Health Tech Series:
Aging-in-Place and Eldercare

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Anthony Dohrmann is the founder and CEO of Electronic Caregiver, Inc. He has invented service products in healthcare, security, and business development and has extensive experience in running a company. In 2009, he launched Electronic Caregiver, headquartered in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The national company specializes in advanced telehealth, remote patient monitoring, and emergency response systems. Additionally, Anthony has created an entire innovation and development team for the creation of Addison Care, an AI-driven Virtual Caregiver that supplements in-home care for the elderly, chronically ill, and patients of all ages. Addison Care can be used in clients' homes or on a larger scale in senior living facilities, retirement communities, and other healthcare organizations.

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Chia-Lin Simmons is the CEO of LogicMark (Nasdaq: LGMK), creator of the most innovative personal safety and security technology designed for the care economy. Before LogicMark, she was the CEO and Co-Founder of LookyLoo, a patented AI social commerce company. Chia-Lin was also an executive at a number of high visibility technology companies including Google, Samsung and AOL. She served as the VP of Strategic Alliances at Audible and was part of the team that led the company to be acquired by Amazon. Chia-Lin is an active angel investor in technology and board member for public and privately held companies in the technology, consumer, biotech and green energy space.

Ryan Herd is an accomplished author, serial entrepreneur, patent holder, and TEDx speaker who has made a name for himself in the world of "smart" technology. However, his passion for this field goes beyond professional accolades. As a caregiver to his father, Ryan has firsthand experience of the challenges that caregivers face every day.

In response to these challenges, Ryan founded Caregiver Smart Solutions. Through his company, he offers a suite of tools designed specifically to help caregivers monitor their loved ones using non-invasive sensors. This approach ensures that proper care is always in place, giving caregivers like you more peace of mind and time back in your life.

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Seeing the negative effects of social isolation take a toll on his own grandmother, Kyle Rand devoted his studies to cognitive decline in the aging population. He researched neuroprosthetics at Duke University, studying the link between functional structural changes in the brain that occur with age and the associated deficits in decision-making skills. Together, this propelled Rand to build Rendever - a virtual reality platform improving the aging process by eliminating social isolation, in part through bringing the outside world to older adults no matter their physical limitations. The award-winning platform is now used in senior living, hospice, and healthcare settings across North America, and Rand has been recognized across the world, including making the list for Forbes 30 Under 30.

RICHARD HIRSCH has 30 years of experience in marketing, business development, and strategy, primarily in the health and healthcare industries. Rich has been involved in the medical alert system industry for approximately five years—initially as the Chief Marketing Officer of Connect America, the nation’s largest medical alert provider; and, now, as the Chief Marketing Officer of UnaliWear, makers of the most innovative medical alert system in the industry. Rich’s passion is helping to lead small companies to great success. He has been part of three management teams that have brought start-ups to major financial transactions (Atkins Nutritionals, Health Club Media Network, and Earndit), and he looks forward to similar success with UnaliWear. Rich also has a 94-year-old mother living fiercely independently, so his work with UnaliWear is quite personal and meaningful.