Healthcare Strategic Growth Blog

Takeaways from Our Partnership with McKissack Middle School

By Stephanie Johnson and Lisa French

The Stratasan team was honored to partner with McKissack Middle School and the Nashville Technology Council (NTC) for a “Traveling Tech Day.” Pictured below are members of the Stratasan team with the McKissack teachers and students who participated.

During their four hour visit with our team, students were able to engage in the following:

• Office tour and team introductions
• Improv icebreaker that demonstrated how better products and services are created when we listen to and build upon the ideas of others
• Exercise in turning ideas into sellable and supportable products
• Lunch where members of the Stratasan team joined and shared what they do and how they got to where they are

In this post, we’ll share our key learnings and the takeaways that make us hopeful for a more diverse future in tech.

Stratasan’s Summer Class of 2018

By April Adams, Caleb Blakenship, and Morris Eguakun

As referenced in this May 2018 post, we set a goal this year of taking Stratasan’s internship program a step further by targeting local colleges and students with an eye towards diversity and inclusion. We think it’s important to build a pathway for people from different backgrounds and experiences to look at Stratasan as an employer of choice—a goal that was certainly met with this group, as all three have accepted positions to continue working with our team!

While we still only want the best and brightest—we also want to be open to candidates who may have a unique background, have possibly served our country before entering college, or who have worked or traveled for a time before pursuing higher education. Our program is designed to:

1. Introduce diverse and underrepresented groups of undergraduate and graduate students to career options within our industry  
2. Provide a training ground for top talent to learn more about the analytical and technical side of our industry and our company
3. Position Stratasan as a future employer of choice

Benefits of a Diverse and Inclusive Student Training Strategy

By Stephanie Johnson

For the past several years, Stratasan has welcomed summer interns into our organization with great results. Past interns have come from colleges all over the country and proven to be highly capable and skilled contributors. This year, we wanted to take Stratasan’s internship opportunity a step further by developing a program that targets local colleges and students with an eye towards diversity and inclusion.  

Stratasan has always maintained a culture of curiosity, teaching, and learning which has contributed to our innovation and growth. Every team member is excited about what they do and we love to discuss our ideas with other team members. We've often found there to be new opportunities for creative solutions to shine when we work together. Our team’s collective creativity and innovation has led to the development of new tools and products to serve our customers. As the saying goes, curiosity never killed the cat at Stratasan. This is truly a place where there is no wrong or dumb question and if someone is facing a challenge, our team will rally to “figure it out!”

By Ellie Wood, Public Policy major, and Abbey Miles, Computer Science and Web Development major

Ellie Wood: Health Strategy Intern

“Where are you interning this summer?”

“I’m working at Stratasan, a healthcare data and software company!”

After a long pause and puzzled look… “Do you know anything about computer science?”

Contrary to popular belief, software developers don’t hide behind their computers all day long and create ruthless memes. While I never subscribed to this line of thinking, to begin with, I got official confirmation of its inaccuracy this summer while interning at Stratasan.