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Ian Worden
Member #265FounderL1CEO, Culinary Digital
The Operating System for Institutional Foodservice.
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About
Ian Worden is CEO of Culinary Digital in Phoenix, a company that builds an operating system for institutional foodservice, used across K-12, healthcare, senior living, corrections, higher education and business dining. Before becoming CEO, Ian was Chief Technology Officer at NextCare Urgent Care, and he has spent more than 20 years building technology for people who feed, heal and care for others. Ian is focused on connecting costs, compliance, production and purchasing in one platform.
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Experience
20+ years building technology for the people feeding, healing, and caring for others · CEO, Culinary Digital
Chief Executive Officer · Culinary Digital
Executive Board Member · Fulcrum Digital Inc
Chief Technology and Product Officer (CTPO) · NextCare
Chief Product Officer (CPO) · Sandata Technologies
Chief Information Officer & Product Architect (CIO) · Matrix Medical Network
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Vice President Product Development · Apria Healthcare
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Chief Information Officer & Product Architect (CIO) · LifeNexus (Healthcare Technology Company now part of OrangeHook)
Education
The Wharton School - Aresty Institute of Executive Education
Wharton Executive Education
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management
The University of Texas at Austin
University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business
Arizona State University
Arizona State University - Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation
Colorado Technical University
Stanford University Graduate School of Business
University of Phoenix
