Gaurav Suri

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Strategic Advisor at Hippocratic AI

San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Overview

Gaurav Suri is a fintech and healthtech executive with two decades of experience in data-driven business expansion. A co-founder of Health IQ, he now advises AI healthcare firms like Hippocratic AI on corporate development and strategic growth. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS from The Wharton School.

Outside of his executive roles, Gaurav is passionate about improving the healthcare ecosystem. He actively discusses fixing distribution models in insurance and has expressed immense pride in his teams work and gratitude for his familys support throughout his entrepreneurial journey.

He has led strategic partnerships and M&A activities that created more than $1 billion in cumulative contract value.

Personality Overview

Dynamic But Sincere

Decisive But Friendly

Driven But Considerate

They combine a unique set of diverse traits where they are fast and friendly but can slow down to be thorough when needed  If they are convinced, they can become very strong champions for your product They have the unique ability to win both love and respect from their team (or outsiders)

Topics They Care About

AI in Healthcare
Serves as a Strategic Advisor to Hippocratic AI, focusing on the company's corporate development, partnerships, and market expansion in the generative AI healthcare space.
Healthtech Innovation
His career spans co-founding Health IQ, a data-driven insurance platform, and leading operations at Bend Health, a virtual pediatric behavioral-health provider.
Data-Driven Insurance
At Health IQ, he built and scaled partnerships with insurers and reinsurers, introducing innovative data-driven underwriting and marketing models to the industry.

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Work History

11-2025
Strategic Advisor at Hippocratic AI
8-2023 - 4-2024
Consultant / Acting CFO & CBO at Bend Health
2-2023 - 8-2023
CEO & Co-founder, Board Member at Health IQ
1-2013 - 2-2023
President, Chief Business Officer & Co-founder, Board Member at Health IQ
Principal, Global Alliance Development at Google Inc.

Education

1993 - 1995
MBA from Harvard Business School
1988 - 1990
BS from The Wharton School

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Insights For Selling To Gaurav

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Ask them for a lunch or coffee once some rapport has been established
  • Keep your pitch focused on the impact but nurture the relationship too
  • During followups, use calls or text if needed, they should be fine

DONT's

  • Avoid focusing only on the product or its ROI, keep building trust subtly
  • Don’t be very informal during the early interactions even if they are being so themselves
  • Don’t hesitate from asking questions or pushing them, but take a formal approach

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Gaurav is

  • Nothing less than a strong combination of proof of results, relationship and high levels of professionalism is effective with them.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Gaurav

  • They can say no while staying friendly, but can also be pursuaded to reconsider

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Gaurav move?

  • They are generally fast movers and can take quick decisions
  • Can Gaurav take some risk or not?

  • They have high risk-appetite but can get ahead of themselves once in a while. Observe carefully

You And Gaurav

Personality Compatibility


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