Dr. Joe Powers brings more than 20 years of experience leading cutting-edge digital health programs in pharma, academia and in various startups. Most recently, Joe served as VP, Global Digital Innovation at Otsuka where he advised executive leadership across 100+ operating companies worldwide on projects and programs that leverage digital solutions to improve health and wellness. He had previously served Otsuka as VP, Chief Digital Business Officer where he led the company’s US Digital Business Unit with responsibility for product portfolio, strategy, business development, product development, and product management related to digital health, digital medicine, and digital therapeutics focused in psychiatry.
Prior to joining Otsuka, Joe held positions at North Shore Therapeutics as Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, at AppliedVR as Chief Strategy Officer, and at Headspace as Founding Managing Director of Headspace Health. He also held leadership roles in healthcare at organizations including Johns Hopkins, University of Pennsylvania, Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, and Cephalon. Joe’s expertise encompasses product development and commercialization at the intersection of healthcare and technology, including extensive experience with innovative MedTech product launches such as mHealth, eHealth, telehealth, and predictive analytics solutions. He has worked on innovative healthcare projects across the globe, in countries including Botswana, Canada, China, France, Japan, Israel, and Turkey. In addition to Joe’s professional work, his academic research has focused on digital health and psychiatry where he earned 3 digital health-focused patents and served as principal investigator on 2 NIH funded projects that leveraged virtual reality as an opioid sparing solution for pain.