Tom Lawry
- Top 20 Voices in AI to Follow
- Global AI Transformation Advisor
- Best-Selling Author of Hacking Healthcare
- Keynote Speaker
- Future of Work
- Responsible AI champion
- Microsoft Alumni
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Washington
American Optometry Association's National Conference, Nashville, TN – Highlights of Opening Keynote
Tom Lawry Speaker Biography
Tom Lawry is a leading AI transformation advisor to health and medical leaders around the world, a top keynote speaker, and best-selling author of Hacking Healthcare – How AI and the Intelligent Health Revolution Will Reboot an Ailing System.
He’s the Managing Director of Second Century Tech and a former Microsoft exec who served as National Director for AI for Health and Life Sciences, Director of Worldwide Health, and Director of Organizational Performance for the company’s first health incubator. Before Microsoft, Tom was a Senior Director at GE Healthcare, the founder of two venture-backed healthcare software companies, a health system executive, and board member.
Tom’s work has been featured in Forbes, CEO Magazine, Harvard Business Review, CNET, Inside Precision Medicine, South China Morning Post and numerous podcasts and media outlets.
In a Harris Poll of JP Morgan Healthcare Conference attendees, Tom was named one of the most recognized leaders driving change and engagement in healthcare today. He has also been named one of the 2025 Global Top 20 AI Voices to Follow.
His latest book, Health Care Nation – The Future is Calling and It’s Better Than You Think, was published in March by Taylor and Francis.
Each presentation is created to meet the unique needs of my audience and the objectives of the sponsoring organization. Current high-interest topics include:
Step Aside Status Quo - The Intelligent Health Revolution is Here.
From Chat GPT to What’s Coming Next, Tom takes his audience on a journey of discovery to help them understand how AI is driving an Intelligent Health Revolution to make health and medicine more effective and responsive for clinicians, patients and consumers.
From FOMO to Foresight – Creating AI Value at Scale in Healthcare
While most health care organizations are using AI today few are unlocking its full potential and realizing measurable value-at-scale. This hype-busting session explores the critical role of leadership and defines key factors every health leader should know and practice to derisk AI investments and drive measurable value-at-scale.
The AI Leadership Imperative
As the velocity of AI-driven change increases, leaders are scrambling to unlock its value. Successfully transitioning a traditional health organization to become an Intelligent Health System requires leaders to have a new set of hard and soft skills. Tom defines new core leadership competencies and provides actionable insights into how to disrupt your organization.
Finding Your AI Superpowers
This fast-paced session helps your audience understand how AI is changing the nature of work in health and medicine and defines five things every knowledge worker can do to harness its power. Capes not included.
