Yicheng Sun

About

Hi, I'm YC! I build and ship products, services, and ventures in healthcare, nurturing and leading the teams that take them from zero to scale.For the last decade, I've been at IDEO, where I lead SF's healthcare practice, a multi-million-dollar portfolio, 20–30% of the studio's revenue, across payers, health systems, pharma, medtech, and startups.I turn ambiguous opportunities into clear product vision, aligned teams, and offerings that launch and grow. I began my career as a product-minded engineer and still lead that way: user and clinical insights to know what to design, the builder's instinct to ship it, and a player-coach who's grown junior talent into PMs and Heads of Product.A few of those outcomes:• Soluna: California's youth mental health platform I helped take from 0 to launch with the California Department of Health Care Services, winning a $188–271M contract. It's reached 156K+ young people, delivered 62K+ coaching sessions, and holds a 97% recommendation rate.• AI strategy and operating models for AI-native product development across 500+ product teams at a Fortune 15 health services organization.• 694K+ users across 15 products shipped to market, spanning behavioral h

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