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About the Founders
Brandon S. Aylward, Ph.D
Founder
Brandon is an entrepreneur, author, and clinician with over 15 years of clinical and research experience in pediatric behavioral medicine and developing healthcare technology products. He has authored numerous peer-reviewed manuscripts, abstracts, and book chapters and co-edited the book, Clinical Practice of Pediatric Psychology. Brandon received his doctorate in Clinical Child Psychology with a minor in Quantitative Research from the University of Kansas. He then completed a predoctoral residency program at one of the top children’s hospitals in the country, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC). Following his residency he completed both a T32 postdoctoral fellowship program in Child Behavior and Nutrition and the Quality Scholars Program for Healthcare Transformation at CCHMC.
Brandon has served in a research director role with several health companies and was an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics with Emory School of Medicine and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. During his time in academic medical centers, he developed and validated several technology products to help improve knowledge of pediatric health conditions and provide prospective data to clinicians to inform treatment decisions. His innovative work in healthcare has been featured in numerous publications and media outlets, including the U.S. News and World Report (“Bringing Clinical Care Into the App Store”). He has also previously collaborated with several leading health technology start-up companies that utilize digital health technology to better assess health behaviors and make treatment recommendations. Most recently, Brandon oversaw the research and evaluation efforts of a $39M funded pediatric primary care program currently in over 160 practices and also helped to develop a digital care-coordination platform for the program's child behavioral specialists.
Theodore Chimiklis
Co-Founder
Ted is a dynamic and accomplished leader with an established track record of sales, sales management and operational accomplishments. He has over twenty-five years of experience building and managing enterprise sales organizations, IT sales, developing in-direct channels and establishing partnerships and operations experience.
Over the course of his career, Ted has held executive positions within several rapidly growing technology companies, including KnowledgWare (Sterling Software, CA) GIGA Information Group (Forester) Object Design (Progress Software), ServiceNow and Informatica and played a significant role generating exponential revenue, leading to successful IPO or acquisition. He has held various management positions overseeing sales and operations in North America, APAC and EMEA. While employed at Object Design, Ted spearheaded the Business Alliance Channel that eventually led to a multi-million-dollar partnership agreement and direct investment by IBM Software Group.
In addition, Ted has held senior management roles at SEAGULL Software (Rocket), including General Manager of the Enterprise Division. Later at Journee Software (acquired by IBM), Ted deployed the initial sales organization to address the nascent Customer Data Integration (CDI) and ultimately Master Data Management (MDM) markets. Ted launched the Partner and Channel sales organization at Initiate Systems (Healthcare MDM), establishing a partner ecosystem that included sixty partners. Zero revenue was driven through channels at the beginning of Ted's tenure, whereas 80% of the company’s revenue ($120M) was derived through partners when Initiate Systems was acquired by IBM. Ted joined ServiceNow pre-IPO and led the Southeast Area direct sales organization acquiring customers such as Coca-Cola, Cox Communications, FedEx, Home Depot, Nielsen and JM Family, along with other F1000 companies. Most recently Ted worked at Informatica, the independent leader in data integration, directing both the East Commercial and SLED salesforce. Presently, he sits on the board of Summit Technology, a Salesforce.com system integration partner, and advises various other technology companies.