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Brendan Coughlin is a versatile serial entrepreneur and high-impact executive who has spent over 35 years redefining the intersection of healthcare and scalable technology. A seasoned veteran in business management and start-ups, Brendan has successfully launched, acquired, or turned around multiple ventures across diverse sectors, including manufacturing, energy, and digital marketing. Currently, he serves as a lead executive at Global Telehealth Services (GTS), where he spearheaded the development of GTS VirtualHealth the only Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) SaaS platform in the global marketplace to achieve the "gold-standard" FedRAMP Moderate authorization. Dedicated to technical excellence and mission-driven growth, Brendan specializes in bridging the gap between advanced healthtech and the essential human need for secure, accessible wellness at a global scale.
In this episode...Building a FedRAMP Authorized Remote Patient Monitoring platform in the most regulated industry in the world requires more than just innovation; it requires a mastery of operational discipline. In this episode of Lessons from the Leap, Ghazenfer Mansoor sits down with Brendan Coughlin to pull back the curtain on the arduous four-year journey to obtaining FedRAMP Moderate authorization for GTS VirtualHealth.
Brendan shares the raw reality of navigating federal bureaucracies and the strategic decision to pivot away from commercial hospital systems toward the Veterans Administration (VA). He explains how GTS transformed a tedious compliance process into a massive competitive "easy button," creating a unique "technical moat" in the global marketplace. This shift underscores how Regulatory Compliance as a Competitive Advantage can redefine HealthTech SaaS Scalability.
Join Ghazenfer Mansoor in today's episode of Lessons from the Leap as he speaks with Brendan Coughlin, serial entrepreneur and lead executive at Global Telehealth Services, about the intersection of Healthcare Innovation, Government Contracting Strategies, and the future of Defensible Healthcare Platforms. Together, they explore the future of AI in Healthcare and why the ability to "outlast your assumptions" is the most critical trait for any Serial Entrepreneur navigating a high-stakes pivot.
