Hyper Collaboration and Compassion in Healthcare Leadership w/ Funso Olufade, PhD, MBA In this episode, we pop the hood and look at the engine of healthcare from the perspective of a pharmaceutical CFO, exploring patient-centered care and the power of hyper-collaboration to make a difference in not only the lives of our patients, but our co-workers and stakeholders alike. Dr. Funso Olufade, PhD, MBA is a healthcare finance leader and pharmaceutical executive. He has held roles in various roles at various multi-national companies with the quest of improving global patient access to medicines. Funso holds a Ph.D. in Health Sciences from Seton Hall University, an MBA in Finance, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from Rutgers University. Funso is also a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives of New Jersey (ACHENJ) and Chairs the Diversity and Inclusion Committee. He is the founder and Managing Director of Devoted Skies, a non-profit organization bridging the healthcare disparity gap in developing countries. Funso Olufade Ph.D, MBA links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/funsoolufade/ https://devotedskies.org/ Music Credit: Jason Shaw from www.Audionautix.com THE IMPERFECT SHOW NOTES To help make this podcast more accessible to those who are hearing impaired or those who like to read rather than listen to podcasts, we’d love to offer polished show notes. However, Swift Healthcare is in its first year.  What we can offer currently are these imperfect show notes. The transcription is far from perfect. But hopefully it’s close enough - even with the errors - to give those who aren’t able or inclined to audio interviews a way to participate.  Please enjoy! Hyper-Collaboration and Compassion are Key to Healthcare Leadership [00:00:00] Patrick Swift, PhD, MBA, FACHE: [00:00:00] Welcome folks to another episode of the Swift healthcare video podcast. I'm Patrick Swift, your host. I'm delighted that you're here and I have a fantastic guest for us today. I am delighted to welcome. Funso welcome to the show. [00:00:13] Funso Olufade, PhD, MBA: [00:00:13] Thank you so much, Patrick. Very, truly an honor to be joining you on the podcast, delighted, . [00:00:18]Patrick Swift, PhD, MBA, FACHE: [00:00:18] Thank you for being here for the zone. And I'm delighted to share for our listeners today. Celebrates an email I got yesterday that this podcast is ranked in the top healthcare leadership podcast from feed spot. So I want to give a kudos to feed spot, and I want to thank our listeners and viewers. [00:00:33]. And let me tell you about our wonderful guest  . Funso Olofade is a healthcare finance leader. He's a chief financial officer and he's a pharmaceutical executive he's held roles in various multinational companies with a quest of improving global patient access to medicines. What a novel idea, someone committed to improving. [00:00:57] Uh, access to global to [00:01:00] medicines, um, Funso , uh, holds a PhD in health sciences from Seton hall university go Seton hall, an MBA in finance. Of course you'd want to have an MBA in finance as a CFO and a bachelor of science degree in economics from Rutgers university. And I'd also say he has a heart of gold. [00:01:16] I know him personally, and he's got a heart of gold. Suunto is a member of the American college of healthcare executives of New Jersey and chairs, the diversity inclusion committee. And he's also a founding and managing director of devoted skies, a nonprofit organization bridging the healthcare disparity gap in developing countries. [00:01:35] We're going to talk about all this and Funso welcome to the show. [00:01:38] Funso Olufade, PhD, MBA: [00:01:38] now. Thank you again, Patrick. Congratulations on the Feedspot  recognition. This is great. [00:01:43]Patrick Swift, PhD, MBA, FACHE: [00:01:43] Let's get to it. So, um, what are you up to these days? I want to start with that. [00:01:48] Funso Olufade, PhD, MBA: [00:01:48] Fantastic. Thank you. Th