With over 22 years of global industry experience, Terry Sweeney is recognised as a thought leader in digital health, healthcare innovation through technology and commercialisation. Terry’s industry insights are in regular demand from international governments, healthcare organisations, public forums and media outlets, and he is a strategic advisor to a number of global organisations, including the G20.

He has currently stepped into the Digital Health CRC CEO role, establishing a digital health innovation strategy for Australia. Terry is also a Professor at the Faculty of Health & Medical Sciences at the University of Adelaide. Previously to where he finds himself today, Terry has established and scaled two major startups, both of which have been acquired by large global multinationals. One of those start-ups was Cúram Software, a social health and care technology business. Based in Ireland, Cúram’s global presence and market leadership led to IBM acquiring the company in 2012.

Terry is particularly effective in identifying and incubating opportunities in new and emerging markets, not least a $1bn+ partnership with China. Terry is the founder of Auxilia, an international digital health advisory at the intersection of healthcare, technology and big data. He helps healthcare, life sciences and human services organisations around the world to solve real-world business problems through the use of technology and data.

In this episode, we deep dive into Terry's journey to understand and analyse his personal motivations, from where he came from and how he got to the position he finds himself in right now. Terry shares the importance of sports in his life, how discipline and work ethic helped him succeed, and how he ended up in the health field by accident.

Terry shares the crucial work he and his team are doing in health that will help to solve a major healthcare problem, empower patients, improve understanding of health risks in individuals and communities, support clinical practice, improve system efficiency and access to quality care and Develop Australia’s future digital health workforce.

He also shares his thoughts on being comfortable with failure and the importance of his family in giving him the confidence to take risks and his final message of "If you don't believe in yourself, no one will".

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