Gergens Jean Polynice

Gergens Polynice is the Chief Executive Officer of CléMetric, a software company that analyzes healthcare data in near-real-time. Gergens provides the leadership and vision to ensure that the company is on the right track from a technical and operational standpoint. In his vision of consuming Big Data, he wears the customer and the scientist’s hats for delivering solutions that foster better care and safer patients at lower costs. He oversees strategic partnerships including that of IBM for Streaming Analytics and Cognitive Computing with Watson Health.

Gergens has extensive experience in data analytics, software engineering and research. He specializes in uncovering valuable insights from quantitative and qualitative data to tackle key healthcare challenges. He has worked in the areas of software engineering, management consulting, and predictive analytics. Prior to co-founding CléMetric, he worked for Ernst & Young and Ariba Technologies in implementing IT projects for Fortune 500 companies. He is an expert in advanced data modeling and in the implementation of large-scale systems. His interest is in extracting value from medical data to improve outcomes and efficiency.

Gergens earned his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with research focused on predictive data analytics. He is the recipient of UW-Madison’s Global Health Institute Research Award. He also holds MS and MA degrees.