User:AhmadVensa

Ahmad Jubbawey (Born March, 21, 1983) is a New Zealand technology entrepreneur of Iraqi origin. He is the founder and CEO of Vensa Health, a digital health company which develops software to improve access to health services. Vensa Health’s software is used by around 65% of the General Practice market in New Zealand. In 2017 Vensa Health won the top innovation award in the NZ Health IT awards for vensa.com - a disruptive market model for healthcare providers and their patients.

Early life and education

Family Ahmad Jubbawey was born on March 21, 1983, in Rasafa a district in Bhagdad, Iraq. In 1996 he migrated with his parents and siblings to Auckland, New Zealand. Jubbawey’s parents Emad Al-Jubbawey and Jennan Samaka are both community pharmacists as is his sister Aula Al-Jubbawey. His brother Zaid Al-Jubbawey is a civil engineer. In 2011 he married Zainab Al-anbuky and they have 3 children together, Laith, Mairiam and Yasmine.

Education Jubbawey studied computer science and information systems at the University of Auckland in New Zealand. He started prototyping Vensa’s early products as part of a computer science course, with friend and fellow student Yazen Al-Safi. In 2004 he graduated with a BSc in Computer Science from the University of Auckland in 2004.

Career

Early career- In 2006 Jubbawey co-founded AY Technologies (renamed to Vensa Health in 2009) with Yazen Al-Safi. In 2007 Jubbawey and Al-Safi developed the first version of Vensa’s TXT2Remind text messaging reminder service for GPs and physiotherapists. In 2007 Al-Safi departed the company, leaving Jubbawey to continue to develop the technology and the company.

In 2012 Jubbawey was named as a finalist in the NZ Hi Tech Awards in the Young Achiever of the Year category.

In 2018 Jubbawey was named in the CIO100 recognizing New Zealand’s most innovative and transformative ICT leaders.

References

The Sun – 8 May 2011: Doctors orders, texting

Computerworld - 16 May, 2011: Mobile health IT specialist gets govt funding boost

Stuff.co.nz - 16 May, 2011: Healthy reminder launches entrepreneur

Pulse+IT – 30 June 2011: Immunisation rates boosted by text messaging initiative

InfoNews – 12 August 2011: Whanganui DHB first to implement Vensa Health's next generation mHealth platform

Pulse+IT – 30 November 2011: Patients get meningococcal reminders via SMS

Pulse+IT - 17 August 2012: Canterbury GPs to get free text messaging system

Scoop.co.nz - 20 August 2012: Vensa Health is a Finalist for the 2012 Red Herring Top 100

InfoNews - 12 November 2012: Coasters to get mobile reminders from doctors

NZBusiness – June 2013: Q&A: Ahmad Jubbawey, Vensa Health

Otago Daily Times - 7 June 2013: Health messages to be sent via cellphone

Red Herring – 14 August 2013: Red Herring Top 100 Asia Award 2013 - Winners

NZ Herald, 2 May 2014: Success: Medical memos remind millions

Pulse+IT - 27 August 2014: Smoking cessation support by text approved in MOH guidelines

YahooFinance - 29 August 2014: Vensa Health recognised with award

NZ Herald, 16 Oct, 2014: Huge cash boost for global vision

National Business Review – 31 Jul 2015: 13 companies gain up to $24.5m in taxpayer-funded R&D grants

Pulse+IT - 2 August 2015: Vensa Health gears up for mHealth portal with growth grant

Stuff.co.nz - 10 August 2015: GPs are throwing aside their doubts and opening up to patient portals

Pulse+IT - 30 August 2015: Vensa Health to digitise communications with TXT2Remind v4

FutureFive – 18 July 2016: Smokefree campaign uses text to help smokers quit

Maori Television – 22 July 2016: New initiative aims to make Te Taitokerau smoke-free by 2025

National Business Review - 10 November 2016: Vensa Health launches free patient appointment booking system to Kiwi GPs

This NZ Life - February 2017: Vensa entrepreneur on how to create a culture of innovation

NZ Life & Leisure – 1 March 2017: An Auckland-based entrepreneur is making going to the doctor as easy as pushing a button

National Business Review – 28 March, 2017: Vodafone selects next round of companies for incubator

Vodafone news - 13 July, 2017: The digital technology injecting fresh life into the healthcare system

Reseller News - 25 September 2017: Health IT awards finalists focus on secure collaboration and information exchange

Nursing Review - 6 November 2017: ‘Paradigm shift’ patient portal takes out Health IT award

New Zealand Doctor - 6 November 2017: Vensa wins top NZ health IT award

Pulse+IT - 6 November 2017: Vensa Health takes out top spot in NZ Health IT awards

New Zealand Doctor – 13 December 2017: Cashless repeat scripts dawn on general practice with new Vensa Health app

CIO New Zealand – 27 March, 2018: The 2018 CIO100: Recognising NZ’s most innovative and transformative ICT leaders (#31-100: Ahmad Jubbawey, Vensa Health)

National Business Review – 28 March, 2018: Diversity push seen in Hi-Tech Trust 2018 awards

CIO New Zealand - March 27, 2018: 2018 NZ Hi-Tech Awards finalists announced

Medium - August, 21, 2018: Vision Vensa: connecting the world with access to health services to better well-being

Precision Driven Health – 24 September, 2018: Vensa partners with Precision Driven Health to introduce clinical data science to primary healthcare

Health Informatics NZ (HINZ) – 25 September, 2018: Vensa and Precision Driven Health focus on AI for lab results

NZ Doctor - 10 October, 2018: https://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/article/print-archive/automated-lab-testing-goal-public-private-partners-0