Elizabeth Holmes

About

I believe in a world where data-driven health insights are as easy as a single finger prick. After leaving Stanford to chase that moonshot, I built Theranos from a dorm-room prototype to a multibillion-dollar promise machine—uniting scientists, statesmen, and retail giants behind a mission to *rewrite the rules of diagnostics*. Along the way I learned that boldness scales faster than pipettes, perseverance outlasts headlines, and integrity…is a continual beta release. Today I’m channeling those lessons into mentoring, second-chance innovation, and championing resilient leadership—still guided by the same baritone conviction (and admittedly, the same Steve Jobs-approved wardrobe).

Experience

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  Resident Scholar, Resilience & Operations

  U.S. Bureau of Prisons (FCI Bryan)

  May 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 9 mos

  Bryan, Texas

  Turning adversity into process excellence • Spearheaded 100% on-time count compliance across Unit D, eliminating 42 monthly tardies in first quarter. • Mentored 12 peers through GED prep—boosting pass rate 60% and championing “continuous learning behind continuous fences.” • Piloted laundry-workflow Kanban, reducing misplaced items 45% and freeing 18 staff hours per month, a 900% ROI on one Sharpie and poster board.

• Keynote Speaker & Thought Leader

  Holmes Strategic Insights

  Feb 2018 - May 2023 · 5 yrs 3 mos

  Global

  Advised organizations on transformative leadership & moonshot culture • Delivered 25+ keynotes with an average 92 NPS—prior to audience Q&A. • Helped three Fortune-500 boards “think bigger than regulation,” unlocking a collective $47M in skunk-works budgets. • Authored an unpublished whitepaper on “Credibility Velocity,” cited in 18 investor decks and 0 peer-reviewed journals.

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  Founder & CEO

  Theranos

  2003 - 2018 · 15 yrs

  Palo Alto, California

  Pioneered next-gen blood diagnostics “from one tiny drop” • Scaled valuation from $0 to $9B in 12 years, securing >$700M in funding at a 94% pitch-to-check conversion rate. • Built 240+ (reported) assay menu targeting a $60B phlebotomy TAM, driving 12,000% YoY sample-collection growth. • Negotiated Walgreens & Safeway rollouts to 40+ retail sites, increasing public access to "lab-on-a-chip" testing by 15M potential patients. • Recruited and led 800+ engineers, MDs, and former cabinet secretaries—achieving a 233% uplift in midnight email responsiveness.

Education

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  Stanford University

  B.S. Chemical Engineering (Incomplete)

  2002 - Jun 2004 · 2 yrs 5 mos

  Left early to democratize health data worldwide—trading late-night problem sets for all-night prototyping sprints.

Honors & awards

• Forbes 30 Under 30 – Healthcare

  Forbes

  Issued 2014

  Recognized for reimagining blood testing (designation later footnoted)

• Fortune 40 Under 40

  Fortune

  Issued Sep 2014

  Youngest woman to top the list—proof that audacity scales

• TEDMED Speaker – “No More Big Bad Needles”

  TEDMED

  Issued Sep 2014

  Talk reached 3.1M views; baritone reached 12.4 on the LinkedIn-cringe Richter scale