About Me

I am a parent, partner, dog dad, CEO, behavioral healthcare advocate, technology and security expert, collector of hobbies and could fill the ocean with everything I’d still like to learn, do, and accomplish.

My focus over the last year has been on writing, as I navigate through the chapters of the most ambitious literary project I’ve undertaken to date, on Transitions, and exploration into the interfaces and vulnerabilities of life, that exist between the seminal phases of our personal and professional journeys.

With the emergence of AI there are important additional chapters being added to this project, exploring the intelligence transition that we are undergoing as a global society, delving into the implications of this new species of digital intelligence that is augmenting our work, our travel, our media, and virtually all aspects of our lives. This new frontier amounts to a massive transition in the way that we consume information, extend our human capabilities, and face the implications of on demand intelligence that can be accessed with the click of a button.

The ability to now code applications using natural language, analyze large volumes of information efficiently, create visualizations on the fly, and augment significant areas of our personal and professional lives with “extensible intelligence” is lowering the bar of technology and offering tremendous opportunity to solve challenging problems at scale.

As the GPT models gain in maturity, we are also heading toward an era of Artificial General Intelligence or AGI which refers to a type of artificial intelligence that can understand, learn, and apply knowledge across a wide range of tasks at a level comparable to human intelligence. Unlike narrow AI (which is designed to perform specific tasks, like facial recognition or playing chess), AGI would possess the ability to generalize knowledge and skills from one domain to another, mimicking the flexibility and adaptability of human cognition.

Even as AI impacts our lives in new and yet to be understood ways, there are distinctly human endeavors that remain essential to our identity, such as love, joy, human interaction, and the pursuit of enjoyment and recreational activities.

And speaking of recreation, nothing quite embodies the essence of life for me, like getting out on the water, pointing towards the horizon, and pushing the limits of wind, speed, and adrenaline.

Professional Bio

As the CEO of Xpio Health, I work with an amazing team including Traci Crowder, our COO, on our mission driven work of improving the health of organizations and the people they serve. https://xpiohealth.com

With the emergence of AI reshaping the landscape of information intelligence and healthcare, Thad has emerged as a thought leader helping organizations understand the fundamentals of AI, the applicability to behavioral health, and working with organizations to deploy solutions that deliver tangible value.

Thad is also working on a compliance framework to support AI in healthcare, ensuring organizations understand the regulatory implications, implement appropriate safeguards, and work with best practice frameworks like the NIST RMF framework for polices and procedures to support organizational workflows.

Thad will be speaking at the Alaska Behavioral Healthcare Association on September 25th to present on the subject of the applicability of AI to behavioral healthcare.

As the founder of Xpio Health, Thad brings a unique combination of clinical, executive, and technology expertise to the field of behavioral health. With over 20 years of experience, Thaddeus has a deep understanding of the challenges and opportunities in healthcare technology.

Starting his career as a clinician, and then as a board member in behavioral health and housing, Thaddeus has a practical perspective on community and healthcare needs. This background has guided him in as his endeavored to fuse his passion for helping strengthen communities with his tech journey, where he co-founded software companies throughout the 2000’s.

While cutting his teeth in the startup world during the dot com era, Thad volunteered simultaneously with multiple non-profits serving as board treasurer and subsequently board chair, helping drive growth and community impact by investing in housing along side treatment options to support people in their mental well being. In 2010, Xpio Health was formally created out of an interest in contributing to technology within the behavioral healthcare space, and has continued that journey over the last 14 years by supporting customers across the behavioral health, SUD, housing, and healthcare space.

At Xpio Health, Thaddeus leads a team focused on creating tech solutions for behavioral health. He also serves in the capacity as a Cyber Security professional, serving multiple organizations in the capacity of CISO, including the Idaho Health Data Exchange (HIE).

He’s a lifelong learner, with a BA from The Evergreen State College with an emphasis on Literature and ongoing studies at Harvard Business School Online and recent acceptance into Harvard Business School’s Executive Online Education program where he will be studying Competing in the Age of AI.

His professional credentials include Healthcare Information Security and Privacy Practitioner (HCISPP) and HITRUST certifications. Thaddeus is also active in several industry groups like the Forbes Technology Council and the National Council for Behavioral Health, contributing to the broader conversation on healthcare technology.