Hi there -
I’m an entrepreneur based in Madison, WI, with a background that runs from medical anthropology to healthtech startups. My most recent company, Propeller Health, built connected devices and software to help people manage asthma and COPD. We were acquired by ResMed in 2019.
These days I build and invest in companies, advise entrepreneurs, and spend time thinking about how to create useful products that measurably improve individual and public health. I'm lucky to do this as part of the Investment Committee at LifeArc Ventures and as a senior advisor at SHS Capital.
I'm writing about what I call orphaned innovations: the medical products that should exist but don't, not because the science failed, but because the system around them wasn't built to move them forward. That work lives in the Orphaned Innovations section of this newsletter.
I live in Madison with my family. I love drumming, being on the water and in the desert, skiing, squash, and reading widely across a lot of different fields.
I also make fun little tools for the web. Things like YearMap, a year-at-a-glance planning calendar, Windblock, which automatically blocks windy hours in your Google Calendar, and Yesterday’s Weather, if you’re curious about a place.
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