Founder and Former Practice Fusion CEO Unveils New Company – iBeat

SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Ryan
Howard, founder and former CEO of Practice
Fusion, today announced the launch of a new company, iBeat
– a wearable technology company empowering people to live longer lives.
Started by a team of Practice Fusion veterans, including Howard, iBeat’s
mission is to empower people with the freedom to be fearless, explore,
and live longer, fuller lives.
The idea to start iBeat stemmed from a close friend of Howard’s passing.
Late last year, Marc Duntley, a childhood friend of Howard’s, suddenly
passed away in his sleep. He was only 40 years old. Howard took this as
his cue to start a company that, like Practice Fusion, helps save lives,
but in a more personal manner – by speeding the delivery of care.
“Over the past decade building the largest cloud-based physician-patient
platform in the U.S., I’m applying many of my learnings, including
incorporating the DNA that established our award-winning culture and
product, as well as reconciling many of the mistakes I made at Practice
Fusion,” said Ryan Howard, founder and CEO of iBeat. “We’re incredibly
excited to be bringing a Wearable-as-a-Service to market that we believe
will be massively impactful to the community and will also have the
potential to save lives.”
The iBeat team is led by a handful of Practice Fusion veterans including
Larry Stone, Brian Boarini, and Kristin Tinsley. As iBeat’s Lead
Front-End Architect, Stone oversees software architecture and
engineering. He draws on nearly a decade of design experience working on
projects and builds for several marquee brands including Lenovo, Tesla,
Disney, AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, and more. Boarini is focused on iBeat’s
product and business development. Prior to iBeat, he worked on projects
for Google and accounting software firm Xero and was product manager for
the charting and clinical teams at Practice Fusion. Tinsley, Practice
Fusion’s former Senior Manager of Communications, is overseeing iBeat’s
PR and marketing front. She brings more than seven years experience in
communications, having worked with several early-stage and late-stage
startups including MySpace, backup software provider NovaStor, digital
advertising agency SteelHouse, and secure healthcare texting app
TigerText.
The iBeat team plans to double its staff by the end of this year, hiring
in engineering, design, growth marketing, and operations. To see current
openings on the iBeat team, please visit ibeat.com/careers.
About iBeat
Located in the heart of San Francisco, iBeat
is a technology company empowering people to live longer lives. The team
is currently working on a breakthrough device that perpetually monitors
and analyzes users’ 24-7 heart activity. In the case of a
life-threatening emergency, iBeat will instantly alert the user, their
loved ones, and emergency responders in real-time, helping ensure
immediate care delivery and potentially saving the user’s life.