Jered Diego "JD" Linares completed his B.S. in biomedical engineering, taking an extra year to also major in computer science. He learned biomedical research through summer research at the University of Chicago. Next, he continued on to medical school and then matched to a residency in internal medicine at the University of Illinois Hospital. He finished his training with a fellowship funded by the National Institutes of Health where he developed a deep appreciation for advanced analytics. After medicine and academia, he transitioned to business with a medical device startup and an M.B.A. at Northwestern University. He began his consulting career at McKinsey and Company.

Northwestern - Kellogg School of Management (M.B.A.)
Triple Major: Strategy, Finance, Marketing

University of Illinois - College of Medicine (M.D.)

Illinois Institute of Technology (B.S.)
Major: Biomedical Engineering