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At CEO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top California based CEO’ operating in the Personal Health space. If you think a CEO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected]
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Varsha Rao
Chief Executive Officer of Nurx
Varsha Rao is the CEO of Nurx, which is revolutionizing healthcare by home-delivering prescriptions, medication, and screening tests. She is a Board Member at ViaSat Inc., and the former COO of Clover Health, a health insurance startup developing an innovative platform that collects and analyzes long-term medical data to improve the health management and wellbeing of its clients. Varsha previously served as Head of Global Operations at Airbnb, where she was responsible for managing 16 offices across the globe and leading the company’s customer service and trust and safety teams in Oregon, Portland, Singapore, Dublin and San Francisco. Under her leadership, the company’s operations in Asia expanded, with many new hosts and visitors joining the Airbnb family. However, her entrepreneurial journey began much earlier, in 1998 when she founded Eve.com together with Mariam Naficy. Eve.com quickly became the leading e-commerce retailer for beauty and accessories. Within two years the company grew to 125 employees. Eve.com was sold to Idealab in early 2000 for $110M. In 1999, Fortune Magazine named the company as the 6th Best e-commerce site. Between founding Eve.com and landing at Airbnb, Rao has held a variety of senior roles. She was appointed VP, Category Marketing at Keen/Ingenio (acquired by AT&T) in 2001 and managed P&L for new and emerging major categories. In 2004-2008, she was VP, General Manager for OldNavy.com, the online division of Gap, Inc., where she led the company’s product development, marketing and merchandising efforts, resulting in a 60% increase in revenues. Rao went on to join SingTel as CEO, Digital Media in 2008 and led the team to launch its local search & reviews business inSing.com. After 3 years at SingTel she left to become Senior Vice President, International for LivingSocial where she was the first LivingSocial employee in Asia. As Senior VP, Rao managed more than 2,000 employees in the company’s network of offices in Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Latin America and Europe. Varsha is a Sequoia Capital Scout, and a mentor for the KStart Catalyst, an incubator and seed investment program for early stage startups in India. She herself has also invested in several startups in various fields including e-commerce, finance and renewable energy. In 2014, she was named by San Francisco Business Times as one of the ‘Most Influential Business Women’ in the Bay Area and in 2016 she featured in The Boardlist’s top 20 list of women every Silicon Valley tech company should be adding to their board. Rao received her BS/BA in Economics/Math from the University of Pennsylvania. For two years following graduation, she worked at the Wasserstein Perella financial consulting firm, where she advised clients on private and public investment strategies. She then returned to school to obtain an MBA from Harvard Business School. As a strong believer in the power of education she contributes to a variety of educational initiatives for underprivileged children and youth. Among them Breakthrough, a program that works to motivate and empower K12 students to continue to higher education and excel academically and professionally.
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About Nurx: Nurx is a digital healthcare company offering 10 services across reproductive health, at-home testing, dermatology, migraine care, and more.
James Park
CEO and Co-Founder of Fitbit
James is our Co-founder and has served as our Chairman since May 2015, as a member of our board of directors since March 2007, and as our President and CEO since September 2007. Previously, James served as a Director of Product Development at CNET Networks, as the President and a Co-founder of Wind-Up Labs, Inc. (an online photo-sharing company acquired by CNET Networks in April 2005). He was also CTO and Co-Founder of Epesi Technologies, Inc., a software company. James attended Harvard College where he studied Computer Science. He was selected to serve as a member of our board of directors due to the perspective and experience he brings as our Co-Founder, President, and CEO.
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About Fitbit: Fitbit offers compact, wireless, wearable sensors that track a person’s daily activities in order to promote a healthy lifestyle.
Steve Gatena
Founder & CEO of Pray.com
Steve is the founder of pray.com, the digital destination for faith. Steve is an American Entrepreneur, Media Producer, and NCAA Champion. In 2019, Steve was honored as a CSQ 40 Under 40 Visionary. Steve has also received an Entrepreneur of the Year Award at the United Nations in a program sponsored by Dell & Intel, and been named #8 on the Forbes list of Famous Multi-Generational Entrepreneurs.
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About Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Pray.com: Pray.com is the #1 app for daily prayer & faith-based audio content
Stephanie Tilenius
CEO, Founder of Vida Health
Stephanie is CEO & Founder of Vida Health.
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About Nextdoor, Vida Health: Vida Health is a virtual care platform that provides health coaching from experienced health care providers and medical institutions.
Waleed Mohsen
Founder & CEO of mynurse.ai
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About mynurse.ai: a digital health program to help seniors with chronic conditions live their best lives.
Mike Nolan
Chief Executive Officer of Freenome
Mike brings nearly three decades of experience to his role as Freenome’s Chief Executive Officer, building on a proven record of delivering transformative diagnostic technologies that help clinicians drive better outcomes for their patients. Previously, Mike served as the company’s Chief Business Officer, where he led Freenome’s corporate and business development, product management, clinical development and operations, program management, and marketing teams. He also oversaw partnerships with biopharma companies, academic medical centers, and health systems where our multiomics platform is deployed to move research and medicine forward.
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About Freenome, Freenome, Freenome: Freenome is a biotechnology company with a comprehensive multiomics platform for cancer detection using a routine blood draw.
Sami Inkinen
CEO & Founder of Virta Health
Sami Inkinen is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Virta Health, a specialty medical clinic that reverses type 2 diabetes safely and sustainably, without the risks, costs, or side effects of medications or surgery. Previously, Mr. Inkinen was the co-founder of the leading online real estate marketplace Trulia, serving as its COO and president and board member until its IPO and eventual sale to Zillow Group. He also worked on Microsoft’s strategy team for MS Office, and as a consultant for McKinsey & Company within the software, telecommunications, and government sectors. A physicist by training, Mr. Inkinen started his career as a radiochemist at a nuclear power plant and holds a Master of Science in engineering physics from the Helsinki University of Technology. He also earned a Master of Business Administration from Stanford University. He thinks his greatest luxury today is a small vegetable garden at his San Francisco Bay area home.
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About Virta Health: Virta delivers a clinically-proven treatment to reverse type 2 diabetes and other chronic metabolic diseases.
Stephen Chen
Founder & CEO of Scanwell Health
Co-Founder and President at Learn To Be Foundation. Founder at Petnostics.
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About Learn To Be Foundation, Petnostics, Scanwell Health: Scanwell Health is an FDA-cleared urine testing application.
Nick Sarnicola
Co-Founder & CEO of ViSalus
Nick Sarnicola is a lifestyle entrepreneur, sales leader, business catalyst, master team builder, and philanthropist with more than two decades of experience in building billion-dollar sales teams and transforming aspiring professionals into multi-millionaire entrepreneurs. In corporate and field roles, Nick has developed wildly successful people, products and companies in various industries—from direct sales and technology, to health and fitness, to international events and non-profits. A self-made decamillionaire by age 35, Nick develops people of all different backgrounds on how to maximum their potential. While leading a 100,000+ person sales force, his innovation of leadership systems and strategies produced high-performing teams in 16 countries, creating more than 50 millionaires. Nick is the Co-Founder & CEO of two global lifestyle brands with platforms that power health transformations and inspire people to turn their “Bucket List” into a “Liv List.” Recognized as a purpose-driven Leaders’ Leader, he has built companies from the ground up by investing in its people, leveraging their skillsets, raising up new leaders, and running his businesses as a lifestyle. Nick is able to market anything out of nothing. He’s an entrepreneurial firestarter with an expertise in launches of new brands, platforms, products, marketplaces and global sales leaders. He also specializes in producing stadium-sized events and curating multi-day epic life experiences. A career highlight was architecting an international sales team to pioneer the new vertical of “Challenge Marketing,” which grew his company’s Body by Vi Challenge into a nearly $2 billion-dollar platform. Nick most recently created a new Life Experience category by building a social platform around turning people’s Bucket Lists into Liv Lists—ensuring they don’t take their list to the grave. A charismatic keynote speaker, Nick educates audiences on business growth topics: sales leadership, the science of goal-setting, result-driven strategies, return on time (ROT) methods, and dynamic team building. He speaks all over the world at conferences and events, in pursuit of his personal mission: to educate, develop, contribute to, and entertain millions of people through entrepreneurship, mentorship, speaking and writing. Through mastermind classes and mentorship programs, he guides the world’s most talented, passionate and successful high achievers to their greatest victories. Committed to supporting social causes, Nick is actively involved in his companies’ give-back initiatives, ViCares and Liv2Giv. He founded NextGen, which educates and supports young aspiring entrepreneurs. In 2017, the Muskegon Community College named one of their buildings the Rooks Sarnicola Center for Entrepreneurial studies in honor of Nick’s contributions to entrepreneurial graduates. Ask Nick what he is most proud of, and he’ll tell you it’s raising his daughter and son to become confident leaders who will positively impact this world.
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About Liv Global, ViSalus: ViSalus is a health promoting company that created the Body by Vi 90-Day Challenge.
Kristina Cahojova
Founder & CEO of kegg
Kristina Cahojova is the Founder and CEO of Kegg.
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About kegg: Kegg is a two-in-one device that combines fertility tracking with pelvic floor exercising.
Jitendra Gupta
Co-founder & CEO of myYogaTeacher
Jitendra started his career as a software engineer in the EDA industry. In 2000, after his MBA, Jitendra joined Siebel systems. In 2005 Jitendra joined InQuira as director product management. After InQuira Jitendra started (late 2006) and sold (March, 2009) SezWho, an online reputation service for social media participants. SezWho raised $1.3 M in VC money, built up massive distribution and was sold in early 2009. Jitendra Gupta launched Punchh out of a need to help restaurants find, retain and grow their customer base. Jitendra has led Punchh to be the first and leading one-stop mobile solution for restaurants. Drawing on his knowledge of social media and technology, Jitendra tapped into his network of skilled entrepreneurs and brought together a brain trust of diverse talent to create Punchh. Prior to launching Punchh in 2010, Jitendra held several key product, marketing, and engineering positions at Siebel Systems, Synopsys and Inquira. He founded and sold his first company, SezWho, a widely distributed and used consumer/social media ratings and reputation product in 2007. Jitendra earned a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering from IIT Kanpur and an MBA from the University of Chicago. Most crave-able restaurant dish on Jitendra’s mind: A good burger and fries
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About myYogaTeacher: myYogaTeacher is a live and interactive yoga platform that offers group and one-on-one yoga classes.
Nanea Reeves
CEO and Co-Founder of TRIPP
As CEO of TRIPP, Nanea Reeves brings over 15 years experience in digital distribution, video game technologies and mobile application development. Prior to co-founding TRIPP, Nanea was President & COO of textPlus, one of the top mobile communications applications on the iOS and Android platforms. Before joining textPlus, Nanea was the COO of Machinima, an online video influencer and content network focused on video games now owned by Warner Brothers. Nanea has also served as Chief Strategy and Product Officer at Gaikai, a cloud gaming company acquired by Sony Playstation. Previous to Gaikai, Nanea was SVP/COO of Global Online for Electronic Arts where she was responsible for building the foundation for EA’s digital revenue streams. Nanea came to EA through their acquisition of JAMDAT where she was SVP of Enabling Technologies. JAMDAT was one of the first breakout mobile games company with a successful IPO in 2005 before being acquired by EA in 2006. Nanea is very committed to supporting the evolution of the technology sector in Los Angeles and has worked as an Advisor and Angel Investor in many exciting So-Cal start-ups including Oculus, Haku and Saucey. Nanea is an active mentor and enjoys public speaking having given 3 Tedx talks on various subjects – including one focused on why girls should play video games. An avid meditator, Nanea also spends her free time playing video games, her ukulele and golf. She is also very active in her late husband’s non-profit Bodhicitta, Inc. as well as dedicated to helping women in recovery at the Peggy Albrecht Friendly House.
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About TRIPP: The award-winning digital psychedelic wellness platform that uses the power of virtual and augmented reality to change the way you feel.
Tom Chang MD
Co-CEO , Founder and Retina Surgeon of Acuity Eye Specialists
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About Acuity Eye Specialists: Acuity Eye Specialists is a team of doctors and staff that provides best eye care services and comprehensive treatment to communities.
Stefan Behrens
CEO & Co-Founder of GYANT
Stefan is a repeat entrepreneur in the digital consumer space. After spending almost a decade in strategy consulting driving large-scale transformation programs for international telco companies, he took multiplayer gaming company Aeria Games from humble beginnings to an acquisition by ProSiebenSat.1, Europe’s leading media company. As a co-founder of Invincible Brands, he oversaw the launch and development of two lifestyle brands (Natural Mojo and Hello Body) in the healthy living space leveraging the power of social influencers to drive growth. At GYANT he focuses on product, bridging the gap between engineering, clinical content teams and UX to deliver a compelling patient experience.
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About GYANT: GYANT is a digital front door solution for health systems that uses AI to navigate patients to the right care setting and resources.
Kyle Michelson
Founder & CEO of Getlabs
Kyle Michelson is the Founder and CEO of Getlabs. He previously founded Streamup, a live video streaming platform backed by Y Combinator, and studied at the University of Southern California and London School of Economics.
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About Getlabs: Getlabs is the nationwide leader for at-home diagnostic collections. Patients can book a nearby phlebotomist to draw their labs for Labcorp and Quest. Healthcare organizations and providers can dispatch medical specialists to their patients and collect labs, vitals, biometrics, and more.
Anand Sharma
CEO and Founder of Gyroscope Innovations
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About Gyroscope Innovations: Gyroscope Innovations is a new OS for the human body, with an app and website for people to view their health analytics.
Sandeep Acharya
CEO & Co-Founder of Octave
Prior to co-founding Octave, Sandeep Acharya led strategy at One Medical for 5 years. In this role, he was responsible for launching and scaling several new services and oversaw the growth of its employer business to over 1,000 companies, while being a member of a senior leadership team that expanded the company to over sixty clinics in eight cities. Before One Medical, he spent his career as an investor, operator, and consultant in the healthcare, retail, and technology sectors at Bain & Co, Bain Capital & Insight Venture Partners. Sandeep holds degrees in computer science & business from Wharton and Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar.
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About Octave: Octave is a modern mental health practice creating a new standard for care delivery that’s both high-quality and accessible to more people.
Iryna Korolenko
Founder and CEO of iSALON Beauty App
The founder of iSALON, a businesswoman and entrepreneur, fashion model and world-traveler, Iryna Korolenko is a portrait of the modern Renaissance woman. Born in Ukraine, she balanced passion and professionalism, ambition and sophistication from an early age, modeling internationally by 16 while prioritizing higher education. After receiving postgraduate degrees both in international economy and psychology, Iryna began a career working for global corporations, negotiating multi-million dollar contracts. By seamlessly navigating between the worlds of business and beauty, from airline to fashion runways, she has gained a worldview unique among her peers. Seeking new opportunities, Iryna packed a single suitcase and moved to the United States in 2014. Despite having no support network, she paved her way in an unfamiliar environment, and continues to trailblaze her singular career workingwith prominent designers and global brands both as a model and businesswoman. In boardrooms and at photo shoots, presentation matters, but it doesn’t have to be inconvenient. It was during a commute in traffic that Iryna realized it was smarter, safer, and simpler to have beauty services delivered directly to her door. Any modern professional will recognize the importance of quickly connecting with services wherever they are, whenever they are – and with iSALON, you can. Iryna is based in California but continues to pursue her passion exploring new places and meeting new people, always looking forward to new challenges and discovering innovative ideas. A consummate Capricorn, culinary dilettante, and classic cinema enthusiast, she most appreciates the simple things in life, especially her French bulldog, Blu.
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About Coleman Research, Fohr, GLG, iSALON Beauty App, Kelly Moore Paints, Look Model Agency, RED HOT MONDE: Delivering Beauty to Your Doorstep
Moran Shochat Snir
Co-Founder & CEO of Clear Genetics
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About Clear Genetics, Invitae: Clear Genetics is a digital health company dedicated to the thoughtful integration of genetics into routine patient care.
Anthony Diaz
Founder and CEO of Health Hero
Anthony Diaz is Founder and CEO of Health Hero.
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About Health Hero: Health Hero enables organizations to do smart automated follow up via phone and text messages for patients and employees.
Josh Bruno
Co-Founder & CEO of Path
Josh Bruno is the Founder & CEO of Path. Prior to Path, he founded Hometeam when his family struggled to care for his 93-year-old grandfather. He believes that home care should go beyond the basics to provide a safe, reliable, and interactive service that creates happier days for seniors. Prior to Hometeam, Josh worked as an investor, operator, and engineer at companies like Bain Ventures, Bain & Co, and Yahoo. Learn More: www.pathccm.com
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About Path: Path makes it easy to find a world class mental health provider that’s covered by your insurance.
Noosheen Hashemi
Founder & CEO of January
Noosheen Hashemi is the Founder & CEO, January.ai.
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About Council on Foreign Relations, Hand Capital, January, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, The HAND Foundation, The HAND Foundation: January is a mobile app that combines AI with science to provide personalized health insights and recommendations.
Padmasree Warrior
Founder, President, & CEO of Fable
Padmasree Warrior is the Founder, President, and Chief Executive Officer at Fable. She is also the Chief Executive Officer of NextEV, U.S. She also serves as the Chief Development Officer of NextEV, as well as a member of its Board of Directors. In these capacities, she is responsible for the brains of NextEV’s autonomous, electric vehicles and the overall user experience. She is based in San Jose, CA where NextEV US is headquartered. Previously, Warrior served as the Chief Technology & Strategy Officer (CTSO) for Cisco until September 2015. In this capacity she was charged with aligning the company’s technology and business strategy to business results. She was in charge of corporate strategy, mergers, acquisitions, venture investments, and strategic partnerships. Previous to that she was the GM for Cisco Enterprise segment and co-led Cisco’s worldwide engineering organization. Prior to joining Cisco, she was executive vice president and CTO at Motorola. Under her leadership, Motorola was awarded the 2004 U.S. National Medal of Technology. Padmasree Warrior has been widely recognized for her creative, visionary leadership. Forbes has named her one of “The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women” for three years running. In 2013, The International Alliance for Women gave her the World of Difference Award. In 2012, Business Insider called her one of the “25 Most Influential Women in Wireless”. The Aspen Institute gave her the first Leadership in Science and Technology Award. India’s National Association of Software & Service Companies (NASSCOM) named her the Global CTO Award winner. The Wall Street Journal has called her one of “50 Women to Watch.” Fast Company included her among the “100 Most Creative People in Business.” The Economic Times listed her as “the 11th Most Influential Global Indian.” Warrior holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in New Delhi and a Master of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University. In addition to NextEV’s board, Warrior serves on the board of Microsoft. She previously served on the board of Gap and Box.
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About Fable: Fable provides a platform for online book clubs.
Afton Vechery
Co-founder and CEO of Modern Fertility
Afton Vechery is Co-founder and CEO at Modern Fertility. Prior to this, she was product manager at 23andMe, and worked for WillowPump as strategy and finance consultant.
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About Modern Fertility: Modern Fertility is a women’s health company closing the fertility information gap by letting women test key fertility hormones at home.
Kristian Ranta
CEO, Founder of Meru Health
Kristian Ranta is a Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer at Meru Health.
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About Meru Health: Meru Health is an online mental healthcare company that teaches people the skills needed to create long-lasting healthy lifestyle habits.
Taran Ghatrora
Co-Founder and CEO of Blume
Taran Ghatrora is co-founder and CEO of Blume, a digitally native empowerment and education company. She is a 500 startups fellow and G20 youth delegate for Canada. Blume focused on organic personal care products, for girls and women who believe in the power of their choices. Her passion for health and advocacy broadened in law school when she researched gender equality due to lack of access to period products.
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About Blume: Blume is the first direct to consumer brand focused on puberty, from trustworthy education, to safe & effective self care products.
Alexi Suvacioglu
Co-Founder & CEO of Because Market
Alexi Suvacioglu focuses on product and customer acquisition, perfecting the art of CAC vs LTV. Prior to ZenDeals, Alexi cofounded and sold a VC-funded ecommerce business, was a Senior Manager of Internet Marketing at eBay, and spent 6 years doing technology consulting at Accenture in its Consumer practice. Alexi holds an MBA from Stanford and a BA from Kings College London (Honors).
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About Because Market: Because is personal care direct-to-consumer company focused on meeting the needs of older adults.
Jordan Shlain
Founder & CEO of Private Medical
Jordan is a practicing physician who is building new models of healthcare delivery. On his 15 year journey he is actively deconstructing the status quo and rebuilding a model that honors the existential humanistic qualities of people while infusing the best technologies to enhance the patient experience, the physician experience and ultimately the patient outcome. When not practicing medicine, you can find him reading books on quantum physics, behavioral economics, statistics, art history and anthropology. Dr. Jordan Shlain is a nationally recognized physician for his innovative approach to the delivery of healthcare. In addition to being a full time doctor and founder of Healthloop, he has been appointed commissioner by the Mayor to the SF Health Service Systems Board and sits on the board of the bi-partisian Washington, DC policy think tank, Hope Street Group. He has been named one of the top 100 health care innovators by HealthSpottr. In addition to being a frequent speaker at various conferences; Health 2.0, RockHealth, Economist Big Ideas, Futuremed and UC Berkeley’s Pre-Med 101, he consults with the investor community as a due diligence expert.
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About American Medical Association, Bright HealthCare, Digital Wellness Lab, Eat Real, HealthLoop, Private Medical, TinctureHealth: A Medical Family Office
Douglas Colbeth
Founder & CEO of MedCircle
Douglas Colbeth became president and chief executive officer of Kinaxis in March 2003. As one of the true visionaries of the Internet explosion in the mid 1990’s, he envisioned the opportunity to be a leader in delivering an on-demand supply chain management service. He then came across what he describes as a “gang of supply chain geniuses” in Canada, who had already developed very powerful modeling and collaboration technology. After going public in 2014 – Kinaxis has a market capitalization of approximately $2 Billion. Doug understood what the Internet’s influence on consumer behavior would be and how it would dramatically increase demand volatility. The problem of effectively responding to consumer demand would be further exacerbated by the dramatic market shift of outsourced manufacturing operations. Under Doug’s leadership, Kinaxis developed a world-class offering which enables companies to build better supply chain plans and quickly respond to constant changes in demand, supply and product — driving breakthroughs in customer service and operations performance. Today, the Kinaxis RapidResponse® cloud service empowers front-line decision makers at brand name companies and contract manufacturers with multi-enterprise visibility and collaborative analysis tools to effectively respond to change across an entire distributed supply chain. Prior to Kinaxis, Doug was chief executive officer of Spyglass Inc., a leading provider of Internet software technologies. Spyglass technologies are utilized inside millions of products including PCs, televisions, telephones, and other hand-held devices. Most notably, Spyglass technology is the foundation of the Microsoft Internet Explorer browser. In June 1995, Spyglass became the first Internet software company to conduct a successful Initial Public Offering. In March 2000, Doug negotiated its merger with OpenTV Inc., at a value of $2.4 Billion. Outside of his work with Kinaxis, Doug and his wife Margaret are pioneer philanthropists in the area of juvenile brain diseases. Established in 2000, the Colbeth Clinic is operated by the University of Illinois Medical Center and serves inner city children in the Chicago area. This state of the art clinic employs a multidisciplinary approach to treating a wide range of brain diseases including: autism, depression, bipolar, OCD, ADHD, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Doug holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Siena College in Loudonville, New York, and studied Quantitative Economics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (R.P.I.) in Troy, New York. While attending R.P.I., Doug was awarded a research grant from Texas Instruments Inc. to develop modeling software for various Texas Instruments products.
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About MedCircle: MedCircle is a San Diego based company redefining the mental health care market
Claire Tomkins
Founder & CEO of Future Family
Claire is Founder and CEO of Future Family, a startup helping women and couples navigate their fertility journey. Previously, Claire was Director of Product Marketing at SolarCity (now TSLA), where she helped build one of the largest consumer finance businesses in the industry. She holds a PhD from Stanford University and has been recognized as a National Science Foundation Fellow and a Kauffman Fellow. Claire is passionate about women’s health and fertility based on her personal journey.
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About Future Family: Future Family provides women and couples with personal and affordable fertility care.
Harrison Gordon
Co-Founder and CEO of Blueberry Pediatrics
Harrison Gordon graduated from Northwestern University and worked for Microsoft as a program manager and Google as a product manager. With a family full of doctors and both parents practicing physicians based in Florida, Harrison wanted to use his background and expertise to create a company that uses online services to create a better life for everyone. In his spare time, Harrison enjoys cooking, hiking, and playing with his 1-year-old rescue dog Riley.
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About Blueberry Pediatrics: Blueberry Pediatrics provides parents with live access to top pediatricians for a flat monthly rate.
Yunha Kim
Founder & CEO of Simple Habit
Simple Habit was founded by Yunha Kim in Spring 2016.A former investment banker on Wall Street, Yunha quit her job to build her first startup, raising over $3M from prominent investors. Yunha was desperate to manage the extreme stress of her startup, so, she turned to meditation. She began to meditate a few minutes a day and saw dramatic improvements in the quality of her work, relationships and life. She decided to build Simple Habit to help busy people, like herself, experience the benefits mindfulness.
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About Simple Habit: Simple Habit is a meditation app designed to drive a healthy lifestyle.
Katerina Markov Schneider
Chief Executive Officer of Ritual
Katerina Markov Schneider is the CEO & founder of Ritual, a stealth health technology company. Previously, she was a Venture Partner with Troy Carter in his investment fund, AF Square, where she managed an active portfolio of over 70 investments, including Styleseat, Dropbox, Warby Parker, Spotify, Uber, and Lyft. Earlier in her career, Katerina served as Head of Global Innovation at Atom Factory, a branding, digital, and entertainment management company, where she led digital strategy & high-level technology partnerships for artists such as Lady Gaga and John Legend, along with associated brands and investment portfolio companies. She previously worked as Global Lead of Digital Innovation at Universal Music Group; and before that, was the Senior Business Development Advisor to the company’s Chairman & CEO. Before Atom Factory, Katerina served as Global Lead of Digital Innovation at Universal Musical Group, and as an advisor to the CEO of Shine America where she developed strategies to build digital brands for TV properties. She also worked in business strategy & operations at FOX Audience Network and worked as an Investment Banker at Lehman Brothers in the Global Gaming and Lodging Business. Katerina earned a degree from Brown University in Applied Mathematics-Economics and is on the board of several startups. She was named to the Forbes 30 under 30 for Venture Capital list for 2014, serves as a Global Shaper for the World Economic Forum and lives in Los Angeles, CA with her husband, Michael, who is also an entrepreneur, and daughter, Tali
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About Ritual: Ritual is a health technology company that is re-inventing consumer products.
Nick Desai
Co-founder and CEO of HeyRenee
Nick Desai is the Founder and CEO of HeyRenee. He was the Advisor and Founder at Heal before that and leads the vision, strategy, recruiting, and fundraising for Heal. He’s raised over $47 million in venture capital for his four start-ups since 1998. Most recently, Nick was CEO of FitOrbit – the leader in internet-based weight loss coaching solutions funded by Spark Capital and health insurance giant Anthem Blue Cross. Nick holds a BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from UC Irvine and an MS in Electrical Engineering from UCLA. He lives in the Pacific Palisades with his wife and one-year-old son – who is his pride and joy.
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About HeyRenee: HeyRenee is a patient-centric personal health concierge, designed to consolidate, coordinate and connect all aspects of medical care.
Noah Kraft
CEO and Co-Founder of Ginger Health Company
Noah Kraft is the CEO and Co-founder at Ginger Health Company.
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About Ginger Health Company: Ginger Health Company provides solutions for digestive health and offers product options, education, and guidance for consumers.
Osh. Agabi
Founder & CEO of Koniku
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About : Koniku merges synthetic biology with silicon to build machines that detect smells. We cyborgs capable of detecting smell.
Ross Ingram
Cofounder & CEO of Maslo
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About Maslo: We make companions that care about people.
Manish Shah
CEO & Co-founder of Peerwell
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About Peerwell: PeerWell covers the full continuum of musculoskeletal care — from pain & prevention through to complex surgery & recovery.
Alex Franzusoff
Chief Executive Officer of PACT Pharma
Alex Franzusoff is the chief executive officer of PACT Pharma. Prior to his current position, Alex served as the chief scientific officer and senior vice president of Research and Product Development of the company. Before joining PACT Pharma, he served as the founding CEO of Krypton Immuno-oncology, Inc. He also held executive positions at Bavarian Nordic, Inc, AZTherapies Inc., Permeon Biologics, Inc, and GlobeImmune.
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About PACT Pharma: Pact Pharma is a developer of personalized adoptive T cell therapies designed for the eradication of solid tumors.
Melody McCloskey
CEO & Founder of StyleSeat
Melody McCloskey is co-founder and CEO of StyleSeat, the largest online marketplace for beauty and wellness services. In 2011, after feeling frustrated that there was no easy way to book beauty appointments, Melody founded StyleSeat with Dan Levine. More than 350,000 beauty professionals in nearly 16,000 cities use the platform today and customers more than 30 million appointments each year. Melody was named by Fast Company as one of its Most Creative People in Business 2014.
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About StyleSeat: StyleSeat is an online destination that connects beauty and wellness professionals with clients.
Adrianne Nickerson
CEO and Co-Founder of Oula Health
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About Oula Health, Robin Care: Oula Health reimagines how women experience pregnancy and delivery.
Kiki Freedman
Co-founder and CEO of Hey Jane
Kiki Freedman is the Co Founder of Hey Jane.
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About Hey Jane: Healthcare, on your terms
Ryan Roddy
Founder and CEO of Kyoku
Ryan Roddy is the Founder and CEO of Kyoku.
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About Kyoku: Kyoku is a foodtech brand that makes personalized nutrition for endurance athletes.
AJ Goldstein
Founder & CEO of Aware Healthcare
AJ Goldstein is the founder and CEO of Aware Healthcare.
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About Aware Healthcare: Aware Healthcare is reinventing therapy by building the first national network of data-driven therapists.
Robin McIntosh
Co-Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Co-Founder of Workit Health
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About Workit Health: Workit Health is a virtual clinic dedicated to medically-assisted treatment and online therapy for substance use disorder.
Steve Lee
Co-founder/CEO of Aura Health
Co-Founder & CEO at Aura Health.
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About Aura Health: Aura is a digital wellness ecosystem that provides personalized content & community from therapists & coaches around the world
Eythor Bender
Co-Founder and CEO of UNYQ
Eythor Bender, the CEO/Co-founder of UNYQ has worked in the prosthetics and bionics industry for 20+ years including leadership roles at two successful startup exits including CEO at Ekso Bionics (IPO) and President at Ossur (IPO), the manufacturer of the prosthetic legs used by ‘blade runner’ Oscar Pistorius in the Olympics.
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About Singularity University, UNYQ: UNYQ is a global medical device company with industry-leading innovative mass customized orthopedic products
Pavel Pravdin
Founder & CEO of Welltory
Pavel Pravdin is Welltory founder and CEO, ex-Director of Founder Institute, entrepreneur.As an engineer and a business leader, He has over 16 years’ experience in helping businesses achieve sustainable growth, reduce costs, and maximize profit through state-of-the-art technologies and business strategies.
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About Adamantify, Welltory: The go-to health app that lets you read your body, track health, and sync gadgets.
Veronica Lee
Founder & CEO of Remrise
Veronica Lee is the Founder & CEO at Remrise.
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About Midas League, Remrise: Remrise is a health, wellness, and fitness company that offers a personalizes plant-powered sleep formulas.
Lea von Bidder
Co-founder & CEO of Ava
Lea co-founded L’inouï, a premium chocolate production and retail chain in Bangalore, India. As COO, she was key to establishing the L’inouï marketing and operation strategy. She holds a Master’s degree in global entrepreneurship from EM Lyon in France, Zhejiang University in China and Purdue Krannert University in the USA. She obtained her Bachelor’s degree from the University of St.Gallen and HEC Montréal in Canada. In between her studies, Lea worked for the marketing division of Procter & Gamble in Frankfurt and for a strategy-consulting boutique in Paris.
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About Ava: Ava is a patented multi-sensor bracelet, which allows women to precisely and conveniently predict fertile days.
Cory Brightwell
Co-Founder & CEO of Chuze Fitness
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About Chuze Fitness: Less attitude, more fitness. That’s the Chuze Fitness way! Come check out one of our fitness centers in San Diego, Orange County or Tucson!
Michael Kisch
CEO & Board Member of Aktiia
Michael Kisch is the CEO and Board Member at Aktiia.
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About Aktiia, Edmund Hillary Fellowship(EHF): 24/7 Blood Pressure Monitoring Made Easy
Mylene Yao
CEO and Cofounder of Univfy
Dr. Mylene Yao brings a game-changer to in vitro fertilization (IVF) to help more women and couples build their families. Univfy combines healthcare AI and fintech to dramatically improve the fertility patient’s experience, expand affordability of having several IVF treatments, and maximize a woman’s chance of having a baby from IVF. Dr. Yao is a board-certified Ob/Gyn with over 20 years of experience in clinical and scientific research in reproductive medicine. She has led Univfy from invention to commercialization and now focuses on expanding the Univfy network of fertility providers to increase women’s access to IVF treatment. Her vision is to make IVF an affordable and effective option for women and couples through the Univfy PreIVF Report, which provides predicted probabilities of IVF success that are personalized to the woman’s own health profile and validated for the fertility center’s IVF outcomes. Prior to Univfy, Dr. Yao was Assistant Professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine, where she led NIH-funded research in reproductive medicine and preimplantation embryo gene regulation. Univfy’s technology — deep phenotype profiling-based health prediction modeling — was developed at Stanford University by research teams led by Dr. Yao and her scientific collaborator and Univfy Co-founder Professor Wing H. Wong to address unmet needs in personalized, outcomes-based health care decision making. Dr. Yao’s scientific research has been published in clinical and basic science research journals, including the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Molecular Systems Biology, Fertility and Sterility, Molecular Endocrinology, and Developmental Biology. Dr. Yao received her medical degree from the University of Toronto, Canada in 1993 and completed her residency training in obstetrics and gynecology at McGill University, Montreal, Canada in 1998. She received her clinical subspecialty training in reproductive endocrinology and infertility and post-doctoral training in developmental biology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard University, Boston, MA in 1998–2001. In 2003, she joined the faculty at Stanford University to lead basic scientific research in early embryo development. Dr. Yao received academic research grants and awards — including the NIH/NICHD Women’s Reproductive Health Research Fellowship, 2005; NIH-R01, 2008; and Coulter-Stanford Translational Research Award, 2009 — for her research in the areas of pre-implantation embryo development, the role of stem cell genes in the embryo, and uterine receptivity at implantation. She is co-author of the chapter on Infertility in Berek and Novak’s Gynecology (13th to 16th editions), one of the most widely read medical textbooks for obstetricians and gynecologists.
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About Univfy: Univfy AI Platform makes fertility costs and success more predictable for women and couples navigating their family-building options.
James Schmachtenberger
Co-Founder & CEO of Neurohacker Collective
James Schmachtenberger is a Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Neurohacker Collective.
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About Neurohacker Collective: Neurohacker Collective creates resources for self-directed neurological optimization.
Joar Opheim
Founder & CEO of Nordic Naturals
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About Nordic Naturals: Nordic Naturals offers nutrients essential to health.
Kent Yoshimura
Co-founder and CEO of Neuro
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About Neuro: Neuro is a functional confectionary company that creates products that creates products to get you in the right state of mind.
Fred Parietti
Co-Founder & CEO of Multiply Labs
Fred (Federico) Parietti is the Co-Founder & CEO at Multiply Labs.
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About Multiply Labs: Multiply Labs deploys advanced robotics technology to manufacture personalized pharmaceutical capsules.
Raymond Wu
Co-founder & CEO of Wynd Technologies
Raymond Wu founded Wynd Technologies, Inc. in 2014 to help people around the world breathe healthier air. Before Wynd Ray was a Principal at Silver Lake, one of the largest investment firms focusing on the technology industry. Prior to joining Silver Lake, he worked at McKinsey & Company, having served clients in technology, private equity, and financial institutions. Mr. Wu graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
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About Wynd Technologies: Wynd Technologies develops a portable smart air purifier that monitors and cleans air as needed.
Helena Plater-Zyberk
Co-Founder & CEO of Supportiv
Helena co-created Supportiv after identifying a market need between therapy and mindfulness offerings, and envisioning a pennies-per-minute business model that could make mental wellness affordable for just about everyone. She is the former CEO of SimpleTherapy, who led the AI-driven digital musculoskeletal health company from pre-product to its first $5MM in commercial contracting from five Fortune 50 clients including Aetna and Humana. Previously, she was Executive Director for Scholastic’s $500MM ed-tech and services division, a business unit of 400+ sales, marketing, product, and implementation employees, acquired by Houghton Mifflin. Prior to that, Helena was Director of Strategy and Consumer Insights at Condé Nast, the media behemoth that publishes over 20 name brands including The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, and Wired. She is a former Rotary Scholar who has worked, studied, and traveled in over 60 countries, including hiking Everest Base Camp (17,600 ft) and Kilimanjaro (19,341 ft). She is also an independent Board Member of the Austin, TX legal SaaS startup Liquid Litigation Management. Helena holds an MBA from Columbia University
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About Supportiv: The Support Network delivers AI/NLP-driven precision peer support + hyper-targeted resource recommendations for mental wellness.
Sarah McDevitt
Founder & CEO of Core
Sarah McDevitt, a college basketball star turned hardware founder whose product she hopes to have in consumers’ hands by this holiday season — even while she’s acutely aware that a lot has to go right first.
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About Core: Core provides a meditation experience device that uses haptics and biofeedback to guide progress and personalize techniques.
Tashfeen Suleman
CEO of CloudMedx
Tashfeen drives the company’s vision, strategy and technology. His mission is to improve patient journeys and outcomes. He has over 12 years of experience in different areas of technology, entrepreneurship and management. He is a CS major with industry experience in big data, AI and product design, development, and commercialization. After a misdiagnosis in the family, Tashfeen left Microsoft to take care of his father – a survivor of subdural hematoma, a kind of brain bleed. During this journey, he created a company focused on improving healthcare delivery through technology. He believes in the power of data and the potential impact it can have in the medical industry.
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About CloudMedx: We collect and convert disparate data into holistic and actionable views of individuals and communities.
Ben Hwang
CEO of Profusa
From his early exposure as an undergraduate research fellow at the lab of Leroy Hood at Caltech, where the automated DNA sequencer was developed, to bringing cutting edge life sciences tools to the market at Life Technologies Corp. (acquired by Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.), Ben has seen first-hand the transformative impact that science and technology have to change our world. Prior to Profusa, Ben served in a variety of leadership roles at Life Technologies Corp., including President of the Asia Pacific Region and Head of the qPCR Division. A former management consultant at McKinsey and Company, Ben earned his M.A. and Ph.D. in Biology from The Johns Hopkins University.
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About Profusa: PROFUSA is a medical devices company creating tissue-integrated sensors for chronic disease management and healthy living.
Alexandre Wayenberg
Co-founder & CEO of Shape
Founder & CEO with experience of over 10 years designing PCBs, firmware, and electronic products.He loves trying out new techniques and finding the perfect solution for any requirements. Passionate about surfing.
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About Shape: ShapeScale combines computer vision and 3D into a new form of measuring health and fitness.
Ryan Archdeacon
CEO of Bodymatter
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About Bodymatter: Bodymatter is a digital health company that builds personalized health software to help every individual achieve their best possible health.
Tegan Bukowski
CEO & Co-Founder of WellSet
Founder and CEO of WellSet. Architect. Yale.
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About WellSet: WellSet is the first platform to find, book and recommend wellness practitioners.
Jack Oswald
CEO, CTO and Co-Founder of ISOThrive
CEO, CTO and Co-Founder at ISOThrive Inc.
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About ISOThrive: ISOThrive is a developer of microbiome product intended to support human and animal health.
Amy Chiu
Co-Founder/CEO of DearBrightly
Amy Chiu is the Founder of Dear Brightly. She is a former Software Engineer at Optimizely and Associate Product Manager of Airbnb.
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About DearBrightly: DearBrightly offers prescription strength retinoids and a variety of other skincare essentials.
Jonathan Schwartz
CEO of CareZone
Jonathan Schwartz is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer at CareZone since March 2010. CareZone is a social utility to help individuals and families that care for children, parents or loved ones. Prior to founding CareZone, Jonathan was the President, Chief Executive and a Director of Sun Microsystems, the Fortune 200 technology pioneer acquired by Oracle in 2010. Prior to the acquisition, Sun Microsystems pioneered many of cloud computing’s most important innovations, from the world’s most pervasive open source software platforms, to the most efficient datacenter microelectronics and systems infrastructure. Prior to leading the company as Chief Executive Officer, Jonathan was Sun’s President and Chief Operating Officer, its Executive Vice President of Software, and its Chief Strategy Officer, overseeing mergers, acquisitions and Sun’s venture capital portfolio. Prior to Sun, Jonathan was the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Lighthouse Design, Ltd., a software company acquired by Sun in 1996. Jonathan began his career with McKinsey & Company, Inc., and holds degrees in Mathematics and Economics from Wesleyan University.
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About CareZone: CareZone makes it easy to manage multiple medications, organize health information, and access health services from your smartphone.
Noah Craft
Co-Founder and Co-CEO of People Science
Noah Craft is Chief Scientific Officer of Direct Dermatology and is a practicing dermatologist in Los Angeles. He completed his Dermatology Residency at UCLA and was a graduate of the prestigious STAR Program there. He holds a Bachelor of Science from Brown University and then attended UCLA for both his MD and PhD degrees. In 2005, he completed the Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Noah Craft has been a leader of several local and statewide teledermatology programs in California.He is also focused on the development and implementation of decision-support innovations to reduce diagnostic errors while providing performance-improving education at the point-of-care including VisualDx. Noah Craft has published over 45 peer-reviewed manuscripts, 17 book chapters, and he is the senior editor of a popular dermatology textbook, VisualDx: Adult Dermatology Essentials. He has received over 25 NIH and private research grants to support his basic science, translational, and telemedicine research.
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About BioGraph 55, People Science: People Science is a tech-led R&D platform for alternative medicine.
Sameer Sontakey
CEO / FOUNDER of Biostrap
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About Biostrap: We Turn Health Data into Health Opportunity
Agnieszka Nazaruk
Founder & CEO of The Movement Athlete
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About The Movement Athlete: The Movement Athlete is a skill-based fitness training application.
Amin Mobasher
CEO & President of Saina Health, Inc
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About Saina Health, Inc: Personalized Health Information at Your Fingertip!
Steven Webster
CEO of Asensei
In-between captaining, competing and coaching Edinburgh University Karate Club, Steven graduated in Computer Science and Electronics. A 4th degree black belt, he proceeded to coach for Edinburgh during the most successful period of the club’s history – coaching several hundred students, awarding over 20 black belts and winning 10 consecutive national championships. Winner of PWC Coach of the Year award, Steven funded his sport coaching as a full-time hardware and software engineer. Selling his first startup to Adobe in 2005, Steven built a global consulting team winning awards with clients including Nike, NFL and BBC.
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About Asensei: The easiest way to add technique coaching and correction to sport and fitness products.
Robert Lorsch
CEO & Chairman of MMRGlobal
Bob Lorsch si the CEO & Chairman at MMRGlobal.
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About MMRGlobal, RHL Group: MMRGlobal provides secure, easy-to-use multilingual personal health records (PHRs) and electronic safe deposit box storage solutions.
Ellen Huerta
CEO and Founder of Mend
Ellen Huerta is the founder and CEO of Mend. Prior to founding Mend, Ellen served as an analytical lead at Google.
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About Mend: Mend specializes in the fields of mobile apps, relationships, self-care, breakups, and training.
John Bracaglia
Co-Founder and CEO of Marvin
John Bracaglia is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Marvin.
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About Marvin: Marvin is a virtual care platform that provides teletherapy and behavioral health services to healthcare workers.
Tom Stevens
Co-Founder & CEO of Tombot
Tom Stevens is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder at Tombot.
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About Tombot: Tombot makes robotic animals that transform the daily life of individuals, families and communities facing health adversities.
Seibo Shen
Founder and CEO of VapeXhale
After a successful career in various revenue generating roles in the Silicon Valley and having 4 successful exits (Data.com, Successfactors, E2open, Yammer), Seibo Shen founded VapeXhale in 2010 and has served as CEO since the company’s inception. An active leader in the vaporizer community, Seibo works closely with VapeXhale’s product team to shape the technology behind the company’s products.
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About VapeXhale: VapeXhale is a company that manufactures and markets high end, medical grade vaporization systems.
Sky Christopherson
Founder and CEO of Personal GOLD
Called a ‘Wunderkind’ by The New York Times, and recently voted 5th nationwide in ‘Top 40 under 40 in Healthcare Innovation’, Sky is a world record holder and was a member of the U.S. Cycling Team’s ‘Project 96’ prior to the 1996 Olympics. Frustrated by the rampant doping culture in cycling, Sky retired after the 2000 Olympics and dedicated his career in search for a better solution. In 2011, Sky broke a world record using an individualized digital health approach inspired by Dr. Eric Topol, the previous holder of the record receiving a lifetime ban for drugs. This experiment was the genesis of OAthlete that helped athletes win medals at the 2012 London Olympics, receiving international media and featured in the award-winning documentary film ‘Personal Gold (2015)’. Called a ‘Wunderkind’ by The New York Times, and recently voted 5th nationwide in ‘Top 40 under 40 in Healthcare Innovation’, Sky is a world record holder and was a member of the U.S. Cycling Team’s ‘Project 96’ prior to the 1996 Olympics. Frustrated by the rampant doping culture in cycling, Sky retired after the 2000 Olympics and dedicated his career in search for a better solution. In 2011, Sky broke a world record using an individualized digital health approach inspired by Dr. Eric Topol, the previous holder of the record receiving a lifetime ban for drugs. This experiment was the genesis of OAthlete that helped athletes win medals at the 2012 London Olympics, receiving international media and featured in the award-winning documentary film ‘Personal Gold (2015)’. Sky has been featured in Forbes, Sports Illustrated, Outside, AlleyWatch, and speaker at health technology conferences ranging from the New York Digital Health Conference featuring Dr. Ezekiel Emmanuel, San Francisco Health 2.0 Conference featuring Chelsea Clinton, Consumer Electronics Show, The Quantified Self Conference, Verizon Healthcare & Life Science Summit, TEDx, and others. Sky currently lives in Los Angeles, CA and is bringing the app Personal GOLD to the consumer market.
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About Personal GOLD: GOLD is a global consumer health and fitness movement inspired by the Olympic Games. Award-winning Netflix film and iOS/Apple Watch app.
Darwin Fogt
President and CEO of eWellness Corporation
Darwin Fogt, President & CEO: Darwin Fogt, MPT, is a New York and California Licensed Physical Therapist with a B.S. in Exercise Physiology from USC and a Masters degree in Physical Therapy from Cal State Long Beach. Darwin has worked as a physical therapist in neurological rehabilitation and in-patient settings, but has spent most of his professional career doing orthopedic and sports medicine rehabilitation. Licensed as a personal trainer through the American College of Sports Medicine, Darwin created a clinic which fostered not only exceptional patient care but also provided state of the art fitness and sport training as well as professional, research-based fitness training. Evolution Physical Therapy has been an active participant in community outreach and educational programs including preventive obesity programs in conjunction with the Los Angeles Clippers and hosted a variety of free lectures on various topics within the clinics.
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About eWellness Corporation: We are first to market with our telemedicine based distance monitored physical therapy exercise (“DMpt”) program.
Mo Seetubtim
Founder & CEO of The Happiness Planner
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About The Happiness Planner, Topside Wear: Our mission is to empower the world to heal and master their mind.
Deryk Van Brunt
CEO of CredibleMind
Deryk Van Brunt is a co-founder of CredibleMind and serves as CEO. He is also President and CEO of the Healthy Communities Foundation, a nonprofit organization. He teaches Health Informatics at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health, and conducts research in the area of individual and community health information systems. He has overseen the creation, development, and evaluation of clinical and patient-centered information systems implemented in over 500 healthcare institutions. He has authored several health-related articles. He received his MPH in Epidemiology and Biostatistics and his DrPH in Health Informatics from the University of California at Berkeley.
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About CredibleMind: CredibleMind helps people optimize their mental health, emotional well-being and spiritual growth.
James Glynn
CEO of JET HEALTH
Prior to SV, Jim was the President and CEO of Amerita, Inc., a leading provider of Specialty Infusion Services which he founded in 2006 and sold to PharMerica, Inc. in 2012. Since 2009, Jim also served as a Director and member of the executive committee for the National Home Infusion Association. Prior to Amerita, Jim held senior leadership positions with several national specialty infusion and home health organizations including Apria Healthcare, Gentiva Health Services and Coram Specialty Infusion Services.
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About JET HEALTH: JET HEALTH is a healthcare company that provides skilled nursing care, hospice support, physical, speech, and occupational therapy.
Chris Hibberd
Chief Executive Officer of Nucleix
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About Nucleix, Nucleix: Nucleix develops, manufactures, and markets non-invasive molecular cancer diagnostic tests.
Jerry Abrahamson
Chief Executive Officer of Curis AI Inc.
Jerry is an innovative thinker, entrepreneur, python developer and medical doctor with a great passion for making the world a better place using technology, data and empathy. He had his first stint with entrepreneurship at 8 helping his mom to run her pastry business. Since then, he has gone on to start several businesses some of which failed miserably while some were huge successes. This has bred in him a never say die attitude; Jerry will stop at nothing to achieve his goals. Working in the B2B space for 5 years, he has gained valuable insights in management and leadership that he applies to his present endeavors. In 2019, he founded Curis AI, a digital healthcare startup looking to make healthcare personalized, efficient and affordable for everyone with a smartphone. As CEO, he is responsible for strategic direction, technical guidance, personnel and compassionate leadership. He is happy to share some of his insights in business and life in general; and would be more than happy to answer any questions. All inquiries should be via email: [email protected]
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About Curis AI Inc.: Our first product is MyCuris a mobile app that provides on-demand VR psychotherapy & guided meditation.
Maja Zecevic
Founder/CEO of Opionato
Scientist, ex-Lancet Editor, Health Advisor
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About Opionato: Your go-to conception expert. Anyone. Anywhere. Anytime… Finally.
Chalisa Prarasri
Cofounder & CEO of Opter Life
Chalisa Prarasri has a B.S. in Neuroscience from UCLA. Previously she was Editor-in-Chief of UCLA’s health magazine, Total Wellness, as well as a researcher in the W. M. Keck Center for Neurophysics and the Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research.
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About Opter Life: an ecosystem of beautiful IoT devices that help you achieve lifestyle-wide wellbeing
Isharna Walsh
Founder & CEO of Coral
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About Coral, Embark Ventures: Coral is an app designed to help you cultivate your sexuality and transform your relationship with sex.
Michael Rittersbacher
CEO of LiveWell Home
Former Corporate professional with 20 years of program development and social impact experience, with leadership role at Fortune 500 companies. Extensive experience in policy and process development including global program implementation; creating metrics and reporting; and strategic partnerships and alliances. Highly effective communication strategist with proven ability to influence key stakeholders ranging from senior executives to investors
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About LiveWell Home: LiveWell Home is addressing market gaps by providing an ecosystem of curated services to form a solution to aging in place.
Naveen Khan
CEO & Founder of Pt Pal
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About Pt Pal: A clinical patient management platform, enabling clinicians to send treatment plans, surveys and reminders a patient’s app & track progress.
Walter Roth
CEO of inward inc
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About inward inc: A mobile health app platform delivering adaptive building blocks for behavioral change and mental and emotional performance.
Brian Doyle
Co-Founder and CEO of Axius
Brian Doyle is the co-founder and CEO of Axius.
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About Axius: Axius provides athletes with a functional training tool that helps improve core strength, balance, and joint health.
Henry Mahncke
CEO of Posit Science
Dr. Henry Mahncke, Ph.D has been the Chief Executive Officer of Posit Science Corporation since June 2, 2011 and serves as its President. Dr. Mahncke served as Vice President of Research & Outcomes at Posit Science Corporation. Dr. Mahncke leads the Research & Outcomes team, designing scientific research and implementing outcomes trials to advance Posit Science’s product development. Dr. Mahncke served as the Vice-Consul for Science and Technology at the British Consulate-General …
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About Posit Science: Posit Science is the maker of BrainHQ, the brain training program backed by the world’s best science.
Ryan Brown
CEO of Cactus
Ryan Brown is the Chief Executive Officer at [Kinecho](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/kinecho). Previously, he was a product manager at [Craftsy](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/sympoz#/entity) and Blue Bottle Coffee. He is based in Denver, CO.
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About Bluprint, Cactus: A mindfulness app for people who don’t like meditation
Romina Ghassemi
Founder and CEO of Think Healthy
Dr. Romina Ghassemi is the founder and CEO of Think Healthy. She is also a clinic director at San Pedro Chiropractic and Posture.
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About Think Healthy: Think Healthy develops medical posture devices to help people with slouching have a better posture and be more comfortable.
Jeff Krasno
Founder & CEO of Commune
Jeff Krasno currently works as the Founder and CEO for Commune.
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About Commune: Commune is a digital course community that aims to build a network of self-sufficient personal and societal well-being.
Panya Chheng
CEO of Medyear
CEO of Medyear.
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About Medyear: An all-purpose social network for healthcare.
Bruce Taylor
Founder & CEO of Taylor Farms
Bruce Taylor is the founder & CEO of Taylor Farms.
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About Taylor Farms: Taylor Farms is a food company offering a collection of healthy, great tasting fresh salads, and snacks packed with nutrients.
Amanda French
Co-Founder & CEO of Emme
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About Emme: Emme is a healthcare technology company with a mission to put women’s health in women’s hands, starting with birth control.
Jennifer Ernst
CEO and Co-Founder of Tivic Health
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About Tivic Health: Tivic Health is a commercial-phase healthtech company focussed on bioelectronic medicine for inflammation.
Arif Quronfleh
CEO of Tahmo, Inc.
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About Tahmo, Inc., Vencipio, LLC: Tahmo Inc. is a developing health and comfort smart devices.
