The Team | Cipher Health Analytics

The Team

Co-Founder · CEO

Ben Sanders

Healthcare executive with experience scaling businesses. Former SVP at Lantern Specialty Care where he served on the CEO's leadership team and launched the cancer and infusion products while leading the firm's analytics and data science organization. Before Lantern, he served as an engagement manager at McKinsey & Company, directing multi-billion-dollar transformations for Fortune 100 enterprises.

Education — MBA, Finance · Kellogg School of Management · BS, Northwestern University

Sarah Hewes, Co-Founder and Head of Engineering of Cipher

Co-Founder · Head of Engineering

Sarah Hewes, PhD

Healthcare strategy and data science leader with deep expertise in medical claims data, computational modeling, and applied AI. Former Director of Strategy & Research at Lantern Specialty Care, where she translated the firm's specialty-care bundling methodology into deployable client packages and built its first machine-learning models — including predictors of surgical need. Before Lantern, consultant at Boston Consulting Group on digital transformations and claims-based healthcare research.

Education — PhD, Bioengineering · Rice University · BS, Johns Hopkins University

How We Work

Four rules, no exceptions

Plain English

If a report needs a translator, it isn't finished.

Conclusions first

Every page leads with what it means, not how we got there — the workings are underneath for anyone who wants them.

Evidence over anecdote

Benchmarks and quantified drivers, not hunches.

Actions, always