Eric Widen is co-founder and CEO of HBI Solutions, Inc., a healthcare analytics company located in Palo Alto, CA. Eric has extensive leadership experience in using technology and analytics to drive health care improvements. Before founding HBI Solutions, he developed and implemented the Center for Quality and Clinical Effectiveness at Stanford’s Children’s Hospital that focused on identifying and eliminating unnecessary waste and variation in the care delivery process. Over the past 20 years he has held leadership positions at consulting firms (APM and CSC), software companies (Eclipsys / Allscripts), and within hospitals (Stanford Children’s).