Organizations need to look at the the GWC of their leaders and team members for the practice.
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How can you identify potential derailers with leadership assessments?
Leaders of organizations sometimes unintentionally form echo-chambers, where business decisions are made without a wide range of valid perspectives and without customer validation. I have seen versions of this type of leadership teams in large companies where the team has been together for a long time; as well as small startups with cofounders who are too similar/consensus based. It’s better always to do a sanity check with outside advisors who are not tied to the day-to-day and who can bring in customer perspectives.
Activity
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Last day for Round 1 applications and nominations for FFC AI program! >50% of our Pear VC FFC Alumni raise funding, including incredible founders…
Last day for Round 1 applications and nominations for FFC AI program! >50% of our Pear VC FFC Alumni raise funding, including incredible founders…
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Sometimes, you just got to get away! Back to the grind next week!
Sometimes, you just got to get away! Back to the grind next week!
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If I’ve learned anything in my career, it’s that winning lasting partnerships requires playing the long game. Case in point: I reached out to LPL…
If I’ve learned anything in my career, it’s that winning lasting partnerships requires playing the long game. Case in point: I reached out to LPL…
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Experience
Education
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Activities and Societies: Executive Director of Ivey China Teaching Project; Ivey International Center for Health Innovation, Consulting Club, Sales and Marketing Club, Investment Club
Recipient: Gudaitis-Bluzas Scholarship (academic merit)
1st Place RBC Innovator Challenge Case Competition (Mar 1, 2013, $10,000)
Finalist MIT Sloan MBA Sales Competition (Nov 2-3, 2012, $10,000)
Finalist FEI Best In Class Invitational Case Competition (Nov 16-17, 2012, $10,000)
Health Sector Specialization; Financial Strategy and Healthcare Analytics
Ivey Ambassador Senator 2012-2013 -
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Next Founder 2015 Alumni
https://www.thenext36.ca/thenextfounders/entrepreneurs/jane-wang
Languages
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English
Native or bilingual proficiency
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Chinese
Native or bilingual proficiency
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French
Limited working proficiency
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It was a pleasure to host Andrew Lerner in Calgary today! Our discussion covered key topics such as investing in insuretech, fintech, and health…
It was a pleasure to host Andrew Lerner in Calgary today! Our discussion covered key topics such as investing in insuretech, fintech, and health…
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Was reviewing a health system RFP for digital care journeys yesterday and here’s what the requirements list looked like: 📱 Tech feature 📱 Tech…
Was reviewing a health system RFP for digital care journeys yesterday and here’s what the requirements list looked like: 📱 Tech feature 📱 Tech…
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