Paper Record Tracking Project
DHA has more than 8M paper records requiring tracked chain of custody. We consolidated data from disparate legacy systems, applied new governance standards, and built expanded workflows now serving 10k+ users globally.
Ian Persaud
I'm a manager of products, programs, and projects in the tech space with a preference for solving hard problems in healthcare. I'm also a business owner, an artist/musician, a writer, and a big reader.
When
I've been a product & project manager since 2021, I've been writing music since 2015, and I've been worried about healthcare since 2010. I've been disillusioned by the speed of policy change since 2014, and I've been determined that tech could meet people's needs faster than policy since 2015.
Where
I'm based in Queens, NY. Born and raised, baby!
Why
I enjoy thinking hard — it's something I took for granted back in school. I also care a lot about my fellow humans, and I want better for all of us.
I want to build things that remain in my absence, enriching the community — big or small — after I'm gone. So I build healthcare products, run projects, and make art. My business exists to help novice and amateur musicians make their first records, because that first record matters, even if there is no second.
That which can be destroyed by the truth should be.
What I'm up to
- learning how to vibe code
- building out my studio business — I've never owned a business before!
- working on an EP for release this summer with a collaborator, and designing lots of merch and art to go with it... I want to try more world building!
Now Reading
- The Souls of Black Folk — W.E.B. Du Bois
- A People's History of the United States — Howard Zinn
- Man and Society, Vol. 1 — John Plamenatz
- The Dark Forest — Liu Cixin
Things I Collect
- Books — I have a small library, I love a good, old hardcover!
- Bookmarks — to go with the books, duh. But also they document all the book stores I've been to.
- Vinyls — I love to grab something old, unknown. That's how I discover new music more than via algorithm.
- Wires — I have way too many. Don't know when I'll need em but I have em just in case.
Work
Special Needs Program Management Information System
Unified a fragmented DoD special needs care management system across all military branches — standardizing intake-to-discharge workflows, migrating and cleaning data, and meeting congressional reporting requirements.
Silver Lining Collective, LLC
My personal recording studio helping novice and amateur musicians make their first records — from composition and arrangement to mixing, mastering, and promotion.