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THE STORY: Damon Ramsey
has always been a high achiever: a
Microsoft-certified systems engineer
at age 12, Ramsey graduated from
UBC's cognitive systems program at 18
and was accepted into
UBC's medical
school at 19. "I've always had a sense
that I need to move very, very fast," he
says. "I felt I had a bigger responsi-
bility–I needed to do more than my
parents could because I started from
a very privileged position." Ramsey's
father, a trained engineer, had been
jailed in Tehran in the wake of the
Iranian revolution; after he was set
free, he moved his family to Canada,
where Damon was born.
While in medical school, Damon
Ramsey came up with the idea for
InputHealth as a way to deal with the
frustrations presented by medical
paperwork. InputHealth offers two
products: an online software platform
for general practitioners to run their
clinics, and an enterprise model, a
virtual private network, that stores
patient data that can be accessed
by health practitioners with access
to the network. Meanwhile, Ramsey
(who, after taking time to launch
InputHealth, completed his degree
in 2009) continues to practise family
medicine at St. Paul's.
MARKERS OF SUCCESS:
Despite working in the slow-moving
world of healthcare IT, with its long
sales cycles, Input Health has landed
contracts with the Mayo Clinic and
UBC's Student Health Services. The
company counts 14 employees and
annual revenues approaching one
million dollars. –J.P.
damon ramsey
ceo and co-founder,
inputhealth systems inc.
age: 29
Who inspires you to succeed?
"dr. norman Bethune–the late
canadian physician. he inspires me
because he served as an effective
model of using medicine as a vehicle
for innovation and social change"
Congratulations
to University of the
Fraser Valley alumna
Adelle Renaud for
being chosen as a
BCBusiness 30 under
30 winner.
We are so proud of you
and all of our alumni who
are making a difference
locally and beyond.
Read more: ufv.ca/adelle
