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Flatiron Health: Carolyn Starrett

Mar 30, 2021

Roche subsidiary Flatiron Health announced that Carolyn Starrett, the current leader of the company's oncology business, will take over as CEO effective April 16. She will replace CEO and Cofounder Nat Turner, who is stepping down from Flatiron management. 

Starrett joined the company in 2016 and was previously VP of customer experience and operations at Flatiron. She served as VP of partnerships and business operations and VP of strategic partnerships at Intent Media before joining Flatiron. 

She has also served as a consultant at Boston Consulting Group and as a senior product manager at Jupiter Networks. 

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