Dan Burton is a Rock Star! - Anonymous employee Health Catalyst Employee Review

5.0
6 Mar 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

In two words...Dan Burton! Why? Because of his push to create an innovative but respectful culture in a sea of Silicon valley pirates where employees are easily cast aside in the high tech world, Dan takes the opposite approach and sends out wonderful emails on our need to look out for eachother and opens his door as a friend to all employees (and he truly is a friend). He demonstrates over many years how care and concern for employees produces a culture of respect and willingness to achieve higher goals based on team spirit. In my experience of many years in high tech companies and at a management level in many, I can say Dan's approach is rare today but desperately needed and at Catalyst, his genius of team building shows in the results and success of the company. If you get a chance to join this company, take it!

Cons

There will always be stress in the work place, at HealthCatalyst team members have the opportunity for down team whenever they need it thanks to Dan's culture building that rewards hard work and helps employees get through challenges. The value of human capital is no greater than at HealthCatalyst were people are always valued. Oh wait..was this supposed to be a Con section? Sorry, we will have to break glass doors model of requiring cons on this review, there aren't any!

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Health Catalyst Response
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Wow. Thank you for your incredibly generous and kind comments. There is a great deal to try to live up to in your comments, which is both intimidating and motivating. This is even more true given that we have been working together for more than five years. I hope that in the months and years ahead I will not let you down. And I would express my sincere appreciation to you for so many years of contributions to the company's success. You've lived through a number of chapters of the company's existence, and, no doubt, made really significant contributions to our success. For that I am sincerely grateful. I've never, EVER been referred to as a Rock Star before (for example, my kids broke out in spontaneous and uncontrollable laughter when I shared this review title with them), for many good reasons :-). Perhaps it's the continuation of my 80's hair style, or the fact that I literally wear the same super-boring, and dated outfit--see pleated pants from Men's Wearhouse as exhibit A and the same Land's End white shirts that were in production in the late 80s as exhibit B--to work every day. I could keep going, as you know :-). I certainly don't have the personality of a rock star, and, as an introvert, it has certainly never been in the cards for me to bring that kind of persona to this role. But I sincerely appreciate your kind words, and I do care deeply about every team member, I love and respect every team member, and I feel passionate about our company's mission -- a mission that is bigger than any one of us, and is worthy of our long-term commitment. I also want to acknowledge the critical role of every team member, every day, contributing to the 'character' of the company -- our level of adherence to the Health Catalyst Way. That is what has truly built the culture, and will continue to build it, every day moving forward. And you and so many other leaders and colleagues have made such meaningful, central contributions to this culture. Thank you again for your kind words, they lifted me and are really appreciated, and I'll try hard to live up to your generosity. Best, Dan

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