The Rise and Fall of Explorys and IBM Watson Health: A Personal Memoir of a Healthcare Moonshot that Misfired - Paperback

The Rise and Fall of Explorys and IBM Watson Health: A Personal Memoir of a Healthcare Moonshot that Misfired - Paperback

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The Rise and Fall of Explorys and IBM Watson Health: A Personal Memoir of a Healthcare Moonshot that Misfired - Paperback

The Rise and Fall of Explorys and IBM Watson Health: A Personal Memoir of a Healthcare Moonshot that Misfired - Paperback

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by Doug Meil (Author)

This book chronicles the story of Explorys and IBM Watson Health and what led to its downfall in just 3 short years. Written by one of Explorys' founding engineers, the book relates the rise and fall of both Explorys and IBM Watson and provides a message for future tech entrepreneurs and IT managers alike.

Author Biography

Doug Meil is a software architect for data and analytic solutions. Doug created the Cleveland Big Data Meetup in 2010 and organized it for 14 years with 81 meetup events and over 4,000 members. Doug was also the founding engineer of Explorys, a healthcare informatics startup that was acquired by IBM to be a foundational part of the newly created Watson Health division. Doug has also written over 30 posts for the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) on software development and other technical topics and has also written for the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS). Doug was an Apache HBase committer during the early days of Hadoop and is an ACM Senior Member.

Number of Pages: 232
Dimensions: 0.54 x 9 x 6 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: September 22, 2025

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