John Gaines - Versatility

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Rising - Conversations with Leaders On Their Way Up

Direct Agents and Prophet

58 episodes

3 days ago

There’s a lot of focus in our industry on those already at the top, but change is driven at all levels. Rising highlights the builders, the shapers and the doers across marketing, media, and innovation — the ones tagged to be our future leaders. Each episode showcases a leader rising up and what they see ahead. Hosted by Josh Boaz and Mat Zucker, we talk to guests about career trajectory, the people who helped them, skills gained along the way, and the trends they're watching. Don't forget to rate, review & subscribe

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John Gaines - Versatility

Rising - Conversations with Leaders On Their Way Up

35 minutes 25 seconds

1 year ago

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 Episode
01:15 - First Job at Macy’s & Running Your Own Business
04:32 - Navigating to Management Consulting
06:00 - Choosing Healthcare & Next Roles
08:02 - Motivation Behind Job Switching
13:49 - Establishing Preferences
15:31 - The Importance of Non-Marketing Experiences
19:10 - What's Next?
20:13 - Opportunities in Healthcare
22:32 - About Cohere Health
26:11 - Mistakes
28:38 - Thank You Note
31:26 - 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 marketing@directagents.com. Original theme music created by Movers + Shakers.