Context before conclusions.
We listen, examine the operating environment, and make assumptions visible before recommending a path forward.
About Synapse Catalyst Advisory
Innovation needs more than ideas.
It needs an organization ready to act.
We help healthcare and life sciences leaders connect strategic ambition with the decisions, practices, and capabilities that move it forward.
Why SCA exists
Connect the parts.
Create the conditions for progress.
A compelling strategy can stall when priorities compete, ownership is unclear, or teams lack the conditions to execute. Innovation and transformation depend on how the organization works as a whole.
Synapse Catalyst Advisory brings a connected perspective to strategy, governance, and performance. We help leaders examine where momentum breaks down, choose what matters, and translate those choices into practical action.
Our focus spans pharma and biotech, MedTech, life sciences, healthcare providers, and consumer healthcare—from growing companies navigating their next stage to established organizations tackling a focused transformation.
How we show up
A thoughtful perspective.
A practical partnership.
Each engagement starts with your organization’s priorities, constraints, and capacity for change.
See the organization as a system.
We consider how strategy, leadership, management, culture, and change affect one another—so a solution addresses more than an isolated symptom.
Make progress usable.
We translate insight into clear priorities, ownership, decision practices, and next steps that teams can put to work.
Meet the founder
More than two decades.
One connected perspective.
Jason D’Souza brings experience across healthcare and life sciences, strategy, innovation, organizational transformation, and leadership. His perspective combines the realities of complex organizations with doctoral research into the practices that support innovation.
Across senior roles in the pharmaceutical industry, including Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine, Jason has worked with global, cross-functional teams at the intersection of portfolio priorities, operational delivery, and organizational change.
That experience informs SCA’s approach: understand the business challenge, connect the people and practices involved, and help leaders create a workable path from ambition to execution.
His doctoral research in entrepreneurship and innovation provides the foundation for the Synapse Catalyst Framework™—six connected pillars for examining how organizations enable innovation.
Education & professional development
- Doctor of Business Administration, Entrepreneurship and Innovation — Walden University
- Stanford Advanced Project Management Certificate (SCPM) — Stanford University
- Master of Business Administration — Henley Business School
- Pharmaceutical Regulatory Affairs — Humber College
- Honours Bachelor of Science — University of Toronto
Research & leadership recognition
Recognized scholarship.
Leadership in practice.
Walden University recognized Dr. Jason D’Souza with two awards in 2023, honoring his doctoral research and his contribution to its academic community.
Frank Dilley Award
For Outstanding Doctoral Study. Recognizes academic excellence in the research that explored entrepreneurial leadership strategies for healthcare innovation and informed SCA’s six-pillar framework.
Leadership Excellence Award
Recognizes contributions to the Walden community through leadership, scholarship, and mentorship of fellow students.
Research informs the work
Six pillars.
A connected view of innovation.
The Synapse Catalyst Framework™ gives us a structured way to explore the organizational practices behind innovation. We use it to guide questions and connect priorities to the context of your business.
- 01Innovation Management
- 02Innovation Strategy
- 03Innovation Performance
- 04Innovation Leadership
- 05Innovation & Change
- 06Innovation Orientation
Available now
Start my Diagnostic ↗Innovation Diagnostic
Complete the six-pillar Innovation Diagnostic to explore your strengths, priorities, and relevant SCA services. Download your personalized report after completion.
Let’s connect
What does your organization need to move forward?
Tell us what you are navigating, where progress is getting stuck, and what you want to achieve. We can explore whether SCA is the right partner.
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