Darin Buxbaum

Darin’s extensive healthcare experience includes proven success as an

entrepreneur and leader. He co-founded digital health, insurance tech,

healthcare services, and medical device companies and led large initiatives

at a Fortune 500 company.

He is the co-founder and CEO of Wider Circle, a technology-enabled health

services company. Previously he was co-founder and VP of Product at

Oration, an insurance tech company enabling self-insured employers and

their employees to reduce their prescription drug spend dramatically. In the

MedTech space, he founded HourGlass Technologies, a healthcare

technology start-up, and served as president and CEO for five-plus years. He

drove the development of new medical-device technology from concept to

clinical trial, earning recognition as one of the top 40 Innovators Under 40 in

the MedTech industry from the Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry.

Darin’s enterprise experience includes leading the largest digital health

initiative at Medtronic, for which he was awarded the Star of Excellence, the

company’s highest honor.

Darin graduated Summa Cum Laude from Duke University and earned an

MBA from Stanford University, graduating as an Arjay Miller Scholar. Darin

remains active with Stanford as a contributor and mentor to the BioDesign

course and textbook.