Travis MayLessons from DatavantLast week marked the end of my 5-year tenure leading Datavant (I’ll continue to be on the Board and close to the company in many ways (and…Jan 6, 2023Jan 6, 2023
Travis MayLessons from LiveRampLast week was the end of my 8.5 year tenure at LiveRamp. Over that time period, I started as a summer intern, led product management as the…Apr 15, 20183Apr 15, 20183
Travis MayIntroducing Shaper CapitalOver the coming months, I plan to announce several companies focused on solving data fragmentation in various industries, drawing on the…Sep 24, 20233Sep 24, 20233
InDatavantbyTravis MayThe Fragmentation of Health DataA Survey of The Health Data EcosystemAug 1, 20187Aug 1, 20187
InDatavantbyTravis MayAn Overview of Approaches to Privacy-Preserving Data SharingThis is a non-technical survey of approaches to how “deidentification” happens in healthcare, pros and cons of a variety of approaches…Aug 5, 20192Aug 5, 20192
Travis MayA Startup’s Guide to Buying CompaniesThis is a guide for pre-IPO tech CEOs for when and how to acquire companies. Many thanks to Bob Borek, Dave Eisenberg, Tyler Finkelstein…Jul 10, 2023Jul 10, 2023
Travis MayHow I Think About Privacy-Tech BusinessesPrivacy Tech has been having a big moment recently, as lots of startups have popped up focused on an alphabet soup of different novel…Feb 21Feb 21
Travis MayThe Graveyard of Interoperability Initiatives in the Past & How We Can Drive the FutureIn the last several decades, there have been at least 100 initiatives and companies that have attempted to solve interoperability in…Apr 18, 20221Apr 18, 20221
Travis MayReflections on the first year of Shaper CapitalOne year ago, I launched Shaper Capital to build companies that solve for data fragmentation in a wide range of industries.Sep 24, 20241Sep 24, 20241
