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After 6 incredible years @PropellerHealth, today it is with very mixed emotions that I am saying goodbye. Propeller has been, by far, the best career experience of my life. I am proud of the team and all that we accomplished. Below is a thread with some great memories. (1/23)
I remember reading about Asthmapolis in 2011/2012, and thinking it was such a cool idea. I loved the tech+health angle, but really loved the idea of collective data being harnessed and used for the good of individuals and communities. (2/23) https://www.propellerhealth.com/press/press-release/asthmapolis-begins-enrollment-patients-asthma-study-inhaler-sensors-will-track-usage-collect-data">https://www.propellerhealth.com/press/pre...
I met @dvansickle at Health Datapalooza in 2012. Great conference: I got to present my 100Plus app in front of data geeks, I met David, I met @mindofandre, and got an (awkward) selfie with @Todd_Park44, which unfortunately i can& #39;t find. (3/23) https://gigaom.com/2012/03/07/health-datapalooza-takes-the-pulse-of-mhealth/">https://gigaom.com/2012/03/0...
I had also known Propeller& #39;s Series A investor @Maidenberg (through our kids, which is so SF). 2014 was a bunch of conversations (and dinners for anyone who knows Ted), and I got to know the company. I also got to meet the incredible @GregTracy. (4/23) http://mobihealthnews.com/21428/asthmapolis-raises-5-million-from-social-capital">https://mobihealthnews.com/21428/ast...
I joined Propeller right around the close of their Series B raise. I felt lucky to be able to join a company I knew and respected, with people who seemed awesome (later proven), that was flush with cash and expanding rapidly. 
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I cannot stress enough how welcoming the company was, especially @dvansickle and @gregtracy, to this newcomer from San Francisco. I felt like I had been there from the beginning and was instantly part of the tribe. (6/23)
At that time we were just getting going commercially. We had done a nice real-world RCT program with @DignityHealth and were working on analyzing the results and writing them up for publication. (7/23) https://www.mobihealthnews.com/content/study-propeller-dignity-health-find-sensors-can-curb-rescue-inhaler-use">https://www.mobihealthnews.com/content/s...
On the pharma side, we had built a sensor for Boehringer Ingelheim& #39;s Respimat device, and were just starting to pilot it with them. (8/23) http://mobihealthnews.com/36942/boehringer-ingelheim-propeller-health-team-up-for-sensor-enabled-inhaler-pilot">https://mobihealthnews.com/36942/boe...
Over the years we had our ups and downs. Like all, we had some hard financings, many pitches (so many pitches), customers won, and a few lost. We grew an amazing team and got to witness (and help drive) the growth of #DigitalHealth from the front row. (9/23)
We did so many pilots with different health organizations, and eventually got to see them start to grow and flourish into scaled programs. (10/23) https://hitconsultant.net/2017/08/25/propeller-health-expands-partnership-glaxosmithkline-improve-management-asthma-copd">https://hitconsultant.net/2017/08/2...
And we learned a ton in the process. It is fun (but very challenging) being first. No better place for a person who likes living on the steep part of the learning curve. (11/23) https://www.slideshare.net/cwhogg/overcoming-barriers-to-scale-in-digital-therapeutics">https://www.slideshare.net/cwhogg/ov...
One of the programs I am most proud of was Air Louisville, where we worked with the City to improve the lives of all patients in the city with asthma. We helped prove that digital data can be useful to the public health. (12/23) https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/abs/10.1377/hlthaff.2017.1315">https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/abs/1...
Beyond BI, we signed many more pharma companies, and I think helped pharma start to see the value in digital health. All those EU pitch trips and packed JPM weeks, with this amazing team, are vivid and amazing memories. We signed GSK… (13/23) http://www.fiercepharma.com/story/gsk-jumps-smart-inhaler-bandwagon-ellipta-sensor-deal/2015-12-02">https://www.fiercepharma.com/story/gsk...
….And Novartis (14/23) https://medcitynews.com/2017/02/propeller-wins-another-big-pharma-partner-novartis">https://medcitynews.com/2017/02/p...
….And Orion (15/23) https://www.mobihealthnews.com/content/propeller-healths-new-deal-orion-corporation-extends-its-european-reach">https://www.mobihealthnews.com/content/p...
….And signed a deal with Aptar to make the first inhaler with sensors integrated directly into them (16/23) http://www.fiercemedicaldevices.com/story/propeller-partners-aptar-hopes-winning-race-first-integrated-smart-inhaler/2016-02-25">https://www.fiercemedicaldevices.com/story/pro...
….And then we finally signed AstraZeneca, thanks to some great internal champions and a lot of pitches. (17/23) https://www.fiercebiotech.com/medtech/astrazeneca-spins-up-new-partnership-propeller-health-to-add-smart-features-to-its">https://www.fiercebiotech.com/medtech/a...
And we got to work with Express Scripts and were included in the first ever digital formulary from a PBM, a development I think will be really important to #DigitalHealth in retrospect. (18/23) https://www.medtechdive.com/news/livongo-propeller-omada-tapped-for-express-scripts-digital-health-formula/569029">https://www.medtechdive.com/news/livo...
Mostly I am proud that we got to help over 100k patients with asthma and COPD, and that we did it with credibility. I hope one legacy of Propeller is in demonstrating the value of testing rigorously and publishing often. (19/23) https://www.propellerhealth.com/clinical-research/">https://www.propellerhealth.com/clinical-...
And finally, I want to thank the @ResMed family who saw the value in what we created, had the foresight to see the future and welcomed us warmly into their family. I will forever be a champion of Propeller/ResMed. (20/23) https://www.mobihealthnews.com/content/resmed-acquires-digital-respiratory-health-company-propeller-health">https://www.mobihealthnews.com/content/r...
I feel very proud of what we all accomplished. I learned so much, and feel like I was able to contribute to an amazing cause. I feel very lucky to have had the opportunity to help with the mission, and to help move #DigitalHealth forward with our contributions. (21/23)
But through it all it was the people that made the journey excellent. I will be forever grateful to @dvansickle, @GregTracy, @dchubanks, @Maidenberg, @GKurtzman, Joe, Wendy, Jesse, Sal, @mqbarrett, Jen and so many others. Best team ever. (22/23)
As for me, I am taking a bit of time off to re-charge the batteries and spend time with family (including our newest member below), and then will figure out what is next. But #DigitalHealth and entrepreneurship are addictive, so I will be back in the arena soon enough. (23/23)
