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A Community Builder at Heart
I’ve been involved with online communities since the early Internet days, hanging out in BBS, writing a health-focused blog (HealthCareVox) that’s still live nearly 20 years after I started it (I no longer write the blog), created an interesting marketing-focused community called Path of the Blue Eye (that was launched via a comic!), launched an initiative focused on digital health called the Digital Health Maven Project (listen to the project’s podcast), and much more.
Throughout all of these endeavors, I’ve always been drawn to the idea of creating and fostering community. I guess that’s what inspired me to suggest to my friend and colleague, Denise Pines, that embed community-building features into Femalytics.
Another thing that inspired me to develop Femalytics’ social features was what was happening after FemAging Project pitch competitions. We’d spend about 1.5 hours listening to inspiring innovators and after people would stick around for another 30-45 minutes getting to know each other and making connections.
To me this reinforced the fact that people in women’s health are very much interested in making meaningful connections. This inspired me to make sure — despite everything else Femalytics offers — that community would be at the center of what we do.
I’m looking forward to getting to know many of you — and re-connecting with old colleagues who join this community. Another benefit is that this social network is private, which hopefully will lead to people being able to more easily find each other — and avoid the clutter and distractions of other public networks.
What else can I say about myself? I’ve been in the innovation space since the late 1990s, have a wonderful wife and two daughters — one is just entering high school and the other is on the cusp of middle school.
I also spent the last few years pivoting away from what I had been doing with my consulting firm, Enspektos, more toward building products (like Femmaya) and working on the FemAging Project. I’m super excited to be here and can’t wait to see what we accomplish together.