Angelo Stracquatanio (Apprentice.io) on AR-Enabled Collaboration for Life Sciences

The Guest

Angelo Stracquatanio is the co-founder and CEO of Apprentence.io, a software platform to help life sciences teams bring critical drugs to market faster and with higher reliability. Leveraging AR glasses is a key component of the solution.

Angelo was a competitive swimmer in college and studied finance, winning the New York Society of Security Analysts Annual Investment Research Challenge competition.

After starting his career in finance, Angelo shifted to mobile software development at the beginning of the iPhone era, and earned his MS in computer science from NYU. 

With an eye towards making the world a better place with cutting edge technology, Angelo started Apprentice almost 6 years ago.

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Angelo Stracquatanio

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The Conversation

In this conversation, Angelo starts by sharing the story of his finance competition win, and how the lessons from swimming competitively in college carries over to his role as a startup CEO.

Angelo describes the unique challenges faced by teams focused on life sciences, and how AR plays a role in solving them. He shares how Apprentice has responded to the COVID-19 outbreak, and the change in mindset within the life sciences industry. 

Angelo goes on to explain how AR isn’t just enabling greater efficiency, but is also unlocking new capabilities for their customers. We also talk about Angelo’s evolution as a CEO, and what he’s been doing to foster his growth.

This episode was originally recorded in June 2020.