Andrew McConnell

I build companies and tools that help people close the gap between intention and action.

Currently, I am the Founder & CEO of Alively, the operating system for Healthspan. We are fixing the broken "Wellness Mall" model by using real-time biometrics and radical simplification to help the 80% of unengaged employees actually improve their health. We’ve also cracked the economic code, allowing employers to offer premium preventative care at a Net-Positive savings.

My background is in high performance and systems. I’m a former member of the USA Open Water National Team, a McKinsey alum, and a serial entrepreneur (previously Founder/CEO of Rented, acq. 2022). I also wrote a Wall Street Journal bestselling book on mindset, Get Out of My Head, and have spoken at TEDx.

Across all these efforts—business, athletics, and writing—my goal remains consistent: translating complex insights into simple tools that improve how we live and work.

Outside of work, I’m a father working to maintain a healthy dynamic equilibrium. I value deep connection, continuous improvement, and learning from people who are trying to build something that matters.

Mentor

As a mentor for Techstars, I help guide and nurture the next generation of entrepreneurs, particularly those dedicated to environmental sustainability and social entrepreneurship. This program, a beacon of innovation and community impact, aligns with my passion for leveraging business as a catalyst for positive change.

Key contributions and program highlights include:

•	Empowering Entrepreneurs: I provide hands-on mentorship to startups, sharing insights from my extensive experience in entrepreneurship and business strategy. My focus is on helping these emerging leaders refine their business models, enhance their market strategies, and scale their operations sustainably.

•	Fostering Social Impact: The accelerator is committed to driving significant community impact through innovative solutions. I contribute to this mission by mentoring companies that are not just commercially viable but also socially responsible, aligning with Cox Enterprises' vision of using business as a force for good.

•	Access to Resources: A key aspect of the program is facilitating access to funding and critical resources. My role involves connecting startups with potential investors and industry experts, thereby opening doors to opportunities that can accelerate their growth and impact.

•	Building a Sustainable Future: By focusing on startups in the environmental sustainability and social entrepreneurship sectors, the accelerator and my mentorship efforts contribute to creating a more sustainable and equitable future, aligning with global efforts to address pressing environmental and social challenges.

Volunteering as a mentor for Techstars Atlanta is an enriching experience that allows me to give back to the entrepreneurial community, fostering a new wave of businesses that prioritize both profit and purpose.

The wellness industry is splitting into two camps.

Camp 1: Track everything. HRV, glucose, sleep stages, resting heart rate, strain, recovery, steps, calories, macros.

Camp 2: Track nothing. The "over-optimization backlash." Ditch the wearable. Just listen to your body.

Both are wrong.

Here's the problem with Camp 1:

You can give someone 12 data points and 4 apps. They will open them for two weeks. Then they will stop. Dashboards are not outcomes. Information without action is noise.

Here's the problem with Camp 2:

"Listen to your body" is great advice for elite athletes who have spent decades building body awareness. For the average employee sitting 10 hours a day? Their body is telling them to eat a donut and skip the gym. That is the body talking. It is just saying the wrong things.

The answer is in the middle.
Guided data. Not more data.

Track the right metrics. Translate them into one action. Do that action.
Not 12 things to optimize. One thing to do today that will actually move the needle.

This is what we're building at Alively — and it's why our engagement numbers look nothing like traditional wellness programs.

The best wellness programs don't give people more data.They give people fewer, better decisions.

(See graphic below 👇)

Co-Founder & CEO Alively | Host of The Home of Healthspan Podcast | WSJ Bestselling Author | 3x TEDx Speaker | Advocate for Healthspan: Making It Easier For Everyone to Live Their Best Life Their Entire Lives

Everyone is asking how to get on GLP-1s.

Few are asking how to get off.

For the CFOs and HR leaders I speak with, this is the terrifying variable: "The Forever Cost."

The clinical data shows that without significant lifestyle intervention, most people revert to their starting weight once the medication stops.

That creates a lifetime subscription model for a drug that costs $10k+ a year per employee.

That is not a benefit. That is an unbounded liability.
So, how do we build an off-ramp?

We have to treat the medication as a bridge, not the destination.

The Off-Ramp Protocol requires three things while the drug is active:

💪🏼 Metabolic Defense: preserving muscle mass to keep the resting metabolic rate high.

🥗 Nutritional Re-Education: Learning how to fuel a body, not just starve it.

⚓️ Behavioral Anchoring: using the "quiet" period to hard-code new habits that survive after the prescription ends.

The drug opens the door. You still have to walk through it. 🚪

As Co-Founder and COO of QuantumBloom, I lead an ecosystem that empowers early-career women (and their managers) through comprehensive professional development and layered networks of support.

With decades of experience in courageous leadership and operational excellence, I partner with progressive companies to unlock collective potential. Our work creates ripple effects enhancing innovation, improving retention, and accelerating economic growth.

QuantumBloom's approach is proven and powerful. We combine curriculum, coaching, and community to help women navigate and thrive in STEM careers while helping companies build more innovative, engaging, and productive teams.

Together, we're turning deserts into gardens creating conditions where all talent flourishes. If you're committed to building an inclusive STEM workforce where innovation thrives, let's connect.

Recent recognition: Winner of the 2024 Women in Tech Global "Most Impactful Initiative" Award for driving sustainable change in tech diversity and inclusion.


Andrea Mohamed

It started 20 years ago.

I never thought I’d go to a place like Duke. 

Much less graduate at the top of my class. 

People like me - first gen college kids from the UP of Michigan - do not go to Duke. 

But there I was. 

Totally out of my element. 

Not “belonging.”

Completely uncomfortable. 

Sweating every time I raised my hand. 

My first-gen, rural, unsophisticated identity dominated my thinking. 

Not my femaleness. 

We weren’t using unconscious bias language yet. 

Or terms like 
mansplaining, 
manspreading, 
or manosphere.

Sheryl Sandberg hadn’t written Lean In yet to tell us to just do more. 

We women didn’t advance because we women were broken. 

Of course, the system was fine. 

I was one of 14 women in a class of 100 MBA students. 

I didn’t fully understand what that number meant yet. 

But the next two decades gave me a PhD in what it actually costs women to build careers in spaces that weren’t designed for us. 

Bias. 
Barriers. 
Invisible taxes. 
Head pats. 
Pet to threat. 

The moments you question yourself when you shouldn’t, and the moments you stay quiet when you should’ve spoken.

The moments of seething rage when you plaster a fake smile on your face. 

Friday, I went back into Duke University - The Fuqua School of Business for a Women Who Lead event. 

Grads, current students, admitted students, future students.

I was surrounded by exceptional women.

20 years ago, I was trying to figure out how to belong. 

Fix myself … but still be myself. 

Now, I help the next generation 
belong faster, rise further

Help them waste fewer years fighting battles that should’ve already been won, and 
stop carrying that which isn’t theirs to carry. 

We help the next generation learn who they are, what they value, and question the systems before they question themselves. 

To build discernment between me things, them things, and system things. 

And make clear, conscious decision about navigating those realities. 

That’s what QuantumBloom is about.

Real infrastructure. 

For imperfect women in imperfect systems working with imperfect people. 

At the real inflection point that determines whether they stay in STEM or walk away.

68% of women with STEM degrees leave technical careers by age 30. 

Many of them are sitting in rooms just like the one I was in Friday full of potential, full of ambition, and about to hit a wall.

We can change that.

For me and QuantumBloom, International Women’s Day is every day. 

The next generation doesn’t need to wait 20 years to figure out what I had to figure out on my own.

Let’s go. 🚀

#WomenInSTEM #InternationalWomensDay #WomenWhoLead #DukeFuqua #iwd2026

Helping companies retain and advance women in STEM by fixing the systems that push them out | COO & Co-Founder, QuantumBloom | Duke MBA | Keynote Speaker

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3-Minute Opportunity to Support Young Entrepreneurs! 
As part of a youth entrepreneurship program, I mentor an ALL-GIRL🙌 group of high schoolers.

They are building a product to keep life-saving devices like EpiPens and inhalers accessible when it matters most.

As part of market validation, they could use your help. 

If you, your kid, or someone you know/love relies on an EpiPen or inhaler, completing their brief survey would mean the world to my team. 

(l i n k 👇)

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Every response matters. 

AND it encourages young people to fall in love with innovation. 

🙏

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