Lara Rego Filadelfo Sorensen

Lara Filadelfo Sorensen is an engineer who applies the rigor of measurement and process design to improving how care reaches patients. As Co-founder and Executive Director of Vivaz Cuidados Continuados, a value-based continuing care company in the Northeast of Brazil, she leads care for more than 1,500 older adults with multimorbidity across four operations, along with the management of complex transitions such as hospital discharge. She came to healthcare after building a career around operational excellence and applied technology. Trained as an engineer at the Aeronautics Institute of Technology (ITA), she spent over a decade reducing waste and variability in complex industrial systems, work she deepened as an Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company, leading operational transformation engagements across industries. As Executive R&D Manager at SENAI CIMATEC, she led major computing and automation programs with international research partners. Healthcare, with its high levels