Dan Sougstad

Digital health leadership teams turn to Dan to tackle entrepreneurial challenges, drive profitable product adoption, and build scalable infrastructure.   He is a growth-driven leader, helping organizations create high-yield offerings for attractive markets, customers and partners.  His passion lies in leveraging digital and AI technology to fuel healthcare innovation that helps people live healthier lives while bending the cost curve.

His effectiveness comes from his ability to execute in alignment with market needs, business strategy and technology enablers. With a collaborative, roll-up sleeves approach, he has led high-impact initiatives spanning product management, marketing, and business development—achieving product-market fit and building scalable, profitable go-to-market engines across the healthcare ecosystem. 

Before founding Pangea, Dan spent over a decade driving product innovation and market expansion at high-growth technology companies.  As Vice President of Marketing, he secured venture funding and spearheaded the marketing strategy that led to new product launches and a successful company acquisition. In an enterprise software company’s healthcare vertical, he orchestrated revenue growth and achieved market leadership. 

At Deloitte & Accenture, he helped companies navigate complex technology-enabled business transformations.  He honed an ability to envision bold future states, break them down into actionable strategies, and deliver measurable business outcomes. 

A Midwest native, Dan holds a BS and MBA from Cornell University and an Executive Certificate in Leadership and Management from MIT. 

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