--- title: ClearDATA in Fast Company’s 2020 Innovators | ClearDATA description: ClearDATA CEO Darin Brannan shares his thoughts on ClearDATA's recent listing as one of Fast Company's most innovative security companies of 2020. --- [Log in to the CyberHealth™ Platform](http://cyberhealth.cleardata.com/) [Talk to a Cloud Expert](https://www.cleardata.com/consultation/) [![Clear data](https://cspm.cleardata.com/hubfs/Cleardata_February2025/images/cleardata-logo.svg)](https://www.cleardata.com/) - [CSPM for Healthcare](https://www.cleardata.com/cspm) - - [Safeguards: HIPAA, HITRUST, GDPR, ISO, NIST, PCI](https://www.cleardata.com/cspm/#cspm-features) - [Automated Compliance](https://www.cleardata.com/cspm/#cspm-features) - [Cloud Risk Identification & Remediation](https://www.cleardata.com/cspm/#cspm-features) - [Compliance Risk Scores](https://www.cleardata.com/cspm/#cspm-features) - [PHI Leak Discovery](https://www.cleardata.com/cspm/#cspm-features) - [Audit-Ready Reporting](https://www.cleardata.com/cspm/#cspm-features) - 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[Healthcare Cloud Compliance](https://www.cleardata.com/healthcare-cloud-compliance/) - [Analytics & Reporting](https://www.cleardata.com/analytics-reporting/) - [GxP for Life Sciences](https://www.cleardata.com/gxp-life-sciences/) - [EHR Deployments in the Cloud](https://www.cleardata.com/ehr-cloud-deployments/) - Resources - - [View All](https://www.cleardata.com/resources/) - [Blog](https://www.cleardata.com/blog/) - [What Is Compliance Debt?](https://www.cleardata.com/blog/eliminating-compliance-debt-the-key-to-healthcare-tech-innovation/) - [Customer Stories](https://www.cleardata.com/stories/) - [Events](https://www.cleardata.com/events/) - [About](https://www.cleardata.com/about-us/) - - [Leadership Team](https://www.cleardata.com/about-us/leadership-team/) - [Careers](https://www.cleardata.com/about-us/careers/) - [News](https://www.cleardata.com/about-us/news/) - [Partners](https://www.cleardata.com/supported-clouds/) # Fast Company Names ClearDATA to Most Innovative Companies 2020 March 11, 2020 5 minute read [mailto:?body=https://cspm.cleardata.com/cleardata-blog/blog/fast-company-innovative-companies](mailto:?body=https://cspm.cleardata.com/cleardata-blog/blog/fast-company-innovative-companies) ### [![2024-Threat-Report-data-1](https://cspm.cleardata.com/hubfs/Cleardata_February2025/images/2024-Threat-Report-data-1.jpg) Guide 2024 Healthcare Threat Report Learn More](https://www.cleardata.com/resources/healthcare-threat-report/) #### Table of Contents *![](https://cspm.cleardata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Darin-Brannan-CEO-ClearDATA-Sep-18-2025-09-13-00-8868-PM.jpg?width=150&height=150&name=Darin-Brannan-CEO-ClearDATA-Sep-18-2025-09-13-00-8868-PM.jpg)*by **Darin Brannan**Co-founder and CEO [ClearDATA](https://www.cleardata.com/)** One of the great parts about being CEO of a hypergrowth start-up is the drive, hope, and ambition you bring to work every day. You and your team work tirelessly in the hopes you’ll collectively build a truly innovative company that not only serves an important [market](https://www.cleardata.com/our-solutions/) need, but that also profoundly changes an industry for the better. Hence our mission at ClearDATA: to make healthcare better – every single day. That drive is what keeps us all here at ClearDATA going on the days when the challenges can seem insurmountable. After all, it’s not easy work transforming an industry. We persist, and therefore we succeed. It is with great joy and boundless enthusiasm that I am announcing today that persistence pays off! **[ClearDATA has been selected to be included in Fast Company’s 50 U.S. Most Innovative Companies 2020!](https://www.cleardata.com/news/fast-company-innovative-companies-list/)** I think we all know how fiercely competitive and prestigious this annual award is. ClearDATA has been recognized for building a secure infrastructure that accelerates healthcare and life sciences innovation. ClearDATA created a healthcare exclusive, secure, and scalable [cloud computing](https://www.cleardata.com/blog/mitigating-software-release-impacts/) [platform](https://www.cleardata.com/cleardata-cyber-health-platform/) with [services](https://www.cleardata.com/services-descriptions/) and software that enable healthcare organizations to accelerate innovation as they seek to improve the security, experience and health outcomes of patients. We help healthcare and life sciences organizations innovate on the public clouds by modernizing their IT infrastructure and protecting their sensitive data. The ClearDATA [Healthcare Security](https://www.cleardata.com/blog/what-is-healthcare-msp/) and [Compliance](https://www.cleardata.com/blog/soc-2-audit-what-you-need-to-know/) Platform™, coupled with our [HITRUST](https://www.cleardata.com/healthcare-cloud-compliance/) certification and healthcare security and cloud expertise, uniquely positions us to provide an environment for our [customers](https://www.cleardata.com/cloud-case-studies/) across healthcare that enables them to monitor and maintain their compliance for the lifetimes of their data and application in the [public cloud](https://www.cleardata.com/partners/), be it [AWS](https://www.cleardata.com/cspm/aws/), Google, or Microsoft. Today, healthcare has access to so many exciting cloud computing technologies including machine learning, natural language processing, distributed tracing, artificial intelligence, and [advanced](https://www.cleardata.com/cleardata-managed-advanced/) analytics. Healthcare organizations are moving to the cloud in a massive [migration](https://www.cleardata.com/blog/security-healthcare-cloud-services/) and need to be able to protect their PHI  workloads they bring to the cloud. It’s been extraordinarily exciting to be part of this company’s growth and innovation trajectory as we discover we are bringing something of such critical importance to healthcare organizations large and small. To be recognized for this work and our innovations by Fast Company is a huge win for all of us here at ClearDATA, and for all of the healthcare organizations we serve. And we’re not stopping there. We’re using this momentum to continue to innovate. Here’s to all that we can do together in 2020 to make healthcare better, every single day! Interested in joining our team of passionate, innovative, and transparent leaders in healthcare technology, security, and compliance? [Check out our open roles](https://www.cleardata.com/about-us/join-the-team/). View the Fast Company list of [the most innovative security companies of 2020](https://www.fastcompany.com/90457899/security-most-innovative-companies-2020). Secure Your Healthcare Cloud ## Speak with a healthcare cybersecurity and compliance expert today. 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