Ethan Maddy
Business Intelligence Lead · Founder, Beacon · Chicago, IL
About Me
Hi, my name is Ethan Maddy. I was born and raised in Oklahoma City (Boomer Sooner!) and am currently based in Chicago.
I graduated as dual valedictorian and overall outstanding senior at OU, then spent a year at the University of Cambridge, completing an MPhil in Population Health Sciences with distinction in Health Economics. After graduating, my fiancée, now wife, started her MD/PhD program in Chicago, and I started working in analytics at Humana. I also recently launched Beacon, a mobile app to connect people to local healthcare and social services.
I am passionate about healthcare access and equity, and am focused on building tools that help people actually find and use care. My professional and personal experiences have taught me the same lesson from two sides: the quality of your care should not depend on who you know or where you live, but too often, it does. I am working to change that. If you're interested, you can read more about my personal experience on my writing page.
Education
University of Cambridge
MPhil in Population Health Sciences
Health Economics, Distinction
2022 – 2023
Selwyn College, Cambridge Trust Scholar
Department of Public Health Studentship
Departmental Class Representative
University of Oklahoma
MA in Economics
4.0/4.0 · Valedictorian
2020 – 2022
Stanford Knight-Hennessy Finalist
Harry S. Truman Scholarship Finalist
University of Oklahoma
BA in Economics
Summa Cum Laude · 4.0/4.0 · Valedictorian
2018 – 2022
Overall Outstanding Senior - University of Oklahoma
Outstanding Senior - OU Social Sciences
Daily Point of Light Award
Campus Life Award
President's Community Scholars
Economics Academic Excellence Award
Oklahoma Summer Policy Institute Award
Civic & Community
CommunityHealth — Chicago, IL
2025 – Present
Associate Board Member
Serves on the Associate Board of the largest free clinic in the United States, contributing to organizational and technology strategy.
Big 12 Food Pantry Alliance
2019 – 2022
Founder & Chair
Founded a cross-university coalition to share resources and improve operations across Big 12 food pantries. More than twenty-thousand individuals dealing with food insecurity have been directly reached since its founding.
OU Food Pantry
2019 – 2022
Director
Joined as a volunteer my first semester at OU and eventually became student director during the pandemic. We launched an online ordering system, grew to 700+ active volunteers, and served more than 10k clients. Recognized with the Daily Point of Light Award for this work.
The Oklahoma Group
2019 – 2022
Vice President & Consultant
Pro-bono consulting for nonprofits across Oklahoma: data strategy, financial modeling, and program evaluation for organizations without dedicated analytics capacity.
Personal
Music
I minored in vocal performance at OU and sang as a soloist at Selwyn College, Cambridge. I've found myself more on the listening side now, with a vinyl collection that's grown to ~300 albums.
Photography
Shooting both film and digital photography. Portfolio at ethanmaddyphotography.com.
Sports
Lifelong OU football and OKC Thunder fan; you will not find a bigger Oklahoma sports fan than me in Chicago. I also love to play disc golf, pickleball, and tennis.
Improbable facts
I once had an entire rock lodged in my left elbow.
The day I was born was declared "Ethan Maddy Day" by the Oklahoma Senate.
I have traveled to 32 countries.
When I was 16, I was pulled over by ski patrol for skiing too fast, then offered a job.
I won a national robotics competition in 8th grade.
Experience
Beacon
Founder
Apr 2025 – Present · Chicago, IL
Leading a 3-person team that launched a mobile app connecting people to local healthcare and social services.
Humana
Jun 2023 – Present · Chicago, IL
Business Intelligence Lead
Jun 2026 – Present
Advises C-suite and senior leaders on Medicaid growth strategy and market entry across 3 markets and $2B+ in annual premium. Owns the forecasting and advanced analytics behind executive decisions on growth, cost, and care.
Senior Business Intelligence Engineer
Apr 2025 – Jun 2026
Led data strategy for the Wisconsin Medicaid market, roughly 50K members and ~$1B in annual premium. Built the forecasting models behind care intervention targeting and MER trend prediction, plus a reporting suite that saves ~5,000 hours of manual work per year.
Business Intelligence Engineer II
Jun 2023 – Mar 2025
Engineered an internal product generating $12M+ in annual recurring revenue. Supported GenAI initiatives to predict patient conditions, reducing ER-related claims by 8% at 300+ facilities.
Duke University — Sanford School of Public Policy
Graduate Research Assistant
May – Dec 2021 · Durham, NC
Statistical modeling to evaluate health policy interventions, focusing on cost and quality of care outcomes.
The Chartis Group
Summer Intern
Jun – Aug 2021 · Chicago, IL
Supported three client engagements in financial modeling, market entry, and operational strategy for major health systems.
Skills
Languages
Data & Cloud
Build
BI & Stats Tools
Methods