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Kareem Malek
Ex-consultant turned exited founder. Deep expertise in healthcare and financial services.
- I'm a founder / operator in NYC
- Exited Within Health, a healthcare AI company in 23'
- Advisor and partner to founders across healthcare, financial services, mobility, and climate tech
- Ex-strategy consulting leader at Accenture and Capco
- UPenn Bioengineering, Wharton Entrepreneurship
- Views on company building at: https://kareem.ai/
Work
Experience
Fathom Global
Founder / Partner
Feb 2024 - Present
Fathom Global is a consulting firm advising founders on topics ranging from strategy (i.e. GTM, growth, pricing), sales ops (i.e. sales engine building, rapid experimentation), operating model design (i.e. staffing, process, tools), to M&A (i.e. diligence, negotiations).
- Advising healthcare, fintech, mobility, and climate tech founders on strategy, sales ops, operating model design, and M&A.
Within Health (Acquired)
Founder / COO
Jan 2020 - Present
Within Health offered radiology administrators the latest workflow automation and AI technology - saving time, improving margins, and elevating the quality of care. Acquired by ImagineSoftware, the market leader in revenue cycle management (i.e. billing, prior auth) for healthcare.
- Founded and exited healthcare SaaS company leveraging AI and automation to improve disease detection
Capco
Principal Consultant & Strategy Practice Leadership
Apr 2016 - Sep 2019
Capco is a leading financial services consulting firm. I was part of the strategy practice's leadership team, where I managed teams of strategy consultants delivering growth, product, organization, digital and IT strategy projects. I also led business development and sales for the practice: drove >$9M in winning responses and pipeline of >$20M.
- Advised financial services companies (banks, wealth and asset managers, lenders), on strategy projects
Accenture
Consultant
Aug 2013 - Apr 2016
Accenture is a leading technology services and consulting firm. As part of the IT Strategy practice (Life Sciences), I advised pharma and biotech clients on operating model design, change management, and vendor selection projects. As part of the Technology Consulting practice (Healthcare and Public Sector), I advised the government organizations on technology implementation projects, leading functional teams through planning, design, delivery, testing, and maintenance support.
- Advised healthcare, life sciences, and public sector organizations on strategy and system integration projects.