ClearDATA Honored by Goldman Sachs for Entrepreneurship — CEO Included in 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs List

Darin Brannan, ClearDATA CEO, named to prestigious list at 2020 Builders + Innovators Summit

AUSTIN, Texas (Oct. 14, 2020) — ClearDATA®, the leader in healthcare public cloud security, compliance and privacy, today announced that Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) named ClearDATA CEO, Darin Brannan, as one of the 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs of 2020 at the annual Builders + Innovators Summit.

Goldman Sachs selected Brannan as one of 100 entrepreneurs across multiple industries to be honored at the two-day event. A successful tech entrepreneur and former venture capitalist with a passion for improving healthcare, Brannan has founded and led successful high-growth organizations including Verio, which achieved an IPO and over $5 billion market value, growing to over 3,000 employees as well as Web.com, which grew to 700-plus employees, achieved a successful IPO and reached a peak value of $2 billion. Present day at ClearDATA, Brannan leads the disruption of traditional healthcare practices with safe and compliant access to the public cloud by removing the burden of cloud management, security and regulation complexities.

Under Brannan’s leadership, the ClearDATA Healthcare and Security Compliance Platform™ was introduced as a breakthrough solution for safeguarding patient health information (PHI/PII) in the cloud while enabling healthcare innovation in a secure and compliant environment. Today, it is leveraged by payers, providers, innovative healthcare technology firms, large enterprises and fast-growth companies to improve patient care and radically simplify security and compliance. The company’s flagship risk management software, ClearDATA Comply™, has helped hundreds of organizations automate a secure and compliant posture in the public cloud.

“I am honored to be recognized alongside the other impressive entrepreneurs and leaders after another transformative year at ClearDATA,” Brannan said. “As an entrepreneur and student of building businesses, it’s a privilege to help healthcare leaders unlock their organizations’ fullest potential for secure, smart innovation.”

“True innovation is built from a diversity of perspectives and experiences,” said David M. Solomon, Chief Executive Officer of Goldman Sachs. “Our Builders + Innovators Summit brings together a collective of impressive future leaders who are striving to drive meaningful change. For over 150 years, Goldman Sachs has supported entrepreneurs as they launch and grow their businesses. That’s why we are pleased to recognize Darin Brannan as one of the most intriguing entrepreneurs of 2020.”

In addition to honoring 100 entrepreneurs, the summit, which this year will take place virtually, consists of general sessions and clinics led by seasoned entrepreneurs, academics and business leaders as well as resident scholars.

To learn more about how ClearDATA is making healthcare better every single day, visit https://www.cleardata.com.

About ClearDATA

Healthcare professionals across the globe trust the ClearDATA HITRUST-certified cloud platform and services to safeguard their sensitive data and power their critical applications available across the major public cloud platforms. Healthcare organization customers receive one of the most comprehensive Business Associate Agreements (BAA) in the industry, combined with market-leading healthcare-exclusive security and compliance solutions and multi-cloud expertise. ClearDATA’s innovative platform of solutions and services protects customers from data privacy risks, improves data management and scales their healthcare IT infrastructure, enabling them to focus on improving healthcare delivery, every single day. For more information, visit ClearDATA at www.cleardata.com.